I subscribe to updates from the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife. I have not seen any action on the bill whatsoever. There doesn't appear to be any revisions or amendments, nor any new bill introduced, as well as no voting on the subject. In short, we are in the clear so far, and hopefully the issue is dead for this year. I will be continuing to monitor the situation and will update with any news. Great job on getting the word out on the issue.
HR 669 Update: July 1, 2009
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thank god hopefully this bill will never be heard of again or seen or changed revised or anything just layed to rest.
mr.reef24
mr.reef24
thanks for the update. not to claim an early victory, but seeing as how this bill has fallen off the face of the earth is encouraging to see that it would take a lot more effort to get this through the house and senate and have it become federally imposed. i think we have time to gain better understanding of how to crush any bill that tries to blanket the hobby we love with laws that would make everything we do illegal. I just don't see this being a focus anytime soon with so many other important things going on. politicians want to do things that pat themselves on the back. voters are not going to have this bill in their priority of concerns, and i think politicians realize this
Even if the bill is inactive at this point, it's still also important to get the word out to other hobbyists that releasing aquarium fish is detrimental to our hobby. I wish the industry would focus more attention on education regarding this issue so that bills of this nature need not be introduced at all.
true, but it goes far far beyond just our hobby. remember the story where the woman in connecticut had a chimp that she treated as a human? then he went crazy and ripped off part of her friend's face. i think cases like this are what propel the negative thinking of keeping exotic animals into the media forefront. the problem is people need to be responsible and also they need to be using common sense. this is unfortunately something that cannot be taught. people need to be responsible to not release non-natives into the wild. they also need common sense to know that this is not meant to happen. anytime humans have interfered with ecosystems in a way that is not natural to them, the results have in some level been a disaster. i do agree though that education and perhaps maybe even registering certain species could help. snakeheads need not be banned, but maybe some kind of certification or license should be offered. just an example. i think that would weed out a lot of people that should not be allowed to keep more than a pet rockewurm;3246563; said:
Lets be better prepared the next time some jack ass brings in some crazy bill and beat it down quickly. There is strength in numbers! Good job to all who helped in any way shape or form. To those who didn't WAKE UP!
Introduced and non-native species, including ones that were pets, are undeniably a big problem.
Rest assured that there will be additional legislation to address the problem.
Hopefully it will be better crafted than HR 669.
But taking the approach that "any regulation in this area is bad" both assumes that what's currently on the books is perfect and ignores the reality of the threat to native species and habitats.
Rest assured that there will be additional legislation to address the problem.
Hopefully it will be better crafted than HR 669.
But taking the approach that "any regulation in this area is bad" both assumes that what's currently on the books is perfect and ignores the reality of the threat to native species and habitats.
i gotta question. so this bill is to band any import of all exotic/non-native animals right?---is that with out any consideration?? what are we trying to do here? are we totally trying to overflip this bill? isnt that abit selfish?? i mean ther clearly other animlas involve and not just fish....someone enlighten me