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| Author: | TheReefHub [ Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | This is how illegal corals enter the US Market!!!! |
Have you ever wondered how corals get into the US that are from areas that do not allow export of corals? Here are the different way that corals are illegally brought into the US: #1 Hide & Conceal: Bringing them on your person when traveling to a country that does not allow legal export. There are many people who risk a healthy fine and possible some jail time if you are caught carrying them on there person or in there luggage. Most people who bring them in there luggage do so by emptying out shampoo type bottles and put the frag in the bottle and fill it up w/ saltwater. This also works with water bottles, even though they would have small frag in them the people at the airport would not notice a small frag in the bottom of a water bottle. they see thousands of water bottle and would not think twice. #2 Washed Cities Permits: This is when a cities from a different country is used to to export a coral that is illegal to export. Here is an example: Lets say someone in Japan wants to ship out some Japanese stoney corals. Stoney corals in Japan are illegal to export. What they would do is import corals from indo or Australia and use the paper work from them to export the illegal corals. So, if you you got a stoney coral from indo you could then use that paperwork to ship a Japanese stoney coral out of Japan. There is no way for any fish and wild life to know where the coral truly came from. #3 Sending Coral To Countries That Do Not Require Cities Permits. Not every country requires Cities permits to import and export corals. What someone would do, is ship corals from an illegal location such as the Philippines to a country like Tonga that does not require Cities. Then from Tonga Cities would be issued to any country that would require Cities to import corals. #4 Illegal distribution through mass quantities: There is far to many corals and fish that come into the U.S. everyday that the fish and wild life do not have the time resources and or knowledge to catch everything that comes into the U.S. The odds are very good that illegal corals will slip by the fish and wild life services. #5 Bait & Switch This is when I cites Permit for one coral is used on a different coral. I know this sounds like washing, but what they do here is say a coral is illegal to collect and sell and ship. What they will do is use a coral that is legal to ship and name the illegal coral with the name of the legal one. Here is an example to explain it better: Say someone want to export a a Rhizo from a country that does not have Cities for that coral, they would use a coral like a euphillia that looks similar and with out the coral being in water and fully opened it would be difficult to tell if it was a Rhizo or a Euphyllia. These are the main ways that illegal corals are brought in to the U.S. and other countries around the world. I DO NOT RECOMMEND IN ANY WAY OF TRYING ANY OF THESE BECAUSE YOU WILL GET IN MAJOR TROUBLE IF YOU ARE CAUGHT!!!! Mike |
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