Can anyone explain the different reasons behind the law about not transporting live fish? I have a friend who got ticketed by a game warden because a catfish he had caught and he had put in his ice chest was not dead yet. Now, I can understand concerns about introducing unwanted species into another body of water but this fish was on ice! Are there other reasons for the law?
2007-09-20 05:21:42 · 13 answers · asked by norbert 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
the catfish in question was a channel catfish. regardless, i've heard of people getting ticketed for not killing stripers and largemouth bass too. why can't they just make the law so that you can't transport certain undesirable species live? is there really a big market for live fish?? i just don't understand what the big deal is.
2007-09-20 05:58:36 · update #1
btw, i have NO interest in stocking fish or selling fish. i can understand it someone wanted to keep the fish alive as long as possible so it will be the freshest before cooking though. i just want to understand the underlying reason behind the law.
2007-09-21 03:25:48 · update #2
Any fish can be an "undesirable species" in the wrong place, just as any plant can be a weed in the wrong place. So, in order for the law to be manageable and enforceable it must be universal.
2007-09-20 06:38:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason is, if the fish get stuck in the transporter and rematerializes in the wrong timezone it could pose a huge problem. For example if it came back out in say, 1862 before the time of game wardens, it might interfere with the natural progression of the species resulting in mass chaos and global warming, not to mention prolific migration of illegal aliens from third world countries.
2007-09-21 17:24:39 · answer #2 · answered by fishmandu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In addition to what some people said about disease, some people practice fish "trading". You catch a fish, put it alive in the box, catch a better one, and replace. The fish released after being iced can sometimes die, basically a form of poaching. So that could be a reason the wardens want dead fish in your cooler.
2007-09-20 06:50:46 · answer #3 · answered by hippiewhomper57 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two words: Walking Cat-fish.
Predatory like you would not believe.
Ole WC 's been known to escape from coolers enough to
scare the hell out of game wardens from Maine to California.
Better Dead than Sorry!
And the Cat's just one of about fifty serious predatory species!
2007-09-20 05:46:28 · answer #4 · answered by THE Cupid HATER 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you want to talk about the Asian tiger fish that got loose and is taking over the river systems that lead to the Great lakes. If it gets in, the Great lakes will be history.
How about all the small lakes that have Piranha in them from idiots that have let them go.
One Lady on here wanted to know if she could let her Goldfish go in the nearby river so they could be free.
The Manatee in Florida. the list goes on and on.
What it comes down to is, you shouldn't have to ask.
2007-09-23 23:58:38 · answer #5 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The law is in effect because when you move a fish from one body of water to another there could be a spread of contaminants such as fungus, worms and ect. If a body of water is contaminated you wouldn't want to have it spread this way.
2007-09-20 16:31:26 · answer #6 · answered by bullard_steven@sbcglobal.net 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer think of so. :( I did slightly analyze and found basically regulations in Switzerland. They made a regulation against flushing stay fish and it variety of feels to be rather large information, so i do no longer think of it is a undemanding regulation. I examine a number of the articles and somewhat some people commenting on the thoughts shop asserting how stupid it is, like, "Who cares adequate a pair of goldfish to humanely knock it out and then kill it first?" this is somewhat unhappy. :(
2016-10-09 13:02:09 · answer #7 · answered by marolf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's about contamination just like you said. If a criminal was hard up for some live fish in his pond/lake he could throw the fish on ice for a while and have it still live. Especially catfish. You would think the warden would just make him kill the thing. Kind of a dick move.
2007-09-20 05:31:49 · answer #8 · answered by Tim 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
i can understand it if its from country to country but not internal we in England now have a lot of trouble with crayfish that have been put into our rivers which multiply very quickly and kill the smaller British species they eat every thing they can including fisherman's baits
2007-09-21 22:45:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've never heard of that...that's crazy....kill it then put it in your coller huh?....suppose you change your mind and choose to release the fish...
i know that you aren't supposed to transport fish and water because they might contain invasive species
2007-09-23 08:00:30 · answer #10 · answered by bigmha2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