Goldfish Transfer legalization

Here in maine u can see signs at petshops saying "NO PUTTING GOLDFISH IN LAKES" because they get big an eat other fish and is a hassle for fishermen. If they find out ur gunna put it in a lake or river they don't sell u the goldfish. It's illegal too. Idk if it's the same where u other ppls live, but do u think it should be legal to put goldfish in lakes and rivers and ponds?

Why would I want to put a goldfish in a lake?

Yeah you keep them in bowls on ypur bedside table

Bring me the Horizon wrote:Why would I want to put a goldfish in a lake?

Exactly what I was thinking...

cus u dont want it anymore but its alive and healthy so u put it in the lake rather then the drain

I've heard goldfish are no longer native to any part of the world, don't know how true it is but i can tell you with certainty that florida has no laws, sub-laws, or bi-laws pertaining to goldfish dumping (at least as far as I know), but no goldfish could survive in the Atlantic, or gulf of Mexico, maybe in some of the springs but I doubt they would survive longer than a week.

We have pike in our lakes a goldfish wouldn't have a chance

I was thinking the same ninja, i was like "what fish would be eaten by a little goldfish" im pretty sure tadpoles could take down a goldfish

this is not illeagle in california.

Ninja frog wrote:We have pike in our lakes a goldfish wouldn't have a chance

Acheaopterix wrote:I was thinking the same ninja, i was like "what fish would be eaten by a little goldfish" im pretty sure tadpoles could take down a goldfish

Well I have no idea to be honest, I guess they grow really big or somthing. The bigger issue I think is fishermen catching goldfish again and again instead of fish that pays good money to sell.