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Re: NFC: Re: California
Thanks Dave, I should have made that clear. The only way you
can keep native fish in CA is to purchase them from a registered
aquaculturist ( I have a list if anybody's interested.) State law
expressly prohibits collecting "bait fish" for home aquaria.
> In speaking with the head guy at Fish and Game I have found you can
> collect but not keep (alive) any baitfish. I even asked about buying
> baitfish and putting them in a garden pond and he told me that was
> illegal.
>
> Dave Hall
>
> ----------
> > From: Wright Huntley <huntley1 at home_com>
> > To: nfc at actwin_com
> > Cc: airedaleii at aol_com
> > Subject: Re: NFC: Re: California
> > Date: Saturday, May 15, 1999 11:25 AM
> >
> >
> >
> > "D. Martin Moore" wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, for one you can't collect live fishes in California. At all.
> >
> > I don't know exactly where that notion came from. Catching "minnows for
> > bait" is quite legal, AFAIK. What you do with them afterward is nobody's
> > business. Just be sure to have your fishing license along. Also, never,
> > ever, release them back into other waters. *That* is really frowned on.
> >
> > You can't collect live *game* fish. Maybe that's what was being referred
> to.
> >
> > There are large numbers of non-game "native" species in CA. Many are
> > threatened or endangered by introduced "exotics" such as *Gambusia*.
> Killies
> > like *Lucania parva* are common all around SF Bay in brackish and
> > fresh-water estuaries. While introduced from elsewhere, they are not
> > considered an "exotic" because they come from somewhere within the US.
> > By some bureaucrat's warped view, they are thus considered a "native"
> > fish. (^_^)
> >
> > Wright
> >
> > --
> > Wright Huntley, Fremont CA, USA, 510 494-8679 huntleyone at home dot
> > com
> >
> > Stop passing new laws!
> > Repeal some dysfunctional ones. It will do far more good.*
> > http://www.self-gov.org/libertarianism.html
> > ________________________________________________
> > *We have too much gun control. We need idiot control.
>
Prost,
Martin
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