Whats your view on illegal fish keepers?

[ewurm]

I cant personally say anything about it since Im an illegal Piranha keeper in Virginia. I dont live very far from West Virginia and they are legal there so its not really hard to drive the 2 hours and pick them up. I think its stupid that a couple of glorified tetras are illegal because somebody was dumb enough to release them into the wild. If that were the case almost every aquarium fish would be illegal in FL.

It's not very smart to post online that you are keeping illegal fish. Your IP address is stamped every time you send info.

 

[sandtiger]

It's worth noting that while i bet they do monitor this forum, there isn't very much that they can do about it if you are careful of how you word the posts with the pics.

For instance, if you don't say that it is YOUR fish you are taking photos of, they have no evidence.

Sounds goofy, but it's true, thats how forums dedicated to growing illegal plants and fungi keep themselves safe.

I'm fairly sure that if the authorities requested someone's info the forum or forum owner would be obligated by law to give them that info.

 

[Liam]

Meh, I don't give a flying $@#* about illegal fish keepers, They do it at there own risk.

 

[killerfish]

not a day goes by that i don't think about haveing a snakehead man i wish they were legal

 

[ghostknifefish0909]

i dont really care becuase if you dont have an illegal fish then you got nothin to worry about!

 

[Nabbig2]

I guess the reason certain fish are made illegal is due to irrisponsable fish keepers releasing them in to a wild unatural enviroment where they then outcompete the native species for food.

Then they might as well make goldfish illegal to keep. I mean, you can release goldfish into the wild, and they will outcompete other natives.

 

[Edwin]

the law is wack, cant keep rbps. last time i got 3 of the confiscated