KRILL shortage

[jusdeb]

Ive been surfing around some fish forums in Canada and the USA and it seems that fish keepers over there are stocking up on Krill .

Because of over harvesting there is concern that marine creatures that depend on Krill ie. whales , rays etc are not breeding or are leaving there feeding grounds.

The powers that be are banning harvesting ( and rightly so )

They think that the price is going to skyrocket and then when harvested suppies run low it will not be available for pet food at all ( even flake foods containing krill)

So just as a FYI anyone who uses Krill as part of their fishes feed regime should think about stocking up .

Im pretty sure theres other foods out there that fish will eat in place of krill and that fish food manufacturers can use in its place , I cant think of any but there would be.

[Callatya]

I have a bag of krill in the freezer... not all that exciting IMO. Certainly not enough to upset the feeding patterns of baleen species. Surely we can survive with other types of sustainable shrimp species?