This isState run websites are accurate unless they are outdated. Fish stores should not be selling illegal species no matter how common they are or of they are banned in other states. I have found illegal species in fish stores. Sometimes the fish store is just misinformed, other times they are selling a specifies that they know is illegal just to make profit. State run websites are not propaganda. If a fish store is selling a fish that you know is illegal, DON'T BUY IT.