I mean theres plenty of hobbyists that do swaps and what not. The bigger concern is Containment of non-native species considering the FL ecosystem is being decimated by non-native foliage and reptiles (snakes and iguanas). Absolutely decimated. Not to mention scorpion fish and the damage theyve done to the reefs.
Who woulda thought.....easier to sell weed than coral.
Didnt someone post a link about the carribean being over ran with clove polyps a couple weeks ago lol
No. They feed off the depths and the fires of hell.
How do they know you have tanks set up at your house? Do you have a wholesale license or something?
Technically you could get in trouble for selling coral even as a hobbyist, by the Dept of Agriculture and/or Florida Fish and Wildlife. They dont know, but if youre selling coral, you need a buyer, be it R2R, offerup or FB you gota find em somewhere. Theres been posts of them cracking down on hobbyists in the past.
Yes, I did, Xenia, started around South America and spreading like wildfire to the north in just a few years.
Youre not a resident so nope. Again, i dont think theyd beat someone up with 5 frags in some tick cups. But on your way to a frag swap with $10k in a cooler, and another $10k on your website prolly wouldn't be ideal.
I think they mean if you live in Florida. They don't want people taking things from their beaches and water without license.
That, but i also live near a canal. The lady cited an example "if the canal turns pink, snd youre maintaining your records, its easy for us to write you off as a reason". We have alot of algal blooms and other issues as it is. They just want to know whats what, i dont have a commercial farm or operation by any means but it was $100 and a few papers to be in compliance.
Makes sense and don't blame ya for going that route.
Also I think if you aren't "SELLING"... they also can't really do anything. It's similar to the Hawaii ban. They can't take a yellow tang to sell, but they can take one to eat. (Locals eat fried tangs)
FWC manages that, and you can actually look at what is harvestable recreationally the same as catching a mahi or snapper.
It's not easy to do that anymore either with legal rec.
