Travis C, Thanks for the link. I was unaware of the ban. I did a little digging and found that CITES has determined that the fishery is in decline and not sustainable. I am assuming the waters in Tennessee are over harvested. I wonder how opening 5 more lakes will help the over harvesting in current lakes being netted? I'll bet the netters will buy more nets and fish every where. Then all of the lakes and rivers will be over fished.