Auctioning Naming Rights to Pay for Fish Conservation
What a nifty way to raise money for fish……..
The rights to name 10 species of newly discovered Indonesian fish were auctioned off this past week for a total of $2 million. The money will go to education programs and habitat conservation for the ten species to be named at a later date. Now if only our fish and wildlife agencies could think of some similarly innovative stragegies to help fund fish conservation and management….

