Illegal Fish Thread

BoCoMo said:

Is there any state where the sale or possession of a snakehead's is legal?

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http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212293

schamus95 said:

hey are kuhlii loaches illegal to keep in queensland, Australia?

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They're legal. The only loach considered illegal is dojo loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus).
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=180186

Your Illinois one is combined with Indiana FYI.

The illinois ones are as follows for APPROVED species, ANY not on this list are illegal to own/possess/breed/distrubte/traffic, per ILDNR LAW. Hobby fish excluded unless released. I work with the DNR everyday and being an avid sportsman there is alot of haze that can be cleared up real easy talking face to face with them. Anything not on this list (again less hobby fish) are 100% illegal and they prosecute to the fullest( they need the $$$ THANKS BLAGO!!!)

FISH

Chestnut lamprey Ichthyomyzon castaneus
Silver lamprey Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
American brook lamprey Lampetra appendix
Shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirynchus platorynchus
Paddlefish Polyodon spathula
Spotted gar Lepisosteus oculatus
Longnose gar Lepisosteus osseus
Shortnose gar Lepisosteus platostomus
Bowfin Amia calva
American eel Anguilla rostrata
Alabama shad Alosa alabamae
Skipjack herring Alosa chrysochloris
Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum
Threadfin shad Dorosoma petenense
Goldeye Hiodon alosoides
Mooneye Hiodon tergisus
Bloater Coregonus hoyi
Round whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum
*Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis
*Lake trout Salvelinus namaycush
*Brown trout Salmo trutta
*Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
*Coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
*Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax
Central mudminnow Umbra limi
Grass pickerel Esox americanus
Northern pike Esox lucius
Muskellunge Esox masquinongy
Tiger muskellunge Esox masquinongy X lucius
Goldfish Carassius auratus
Common Carp Cyprinus carpio
Golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
Creek chub Semotilus atromaculatus
Lake chub Coesius plumbeus
Hornyhead chub Nocomis biguttatus
Speckled chub Macrhybopsis aestivalis
Silver chub Macrhybopsis storeriana
Blacknose dace Rhinichthys atratulus
Longnose dace Rhinichthys cataractae
Suckermouth minnow Phenacobius mirabilis
Emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides
River shiner Notropis blennius
Ghost shiner Notropis buchanan i
Bigmouth shiner Notropis dorsalis
Spottail shiner Notropis hudsoniu s
Rosyface shiner Notropis rubellus
Silverband shiner Notropis shumardi
Sand shiner Notropis stramineus
Mimic shiner Notropis volucellus
Ribbon shiner Lythrurus fumeus
Redfin shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
Red shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
Spotfin shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
Steelcolor shiner Cyprinella whipplei
Striped shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus
Common shiner Luxilus cornutus
Silverjaw minnow Ericymba buccata
Southern redbelly dace Phoxinus erythrogaster
Silvery minnow Hybognathus nuchalis
Bluntnose minnow Pimephales notatus
Fathead minnow Pimephales promelas
Bullhead minnow Pimephales vigilax
Central stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
Largescale stoneroller Campostoma oligolepis
Blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus
Smallmouth buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
Bigmouth buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
Black buffalo Ictiobus niger
River carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
Highfin carpsucker Carpiodes velifer
Silver redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
Black redhorse Moxostoma duquesnei
Golden redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
Shorthead redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Northern hog sucker Hypentelium nigricans
White sucker Catostomus commersoni
Spotted sucker Minytrema melanops
Creek chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus
Lake chubsucker Erimyzon sucetta
White catfish Ameiurus catus
Black bullhead Ameiurus melas
Yellow bullhead Ameiurus natalis
Brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
Blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus
Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus
Flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris
Mountain madtom Noturus eleutherus
Slender madtom Noturus exilis
Stonecat Noturus flavus
Tadpole madtom Noturus gyrinus
Brindled madtom Noturus miurus
Freckled madtom Noturus nocturnus
Pirate perch Aphredoderus sayanus
Trout-perch Percopsis omiscomaycus
Burbot Lota lota
Starhead topminnow Fundulus dispar
Blackstripe topminnow Fundulus notatus
Blackspotted topminnow Fundulus olivaceus
Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
Brook silverside Labidesthes sicculus
Brook stickleback Culaea inconstans
Ninespine stickleback Pungitius pungitius
Mottled sculpin Cottus bairdi
Banded sculpin Cottus carolinae
White bass Morone chrysops
Striped bass Morone saxatilis
Hybrid striped bass hybrids of listed Morone spp .
Yellow bass Morone mississippiensis
Smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu
Northern Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides salmoides
Spotted bass Micropterus punctulatus
Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
Orangespotted sunfish Lepomis humilis
Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
Longear sunfish Lepomis megalotis
Redear sunfish Lepomis microlophus
Hybrid sunfish hybrids of listed Lepomis spp.
Rock bass Ambloplites rupestris
White crappie Pomoxis annularis
Black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Hybrid crappie hybrids of listed Pomoxis spp.
Flier Centrarchus macropterus
Sauger Stizostedion canadense
Walleye Stizostedion vitreum
Saugeye hybrids of listed Stizostedion spp.
Yellow perch Perca flavescens
Logperch Percina caprodes
Blackside darter Percina maculata
Slenderhead darter Percina phoxocephala
River darter Percina shumardi
Mud darter Etheostoma asprigene
Greenside darter Etheostoma blennioides
Rainbow darter Etheostoma caeruleum
Bluntnose darter Etheostoma chlorosomum
Fantail darter Etheostoma flabellare
Slough darter Etheostoma gracile
Stripetail darter Etheostoma kennicotti
Least darter Etheostoma microperca
Johnny darter Etheostoma nigrum
Orangethroat darter Etheostoma spectabile
Banded darter Etheostoma zonale
Freshwater drum Aplodinotus grunniens



