WHERE CAN I BUY NATIVES???

[fishyz]

KSI Aquatics
Ohio Valley Natives
Zimmerman's captive raised native fish
KV aquatics
BTDarters

Are the top suppliers. Jonah's is a top seller.

I agree. If you contact the names of the businesses I posted and are asked for $13 per fish I'd be stunned!

Shipping does cost money and naturally you must pay for that. Most of the suppliers I posted, only charge the actual freight and not some made up figure.

As far as collecting......I just received F. zebrinus. I did not buy them but rather traded. I would have to spend about a $200 in gas and another $100 in hotels and who knows how much in permits to get them myself.....You simply can't collect all of the fish you want and that's exactly why I posted the fine sellers I did.

Very good prices, excellent service and darn nice people to deal with.

I know Brian Torreano (owner of BTDartes) and because of the VHS the WDNR does not let you ship natives in or out of Wisconsin with out a health paper that costs $150 and the lives of 20 fish for each speices. He is currently working on a flow-through system to keep his fish in and I may start to work with him to get more speices of fish out and get some money to help support my hobby. I might beable to start breeding fish as early as next spring aswell.

 

[guppy]

The list Teleost gave is pretty much the Buy/sell...NANFA however also still has a legal Trading system apart from Buying and selling. (Selling Natives generally requires a license or permit.. Giving away fish is not Illegal in many cases)

Thanks

 

[tunerX]

Collect them yourself. Last I checked seining for bait isn't illegal in your state. If they are a gamefish then get a fishing license and stick with the legal limits and sizes. If you want to sell then pay the money to get a license to sell and collect for commercial purposes, then you can use commercial collection methods.

 

[Mikeberg]

I have had good luck with
http://www.aquaculturestore.com/

I had good luck with this vender too.

 

[Mikeberg]

Like Teleost said you can trade fish or ceatch your own natives. OR you can buy them.
I also used BT Darters once before he had to stop his out of State shipping, he was good.
I really liked Zimmermans Fish, he sometimes will add a fish to the order in case one does not make it. But he uses the breather bags so that should not happen.
I did have one bag break on a order and he replaced the fish I lost.

Join NAFTA its a good way to meet others who like fish, check out their tradeing post.
Mike