Coral Smuggler Busted in the Philippines with over 250 Chalice Corals & Shrooms

[Reef Builders]

Chalice corals can be some of the most valuable strains of aquarium corals, and the Philippines has tons of murky reefs where chalice corals thrive. However, the Philippines doesn’t allow any coral exports which has led some criminals to smuggle corals to a number of different wholesalers across the world. Recently however the Bureau of Customs […]

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[gus6464]

Law enforcement is one way to deal with the trafficking of illegal corals but like the “War on Drugs”, one sure fire way to combat the problem is to legalize coral mariculture.

So a country doesn't want it's waters exploited for commercial gain so the best solution is to exploit for commercial gain, just with a twist. Awesome. And yet people wonder why this hobby is garbage sometimes.

 

[BkReefBaby]

About to be the Scarface of corals lol

 

[Sins]

I like how they set the law to "protect the reef".....
but why kill the coral that are already been taken out of the reef? just sad