Establishment risk from pet-trade freshwater turtles in the European Union

Kopecký, Oldřich; Kalous, Lukáš; Patoka, Jiří

doi:10.1051/kmae/2013057

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“…This occurs because of parallel increases in species quantity and availability on the market, and propagule pressure (Duggan, Rixon, & MacIsaac, ). The present situation has stimulated several studies evaluating the risks associated with various aquatic invertebrate and vertebrate species involved in the pet trade (Chucholl, ; Kalous, Patoka, & Kopecký, ; Kopecký, Kalous, & Patoka, ; Magalhães & Jacobi, ; Mazza et al, ; Patoka, Kalous, & Kopecký, ; Perdikaris et al, ). Although the risks associated with non‐native species have been widely discussed, certain threatened and native species are included in the pet trade and are affected by over‐exploitation (Raghavan et al, ; Schlaepfer, Hoover, & Dodd, ).…”

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Irresponsible vendors: Non‐native, invasive and threatened animals offered for garden pond stocking

Patoka

Bláha

Kalous

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Aquatic Conservation

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1. The pet trade has been responsible for many introductions of non-native species. Freshwater ornamental plants and animals originating from the pet trade are stocked to garden ponds.The present survey focused on awareness and responsible behaviour related to biological invasion risks of companies that designed, built, and stocked garden ponds. 2. A representative number (n = 124) of companies (commercial garden pond architects and builders) in the Czech Republic were surveyed regarding the offer of non-native, invasive and threatened native species. The survey was conducted over the entire warm period (from 1 May 2015 to 31 September 2015) while using personal visits, correspondence and interviews to list the species on offer.3. 'Traditional' ornamental species were offered by 39.1% of surveyed vendors, non-traditional 'marginal' species by 5.6%, common native species by 6.5% and threatened native species by 2.4%.4. The findings of this study support the hypothesis that 'garden pond' vendors offer non-native species with a risk of biological invasion; moreover, threatened native animals were also on sale. It is probable that a similar situation exists in other countries. It is important for the conservation of native aquatic biota to raise awareness of the need to reduce risk through responsible behaviour of those involved in the pet trade. It is also essential to prohibit stocking of potential invaders and to enforce the illegal capture and sale of native species.

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Irresponsible vendors: Non‐native, invasive and threatened animals offered for garden pond stocking

Patoka

Bláha

Kalous

et al. 2016

Aquatic Conservation

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“…Given that the Czech Republic is a member of the EU and it is a dominant exporter of aquatic animals in Europe, it is also becoming the main re-export hub for other countries in the EU (Ploeg, 2007). The pet trade in aquatic animals consists predominantly of fish, but trade in other freshwater animals, including crayfish, has increased rapidly in the past decade (Lin et al, 2006;Faulkes, 2010;Chucholl, 2013;Kopecký et al, 2013). In addition to its economic importance, pet trade is also recognized as one of the main pathways for the introduction of new species: including "hitch-hiking" species via the transportation water and pathogens (Rixon et al, 2005;Peay, 2009;Mrugała et al, 2014).…”

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Imports of ornamental crayfish: the first decade from the Czech Republic’s perspective

Patoka

Kalous

Kopecký

2015

Knowl. Managt. Aquatic Ecosyst.

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“…However, it is also one of the main pathways for introduction of alien species on new localities (Holdich et al, 2009;Kopecký et al, 2013). Crayfish became in last decades popular pet species that is often kept in indoor aquaria but also stocked in the private garden ponds (Peay, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%