Re: [GSAS-Member] Vancouver auction

["Phil Lacefield Jr." <phil@lacefield.com>]

>> Who's all going to the auction?  Does anyone have any experiences
bringing the fishes back into the US?

We're definitely going, as I'm their auctioneer again this year :-)  Our
experiences at the border were pretty minimal: just tell them you're heading
to a fish club meeting (which it is), and on the way back tell them you're
on your way back from a fish club meeting (which you are).  The Canadians
said that once they came back from our auction and were asked at the boarder
which plants and animals they had with them, so they whipped out a huge list
of scientific names and started reading them off; the guard quickly saw that
they knew the regulations of what can and can't come across much better than
he did, so he let them pass.  Since then, they just do the above, say
they're coming for a fish club meeting (which they are).  

Since none of the plants and animals we auction off on either side of the
border are illegal on the other side, it's all good.

Phil



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