Harry Knaub
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Scharpf" <ichthos_at_comcast.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:27 PM
Subject: NANFA-- I am a Hobbyist
> I'm a hobbyist.
>
> I don't believe any laws were written to prevent me from collecting fish
> specifically because I am a hobbyist.
>
> I do not have an inferiority complex when talking to or dealing with
> "professionals."
>
> I do not feel that "professionals" are out to get me simply because I am a
> hobbyist.
>
> I do not feel that I am being made the scapegoat for all of the
> environmental problems in the world.
>
> There are hundreds on unprotected fish species in North America that will
> keep me amused for the rest of my life; therefore, I see no need to
collect
> any endangered, threatened, and special concern species.
>
> I do not believe my rights are being violated because some species are
> prohibited from my collecting them.
>
> I believe fish in the wild are more interesting and aesthetically pleasing
> than fish in a fish tank.
>
> Gosh, what's wrong with me?
>
> Chris Scharpf
> Baltimore
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