Contents
1. Livestock welfare
2. Unaccepteble fish
Welfare of Livestock
The welfare of all livestock offered for sale is of paramount importance.
All auction lots must be in polystyrene boxes with properly fitting lids. The boxes must be packed in a safe manner that will allow the lid to fit properly and the bags to remain secure and not roll around. Heat packs or containers with warm water should be included when the ambient tempreture in low enough to affect the temperature within the polystyrene box.
All matters concerning the welfare of the fish are the seller’s responsibility only.
Please ensure that all livestock are healthy prior to sale and correctly bagged.
Consideration of sales table livestock should include the environmentental conditions, it is not acceptable for livestock to get cold when being offered for sale on the sales table. All matters concerning the welfare of the fish are the seller’s responsibility only.
Please ensure that all livestock are healthy prior to sale and correctly bagged.
Livestock not accepted in the auction
- Fish with deformities. This includes inbred deformities such as “Balloon” types or those with exceptionally “long fins”.
These and other similar debilitating deformities are detrimental to the health of the fish. - Livestock that have been injected with dyes.
- Genetically modified livestock such as “Glo Fish”.
- Any fish deemed inappropriate for sale at a BLA event:
for example ‘tank-busting’ species, and aggressive hybrid fish (such as Flower horn cichlids).