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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,
Chuck Scannell.
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