Proposed Legislation banning the import of corals, fish etc ...

[alberthiel]

This could be very bad for our hobby if this legislation is passed as they can put just about anything they want on that Blacklist that is mentioned.

This is a must read

Tough New Wildlife Import Regulations Proposed for US

 

[Mr bigolsworth]

That's crazy.

 

[BrooksReef]

These pop up every few years and always get turned down, it seems. Hopefully this one isn't the winner!

 

[alberthiel]

These pop up every few years and always get turned down, it seems. Hopefully this one isn't the winner!

Yes we better hope so as that Black list is no nebulous anything would fit in there that is not US native even a snail ! Let's hope it gets shot down or at least watered down a lot. As far as I know from talking to Jack Kent (Continuum) at the CoralCon conference he stated that 67 types of corals are considered part of that Black list when they start defining what is on the Black list ... I guess we will have to wait and see.

PIJAC (Pet Industry Joint Action Committee) is involved in trying to fight the proposed law and a lot of fish / coral / product manufacturers for aquariums are starting to join in apparently.

More will be revealed as they say.

 

[alberthiel]

That's crazy.

I sounds like it indeed but look at what happened in FL and in HI and in other areas e.g. Belize where lots of corals and even fish are already partially or totally banned

 

[alberthiel]

These pop up every few years and always get turned down, it seems. Hopefully this one isn't the winner!

Yes they do but this one seems to have more support than when it previously came out ... and as hobbyists there is really not much we can do .. except get hold of our Senators and Congressmen but I don't think we are at that stage yet ... although it certainly cannot hurt.

 

[kyle1284]

this will never pass.... never has and never will

 

[alberthiel]

this will never pass.... never has and never will

Well we better hope so


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[kyle1284]

The pet industry is a multi billion dollar business. When we get down to the nitty gritty there are very few species of anything pet related that do not come from overseas at one point in time. That was billion with a B!

 

[alberthiel]

The pet industry is a multi billion dollar business. When we get down to the nitty gritty there are very few species of anything pet related that do not come from overseas at one point in time. That was billion with a B!

Yes I do realize that the hobby is a very large industry but that is not the point here ... who is representing the aquarium industry ? PIJAC ? Probably but they are far more interested in dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, etc .. etc ... and based on a conversation I had at CoralCon2013 it seems that the Aquarium Hobby is not too well represented.

Also if you have read the legislation the scary part is the Black List which includes just about everything that is non-native ... and what is scary about that is that if you have a Coral that came from say Indo, it will be on that Black list and you will not be able to sell it, trade it, sell frags if you can frag it .. .etc ... and of course no importing either, but even those that are already in this country appear to be included in that Black List as well ... and that is not just about corals, fish are included as well ... so what about aqua-cultured Clowns, Banggai cardinals, and for that matter any fish that is non-native but is captive bred ... according to that legislation all those would fall under that ban as well.

And so we can go on .. Mexican Snails ... Caribbean whatever's you may have or that may be in the country that are now banned from being sold ...

This is so all encompassing that it is worrisome ... and I have not seen any reactions to it yet ... so who is protecting our Hobby? That is the 64K question .