Laws concerning owning fish

Submitted by TwinFinTriggerFish t3_ytaixv in RhodeIsland

I have a chance coming up to buy a couple of sharks and an octopus. For pets not for eating. I have the experience and I have all the knowledge, space, tanks, etc. What I'm curious to is a lot of states say owning a true shark is illegal. Before I go out of state to commit, is it actually legal to own a shark or octopus here in ri

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StonksGuy3000 t1_iw48t0c wrote

And here I am thinking it was weird that my neighbors had chickens

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TwinFinTriggerFish OP t1_iw4blog wrote

Yeah but mine won't wake you up or damage your yard.

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StonksGuy3000 t1_iw4gcw6 wrote

I’m curious, what’s the reasoning for wanting sharks in the first place? I presume you won’t be swimming with them.

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TwinFinTriggerFish OP t1_iw4h42z wrote

I'm a surfer and a diver. These were not mine to begin with but a friend of mines in Deerfield MA. He needs to re-home them, I've had large fish before never a shark but I've had other large fish so I have the tanks. And no pet store or adoption is going to. It's as much a mercy as a passion

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Simple-Swimming14 t1_iw4zf67 wrote

Biomes in RI will be the place to rehome sharks

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TwinFinTriggerFish OP t1_iw4zkr8 wrote

I went today. That's a negative. Not these they wont

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Simple-Swimming14 t1_iw4zqhi wrote

Wow. I'm surprised to hear that!

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TwinFinTriggerFish OP t1_iw51bwu wrote

It's not like I won't keep them. I quite enjoy them, however I was just curious to the legality. When I went to biomes it was nice but these have issues with playing nice with others. So they have to be kept separate and alone. They can't be in communal tanks

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koidrieyez t1_iw3sbdg wrote

List of Fish:

  1. All aquarium trade fish, other than those listed below as prohibited, may

be kept without an exotic animal possession permit except endangered

species. The Division of Fish and Wildlife may have additional regulations

if the species of fish is considered to be native or nuisance.

  1. Possession of the following species of fish is prohibited:

a. Grass Carp or White Amur (Ctenopharyngdon idella),

b. Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus),

c. Walking Catfish (Clarias spp. and all members of the family

Clariidae),

d. Snakeheads (Channidae and Parachannidae),

e. Black Carp (Mylopharyngodaon piceus),

f. Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus),

g. Tubenose Goby (Proterhinus marmoratus),

h. Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus).

Looks like you're good to go.

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Doodledoodledewd t1_iw3t75i wrote

Wow. How are you keeping them? In a swimming pool? How big are these things. Do they fight eachother?

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jt_tesla t1_iw5rjqq wrote

Very cool. Would love to see picts when you have everything setup.

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