Nemo Insanity

[Samw]

I can understand everyone's concern about the environment and the impact on our reefs and fish that our hobby has. How can we control and manage the hobby better so that people without the means to take care of marine fish don't all rush out and buy a fish based on a movie. (Besides raiding or harassing/threatening a store, which I don't agree with btw).

What about a permit/license idea? You already need a license to keep a dog (If you have a dog and didn't know that you need a license, you better go get one ). Why not for wild caught corals and fish as well? The enforcement comes at the time of purchase. The store requires you to show them your license before they'll sell you a wild caught coral or fish. The downside is probably that LFS business might go down and it could be costly for gov't to implement (Not sure why it would be costly though as they already do it for dogs). Drastic I know but if it is true that the ocean's fish and coral are near extinction at some point in the future, its a reasonable measure to implement now, and is a better alternative then a complete ban in the future.