permits and licenses

[James J Kruse]

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Ron Gatrelle wrote:

> General. Insects require NO permits to import or export under 50 CFR 14
> unless CITES endangered under 50 CFR 23 or US endangered 50 CFR 17.

If you are trying to import insect specimens to the U.S., proof of permit
is required if the country from which the insects are exported has some
sort of an export permit. It is your responsibility to know this if you
are importing (to the U.S.) from other countries.

The specimens do not have to be CITES endangered or U.S. endangered. For
example, if you want to bring in Pieris rapae from Russia, you need a
Russian export permit or your specimens will be confiscated. It doesn't
matter if the permit is impossible to get (Russian scientists apparently
don't even know how to get one). Too bad if the specimens are plainly
labeled 200 year old type specimens of nothing but scientific value and
it is obvious that there is no commercial intent. If you try to bring them
in, they are doomed to be destroyed by dermestid beetles in a
non-environmentally controlled warehouse while you scramble around trying
to find a permit or spending years with a lawyer or worse.

If a professional or hunting-style license alleviates this overzealous
nonsense, then I am all for it.

Regards,
James J. Kruse, Ph.D.
Curator of Entomology
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive, PO Box 756960
Fairbanks, AK  99775-6960
Phone: 907.474.5579
Fax: 907.474.1987/5469
http://www.uaf.edu/museum/


 
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