illegal fish species

[~nessy~]

ok i had set my mind on a electric blue crayfish and asked about some info like what the smallest tank had to be its eating habits when someone replyed that its illegal for me to own one this is didnt know as i live on the isle of man (england/uk) i was wondering if anyone can help me out in which species of fish/ other water living things that im not aloud to get

any help would be appreshiated

 

[Ami]

Nessy, you might want to check this out:

Are your fish illegal?

It lists everything already illegal here and everything that they're considering.

I'm sure tonnes of people have grass carp in their ponds!

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I know that you need to have a license to sell the majority of invertebrates so ask your lfs(local fish store) if they have one otherwise they aern't allowed to sell whatever invertebrate they are selling.
The only fish that i know that you need to have a license for are arowanas as they are very endangered- none the less about 40% of fish that end up in petshops are caught from the wild and are sold legally and many are endangered in their natural habitats or are food for other endangered fish.

 

[Avinitlarge]

ok i had set my mind on a electric blue crayfish and asked about some info like what the smallest tank had to be its eating habits when someone replyed that its illegal for me to own one this is didnt know as i live on the isle of man (england/uk) i was wondering if anyone can help me out in which species of fish/ other water living things that im not aloud to get

any help would be appreshiated

They have some in the local pet shop up here, £6.99,

Is it illigal to sell them or illigal to own them?? Sounds a bit daft to me, Get one anyway, I think it would be a good idea to keep it in a tank on its own though, They look big and nasty

 

[~nessy~]

Avinitlarge -- i dont want to own anything thats illegal because its illegal for a reason i am still going to look into getting one though as i love them sooo much

thanks to everyone for the quick replys

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I am glad to see channel catfish are now in the process of becomming illegal in england, i mean they grow to about 48inchs long and who's gonna have a tank that can adequetely house a catfish that big ?

 

[Teelie]

Channel cats are more a pond fish like Koi or Comets are rather than an aquarium fish though some people do have aquariums that are the size of ponds...

 

[CFC]

You dont need a license to own arowana's. Only the Asian arowana Scleropages formosus is restricted with only captive bred specimins being available which must be microchipped and have the correct paper work sent with them, but since these are now mass bred in Asian fish farms this isnt a problem and they are readily available from many speciality fish stores.

 

[mlee0332]

Is it the same in the states? My grandmother has grass carp in her pond... But it's not a pond you would buy at a store... Its one that was dug due to drainage problems at her house, and she has nothing in it but wild fish. Like bass and brim and of course the carp, and others...

 

[Teelie]

In the US it really depends on the state or local government as there are few federal regulations on keeping most fish. Some are regulated but largely these are endangered or dangerous species.

 

[b.c.f.c]

i am amazed that grass carp are illegal.my grandad has 5 of them,4 albino and 1 pritty big black 1 thats way older then me.i read a story in a fishing magazine once about a lake with huge ones and there has been cases were they have jumped out the water and knocked people out who are on a little rowing boats lol.(i know its not that funny but you have to giggle)

 

[SirMinion]

What a coincedence, we had been considering turning Cookie's old tank into a cray tank and we even bought the new Aqualog book, Freshwater shrimps, crayfishes and crabs to research which species we wanted.

We decided on cherax destructor, a large, blue Australian species.

Then with a little more research we found that it is illegal to sell or even own ANY species of non-native crayfish except for the signal cray Pacifastacus leniusculus, which can be kept under licence but only in certain parts of the country, and the red-claw cray Cherax quadricarinatus which cannot survive in our temperate climate.

This law carries a fine of 2500!

I wrote to the relevent government department to clarify this and they wrote back and confirmed that yes, non native crays are illegal in the UK due to disease and destructive competition of our native species from realeased alien species.

So it looks like we're going for rainbow crabs instead.

 

[~nessy~]

where about are u getting your rainbow crabs from as i think they look kinda cute

 

[SirMinion]

where about are u getting your rainbow crabs from as i think they look kinda cute

A shop near here has three large rainbow crabs at £15 each. Beautiful things.

Ironically, they also are selling American Blue crayfish, obviously unaware that they're breaking the law.

 

[Boxcar Muzzdogg]

Ironically, they also are selling American Blue crayfish, obviously unaware that they're breaking the law.

Is it possible they mislabeled them?