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Oooooops...Well I guess it was like a police osprey lol. Can I do it with bowfin tho? To my knowledge they aren't invasive anywhere.

thebiggerthebetter said:
I assume you just aren't aware but what you did was illegal and punishable by law.

MFK has zero tolerance on discussion of anything illegal on its forums but you are new and young and at the mercy of the MFK staff right now.

I didn't see your other thread but now you have two threads discussing an illegal activity.

Walking catfish in Florida is a kill-on-landing fish. Cannot let it go, cannot keep it alive, cannot transport it alive. Same with snakehead. It pays to visit FWC website and learn about the restricted and prohibited fish and the invasives and how to handle them if caught.
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Thanks for that btw. I'll know next time :)
 
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NoobAquarist said:
Oooooops...Well I guess it was like a police osprey lol. Can I do it with bowfin tho? To my knowledge they aren't invasive anywhere.
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Ha! That's funny.

Before collecting fish from the wild, native or not, one should familiarize themselves with rules. The rules are set forward by the Florida Wildlife Commission in their booklets and online.

IDK this topic in detail, so I shouldn't advise much. But I do know that a license is required to collect fish from the wild for both commercial activity and for personal use too. If for food or pleasure, an appropriate fishing license (which comes with pages of rules - what species, sizes, bag limits, seasons, etc); if for use as a pet, this is regulated too but how exactly for each species, IDK.

This is actually a great and fun part where we can show ourselves to be a responsible and awareness-raising hobbyist community, who cares about nature.
 
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thebiggerthebetter said:
Ha! That's funny.

Before collecting fish from the wild, native or not, one should familiarize themselves with rules. The rules are set forward by the Florida Wildlife Commission in their booklets and online.

IDK this topic in detail, so I shouldn't advise much. But I do know that a license is required to collect fish from the wild for both commercial activity and for personal use too. If for food or pleasure, an appropriate fishing license (which comes with pages of rules - what species, sizes, bag limits, seasons, etc); if for use as a pet, this is regulated too but how exactly for each species, IDK.

This is actually a great and fun part where we can show ourselves to be a responsible and awareness-raising hobbyist community, who cares about nature.
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We have pretty much the same rules and regulations over here in sweden. You cant fish for native species and keep as a pet at all. And same goes with invasive species wich we hardly get here because of the winter and such here but still we get some things banned every year. A funny thing is a siluris glanis you can buy from your lfs. We do have the in the wild but you cant go fish for them at all since its an endangered species here.
 
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Tobiassorensen said:
We have pretty much the same rules and regulations over here in sweden. You cant fish for native species and keep as a pet at all. And same goes with invasive species wich we hardly get here because of the winter and such here but still we get some things banned every year. A funny thing is a siluris glanis you can buy from your lfs. We do have the in the wild but you cant go fish for them at all since its an endangered species here.
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Who do they think is gonna buy one?
 
I don't think you can keep bowfins outdoors in Florida. I don't think they can handle the heat. Fishbase says they die at 94f/34.5c. I also don't think they live that far south, but Fishbase does say they are present in the Colorado River. BTW, in NY, laws about what you can keep in a pond are much stricter than regular aquarium laws. IDK about FL.
Ecosystems where bowfins are found:
http://fishbase.org/trophiceco/EcosysList.php?ID=2600&GenusName=Amia&SpeciesName=calva
Bowfin on Fishbase:
http://fishbase.org/summary/2600
 
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NoobAquarist said:
Who do they think is gonna buy one?
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Probably they can be kept in a pond / personal lake in Sweden.

J. H. said:
I don't think you can keep bowfins outdoors in Florida. I don't think they can handle the heat. Fishbase says they die at 94f/34.5c. I also don't think they live that far south, but Fishbase does say they are present in the Colorado River. BTW, in NY, laws about what you can keep in a pond are much stricter than regular aquarium laws. IDK about FL.
Ecosystems where bowfins are found:
http://fishbase.org/trophiceco/EcosysList.php?ID=2600&GenusName=Amia&SpeciesName=calva
Bowfin on Fishbase:
http://fishbase.org/summary/2600
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In FL it is the same - ponds are a lot more demanding in terms of doing it right legalwise. It's hardly enforceable, unless someone reports you, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't try to do it right.

I used to think like you that bowfins are more of the cold water or temperate water fish but bowfins, I now think, are all over FL. At least in the Everglades there are plenty. Mine came from the Everglades via a commercial collector / vendor.
 
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J. H. said:
I don't think you can keep bowfins outdoors in Florida. I don't think they can handle the heat. Fishbase says they die at 94f/34.5c. I also don't think they live that far south, but Fishbase does say they are present in the Colorado River. BTW, in NY, laws about what you can keep in a pond are much stricter than regular aquarium laws. IDK about FL.
Ecosystems where bowfins are found:
http://fishbase.org/trophiceco/EcosysList.php?ID=2600&GenusName=Amia&SpeciesName=calva
Bowfin on Fishbase:
http://fishbase.org/summary/2600
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They live outside in florida. I caught one here before.

And yes they were bowfin. I don't have pics but I'm not that much of a newbie to fishkeeping.
 
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How do you update Fishbase? If bowfins are common in FL,someone (not me, with 2nd hand experience at best) should add it in.
 
NoobAquarist said:
Who do they think is gonna buy one?
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There is alot of people with ponds here in sweden. And unfortunetly the wels are quite cheap over here so i thin alot of people buys them for their aquariums to. If i ever build a pond i will have an wels in it.

Then i know of a guy far up north in sweden who keeps florida gars, pike cichlids and some smaller cichlids in his pond over the warmer months. Thats pretty awsome if you ask me.
 
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Tobiassorensen said:
There is alot of people with ponds here in sweden. And unfortunetly the wels are quite cheap over here so i thin alot of people buys them for their aquariums to. If i ever build a pond i will have an wels in it.

Then i know of a guy far up north in sweden who keeps florida gars, pike cichlids and some smaller cichlids in his pond over the warmer months. Thats pretty awsome if you ask me.
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Where does he keep them in the winter?
 
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