Okay so over the last week I have been in discussion with a few government departments and PFK(Nathan), over a few fish I bought.
I had taken my Little Boy to try out a new playgroup. He did not like it so we went to a garden centre that has a nice Soft play area for children. When we got there it was really busy and there was a queue to get in. So decided to take him round the LFS that is 'Instore'.
Browsing the tanks for a while I had made my Mind up to buy some Scarlet Badis'. Then I caught sight of some fish I had not seen In A long time. Hi-Fin Sharks, I immediately asked one of the staff it the ban had been lifted on these fish. They were adamant that the ban had been lifted on these, and a licence was no longer required for these fish. Okay so I bought 2.
Got Home and still had a niggling feeling that they may have lied, ( they stated that they have been popular and have had them on sale for a while). So posted on the PFK wall on FB admin by Nathan Hill. He got back very quick to say that after looking around, nothing had changed and they were still on the banned list. He pointed me in the direction of DEFRA.
WhichI had already started with and found the ILFA Application for Non Native Species. They were still on there, so fired off an email to DEFRA and Cefas. Both parties contacted me and confirmed that it is still as i suspected. I returned the Fish this morning for a full refund, as they were not cheap either. Cefas Asked for the name of the LFS and I advised them of which LFS it is.
Would you have told them which store it is, that is was selling the illegal fish. I feel I have done the right thing, as they are falsely selling the fish to unwitting customers. Who may land themselves in alot of trouble, as did the gentleman who was caught with them a few years back.
I had taken my Little Boy to try out a new playgroup. He did not like it so we went to a garden centre that has a nice Soft play area for children. When we got there it was really busy and there was a queue to get in. So decided to take him round the LFS that is 'Instore'.
Browsing the tanks for a while I had made my Mind up to buy some Scarlet Badis'. Then I caught sight of some fish I had not seen In A long time. Hi-Fin Sharks, I immediately asked one of the staff it the ban had been lifted on these fish. They were adamant that the ban had been lifted on these, and a licence was no longer required for these fish. Okay so I bought 2.
Got Home and still had a niggling feeling that they may have lied, ( they stated that they have been popular and have had them on sale for a while). So posted on the PFK wall on FB admin by Nathan Hill. He got back very quick to say that after looking around, nothing had changed and they were still on the banned list. He pointed me in the direction of DEFRA.
WhichI had already started with and found the ILFA Application for Non Native Species. They were still on there, so fired off an email to DEFRA and Cefas. Both parties contacted me and confirmed that it is still as i suspected. I returned the Fish this morning for a full refund, as they were not cheap either. Cefas Asked for the name of the LFS and I advised them of which LFS it is.
Would you have told them which store it is, that is was selling the illegal fish. I feel I have done the right thing, as they are falsely selling the fish to unwitting customers. Who may land themselves in alot of trouble, as did the gentleman who was caught with them a few years back.