Miguel;1801927; said:
whats with the EU ban? are we getting American? Are they intending on banning Channa's?
the e.u has passed a directive banning wild caught Channa as well as other fish inc. spiney eels, barbs ect. do to the fact they might carry a certain fish disease , so from august this year you will see very few Channa in shops as the vast majority are wild caught , if anyone want to try there hand at snakeheads now is the time .
there are many people trying to breed them ,to keep Channa alive in the hobby , but only the big boys micros straita etc are being mass captive bred at the moment (for the food industry in Asia) some of these will still make there way over here i would of thought .
i don't know how they are going to police it , how can they be sure its captive bred being imported Rather than wild caught ? maybe they will introduce some system like the arowana has with its microchip ?
certain countries in the e.u will fair better than other , far instance Germany has already got some great breeder and a vast stock of Channa , but in the UK we sadly lack behind ,although there is a small dedicated number of Channa fans trying to breed to keep the Channa hobby alive over here
one thing you can be sure of is after the ban prices will rise as demand grows for what will be then a rare fish in the hobby , if you get into them now you should really try your hand at breeding them
cheers col
so will I be able to take them home to Sweden alive in my backpack? Or is it illigal? Or do I have to get some permissions? 
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