Tilapia are allowed by permit only in very specific areas now. The law was changed around 5/2010. Posession of any tilapia species without prior approval and an $800+ permit is illegal.
Originally Posted By: Rainman
The irony is that Southern california is the only are they will even consider approving a permit.
The new regulations are insane. They have put many California fish supplies out of business or very reluctant to do business. The fish supplier that DIED and I used a few years back is one of these individuals. He won't sell to private pond owners anymore. The regulations are very arbitrary. One example: The new regulations divided El Dorado county using a north/south highway. Owning property east of the highway causes you to be subject to a myriad of new stocking regulations. Owning property west of the highway exempts you from this. BTW this "highway" is a two lane road. So you can have two ponds across the road from one another that will have entirely different stocking regulations that effect them.
Absolutely crazy.
In Southern California (where Tilapia could winter over) it is possible (after jumping through the required hoops) to stock Tilapia. Why? Probably because there are several large Tilapia fish farms already in Southern California and Tilapia have existed in the Salton Sea for decades.
Originally Posted By: Cecil Baird1
800 dollar permit!!! Oh that's right they need to pay those high paid city administrators.
The permit in most places (after inspection, etc, etc) is $800. In Bell, California however the permit is $15,400.
Originally Posted By: Rainman
Who knows! Why does California do most of what it does????
Even those of us that live in California don't know why the state does what it does.
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