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03-26-2007, 11:55 PM
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Wouldn't be a CITES permit required... CITES is "Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora"
While there may be some macro algaes that are endangered - haven't checked the list - but I doubt they are suffering the way many corals/animals are. However any living fauna (excluding seed I believe) that crosses the border needs to be accompanied by what is called a Phytosanitary certificate. Its part of another treaty canada is member to - believe it's a WTO certification. Basically it's simply a botanist/etc signing off on the plant as being free of pests/parasites - usually done by a local greenhouse or similar. However the number of facilities able to provide this service is extremely limited, and many refuse to certify anything that they haven't grown/produced. HTH, Andy
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Don't do it, you might well pull up a tiny piece of rubble...and get the Pele curse....
 
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I came back from Maui last week. Bought 1/4lbs of fresh ogo seaweed (Gracilaria pacifica) from Safeway and declared it at Canada customs on the way back. They checked with the guy from Agriculture and then told me there was no restriction on it and let me through. Most of the algae was for someone else and I kept 5% of it for my sump. It is still alive.
Here's an interesting link in case you are collecting it instead of buying it. http://www.iyor-hawaii.org/wp-conten...klet_final.pdf "Limu (ogo): bag limit of one pound per day for personal consumption; prohibited to take with the holdfast (the part attaching to a rock or other surface), or to take when covered with reproductive nodes or bumps." I'm not saying go ahead and do it. I'm just reporting what happened to me at customs with my purchased seaweed. Last edited by Samw; 12-05-2008 at 01:17 AM.
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