Cites permit and corals

[DBM]

First off, how do you plan on proving they're aquacultured? Trust me, a photo won't cut it. A person can't drive across the border with aquaculture live rock from Florida because there's a chance there's coral growing on it.

Do you really think that the borders don't keep track of when you drive up to the border crossing? As soon as you were to drive up to the next crossing they'd have you pulled over and they'd be doing a thorough search of your car; and you. (are you allergic to latex?)

I'm involved in the ornamental fish importing business and can tell you they don't take coral smuggling lightly here. One importer here in Vancouver got fines in the 10's of thousands of dollars when customs came across incidental corals growing on his aquacultured live rock. Another got a fine in the six figures when he was caught falsely declaring his corals as tropical fish.

I don't know about you but doesn't seem worth it to me.