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naesco 02-17-2010 06:57 PM

In my opinion import should be restricted, other than for 'seed stock' where any coral, fish or invert can be aqua-cultured either at the source (which is presently being done for most acros for example) or in Canada. The decline in wild stock is alarming.

OceanicCorals-Ian- 02-17-2010 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by naesco (Post 493179)
In my opinion import should be restricted, other than for 'seed stock' where any coral, fish or invert can be aqua-cultured either at the source (which is presently being done for most acros for example) or in Canada. The decline in wild stock is alarming.



Aqua culturing is the name of the game for us at O.C. as I am sure most have already noticed. We import Mari-cultured or Aqua-cultured Acro species only, I don't see us selling any wild caught colonies now or anytime in the future. LPS is a different story and many are wild caught; however, we are doing what we can to culture all that we deem as viable to frag and grow.

whatcaneyedo 02-17-2010 07:20 PM

What really confuses me is that they also want to ban the trade across states essentially killing the aquaculture industry as well. That doesnt make any sense.

OceanicCorals-Ian- 02-17-2010 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo (Post 493183)
What really confuses me is that they also want to ban the trade across states essentially killing the aquaculture industry as well. That doesnt make any sense.


There would be no way to enforce the banning of inter-state coral trading.

Seamazter 02-17-2010 07:46 PM

This could work to canadians benifit now, since canada has no such list, should they want to sell to us as the farmers are still going to want to sell thier corals.
Could end up being cheeper, more selection and better quality corals for us.
One could only hope anyways.

George 02-17-2010 09:32 PM

Don't bet on it. Corals going into Canada are on route from one of major US airports. After the ban taking effect, you will see less corals going our way because the shipments can't stop in US any more.

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Originally Posted by Seamazter (Post 493195)
This could work to canadians benifit now, since canada has no such list, should they want to sell to us as the farmers are still going to want to sell thier corals.
Could end up being cheeper, more selection and better quality corals for us.
One could only hope anyways.


MrsBugmaster 02-17-2010 09:40 PM

I think it will not stop at coral and fish but live rock as well will be banned.

kien 02-17-2010 10:03 PM

and then the RCMP will be raiding our homes in search of anything they can find in our tanks that shouldn't be in there :sad: The hobby will go underground and we will be labeled the new "grow ops".. :sad::sad:

Seamazter 02-17-2010 10:06 PM

Pssttt, wanna buy some coral..... buddy? I gotz me sum good stuffz here.

Ian 02-17-2010 11:34 PM

Talked with a lawyer friend who takes care of many import/export issues for big companies and he says that for most banned substances ( other than drugs), as long as they are legally collected in the country of origin and they are not offloaded in the USA then they can be shipped to Canada with very few issues.


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