Coral from US

[Delphinus]

You need a CITES permit from the country of origin. Canadian customs doesn't care whether the coral happens to be coming from Fiji or L.A. (coming from L.A. simply means it came from Fiji VIA L.A. -- the permits still need to be in place). As far as I understand it, CITES issued in the U.S. can only apply to species endemic to that country's territories.

The fact of the matter is that importation of CITES items without CITES documentation is a serious criminal offense. I can't endorse that people go out and try this, without exhaustively looking into the process for themselves. Most people who do, realize that getting your favourite retailer to do the hard work for you is really a much better solution for everyone. My $0.02 - Support your local CANADIAN retailers.