generally yes, but not always, depends on the country they are imported from
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Originally Posted by lastlight
Oh so all corals that the wholesalers sell to the retailers came with CITES? Sorry I guess I could actually do some reading on this too.
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true, but Toronto got into the game of "re-exporting" corals to the US many years back......you just need a good guy over there to pick corals for you
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Originally Posted by fishytime
well that part of things is just simple math.......Canada is small potatoes, when you compare it to the European and U.S. markets.........collectors/distributors will appease the the big markets with the "cherry" corals.......but at least they throw us a bone up here every once in a while  ...... |
correct, and it is voluntary, not all countries choose to participate, Tonga being an example (at least 3-4 years back anyway). You don't get a CITES when you import from Tonga.
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Originally Posted by fencer
CITES is an international agreement not setup by usfw
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