Dyed Fish Please Read

[MarkByrom]

I think the problem that may be incountered here is, as long as they are not dyed in the uk our legislation will not have to restrict the importation of these fish, only exportation, suck i know, but they government will make money off fish sales as much as anything else, with the in high demand for pretty fish it's prob not worth sending it to mp's. Unfortuanatly Mp's are just figure heads and not decision makers ( i say this as i know an MP).

However, if the fish importer could not fully provide sufficiant evidance that the fish were not dyed in the uk, they could be taken too court and shut down on a technicality. That is a more viable option as opposed to contacting an MP who's input and care for fish is a circulating conveyer belt at a sushi bar in kensington.

So my personal suggestion would be to contact the fish importers and get them to prove that the fish were dyed before the importation took place, if this cannot be proved contact an animal service establishment and log a complaint for investigation, if you have 100 people or more sign this kind of docume, it is madatory for the investigation to be launched.

Many thanks,

Mark.

 

[Colin_T]

importers are not going to paint the fish themselves. It would cost too much. A kid in Asia will do the job for 50cents a day and paint 1000s. An importer paying legitimate wages would go broke trying to do the same thing.

Some info for people who do buy painted glassfish. The paint comes off after a few weeks and the fish end up as plain old glassfish.