Hey guys I know this can be a bit of a touchy thing but I recently moved down to Florida from NJ. I had to leave my Rays in NJ in a friends care. I have called Florida fish and wildlife and I was told that they are not allowed at all as pets unless i was going to be keeping one of the native mid atlantic rays. I have however heard through the grapevine that people have managed to get there hands on permits that allow for them to keep rays and I am not talking about the permits that allow for temporary holding for distribution like a wholesaler would get. I do not know if this is 100% true but it is something that I have heard repeatedly since I have been asking around about it. I am desperate to get my fish hear but I dont want to do it Illegaly so ANY AND ALL help would be greatly appreciated!
Stingray Permit in Florida???
- Thread starter dparks87
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Seriously doubt it. But what could be easier than going to a payphone and calling Fish & Wildlife?
Not encouraging anything here but just wondering what are the chances of you being caught with an illegal fish? I can understand if you plastered it all over the internet or something but if you kept it to yourself? When you go between states do you get checked or anything?
Don't think for a minute that law enforcement can't find out your address from your ISP using your Ip address.
I feel for you man I couldn't imagine not being able to keep rays
I feel for you man I couldn't imagine not being able to keep rays
As I understand it the permits in florida are for those who sell them and ship them out of state, or for research purposes. I know what I would do if for some reason I went insane and moved back to Florida, but that is just me.
Permits if FL are never issues to private owners under any circumstances.
They have been granted to facilities importing and exporting them and educational display (zoo/aquarium). Even those are a pain to get.
And as posted, it's very easy to get caught with them, so please don't try. It's not worth it. You lose the animals and end up looking at some heavy fines and sitting in a court room for awhile. Not worth getting a criminal record for.
They have been granted to facilities importing and exporting them and educational display (zoo/aquarium). Even those are a pain to get.
And as posted, it's very easy to get caught with them, so please don't try. It's not worth it. You lose the animals and end up looking at some heavy fines and sitting in a court room for awhile. Not worth getting a criminal record for.
Thanks for the reply's guys. I would have tried to just bring them but I am working for a fish distributor down hear and they know I know the rules. My employers could not tell me much in the way of private permits but they assured me it was hell for them to get one for distribution. This is really terrible I really thought I heard of people getting through some loop holes perhaps but maybe that was just speculative talk.
