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Originally Posted by Airborneguy  I love your idea, and love how it's coming along, but I have to ask this question: why is everyone so supportive of local collecting in this case, but when I mention taking stuff from the ocean (parasitic invasive species nonetheless), its like I just cursed Jesus? I mean a few things have died on you already, and these are fish which are used to having much more room. And this is just an observation... I am not getting on you at all because obviously, I don't have a problem with collecting specimens locally. |
I think the difference is that you wanted to take them in mass numbers to sell and make a profit. Alter is taking a couple of fish to keep in a home tank for his own enjoyment. It isn't just people on here that don't agree, there are laws in place so that people cannot collect things just to sell.