[Dorothee Jöllenbeck-Pfeffel]

Hi Chris,
You understood me wrong. Of course our fish must travel, they don’t live in our garden ponds.
I just said we should minimize the travels for our fish. And of course “fischboersen” ( meetings to distribute fish) are necessary for us. And sometimes we need the trade. And private imports are better for the fish than commercial ones.
I just think we should be aware about our little fish and their comfort, and to be aware, if we let them suffer for our intentions.
And – you haven’t been last year at the Hamburg meeting, haven’t you? There some of us brought some fish from far away , there were some misunderstandings and we brought them back home. Me, I lost the half of them the next months.
When I got the first newsletter about the first Hamburg meeting, I proposed to add: what species/ how many fish can you bring and what species/ how many fish do you want to bring home with you. I’m not bad in organizing, I could have organize that. But nobody thought, that that would be necessary at that time…..
I hope that this year thes aspects will be optimized.