Re: [GSAS-Member] Legal or Illegal?

[Steev Ward <steevward@yahoo.com>]

Using some backwards logic on this matter I look at it this way: Right or wrong 
you
wouldn't want to get a ticket for something like that. So you want to avoid a
confrontation.  The only people who would confront you are people who think 
that you
are doing something improper or at least suspicious. Therefore you want to 
avoid any
suspicion about what you are doing. See that anything living that you collect 
is in
small amounts and carried discretely, maybe in a little zip-loc stuck in your 
pocket.
Then there's nothing to talk about. Water itself is best kept in a beverage 
container
like a juice bottle or a thermous.  A person with a dog should certainly be 
able to
carry water around without scrutiny. Generally speaking you can collect water 
with
organisms that are not readily visible and make up any story you want to not be
bothered.

I'm not suggesting that anybody do bad things. I'm just saying that a little 
discretion
avoids lengthy explanations. Nobody cares about a person with a sprig of plants 
in a
cup. So make it easy on everybody and don't do things that might appear 
objectionable. 

In saltwater things are different. There is a law that allows people to collect 
a small
number of marine organisms (except protected and game species) without a 
permit. The
department of fish and Wildlife knows this regulation, but I don't know where 
to find
it. It specifies how many crabs and what kind, how many Moonsnails, how many 
anemones,
etc. that a person can collect at one time. Then for Seaweed there's a permit 
required,
but it is never enforced for "negligible" amounts, like a handful. Only once 
have I
been stopped on a beach for colecting. A F&W agent wanted to know what I was 
hauling in
two full five gallon buckets. It was just sea-water, to both our relief.

Steev


--- Connie Carlson <nwconniec@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Ah Ha!  Thanks Tom.  That got me, after a Google search, to a great website 
> by WA
> State: 
> 
>
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/Programs/wq/plants/weeds/<http://www.ecy.wa.gov/Programs/wq/plants/weeds/>
>   - exactly what I was looking for.
> 
> And you are right, I most definitely found some Eurasian milfoil.  Rats.  I 
> was
> hoping for something native.  I will make sure none of it escapes alive from 
> where I
> have it.
> 
> I did get a couple different species in the scoop; will do my best to figure 
> out what
> they are.  In the daylight that is; it is late!
> 
> So then the next question to you Tom is this:  is it legal to transport native
> aquatic species??  Once I can find and identify the natives, can I go get them
> legally?
> 
> Thanks,
> Connie
>   -----


      
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