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Learn about where Aquarium Fish come from, and if it’s sustainable.

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The Rio Negro in Brazil, one of largest tributaries in the world.

It pumps a million cubic feet of water into the Amazon River every second. During each wet season, the water rise, flooding the forest floor. In these flooded forests, live million upon millions of tiny tropical fish. Many of which are common in home aquariums around the world. Chief amongst them is the Cardinal Tetra, a tiny iridescent fish whose population explodes during the wet season.

Today, we’re following Maracéli and her daughter Josellem, a pair of piabaros, or local fishers, as they collect Cardinal Tetras for the aquarium trade. In this flooded forest, there are likely millions of Cardinals—but that doesn’t mean catching them is easy.

These waterways may look inviting, but the river is filled with branches, roots and stumps that would snag a large cast or seine net. Here, the only way to catch small fish is by hand.

That’s where Maracéli’s hapishay comes into play. This long net can be operated with just one hand, leaving her second hand free so she can use a paddle to herd the fish.

With each dip, Maracéli captures a few dozen fish which she collects with a bowl.

Tossing the fish in a waiting basket may seem unsympathetic. But this technique minimizes the average time fish are exposed to air, dramatically increasing their long-term survival.

These fish will end up in home aquariums.

But many more fish will continue their lives in the waters below. Years of studying these collection sites haven’t shown a measurable impact on the ecosystem—so it appears that hand-catching fish is sustainable in these waterways.

This is Darequah, a small fishing village on the rio negro. They don’t depend on logging, mining or farming, all of which can threaten the rainforest. They rely on fishing. The cardinals that piaberos like Maracéli catch are stored here, in holding pens. These fish will be sold for a few pennies a piece, so Darequah tries to collect as many as they can before they are transferred to a motorboat and sold to exporters in the capital city of Manaus.

This is the story of the people who live and work on the rio negro. It’s the story of a vast and beautiful rainforest under threat from the outside world. And it’s the story of a tiny fish that’s surprisingly important.

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  8. Did you happen to find anyone who speaks Portuguese? I know several Brazilians actually… and even I can understand it, translate it, and semi-speak it—although I speak Spanish as a second language more fluently. But I’ve been around Brazilians enough that I know how to differentiate between the pronunciations in Portugal versus Brazilian Portuguese… let me know 😉

  16. hello I'm from Indonesia🇮🇩, very lucky to meet you, even though we are from different countries🌏. your video work is very beautiful, I always see it from every message that comes in, I really appreciate your work, hopefully we can meet again in the latest video,❤😍👍

  17. That's an amazing story👍 Many thanks for sharing and your great project. Very professional 👌 I came here by chance while searching for similar content I set online by myself a few days ago here on my small channel. It's a little documentary series about ornamental fish in Brazil's rainforest at the Rio Negro. You may give it a try! There you can find out how e.g. cardinal tetra are caught with traps and learn about other exiting things where I'm pretty sure you've seen during your visits in that area as well. Unfortunately my story is in German language but you can make use of YT's subtitle function easily. It works quite well for English. Looking forward to your kind reply. Greetings from Germany and take care, Bernd 👋🙂

  20. My friend!
    My name is Willy Soto and I just found your channel and I have a question…this video is one year old so my question is, have you found a Brazilian Português speaking person yet?
    Because although I’m from the beautiful island of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
    I’m also fluent in Brazilian Português
    Spanish
    and English
    I taught my self English and Brazilian Português and now I’m teaching myself Italian.
    So if you still need a translator for your videos I will be more than happy to help you and I will NOT Charge a penny at all, I will do this for fun!
    I enjoyed your videos and you have a God given talent for narration.
    If you still need my help just send me a reply and I will send you a phone number to call and we can discuss it.
    Great job 👏🏽 on this video🤙🏽

  22. Its a shame for the people who capture independence of some creature for showoff….. It must be banned in my sense as a human being. Neither they are needed in medical purpose nor they are eaten. So this is cruelty against animals😠….even they are not mammals or birds nor dolphins friendly to humans

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