USFWS Notifies Aquarium Businesses that Importing Listed Corals is Illegal | Good Catch Blog
Serious stuff...
-Scott
Serious stuff...
-Scott
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If they are truly in the ESA ( endangered species act ) list, I have no problem with them getting banned immediately. Why the heck would the government keep allowing the farming of any endangered species!
If they are truly in the ESA ( endangered species act ) list, I have no problem with them getting banned immediately. Why the heck would the government keep allowing the farming of any endangered species!
They are not endangered, they are "threatened". Its a totally different classification that it appears even USFWS employees are having a hard time understanding. Implications of ESA's New CORAL Listing for the Marine Aquarium Trade
I heard from an importer who was had some trouble a few weeks ago with the USFWS. They told him to send back his entire Bali aquaculture shipment, just because it contained Acropora lokani and Euphyllia paradivisa. He laughed at them and told them the law has a 30 day grace period, and it does not affect imports at this time. The agents huddled in the back and made some phone calls... they cleared his shipment and said nothing more!