You must get approval.  I have included the link we use:
  This should explain all the details.
https://edecs.fws.gov/

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> I am going to be in Tahiti for most of April 2006 and would like to
> collect some shells and bring them back to the US.  Are there Fish and
> Game or other regulations against such importation?  Are there things
> I need to do to make it possible or easier to import shells?  If you
> are know something about this area please respond to [log in to unmask]


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Jamie M. Smith
Aquatic Invertebrates Technician
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
Research Laboratory
4301 Reedy Creek Road
Raleigh, NC 27607

Tel. (919) 733-7450 ext. 778 or 762 (Voice Mail)
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