Re: NANFA-L-- FW: turtle poachers arrested in Alabama

Moontanman-in-aol.com
Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:42:03 EDT

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I'm confused, if only 340 of about 7000 turtles were caught illegally that
means that almost all of the money was also legal. This article is very much
slanted and causes people who read it to think of a vast illegal network catching
thousands of illegal turtles when in actuality only a few of the turtles were
indeed illegal. I know the breeding of turtles for sale is legal and should
be legal. I am appalled that 7000 turtles could be caught legally by a few
individuals but to insinuate that this was some kind of huge conspiracy is so
misleading. Does anyone else on this list realize that we also catch fish, often
for sale or trade, under laws that are often quite obscure or less than clear
and that some of us, if not many of us, could be caught up in some sort of
similar operation just for catching the small fish we all love so much?

Michael Hissom (AKA Moon)
Lower Cape Fear River, Waccamaw Lake and river system, and coastal salt water
and brackish water estuaries in the same location. (South Eastern North
Carolina)
I have access to the only natural Ocean Shore Rock out cropping in Coastal NC

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I'm confused, if only 340 of about=20= 7000 turtles were caught illegally that means that almost all of the money w= as also legal. This article is very much slanted and causes people who read=20= it to think of a vast illegal network catching thousands of illegal turtles=20= when in actuality only a few of the turtles were indeed illegal. I know the=20= breeding of turtles for sale is legal and should be legal. I am appalled tha= t 7000 turtles could be caught legally by a few individuals but to insinuate= that this was some kind of huge conspiracy is so misleading. Does anyone el= se on this list realize that we also catch fish, often for sale or trade, un= der laws that are often quite obscure or less than clear and that some of us= , if not many of us, could be caught up in some sort of similar operation ju= st for catching the small fish we all love so much?


Michael Hissom (AKA Moon)
Lower Cape Fear River, Waccamaw Lake and river system, and coastal salt wate= r and brackish water estuaries in the same location. (South Eastern North Ca= rolina)
I have access to the only natural Ocean Shore Rock out cropping in Coastal N= C
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