Two of the purposes of MASNA are to educate hobbyists and to act as a watchdog for legislative actions that could unnecessarily restrict the hobby.  Sometimes, legislative bodies that are acting in good faith will try to enact legislation to ban or severely restrict collection or import of marine specimens without having heard all the facts.  This has already happened several times!

We have found that, once a piece of legislation has become law, it is nearly impossible to change it.  But if we can reach the committees working on such bills, we have a chance to give them the hobbyists' perspective before it is too late.  There are other well-financed organizations that are lobbying strongly to shut down our hobby.  We MUST have a stronger voice if we want to continue to have the freedom to have marine pets.

MASNA will try to keep up with pending legislation and inform you on these pages.  We will aim to be objective in bringing you the details of proposed actions, so that you can make your own decisions.  

We invite editorials on subjects covered in these pages.
  Please send them to our Industry Representative, Steven Pro.

Two of the purposes of MASNA are to educate hobbyists and to act as a watchdog for legislative actions that could unnecessarily restrict the hobby.  Sometimes, legislative bodies that are acting in good faith will try to enact legislation to ban or severely restrict collection or import of marine specimens without having heard all the facts.  This has already happened several times!

We have found that, once a piece of legislation has become law, it is nearly impossible to change it.  But if we can reach the committees working on such bills, we have a chance to give them the hobbyists' perspective before it is too late.  There are other well-financed organizations that are lobbying strongly to shut down our hobby.  We MUST have a stronger voice if we want to continue to have the freedom to have marine pets.

MASNA will try to keep up with pending legislation and inform you on these pages.  We will aim to be objective in bringing you the details of proposed actions, so that you can make your own decisions.  

We invite editorials on subjects covered in these pages.
  Please send them to our Industry Representative, Steven Pro.