David L. McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
Langston, OK 73050; email: dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
telephone: (405) 466-6025; fax: 405) 466-3307
home page http://www.lunet.edu/mcneely/index.htm
"Where are we going?" "I don't know, are we there yet?"
----- Original Message -----
From: matt ashton <ashtonmj2003-in-yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 5, 2006 2:18 pm
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- seinerama 2/collecting
> You mean blackside dace right? Mountain redbelly carry know state
> or federal protection to my knowledge.
>
> Your point 3 was exactly what I was getting-in-earlier for the
> fish and the organizations longterm benefits.
>
> Matt
> Cookeville, TN
>
> dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu wrote:
> In order to collect legally one must follow the regulations of
> the
> appropriate jurisdiction. At least one of the fishes you mentioned
> MAY
> be a U.S.F.W.S. listed species, depending on which species
> (mountain
> redbelly dace IS a listed species).
>
> Does an export license specify which species may be exported?
>
> In the aquarium trade and hobby, we need to be scrupulous to make
> sure
> we are within the legal framework as we work and play. That will
> accomplish-in-least three purposes: 1. keep individuals out of
> trouble, 2. protect resources, 3. keep the trade and hobby
> reputable
> and credible. This last may even give trade and hobby
> organizations
> some clout in dealing with regulatory agencies concerning what
> regulations should be.
>
> Dave
>
> David L. McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
> Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
> Langston, OK 73050; email: dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
> telephone: (405) 466-6025; fax: 405) 466-3307
> home page http://www.lunet.edu/mcneely/index.htm
>
> "Where are we going?" "I don't know, are we there yet?"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Friedrich Bitter
> Date: Wednesday, July 5, 2006 1:04 pm
> Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- seinerama 2/collecting
> > Hello Casper,
> > collected in May in TN together with a friend. We had with us 10
> > pairs
> > of redbelly dace, 10 pairs of rainbow shiner and 20 pairs of
> > Yellowfin
> > shiners. Even I had an actual fishing license, an export license
> > and the
> > necessary paper work for USFWS these fish have been confiscated
>-in-
> > the
> > USFWS office-in-Atlanta airport, after we told them that they
> > originated
> > from TN.
> > Unfortunately it seems collecting, even in small numbers, will
> be
> > more
> > and more difficult in the near future.
> >
> > Friedrich
> >
> > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had
> a
> > name of Notropis chrosomus.jpg]
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