RE: Shipping fish?

["Griffiths, Richard" <rgriffit@visa.com>]

I have taken as many as 8 styrofoam boxes (inside 4 cardboard boxes) on
the airplain--checked by the Skycap. I sign a waiver for the 'live
animals' and that is all there is to it on United, USAir, or Delta.
These boxes are put in with the regular luggage; usually on top, and
survive quite well. Only had one incident of a leaker coming off the
plane. This is from either LAX or SFO to destinations in the Great Lakes
area.

International shipping is tougher because of CITES, internal
environmental restrictions, and the need for additional income (i.e.,
forms, permits, etc.). Country of origin may have issues, i.e., non
CITES, or personally bred fish stock (though they still fronw when it is
on the CITES list--they can't figure out how YOU got hold of the fish if
you hadn't stolen (collected) them yourself...

>----------
>From: 	Randy or Deb Carey[SMTP:carey@spacestar.net]
>Sent: 	Saturday, May 02, 1998 9:05 PM
>To: 	apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
>Subject: 	Re: Shipping fish? 
>
>IDMiamiBob wrote:
>
>> I know Uwe Romer and
>> Dave Soares exchange fish on Uwe's trips to the US on a regular basis.  I
>> think Uwe usually takes them with him on his flights.
>
>David told me that he is able to do this because Uwe gets the paperwork to
>declare
>it as scientific research.
>
>As for taking fish on flights... a friend lost all fish he brought on a two
>hour
>flight.  He checked them in as regular luggage.  An inquiry with Northwest
>brought
>the response that animals (live cargo) get treated differently and are placed
>in a
>different compartment than is the luggage.  My friend concluded that the
>luggage
>might be exposed to cold air and some decompression.  He recommends that
>either
>the fish should be brought on board or it should be reported as live cargo so
>that
>it will be handled appropiately.
>
>--Randy
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>