Lifting The Ban On Snakeheads In The U.S.A.
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The problem with trying to get the ban lifted is that it requires that we deal with people in the government. In a perfect world the people who put the ban in place would have done intensive research into the subject and banned certain species with the potential to cause environmental havoc. The reaction from the media blew the "invasion" of snakeheads way out of proportion by demonizing this frankenfish as we've all seen. Obviously there is an impact any time a new species is introduced into an ecosystem and is able to reproduce but snakeheads have had far less of an impact than most people believe. The fishery in the Potomac River had already been negatively impacted by the introduction of "native" species of fish that do not occur naturally in the river (Largemouth bass and other game fish) long before snakeheads were ever present. South Florida has its fair share of non-native species that have been introduced by the F&W (Peacock bass anyone?). Regardless of how small the environmental impact of the snakehead populations in the US is, all snakehead species will be viewed with the same distrust in the eyes of the government. Convincing the government to lift the ban on the genus and only banning a few of the species is a tall order and probably wont happen any time soon. If you really want to keep snakeheads, living the US is going to make that nearly impossible unless you catch your own and keep it, which is illegal. We can hope though.
Pretty much true although I never saw the species variety that some countries seem to have in their shops...
How about we ban all species that could possibly become an invasive?
Oh wait, then 99% of the fish In the pet trade would be banned....
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Oh wait, then 99% of the fish In the pet trade would be banned....
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EXACTLY! Almost every fish possible to buy would be considered "invasive" as soon as they have fry!
-Andrew
I believe your mixing up what idiots did what. The media and the idiots that believe what they hear and read in the media to be the word of god. And the elected officals of the idiots that believe every word printed by the press and there elected fools. Are the ones to to blame for the snakehead nation wide BAN!
I don't think this statement is true either as I find it hard to believe that snakeheads will be able to survive in the northern US, Alaska or Canada, as snakeheads come from mainly southeastern Asia, which is more tropical and accounts for why they do better in Florida, Hawaii and south east Asia than there do here. If we truely wanna eradicate them then all we need do is educate people more about how they taste and less about them destroying ecosystems. Remember folks, people mankind is the greatest destroyer of ecosystems and fisheries if we like the way something tastes or looks we'll over fish it, over use it destroy it. Just add size limits and bag limits to snakehead fishing and in no time they'll be endangered here.
Now theres a truely stupid BAN, everywhere else on the planet you can legally purchase and keep and raise Asian Arawonas, except here in the USA, what we call the Free Country. Trust me when I tell you USFW is one of those govement agencys that needs its founding permitly pulled. Nothing about the agency or anything it does ever makes any since. They protect animals and plnts from even the people that would work to save the spieces. Go figure.
Do like them, don't buy them and don't keep them.
The men and women of USFW have a greater potential to destroy ecosystems than snakeheads do! USFW has done more harm in the name of trying to do good than all the snakeheads combined. As lizardfishman pointed out: (South Florida has its fair share of non-native species that have been introduced by the F&W (Peacock bass anyone?), can you say Tilapia, Oscars, Grass Carp and the list just going on. Now Florida just like anywhere else does say kill them on sight, but Tilapia in Florida have no bag limits or size limits and can be netted all day long.
Yes they are!
Purchased you can't, but I have yet to see where it states in say a fishing licenese booklet or posted on some metal sign saying with picture ID - this is a snakehead if you catch one don't throw it back in the water you caught it from, You MUST KILL it or place it in a tied tight bag and throw it in the trash can. It is illegal to throw these fish back into the water alive or to possess one alive. You can and will be ticketed. No such sign or statement on a sign exist and with out such a written statement it will be very hard if not impossible to enforce.
Do you know that pet shops aren't allowed to carry local sports fish for sale, unless they changed the law. It's been a while since I worked in the trade.
Yet again, an extremely ignorant statement. Please do some research before vomiting propaganda.
OP, we are currently just trying to save whats left of the reptile trade and prevent more additions of those to the lacy act and you want to try and unban snakeheads? In this political climate? It wont work. Help save your fellow pet keepers with herp related legislature and then when that is defeated maybe channa can be removed from the Lacy Act but right now is not the time.
Well....you did not list where your location is but in my town there is a thriving population of snakeheads and there are people who capture them on the rod and reel.There are also certain officials who hide in the brush.They come out when they see someone land a snakehead and if the fish is not killed on site,or, appears to be set up for live transport from the catch location then they have, and will enforce existing laws with fines,forfeiture and whatever else they have at their disposal,it's been done already....and nope,there are no signs in this area.
All they have to do overfish these snakeheads and they will eventually diss appear. Just look at the ST and all the other fish that are overfished in many areas. McDonald's should use the snakeheads in their filet o fish. Lol
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All they have to do overfish these snakeheads and they will eventually diss appear. Just look at the ST and all the other fish that are overfished in many areas. McDonald's should use the snakeheads in their filet o fish. Lol
