Are aisian aros really illegal?

[A. gigas]

i have read many places (including stickies) that they are, but what about Texas? They are actually NOT LISTED ON THE PROHIBITED EXOTICS PAGE! Could Texas be an exception to the ban?

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/exotic/

 

[manlyfish]

its the same with michigan only fish thats really considered an aquarium fish thats illegal are snake heads and dojo or weather loach or at least thats what that thread said

 

[Bderick67]

Federally they are illegal.

 

[A. gigas]

dojo loach?!? what? those sell here for $2 each!

 

[A. gigas]

Federally they are illegal.

but isn't the same true with snakeheads? they're still listed on there though...

 

[BlackShark11k]

Federally they are illegal.

this. they're on the Cites II list i think, so they're illegal country wide. you can try and get permits for them, but unless your a zoo or research facility its unlikely.

 

[A. gigas]

this. they're on the Cites II list i think, so they're illegal country wide. you can try and get permits for them, but unless your a zoo or research facility its unlikely.

doesn't that just mean you can't import wild-caught ones? what about farm raised?

 

[Bderick67]

this. they're on the Cites II list i think, so they're illegal country wide. you can try and get permits for them, but unless your a zoo or research facility its unlikely.

Asian aros are cites I. Cites does not differentiate between wild and farm raised

 

[BlackShark11k]

doesn't that just mean you can't import wild-caught ones? what about farm raised?

im wrong, asian arowanas are actually in appendix one. however, only s. formosus is listed, and i do believe that s. formosus was spilit up into several different species in '03.

according to cites website-

Appendix I includes species threatened with extinction. Trade in specimens of these species is permitted only in exceptional circumstances.

 

[Bderick67]

im wrong, asian arowanas are actually in appendix one. however, only s. formosus is listed, and i do believe that s. formosus was spilit up into several different species in '03.

according to cites website-

If that were the case and you could have them in the US, would this thread even exist?