10 Charged for Illegally Trafficking Corals from the Philippines

[AquaNerd]

Visit the AquaNerd blog to learn more. You may know some of the people that are being charged. We would love to hear your thoughts on this.

 

[Laddair]

Interesting, I was under the impression that most packages are x-rayed at least, or no?

I mean I think bags of water are easy to pick out from a 2d view.

It is bad that this is happening. Also, sadly there might be a time when there is more coral in tanks than in the ocean at our current rate.

 

[VegasReefer]

This is where governments should allow authorized coral farmers to gather brood stock for aquaculture. Setup a system that the coral farmers return a percentage to the wild or something along those lines. Of course, this would all be highly regulated and watched to make sure ALL players are legit!

 

[blaxsun]

The only thing surprising is how long it took them to get caught. 3000+ corals in a year isn't exactly a token amount...

 

[jbm421]

It’s amazing they’re worried about these collectors when they should be going after China and all the countries dumping tons of toxic chemicals in the oceans like it’s nothing