Banning Coral imports U.S. Interesting read.

[Coleus]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Like this hobby isn't expensive enough!

Expensive and very addictive :-(

[naesco]

In my opinion import should be restricted, other than for 'seed stock' where any coral, fish or invert can be aqua-cultured either at the source (which is presently being done for most acros for example) or in Canada. The decline in wild stock is alarming.

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by naesco

In my opinion import should be restricted, other than for 'seed stock' where any coral, fish or invert can be aqua-cultured either at the source (which is presently being done for most acros for example) or in Canada. The decline in wild stock is alarming.

Aqua culturing is the name of the game for us at O.C. as I am sure most have already noticed. We import Mari-cultured or Aqua-cultured Acro species only, I don't see us selling any wild caught colonies now or anytime in the future. LPS is a different story and many are wild caught; however, we are doing what we can to culture all that we deem as viable to frag and grow.

[whatcaneyedo]

What really confuses me is that they also want to ban the trade across states essentially killing the aquaculture industry as well. That doesnt make any sense.