Going fishing in West Africa - a journal

[SammyTargo]

It's above in the thread, but no. If I were in the US, the process would have been very expensive and very bureaucratic, but in Canada and the EU, you are allowed to bring fish back if you simply declare them and have small numbers for personal use and not for sale or distribution.

Ah, I always thought you needed to go through many securities before being allowed to bring fish back.

 

[GaryE]

They have to be in luggage, not carry on (liquid restrictions). If you bought them, a bill is needed, as with anything else you buy. If you don't declare them, and get caught - not good. But if you are open, they are humanely packed and the numbers are small, we can do it.
They can't be on the CITES list of endangered species, and there is a listing of fish that need veterinary inspection because they carry diseases. A lot of gouramis, for example, can carry Iridoviruses. You have to do your homework.
A lot of really good fish are hard to find in Canada. So it can be worthwhile.

 

[SammyTargo]

A lot of really good fish are hard to find in Canada. So it can be worthwhile.

I know. It is impossible to find good cichlids that aren't modern-bred or basic. This is bad that across every fish store I could find in a 45 minute radius from my house I couldn't find jack dempseys that aren't electric blue. Flag acaras have been a request of mine for years and I still can't find them, and they stopped selling feeder guppies from every store 3 years ago. If you've tried or are educated in guppy breeding, creating a new strain that isn't just a "variation," that won't even go into the index is impossible using fancy guppies, you can go 16 generations and still be stuck in square 2.