Where Do Your Aquarium Fish Come From? من أين تأتي أسماك الزينة الخاصة بك؟ Woher kommen Ihre Aquarienfische? ¿De dónde proceden los peces de acuario? D'où viennent les poissons de votre aquarium ? Da dove vengono i pesci d'acquario? 水族館の魚はどこから来るのか？ 수족관 물고기는 어디에서 왔나요? Iš kur atkeliauja jūsų akvariumo žuvys? Skąd pochodzą ryby akwariowe? De onde vêm os seus peixes de aquário? Откуда берутся аквариумные рыбки? Akvaryum Balıklarınız Nereden Geliyor? 您的观赏鱼来自哪里？ 您的觀賞魚來自哪裡？

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the rio negro |river| الزنجي ريو

in brazil one of the largest tributaries ||||||nehir kolları ||||||支流 ||||||afluentes في البرازيل أحد أكبر الروافد

in the world it pumps a million cubic |||||||cúbicos في العالم تضخ مليون مكعب

feet of water into the amazon river أقدام من الماء في نهر الأمازون

every second during each wet season كل ثانية خلال كل موسم رطب

the waters rise flooding the forest ارتفاع المياه يغمر الغابة

floor أرضية

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and amongst these flooded trees live |parmi|||| |の中に|||| وبين هذه الأشجار التي غمرتها المياه تعيش

millions and millions

of tiny tropical fish many of which are |pequenos peixes|||||| من الأسماك الاستوائية الصغيرة والعديد منها

common

in home aquariums around the world ||aquários domésticos||| في أحواض السمك المنزلية حول العالم

chief amongst them is the cardinal tetra |||||cardeal tetra|tetraedro cardinal من أهمها الكاردينال تترا

a tiny iridescent fish ||虹色の| ||iridescente| سمكة قزحية صغيرة

whose population explodes during the wet التي ينفجر سكانها أثناء هطول الأمطار

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season

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today we're following mara celia and her |||Mara Celia|Célia||

daughter

josele a pair of pia bears or local um par de||||ursos pia||| josele زوج من الدببة الحنون أو المحلية

fishers pescadores الصيادين

as they collect cardinal tetras for the |||カーディナル|テトラ|| ||||tetras cardinais||

aquarium trade |取引 |comércio

in this flooded forest there are likely

millions

of cardinals but that doesn't mean |基数|||| |números cardinais||||

catching them

is easy

these waterways may look inviting but ||||atraentes|

the river

is filled with branches roots and stumps ||||||切り株 |||galhos|raízes||tocos

that would snack a large cast or sane 큰 캐스트나 제정신인 사람을 간식으로 먹을 수 있는

net

here the only way to catch small fish is

by hand

and that is where maura celia's happy ||||Maura|Célia|

shay comes into play シャイ||| entra em cena|||

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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 ||remar||conduzir||

with each dip maricelia captures a few |||maricélia|||

dozen fish

which she can then collect with a bowl |||||||tigela

tossing the fish into a waiting basket ||||||cesta de espera

may seem

unsympathetic but this technique 非情な||| não solidário|||

minimizes the average time fish are

exposed to air

which drastically increases their |drasticamente||

long-term survival

these fish will end up in home aquariums

but many more fish will continue their

lives in the water below ||||ci-dessous

years of studying these collection sites

haven't shown a measurable impact |||mensurável|

on the base population of fish

so it appears that hand catching fish is

sustainable durable

in these waterways

this is daraqua a small fishing village ||chamada daraqua||||

on the rio negro

they don't depend on logging or mining ||||l'exploitation forestière|| ||||||mineração

or

farming all of which can threaten the

rainforest floresta tropical

they rely on fishing

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the cardinal tetras they catch are

stored in holding pins

these fish will be sold for a few

pennies apiece centavos|cada uma

so the people of daraqua try to collect

as many as they can

before they transfer these fish to a

motorboat that brings them to the

capital city of manaus where they're

sold

this is the story of the people that

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

so that was an early look at a small

portion

of the film i'm working on fishing for

cardinals

now what you just watched isn't just a

lift from the final film

the actual film will feel very different

but the story you just saw the story

will

stay the same this story was brought to

my attention

and largely supported by project piaba |||||projeto piaba

an international non-profit that is

focused on

telling the story and promoting these

local fishers these

pier baros that are collecting fish from cais de pesca|os barcos|||||

the rio negro

and selling them to the international

aquarium trade

the real hook of it the draw is that

this appears to be

sustainable and that's why i wanted

to tell this story so often stories of

conservation

are heartbreaking but this one this |de partir o coração||||

seems to be a story

of local fishers that are collecting a

resource

from their environment and not having a

long-term

negative impact on the ecosystem

in a world where the amazon rainforest

is really

struggling to survive because of

pressures from logging pressões da exploração||

from farming and from mining this is a

story of the

people that live on the rio negro

getting their resources getting their

income from a form that is sustainable

and that is an amazing story and it's a

story that i'm excited

to tell but i need your help at least

those that speak

portuguese see i have a collection of

interviews that i would love to be

translated traduzido(1

so if you speak portuguese and you're

willing to donate a little bit of your

time to help this project

follow the link in the description it

would mean a lot to me to be able to use

their voices on this youtube channel

i hope that you'll consider subscribing

to this channel so you'll get continuous

updates on this project now most of my

videos will still be around the actual

aquariums like

the one in the background of this shot

but

uh i want to bring us to the rio necro |||||||||necro rio

region

every month or two and check in on some

of the incredible stories

that are happening in the ecosystems |||||os ecossistemas

where a lot of the fish

from the aquarium trade find their home

if you want to know more about this

story you can check out project piaba's ||||||projeto piaba

website there is a link in the

description

and there's a link to my film's website ||||||filme|

fishingforcardinals.com pescando carde|

over time that site will become more and

more

robust so i hope you check it out

i also want to thank the person that

provided me with all the drone footage

for this project uh her name is chelsea |||||||Chelsea

green

she's a good friend of mine and she's

working on a different film

on the amazon rainforest the story of

why

this forest is disappearing it's called |||está a desaparecer||

one forest

i will provide a link to her website as

well

and i want to thank her so sincerely for |||||||sinceramente|

lending me a couple of shots so that you

get the sense of

this ecosystem you'll be hearing a lot

more about this project as the months go

on

as i figure out how to go back to the

rio negro

during a world filled with covid

as well as figuring out how to best tell |||descobrindo|||||

this story and share it

with the world so i hope that you follow

along on this journey

i'm really excited to share it with you

thanks so much

have a great day and i will see you next

time