Re: [APD] HR 669

[Stuart Halliday <stuart at mytriops_com>]

I believe Bryan Nielsen wrote this email section below:
> On quick glance I don't see where this would outright ban tropical
> fish and other pets?  What I took from it is that it would provide
> risk assessment to determine if a species has potential to cause harm
> and based on that would ban some species. 

And just who is going to pay for that 'risk assessment'?
No doubt the importers.
I bet a long queue will develop...

Don't they do something like this already with aquatic plants in the USA?


> There are quite a few
> species that were imported for the pet trade that have become
> established invasives in the United States and have greatly impacted
> the environment and economy.

You mean like dogs and cats? ;-)

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Stuart Halliday
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