NANFA-- sell non-game fish

Mark (nanfa_at_jonahsaquarium.com)
Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:04:53 -0400

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At 2:21 PM -0400 9/17/03, Chip Rinehart wrote:
>BG,
>
>I just got off the phone with our Assistant Chief of Freshwater Fisheries
>(and I mean right as this email came in). I was initially discussing what
>permit/license I needed to legally sell non-game fish for private aquarium
>use. His initial thinking was a Commercial fishing License but then he said
>"maybe I'll just issue you a general scientific collection permit"! Now
>wouldn't that be something!

That's great that you have such a good relationship with your
Fisheries people. There needs to be more of that among NANFAns and
professionals. One thing to consider, though, is that if you plan to
sell wild fish, the scientific collection permit is not likely to
provide for that kind of use.
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