The biggest threat to our hobby

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by naesco

If the species on the list are deemed threatened we as hobbyists should be the first to fully support the legislation!!

In general I would agree. In the case of this proposed legislation, perhaps not. There is no distinction being made as to wild-collected, versus aquacultured or mariculture.

Thus your statement here, for example:

We should not be bringing in any wild fish or coral where aquacultured are available.

... wouldn't even matter anymore if aquacultured or not .. it is simply a blacklisted species. A 1" frag of a coral that's been in a tank for the last 10 years is treated the same as a freshly collected wild colony. As hobbyists we know there is a difference, but if the legislation makes no effort to distinguish them then even aquacultured and captive propagation efforts are effectively shut down.