Bringing Back Coral from Australia

[DibsOnMcRibs]

Hi, guys. Each year my girlfriend and I try to take a big trip. We’ve both wanted to go to Australia for a long time. The primary reason we’d be visiting is to the all the wildlife.

As I’ve been browsing youtube I’ve noticed that the reef stores have a ton of unique corals. It seems like an amazing opportunity to ship back some cool specimens.

So my questions are two fold:
1) is this legal to do without any sort of permit?
2) the flight is is about 16 hours. What’s the best way to package and insulate anything i might purchase?

Thanks!

 

[JAMSOURY]

I believe you would need some sort of import/export license. But I also would like to know the complete process

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Hi, guys. Each year my girlfriend and I try to take a big trip. We’ve both wanted to go to Australia for a long time. The primary reason we’d be visiting is to the all the wildlife.

As I’ve been browsing youtube I’ve noticed that the reef stores have a ton of unique corals. It seems like an amazing opportunity to ship back some cool specimens.

So my questions are two fold:
1) is this legal to do without any sort of permit?
2) the flight is is about 16 hours. What’s the best way to package and insulate anything i might purchase?

Thanks!

In the States, for personal use, one can bring in/import up to 8 corals. But, customs has the right to say at 8 corals you maybe conducting business to sell so 6 here would be safe bet.
Check Australia's laws on personal use of live corals. Better if you email them, to many import/export law. Do your homework. Let us know. Comrade