Buying coral in other countries

[reefnoob87]

Good evening,
May be a dumb question but I'm leaving for Jamaica Saturday, and thought it would be neat to purchase a piece of coral for my reef tank as a memento of the trip. I know it is illegal dive and collect wild corral, but could I legally purchase a piece and bring it back?

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Good evening,
May be a dumb question but I'm leaving for Jamaica Saturday, and thought it would be neat to purchase a piece of coral for my reef tank as a memento of the trip. I know it is illegal dive and collect wild corral, but could I legally purchase a piece and bring it back?

How are you getting back, driving or flying? If you are flying, what airline?

 

[saltcats]

I don't believe it would be allowed - the "exporting country" would need to issue a CITES permit to accompany the specimen and I don't think an LFS would be able to do that readily!

https://cdhc.noaa.gov/outbreak-investigation/permitting/