Laws are being passed banning the shipment of life fish across state lines

[Jubal_Harshaw]

I was just coming back from my LFS and was told that Congress has passed a law to ban the transport of live fish across state lines, and now it is in the Senate up for a vote. Is that correct? Did anyone hear the same? The LFS said they tried to pass this a few years ago, including dogs and cats, but the pushback was strong, and it did not pass. Now, dogs and cats are removed, but the rest is still in place. It would be a disaster not just for us as hobbyists but also for a whole industry.

 

[blaxsun]

Yes. BRS did a video on this on their YouTube channel which is worth watching.

 

[Macdaddynick1]

Welcome to the criminal underworld boys and girls.

 

[PeterC99]

So a private seller in NY couldn’t sell their fish to a private party in NJ?

 

[Tamberav]

Yea there is a lot of threads on it. Hopefully it is amended out. I believe it effects reptiles and birds? And so on. It seems tough to pass without effecting jobs and money and small businesses and just a lot of people.

Stuff like this should be left to individual states to control. It’s not like a lionfish is going to take over and be invasive in Wisconsin.

 

[MaxTremors]

Oh god, here we go again. The short answer is NO.

 

[Combs1ng]

You'll now have to get your fish from the Murky Depths, not unlike the Dark Web.

 

[Jubal_Harshaw]

I think we have much bigger problems than that. I get it when we talk about endangered species, but my clownfish? Seriously. One could just stare and wonder.