Breeders look to China for sales of prized fish

AP Television Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 January 2012 1. Close up of arowanas fish in a tank 2. Wide of Lau looking at his tank, pan right 3. Low angle of Lau examining filtration system 4. Mid of Lau and filtration system 5. Mid of reflection of Lau in tank 6. Tilt up aquarium 7. Back shot of Lau on couch watching fish 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lau Mong Ling, Arowana Collector: "Almost three hours from nine o'clock to twelve o'clock every day just to sit, because this is my place to enjoy, nobody will disturb me. I came down see the fish. That's why my wife always complain to me, 'Why you always see fish, you don't see me?'" 9. Mid of collectors looking at arowanas in aquarium shop 10. Close up of red arowana AP Television Johor, Southern Malaysia, 28 January 2012 11. Zoom out to wide Xian Leng arowana farm 12. Wide of ponds at farm 13. Mid of razor wire and electric fence 14. Wide of workers in pond 15. Mid of Ng Huan Tong watching workers in arowana pond 16. Mid of arowanas in net 17. Close up of super red arowana 18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ng Huan Tong, Managing Director, Xian Leng Holdings: "Comparing the time when we start beginning keeping (the fish) in Malaysia, we are only two or three farms starting in the pioneer status in the 80s. And in the 90s also not many people, less than 10 farms. Now, (since) 2001 and 2 (2002), Malaysia, I think at least big and small farms, you can calculate three to five hundred farms." 19. Wide interior with fish tanks 20. Mid of Malaysian golden arowanas in tank 21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ng Huan Tong, Managing Director, Xian Leng Holdings: "In 1995, we have a big change in our company that we can do it legally that we send to Japan and at that point in time Japan really was growing so that is the time when we capture a big market and earn a good profit for the company after we got registered under CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)." 22. Low angle shot of worker scooping fish from tank with net AP Television Kuala Lumpur, 16th January 2012 23. Close of Malaysian golden arowanas 24. Close of Malaysian golden arowana 25. Close of price on fish tank (RM9888 - approx. 3300 US dollars) 26. Close of fish with price tag AP Television Johor, Southern Malaysia, 28 January 2012 27. Wide exterior of Chinese temple at Xian Leng farm 28. Mid of arowana statue on top of temple 29. Mid of Ng Huan Tong at shrine with incense 30. Wide of Xian Leng farm manager Lim Cheng Poh with workers in pond 31. Mid of adult arowanas leaping in pond 32. Mid of Lim with fish in pond 33. Close up of arowana 34. SOUNDBITE: (Malay) Lim Cheng Poh, Manager, Xian Leng Farm: "If they jump and hit you it's just like somebody punched you in the face. It hurts. One time a fish smashed my tooth." 35. Mid of Lim preparing to implant microchip tag into baby arowana 36. Close of Lim inserting microchip AP Television Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 January 2012 37. Wide of Ng Yoon Kiong entering living room with large aquarium 38. Close of red arowanas in aquarium 39. Close up of Ng watching fish 40. Mid of Ng feeding arowana 41. Close up of arowana snaps up grub 42. Tilt down of Ng and son look at pond built underneath house 43. Mid of pond under house 44. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ng Yoon Kiong, Arowana Collector: "The way they swim is very lively, they are very elegant, the colour is very vibrant, they are very striking." 45. Close up of fish in tank 46. Mid of man looking at fish in tanks LEADIN Wild populations of the Asian arowana fish are increasingly rare. But breeding this most prized of fish in captivity is a thriving business in South East Asia, with collectors willing to shell out thousands of dollars for a single prime specimen. STORYLINE: You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/8e4978b830da8b57393978cf40e5bfd4 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork