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Originally Posted by Snappy
IMO Canada is very anal and really over does it when it comes to "our protection" with cites. I don't think allowing some sps or live rock into Canada is going to put the country in jeopardy. The government should worry less about "hobbiest's corals" and maybe spend more time on clamping down on the Terrorists and other illegal people they welcome into our country. What will they do with these items? Confiscate them? Dispose of them? That will go a long way to help save the so called "endangered species". 
A wise man once said "too many government programs fall short and are like straightening out deck chairs on the Titanic" |
CITES is not intended to protect the country that is importing the resource, but rather the resource itself, as cites is an international agreement. But perhaps you are right, CITES is limited in its effectiveness and coral reefs have much greater threats then the aquarium hobby; as countries have greater threats other then natural resource issues (protection).
With this in mind CITES and legislation that protect natural resources should be abandoned. This way there will be no chairs (resources) to get in the way when the ship goes down (as humanity fighting over scarce resources most certainly would).