Editing Finding Nemo (section)

===Environmental concerns and consequences===
The film's use of clownfish prompted mass purchase of the fish breed as pets in the United States, even though the story portrayed the use of fish as pets negatively and suggested that saltwater aquariums are notably tricky and expensive to maintain.<ref>{{cite news|first=Elizabeth|last=Jackson|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/busrpt/stories/s1000651.htm|title=Acquiring Nemo|publisher=The Business Report|date=November 29, 2002|access-date=November 10, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204173115/http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/busrpt/stories/s1000651.htm|archive-date=December 4, 2003|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The demand for clownfish was supplied by large-scale harvesting of tropical fish in regions like [[Vanuatu]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Corcoran|url=http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2004/s1239666.htm|title=Vanuatu&nbsp;– Saving Nemo|publisher=ABC Foreign Correspondent|date=November 9, 2002|access-date=October 23, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219171041/http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2004/s1239666.htm|archive-date=December 19, 2005|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The [[Tourism Australia|Australian Tourism Commission]] (ATC) launched several marketing campaigns in China and the United States to improve tourism in Australia, many of them utilizing ''Finding Nemo'' clips.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tourism authorities hope "Nemo" will lead Chinese tourists to Australia |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-08/18/content_255968.htm |access-date=April 27, 2017 |work=China Daily |date=August 18, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031007194241/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-08/18/content_255968.htm |archive-date=October 7, 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Mitchell |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/03/1054406187273.html |title=Nemo-led recovery hope |work=The Age |date=November 3, 2002 |access-date=October 23, 2006 |location=Melbourne, Australia |archive-date=January 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126102953/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/03/1054406187273.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Queensland]] used ''Finding Nemo'' to draw tourists to promote itself to vacationers.<ref>{{cite news |first=Anthony |last=Dennis |url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/11/1060588323028.html |title=Sydney ignores Nemo |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=February 11, 2003 |access-date=October 23, 2006 |archive-date=November 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116065144/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/11/1060588323028.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to ''National Geographic'', "Ironically, ''Finding Nemo'', a movie about the anguish of a captured clownfish, caused home-aquarium demand for them to triple."<ref name="natgeowild">{{cite web|url=http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/clown-anemonefish/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219031048/http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/clown-anemonefish/|archive-date=December 19, 2011|url-status=dead|title=Clown Anemonefish|work= Nat Geo Wild : Animals|date=May 10, 2011|publisher=National Geographic Society|access-date=December 19, 2011}}</ref>

Demand for tropical fish skyrocketed after the film's release, causing reef species decimation in Vanuatu and several other reef areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nemo: Leave him in the ocean, not in the lounge room |url=http://www.oceans.com.au/nemo-controversy.html |website=Oceans Enterprises |access-date=December 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929224726/http://www.oceans.com.au/nemo-controversy.html |archive-date=September 29, 2009}}</ref> After seeing the film, some aquarium owners released their pet fish into the ocean, but failed to release them into the correct oceanic habitat, which [[Invasive species|introduced species that are harmful]] to the indigenous environment, a practice that is harming reefs worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/finding-nemo-pets-harm-ocean-ecology-565398.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601023112/http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/finding-nemo-pets-harm-ocean-ecology-565398.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 1, 2008 | title='Finding Nemo' pets harm ocean ecology | location=London |work=The Independent | first=Charles | last=Arthur |date=July 1, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dtmag.com/Stories/Ocean%20Science/10-04-feature.htm | title=Revealing Nemo's True Colors | work=Dive Training Magazine | first=Alex | last=Brylske | access-date=September 27, 2010 | archive-date=November 22, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122105144/http://dtmag.com/Stories/Ocean%20Science/10-04-feature.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>

A 2017 study by researchers from [[James Cook University]] in Australia found little evidence for fan-based purchases of wild-caught fish immediately (within 1.5 years of release) following the film.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Militz|first1=Thane|last2=Foale|first2=Simon|date=January 17, 2017|title=The "Nemo Effect": Perception and reality of Finding Nemo's impact on marine aquarium fisheries|journal=Fish and Fisheries|volume=18|issue=3 |pages=596–606|doi=10.1111/faf.12202|bibcode=2017AqFF...18..596M  |issn=1467-2960 }}</ref>