![]() ![]() When the Disney film Finding Nemo hit theatres, reports that clownfish sales skyrocketed sparked the term the "Nemo effect. "There's no Nemo effect after all," Diogo Verissimo, lead researcher and zoologist at the University of Oxford, told As It Happens guest host Nil Köksal What is the Nemo Effect? So when the sequel Finding Dory came out 13 years later, starring a forgetful but lovable blue tang fish, there were concerns among conservationists that the wild population would suffer the same fate.īut according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Ambio, people weren't running out to buy the fish as a pet. ![]() In 2003, the world watched as Marlin the timid clownfish searched the ocean for his missing son Nemo. "So many people were talking about the clownfish, and how cute it was and how nice it would be to have one as a pet," Verissimo said.Īccording to media reports and conservationists, after Finding Nemo came out, the frenzy to buy the clownfish as a pet plummeted their numbers in the wild. Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family. It was dubbed the "Nemo effect," and the idea was also connected to owls from the Harry Potter films and various animals from Zootopia. Finding Dory reunites the friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the true meaning of family along the way. It features scores from the movie, composed by Thomas Newman, along with Unforgettable by Sia. The all-new big-screen adventure dives into theaters in 2016, taking. Finding Dory (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the official soundtrack for the Finding Dory movie. (Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures) Nemo, from the 2003 animated film Finding Nemo. Verissimo said he couldn't find any evidence that overfishing was linked specifically with Finding Dory - but that doesn't mean these fish aren't being targeted. "I think that's a distinction that's important to make," he said. "We're not saying that everything is fine with these species. What we're saying is that we don't find evidence that if there is a threat, that these threats are related these big blockbusters." Films put spotlight on plight of fish We're not saying that everything is, you know, in top shape with their populations. Verissimo said the most important result from the study was that more people are researching how they can help save clownfish and blue tang fish. He noted that the movies pushed the fish, which don't get a lot of attention, into the public eye. "The lion's share goes to elephants, tigers and pandas, which, of course, they're really important species and they deserve to be conserved," he said. ![]()
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