[Coral-List] Selling coral. Funny you should mention it.
Michael Risk
riskmj at univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
Thu Feb 14 12:10:26 EST 2008
Hello all.
Australia prohibits any and all sale/collection of corals. What the guy
says is total bullcrap (I have learned my lesson.) Now. What to do.
I was contacted yesterday by representatives of the Gov't. of Canada.
An individual in Toronto licensed to import certain species of corals,
and to raise his own for sale, was suspected of bringing in prohibited
specimens.
All of his corals have been confiscated, and moved to the Toronto Zoo
(which has salt-water facilities). As soon as the corals are
identified, this guy will land up in court. He will likely pay a fine
in the range of several $1,000, which will certainly encourager les
autres.
In short, it is the responsibility of the animal-protection authorities
in his country of operation to enforce the regulations. It's not up to
us-although someone could certainly blow the whistle on him.
Mike
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:34:11 -0500
"Adrienne Carter" <Acarter at coastalplanning.net> wrote:
>
> This website is even more some surprising! Below is directly from
> the
> website, typos and all:
>
> "CORAL - This product for the first time, has been given a
> license
> from the Australian Government to be exported for sale under
> strict
> license, due to the fact that certain areas of the reef have
> been
> allowed to bring to the surface and sell as ornaments. This
> unique
> natural Coral has been harvested under precise, government
> approved,
> world class management arrangements. As a healthy resilient
> ecosystem,
> the Great Barrier Reef accumulates and extra five million
> tonnes of
> new Coral growth every year. Of this growth, a small quota of
> abundant
> fast growing Coral of premium quality and limited size is
> hand
> harvested from specific reef zones. Just as reefs recover
> after
> natural events such as cyclones, they also quckly replenish
> after
> harvesting. Corals either regenerate from the base or
> larval
> settlement and growth of a new colony occurs. Coral
> harvesting is
> based on the highest marine science standards. A portion of
> sales is
> donated to independant scientific research to ensure that
> harvesting
> remains responsive to climate change and causes no detriment to
> the
> Great Barrier Reef."
>
_________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Ed Blume [mailto:edblume at mailbag.com]
> Sent: Wed 2/13/2008 4:00 PM
> To: Adrienne Carter; Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: RE: [Coral-List] Selling coral
>
> That's one of things I'm asking. What are the legal issues? What
> are
> the environmental issues? I'm not a coral expert, so maybe
> it's no
> big deal that these species are being sold.
>
>
> Ed Blume
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrienne Carter [mailto:Acarter at coastalplanning.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:41 PM
> To: Ed Blume
> Subject: RE: [Coral-List] Selling coral
>
>
>
> It says on the website -" The Only Licensed UK and
> European
> distributer of Coral from the Great Australian Barrier Reef"
>
> Is that even legal?
>
>
> Adrienne Carter
>
> Marine Scientist
>
______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Ed Blume [mailto:edblume at mailbag.com]
> Sent: Tue 2/12/2008 11:52 PM
> To: Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: [Coral-List] Selling coral
>
> This site that is selling coral looks
> disturbing:
> [1]http://www.steventhornedesign.com/store/catalog/coral
> What types of coral are pictured? And how bad is it that it's
> being
> sold?
> Ed Blume
> Volunteer, Centro Ecológico Akumal (www.ceakumal.org)
> Madison, WI
>
> References
>
> 1. http://www.steventhornedesign.com/store/catalog/coral
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Mike Risk
Marine Ecologist
PO Box 1195
Durham Ontario
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