Re: Rick:Border crossing, was:Shopping in Montreal

[IDMiamiBob <IDMiamiBob@aol.com>]

In a message dated 4/30/98 4:19:46 PM EST, RKRAFTY@aol.com writes:

<<  I have never bought fish in Canada and transported them
> over.  Maybe I am wrong in doing this but I would probably just buy the fish
> and bring them over the border like I would T-Shirts.	
> Rick >>

When I was involved with killies and Apistos in the early 80's, I lived in
Buffalo, and made regular trips back and forth to fish club meetings in
Toronto.  We just declared them at the border.  There was then, and I believe
also now, no duty or import/exportrestrictions in either direction.  The worse
problems we had when declaring fish would be getting some Customs official who
was also an aquarist.  He's make us give him a look-see at what we had,
usually ask a couple questions about something unusual, and maybe exchange
phone numbers.  If we got searched without declaring them( happened to a
friend, not me), then there was real trouble.  Call the US Customs service in
whatever border town you usually cross at, or in DC, to find out about any
changes.

Bob Dixon