!*!*!*! Open for business, again!? !*!*!*!

[Diesel]

Maybe this is already posted somewhere but I did picked up that Indo corals soon going to hit the market again.
Now I saw this on Fakebook and we all know that most of the news is all fake there.
Any comments??

 

[Amoo]

DD has a bunch of Indo corals atm in their mariculture section so I assume so?

 

[declanisadog]

I heard the same, but also heard it on Fbook. I don't know what to believe...

 

[Fishfinder]

At my LFS today and the owner told me he got a call from the distributor this morning.

 

[pdxmonkeyboy]

awwww. I thought the filter guys were going to be in business again

 

[Diesel]

Just been following some stuff.
There are just talks going on and one of the things mentioned is that Indo will only ship to a few (as in 4) wholesalers in the US.
Still unknown when the ban is going to be lifted if at all.
Anyone can translate this document?

http://www.dpr.go.id/dokakd/dokumen/K4-14-edf5523fd171b859742a239859344712.pdf

 

[dragon99]

You can plug it in here.
https://translate.google.com/

II. CONCLUSION / DECISION
1. The House of Representatives Commission IV receives an explanation from the Government cq the Ministry of Environment
and Forestry as the holder in providing quota for the use of ornamental coral
sustainably based on recommendations provided by the Institute of Sciences
Indonesia (LIPI) as the holder of scientific authority in accordance with the provisions of the regulations
legislation, and give appreciation for the explanation from the Ministry
Marine and Fisheries, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Finance, Ministry
Overseas, Cabinet Secretariat, Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs,
Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Development Planning
National / Bappenas, and LIPI related to the policy of prohibiting coral and anemone traffic.
2. The House of Representatives Commission IV asks the Government cq the Ministry of Environment and
Forestry, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and LIPI to immediately review
governance of the utilization of natural ornamental corals in order to ensure the preservation of species
coral.
3. The House of Representatives Commission IV asks the Government cq the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs,
Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Environment and
Forestry, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and LIPI to conduct surveillance
and joint control over the use of ornamental corals that are not in accordance with
provisions of laws and regulations in order to improve species preservation
ornamental coral.
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4. The House of Representatives Commission IV asks the Government cq the Fish Quarantine Agency, Quality Control, and
Denpasar Fisheries Product Safety and Fish Quarantine, Quality Control, and
Mataram Fisheries Product Safety Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries for immediate
revoke a letter prohibiting permission for coral and anemone traffic in order to improve
the value of national exports and improving the welfare of the people involved in
inside.

 

[reefwiser]

An that is clear as mud. An is where they are at from the discussions at MACNA this year. The coral trade is in a limbo of government agencies.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Here's hoping!!

 

[Kengar]

what about good old fashioned old school REAL live rock????

 

[Forsaken77]

what about good old fashioned old school REAL live rock????

I would like if they could start taking some of that dry, mined rock that is sold everywhere, and dump tons of it in the ocean. That way they can sell real live rock again and that mined stuff will populate as real rock to replace it. Eventually the mined stuff can be sold as real live rock as well.

The only reason the aquarium industry got targeted by government was because some pushy environmental group made a big fuss.

Some scientists said we'd be in trouble without the reefs, which is true, but instead of targeting the real culprits that are contributing to the environmental changes causing the reefs' decline, they target a small niche industry.

No more fish tanks because we need to dump our garbage and pump hazardous waste into the oceans instead, lol.

 

[CC13]

I’ve been trying to get a Red Haddoni for a while now. I hope they lift the ban soon.

 

[CC13]

I’ve been trying to get a Red Haddoni for a while now. I hope they lift the ban soon.