in addition to illegal fish keepers

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santoury

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In light of the long thread about illegal fishkeeping that has been active lately, I am wondering about this...

I'm interested in hearing stories where illegal fish keepers have actually gotten caught.

Also, what about fishing/netting in Florida? The invasives are under everybody's nose - what if an official saw a bucket holding, say, Tilapia, or a snakehead or whatever, (going home to be eaten, so to speak) do they dismiss it as such, or worse?

Just interested in learning these things.
 
For the Florida thing, I think they would be fine with it as long as it doesn't LEAVE the bucket.
 
Wow I would hate to pay that!
 
A fish store near me got caught for stocking illegal fish, they got some massive fines and all illegal stock was destroyed. Now they only have half the ammount of illegal fish as they did before. I asked them why they still sold illegal fish and they said it was due to the fact that the profit made off 1 illegal fish (Asian Aros) is equal to the weeks takings of thier legal fish trade, so in the grand sceme of thing $40,000 in fines wasn't that hard to cover (8-12 fish depending on what type of Asian Aro it was)
 
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cac/news/pr2006/125.html
How many of you remember Anthony?????

There are also people on this site that have been raided and have lost fish due to it...I will however refrain from naming names as I do respect that person..

There are hundreds others if you really want to search for them...
 
it seems they go after the source more than the keepers. Maybe wrong, as i'm sure there are some individuals who have been caught.
 
davo;908278; said:
it seems they go after the source more than the keepers. Maybe wrong, as i'm sure there are some individuals who have been caught.
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From a resource standpoint it makes more sense to get the supplier not the consumer. In many many cases it is the Supplier that is targeted. Does this how ever make it correct for one to be the end user that makes the demand???

It is still Illegal to possess and obtain these fish and anyone buying them is still a part of the problem and can be prosecuted, jailed and or fined. this is a fact that does not change.
 
Polypterus;908297; said:
From a resource standpoint it makes more sense to get the supplier not the consumer. In many many cases it is the Supplier that is targeted. Does this how ever make it correct for one to be the end user that makes the demand???

It is still Illegal to possess and obtain these fish and anyone buying them is still a part of the problem and can be prosecuted, jailed and or fined.
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no, i completely agree with you, making the demand is the problem. But yes, from a resources point of view, it's far more worthwhile catching the movers.

Anyone that buys an endangered animal deserves jail time- especially for WC.
 
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