answer on why maine residents cant have piranha.

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I wanted to know why I couldnt have these little guys so I emailed Wendy Bolduc and this is what she sent me in responce


Mike,

Because they are not a species on our unrestricted fish and wildlife list. There are certain species of fish and wildlife that are not native in Maine and we do not want them in Maine as some of them could devastate our own fisheries and wildlife should they get out into the wild.​

Wendy Bolduc
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Information Center
284 State Street
41 State House Station
Augusta ME 04333-0041
Tel: (207) 287-8000
Fax: (207) 287-8094
www.mefishwildlife.com

Well Im bumbed that I cant get them in maine but I live only an hour from portsmuth and North conway NH so if I want one I'll go there.
 
Most of state are illegal are down south or where the weather are warm....the main reason why most piranha are banned from states to states these piranha are caught in wild in the river. Meaning some one does not want to keep piranha as a pet, so decided to put them in river, lake or pond and it will become harmful to human and other wild life.

i thing i dont get it is that NH are legal and Mass are illegal which is right next to each other. Most resident go to NH for buying piranha from NH.

Alot of "red belly PACU" are being caught in most lake, river or pond in the state where they can live all year round. Some wild life fish and game ID as "Dangerous" piranha not as pacu.

it's sad but it's the LAW!
 
StIcKy~RiCe;1505780; said:
Most of state are illegal are down south or where the weather are warm....the main reason why most piranha are banned from states to states these piranha are caught in wild in the river. Meaning some one does not want to keep piranha as a pet, so decided to put them in river, lake or pond and it will become harmful to human and other wild life.

i thing i dont get it is that NH are legal and Mass are illegal which is right next to each other. Most resident go to NH for buying piranha from NH.

Alot of "red belly PACU" are being caught in most lake, river or pond in the state where they can live all year round. Some wild life fish and game ID as "Dangerous" piranha not as pacu.

it's sad but it's the LAW!
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if only hypocrits obeyed laws.

and yes they are illegal because of the fact the wildlife wouldn';t be able to handle them, and they are a deadly invasive species- though i've been to maine and i'd be willing to bet money that these little guys wouldn't be able to make it a winter in local waters.
 
see the thing is Mass are very cold could get down to 10f some time 5f. i don't see why piranha would be illegal which piranha can not live below 50f in wild life.

I can understand the states with warm weather. Some time LAWS blows
 
It is a bit ridiculous, and forget about the winter, the water stays pretty cold in Maine year round. i went to Maine as a kid with camp and i couldn't even get in the water it was so cold.... in August... I also thought it was nuts that piranha are illegal here in Mass, but after seeing the various lists of restricted species and actually learning about them, I'm not going to complain too much. If I remember correctly the only things not federally banned that can't be kept here are the piranhas and white cloud mountain minnows, i can live without those....
 
If we are lucky the water in the lake I live next to (sebago) will get above 70f in the summer. The temp right now is 12f at 12:30am and will get down to 2f. No way they could live here but there still that slim chance some how some way 1 or 2 could live through the winter and mate. I think they are being over cautious but rules are rules no matter how dumb they are. I went to a LFS tonight and I could have picked up one of these little guys Ctenolucius hujeta AKA Freshwater Barracuda or his cousin the Acestrorhynchus falcatus AKA the Redtailed Barracuda wich are legal
 
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