EU wants to ban the import of Fish and corals

[albertthiel]

This has been tried before but does this attempt have more of a chance to get though ? Let's hope not

http://www.nanoreefblog.com/nano-reef-news/eu-wants-to-ban-the-import-of-fish-coral

Albert

[Philnashbass]

Yet another arm of the Green Dragon/militant environmentalists that will take away the pleasures of this hobby. It's inevitable that they will have their way, as they spread fear and horrible propaganda to convince those that don't know the benefits science and hobbyists bring to this arena.
Enjoy the hobby while you can...that way you can share the experience with your grandchildren.

[albertthiel]

Yet another arm of the Green Dragon/militant environmentalists that will take away the pleasures of this hobby. It's inevitable that they will have their way, as they spread fear and horrible propaganda to convince those that don't know the benefits science and hobbyists bring to this arena.
Enjoy the hobby while you can...that way you can share the experience with your grandchildren.

This type of legislation has been tried in the US and EU a few times now and has never passed .... it did for one species for a while in Germany and then was repealed when the enforcement department figured out that it was not enforceable as they did not know themselves what a lot of the fish are supposed to look like (e.g. as juveniles vs adults or in between the two).

But you are right they will keep trying and may have some "partial successes" ...

Albert