As far as YOUR illinois list goes, I am a member of the Bowfishing Associate of Illinois, we are all over those on your list.

illegal fish...eh...idk

i want a Channa bleheri :cry:

More then likely a get em while you can in canada situation right now. The DFO is watching all 36 species of snakeheads, the northern in particular. I am a sportsman and we do NOT need those things released into north american waters, it exterminates everything in the water, then turn on themselves when the food runs out.

Alberta

Bull Trout are protected and may not be collected from Alberta waters

Channel and Bullhead Catfish of all species may not EVER be kept

Koi Carp require a permit for introduction into outdoor ponds

Lake Sturgeon are protected in Alberta and may not be collected

All crayfish need permits and must be kept indoors

Bullfrogs (Huge fine!)

I live in Long Beach, California and when I went to Circle Pets, they said that mudskippers are illegal. I don't believe them.
I emailed some guy at the California department of fish and game and looked through the lists of illegal animals and mudskippers weren't even on the list.













Some pet stores man, seriously.

foolishfish said:

I used to build houses and had to deal with the local county equivalent of EPA and Dept. of Natural Resources quite frequently. Here in Maryland it is illegal to possess any indigenous wild caught species. Follow the logic now...you can catch a rockfish that is endangered in the Bay and leave it on the dock to die, but if you keep one alive in a tank or pond...you're a criminal. (Not that you'd put a fish that size in a tank, but you get the idea)

I volunteer with Save Our Streams and Trout Unlimited, and had built a brown trout hatchery that we were using to repopulate old trout streams that had been wiped out by sedimentation, (mainly from people like my kindred home builders).

Even with our best intentions and a history of decades of good works they didn't want to give us the permits. They were emphatic that absolutely no one was allowed to impound a native game fish species, and since we intended to raise fingerlings to adulthood we were bad people.

When I paid a visit to their offices one week, during our four month battle to get a permit, I was greeted in their waiting room by a new addition to their decor...a 120 gal. aquarium.

Imagine my surprise when, upon closer inspection, I could identify Small Mouth Bass, Crappie and Blue Gills all seemingly unaware that the were being held illegally. Turns out the required permit was also not affixed or displayed anywhere to be found.

Long story longer...after much attention getting discourse (me threatening lives for the B.S. that they'd put us thru) they produced a permit for their tank at the same time ours miraculously appeared.

I do enough conservation work, and enjoy the out doors enough, that I can appreciate the need for limiting knuckleheads from promulgating potential ecological disaster due to dim witted invasive species introduction to the wild. However...some of the jerks that we've empowered to keep watch are almost as bad as the idiots releasing snakeheads into the Potomac.

Whatever happened to moderation and common sense?

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A Brown Trout hatchery IS an enviromental danger. They're an introduced species from Europe. Rainbows are not native east of the Mississippi River either. Both of these species cause decreases in the populations of native Brook Trout and Darters. But Brookies are alot harder to catch and don't get as big so to appease the masses they introduce these invaders. We fail to remember that alot of non-native species have been and are still being introduced by the very organizations that are supposed to protect indigenous species. It's really all about the money. The introduced fish that has and still is causing the most environmental damage worldwide is the Largemouth Bass. They're not native to the eastern U.S. or the southeastern U.S. but let's face it. They are BIG money. They are directly responsible for several extinctions, extirpations, and reclassifications to threatened status. It's pretty hypocritical of state wildlife organizations to ban something like Snakeheads as a family here in PA where only a couple of species are able to survive. It's all about protecting a cash cow.

On further thought the Nile Perch has probably caused a greater # of extinctions than the Largemouth due to its introduction in Lake Victoria, but fortunately they haven't been introduced here.