untitled1209

so i found out the other day when i went to order a Jack Dempsey that they are now ileagal in maine .. along with silver dollars kissing fish and many new ones.. i was woundering if anyone knew y Jack Dempseys silver dollors and kissing fish would be ileagal now?

Beth1965

Drew: why are these fish illegal?
Beth

Shawnie

I think the JD'S were off the list a few years ago and have never heard of the silvers or kissers being on there...

beth sometimes irresponsible pet owners let these fish go in the maine (each state has a list for this reason) lakes and streams and they take control of the natural species sometimes...

Beth1965

Wait.... u mean people that say-don't want their fish anylonger (for whatever reason) dump them in a river? And these dumped fish take over the natural species?
Well, yeah, that's exactly what you wrote. I guess it makes the fish owner feel better that they aren't flushing the fish. We've got some strange people among us........
Beth

Shawnie

yes thats exactly it...I remember reading about a snakehead in NY owned for a long time by a kid and tons of media around this....google it and im sure you can find something on it..but its along those lines that species we have in our tanks, do not belong in the wild ....jd's im surprised ever made that list but each state is different

mathas

Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has a list of unrestricted fish that can be imported at will, with anything not on the list requiring a permit. The list can be found here.

The page specifically says "Deleted this year: Jack Dempsy Cichlid (Cichlisoma octopasciatum) because it is a leading invasive pest."

Silvar dollars (Metynnis hypsauchen) are on the safe list, as are kissing gouramis (Helostoma temminckii).

Note that this page says it was last updated on 5/12/2004... if more recent updates have been made, they have not updated their website.

Amanda

ROFL. Bringing back memories Shawnie, I also remember when NY was having a Snakehead problem. I also remember that I knew the person who dumped one in the river system.

Beth1965

This is no different than dumping a cup of bleach in our fish tanks. Morons.

untitled1209

haha yes i have bad spelling and thank you for posting the list of fish up cuz now i know that j.d's are now allowed in maine again. silver dollors and kissing fish i duno y they would be on the list. from what my LFS said is the inspector came in to his shop saw a silver dollor and thought it was part of the perana family so they booted them from maine. i guess the inspector can barly speak english along with that.