carib sea

[Joe Reefer]

Thats way to much reading.
Can someone give me summary.

[Pan]

Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

Thats way to much reading.
Can someone give me summary.

something happened which led to things going on, er..they got fined for violating CITES

[fkshiu]

Synopsis:
CaribSea got busted for illegally importing 42,000 lbs. of LR from Haiti contrary to CITES (an entire container load).

They were fined a total of about $35,000 and put on probation. The rock went to some research institute.

Makes you wonder where they get all that nice sand the company packages up and sell for a ransom from . . .

[Veng68]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

Synopsis:
CaribSea got busted for illegally importing 42,000 lbs. of LR from Haiti contrary to CITES (an entire container load).

They were fined a total of about $35,000 and put on probation. The rock went to some research institute.

Makes you wonder where they get all that nice sand the company packages up and sell for a ransom from . . .

They get it mostly from the aragonite mine in the Bahamas:
http://www.dredge.com/casestudies/dred2-08.htm

Cheers,
Vic [Veng68]

[Delphinus]

Don't mess with CITES! Every couple of years it seems I hear of someone trying to get away with circumventing the rules.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

A whole container load of LR eh. Wow, that would have filled a few tanks. Stupid to risk their reputation, their company's rep. and getting a criminal record for something that would have only brought them less than $2/lb gross. After expenses, that's probably under $1/lb profit they would have made. I guess someone thought it was worth the risk, but now their rep is trashed.

Anthony

[zulu_principle]

I would think there is a little more to this story.

Haiti is not a member country for CITES, unless im missing something.


Wendell

[fkshiu]

Originally Posted by zulu_principle

I would think there is a little more to this story.

Haiti is not a member country for CITES, unless im missing something.


Wendell

"To legally import such specimens into the United States, the importer must, among other requirements, obtain and present to the Fish & Wildlife Service a valid foreign export permit from the country of origin, or if the country of origin is not a CITES member, such as Haiti, a corresponding document described in U.S. regulations. Neither of the defendants, or their Haitian supplier, possessed or presented the appropriate documentation for the coral in this case at the time of importation Coral reef destruction has been the subject of intense debate at the meetings of the parties to CITES."

[zulu_principle]

Sorry didnt get that far in the document.