I like where this is heading, logistics could still be an issue...
Problems (addressed, at least in my head lol):
1. My thinking is that the fish not be purchased from the warehouse, that would put the breeders as more of a "fish farm" type of thing. Something that I don't see being extremely beneficial unless the fish are sold in high numbers and breeders can keep up. I was thinking more of it being that each breeder that provides fish is paying a "fair" share of the expenses... Or that a certain percentage made off of each sale would be taken and used to pay expenses. Either way that would add to some already serious bookkeeping I think, and something that would have to be thought about more thoroughly with real-life numbers.
2. Something I will have to sit down and think about while everyone is partying at MACNA.
3. The easiest way, from the POV of the warehouse, would be that each breeder meet and follow through with certain QT procedures/standards. Otherwise it wouldn't be "extensive" per say, but a normal hobbyist QT with many more fish, tanks, and much more water and meds (if needed) involved.
I do see some problems from where I sit outside of what has been mentioned. Whether we do it in a way as I brought up, or had a catalog of fish for sale through various parties, there would have to be a way to ensure the highest possible quality fish make it to the buyers. I haven't seen what every hobbyist level breeder has, but I've seen some scary things as far as quality goes coming from ORA. I feel that making sure the quality is high would be extremely difficult to do with a group of breeders (would all depend on how many breeders are involved, as well as how many fish are being moved). This aspect, IMO, is extremely vital, even more so in the beginning. Another problem I see is production. You don't make money when you over produce because you have to keep the excess fish in the tanks and keep them fed. Money isn't made when the demand isn't met either (again, I've heard ORA has "batches" of species outside of their clowns). Don't produce enough and if the demand isn't met soon enough people are likely to move to another source of captive bred specimens or just go with wild caught. Thought I might have had another issue or two, but they wondered off for right now.