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Originally Posted by Ichthius
Let's see...you need a simple fishing license to catch/keep fw fishes from property other than your own...people catch fish every day and eat them, mount them on a hunk of wood on the wall, or toss them back in the water. You need a sw fishing license to catch/keep fish from the ocean. People also catch, eat, and mount sw fish on a hunk of wood on their wall every day  .
This is how we get fish to begin with...the wild. This is how we learn about fish...the wild. This is how we can preserve species and observe them for the future when far worse things could happen to their environments...the wild. I'm not for capturing endangered fish or the like, but what if you can successfully breed them to release back? The hermits you get in fish stores are just as likely to have been caught in the same way.
So, my point, I don't believe it is illegal, least not where I am, and I don't think s13 would ignore the laws of his/her state and broadcast it publically. I think it's far worse to pointlessly hunt/fish animals than to keep them alive for personal education and possibly doing good in the future with them. We have all kept wild caught fish. We do a lot more damage to the environment in other ways every day .
s13, nice, great pics  |
Most states have laws against collecting things from the ocean. Soem places will not even let you take sand from the beack nevrmind live animals from the ocean. YOu need to double check your states laws and look into the details... The problem is that if everybody was allowed to take what they wanted out of the ocean then the habitat would be devistated.... Peopel go fishing but there are more fish than there are coral habitats--- nd the coral does not reproduce as quickley.....
Granted I am sure somehting in my tank is from the wild... However I would rather get my coral from places that try to breed in captivity. And if not that I would rathr get them fro ma place that has the proper paperwork to legally pull items out of hte sea.....
All I am sayign is that you should not be doing this.. YOu do it and then share your storry on this fourm or on any site and then everybody else thinks it is ok for them to do it to.. Soon everybody is doign it and the habitat is being hurt.....
Just think about it....