I agree with Adrian that the law as it stands is full of inconsistencies but
it is there to protect Australia's aquatic industries and to a large part it
has been successful. However if they had a rational approval and quarantine
mechanism not just a blanket ban then we might have some hope of deterring
smugglers and avoid fish and eggs coming in unsupervised and unquarantined
with the consequent risk of numerous potentially catastrophic fish diseases
being introduced.
Officially ANGFA is opposed to smuggling but we do support review of the
rationale used to exclude rainbowfish while other more potentially noxious
aquarium species are readily approved.
Regards,
Bruce Hansen
president at angfa.org.au
Please visit us at http://www.angfa.org.au
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From: <gfinsen at schneider.com.au>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 12:05 PM
Subject: Importing Fish eggs