-- Jay DeLong Olympia, WA>To: "Ted Clayton" <tedclayton_at_tenforward.com> >From: Jay DeLong <thirdwind_at_att.net> >Subject: Re: Collecting Legalities > >Hi Ted. >I live in Washington also and am sorry to tell you and your brother that >indeed there are regulations in your states and most all other western >states that prohibit collecting fish from the wild. Most folks on the >NANFA page that have written about this are east of the Rockies, and often >are able to collect fish with only a fishing or bait-collecting >license. Here in WA you'd need a scientific collecting permit and they're >rather complicated to apply for and receive. From what I've heard, the >situation in California is the same. > >As for Alaska, I don't know. Contact ADFG through their website and they >should be able to steer you to the proper person. The reason agency >websites don't list information like this is because there aren't that >many people collecting aquarium fish, it isn't a revenue-generator for the >agencies, and bait fishing is strictly limited (in California) or illegal >(in WA, OR, and others). > >Regards, > >Jay DeLong >Olympia, WA > > >At 09:44 AM 2/20/01 -0800, you wrote: >>Hello; >> >>I and my brother have recently been pursuing the topic of home-scale >>aquaculture, both for recreational and possible food purposes. >> >>The NANFA resources are fascinating. They make plain that folks are >>collecting, maintaining and breeding native wild species. This is an >>exciting prospect. >> >>A few days ago, I would have been sure the regulatory climate would >>prohibit such activities, and am encouraged to discover it is being done >>widely. >> >>I have wandered and poked around the NANFA website, looking for guidance >>or pointers, on the matter of legalitities and regulations, but without luck. >> >>Certainly, the very first piece of information that I need to access, is >>the legal situation. I notice that you provide a page linking to Fish & >>Wildlife Departments for all 50 States and the Provinces. Questions >>about the live collecting and keeping wild fishes do not seem to be >>easily answered at these places. >> >>Can you help me obtain this vital regulatory information? (My bother is >>in Solano County, California, I am on the Olympic Peninsula of >>Washington, and I am also interested in Alaska.) >> >>Thanks! >> >>Ted Clayton
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