Jasno, I respect what you're trying to say. I get your point. Don't collect from the ocean/reefs illegally. But I personally feel that there was no reason to accuse or assume people were collecting illegally. I think you went about it wrong in the wrong place. The people who posted in this thread about collecting never even mentioned collecting reef parts/frags.
You went from saying "taking creatures" from their habitat in a vague way to saying that you meant destroying reefs illegally, which noone to my knowledge in this thread has done. If you're going to say something, stick to one story and know what you're talking about. Other people in this thread have done that well.
When you replied and quoted my initial post toward you, which I haven't commented on yet, you merely reiterated what you'd already said and didn't debunk anything I had said. It really had nothing to do with this thread; not having been about illegally collecting or collecting reef parts. I posted about collecting fish or the like, not about reefs. I understand the results of illegally taking from the reef. That's not what this was about. I understand the law. "YOu need to double check your states laws and look into the details" No, I really don't, I know my state laws, as do the people who posted and responded to this thread. Most of them anyway
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Don't accuse people. Don't assume. Post relavent information that doesn't accuse the OP of illegal activities. That was wrong
. If you want to talk about illegally/legally taking from the ocean, make another thread about it. Don't jump on someone else's. Maybe now you'll understand why people have jumped on this topic so heavily.