Whats your view on illegal fish keepers?

[ITHURTZ]

Same views as smoking weed and injecting steroids. I dont care, its your life, but its the idiots that ruin it for everyone else.

 

[scottgeeze]

As long as someone is doing it for their own satisfaction pertaining to the hobby I say go for it. Just don't release them into the wild.

 

[sirasoni]

as long as they arent going to release it in the wild it doesnt really bother me.

 

[DeLgAdO]

I don't really care. It's their choice to break the law, and face the possible consequence... but at the same time I may not necessarily agree with the law either.

IF they face the consequences....

 

[Nova 8]

It's only illegal if you get caught

 

[midnight]

if one fish will change the world,i would bite its head off right in front of the officer
and if they really care,i can show them a hole with tons of illegal fish

 

[CaranxIgnobilis]

Some of the laws I think are silly. For example...pirahnas are illegal in NY. They cannot survive our winters so the law only exists because of the "danger" factor overblown by the media. There are other species just as likely to bite a person as a pirahna...especially in the saltwater hobby. With that said however, I obey the law and don't keep to seek to fin pirahnas. Other laws however make sense and I fully support them. What I can say about people who do keep illegal species...it's selfesh. It make us all and our hobby look bad and only serves to put more laws and restrictions in place.

That's terrific for you, but here in Hawaii we can barely own guppys legally. That said, I will own whatever fish I want that I can get. If the fish is illegal because it's on the endagered species list like the asian arowana, I will not seek to own it. If it is illegal because of our favorable tropical climate, I don't really give a s#$t.

 

[CHOMPERS]

I don't get why people get illegal fish and then tell everyone they got them , people like that annoy me cause they only keep them for bragging rights.

 

[Steve_89]

:lipsseale

 

[CHOMPERS]

On the third hand ...

If I had a third hand, I'd never leave the house.