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Aquarium
Keepers |
| For those with an aquarium in their
home or business |
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MAC Certification allows you to identify marine ornamentals
that have been collected, handled and cared for according
to the only international Standards for ensuring healthy,
high quality animals that will live longer.
You have undoubtedly experienced the frustration of purchasing
marine animals that do not manage to survive under your best
care. At the same time, you have heard about the use of cyanide
to capture fish as well as the improper handling and transport
conditions that often stress fish, such as inadequate facilities,
poor water quality, insufficient water changes, overcrowding,
etc. Putting two and two together, you may wonder if your
fish inexplicably die because of cyanide collection, unacceptable
stress or both.
The frustration is often accompanied by a sense of helplessness.
You want to do the right thing, you want to buy marine ornamentals
from a reputable source that only deals in “clean”
fish and quality practices—but how do you tell the difference
from among all the suppliers out their and all their claims?
The MAC Certification Label now provides a simple, clear way
to find those marine ornamentals that are based on international
Standards for quality and health … from ‘Reef
to Retail’.
To be sold as a MAC Certified organism, the marine organism
must pass the unbroken chain of custody from ‘Reef to
Retail’; meaning collected from a MAC Certified area
by a MAC Certified fisherman or cultured in a MAC Certified
facility, then passed to a MAC Certified Exporter, then importer
and retailer.
By choosing to buy from responsible industry operators who
provide healthy, high quality marine ornamentals from well-managed
coral reefs, you can help transform the industry and secure
the future of your hobby.
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