Philippines mariculture

[kevin1234]

Hi I am gatering information on mariculture and I am looking for links and any other on this subject.

I am asking all of this because my uncle has a import/export business based in the Philippines and he is already exporting pearls and other stuff but he would like to culture corals and then export them, he would like to export fish and he even whants to breed some clownfish,bangaiis and other easy to breed fish.
He can get all the exportation rights so it isn't a problem.


So I am asking you guys for all the info you know on this subject.

thanks

kevin

[MorandiWine]

You cant export live corals or rock out of the PI's. I am not sure about the whole "aquacultured" aspect but I would imagine that it is still a no no.

tyler

[GreshamH]

It would take an act of their congress to change the exporting of ANY corals or live rock law. Currently all corals, tridacnid clams and live rock, aquacultured, maricultured and wild caught are all illegal to export out of PI. Being as such, it's illegal for you to import them into any CITES member country, like Canada or the US. Until the law changes in PI, it's all off limits.

Many have tried, even people with political power, and no one has yet to change the law, or get any legal shipments out.

[kevin1234]

but is there a law for the fish also? or just the corals and LR?

[Jasonincuritiba]

Fish are fine, just corals and LR

[GreshamH]

Fish better be OK, we get about 50% of our MO fish supply from there. The US industry would partailly collapse with out it as it's built on the pricing strucuture PI provides.

[mbunaman]

Yeah the Phillipines also provides many fish that are caught with Cyanide which IMO is not very eco friendly. They have laws protecting corals but not the fish. If I new a fish came from the Phillpines I would never buy it.

[MorandiWine]

Believe it or not, the PI's are pretty clean right now. Its areas like Bali and Tonga that you need to watch!

tyler

[kevin1234]

ok tks for the info but does any body know about aquaculture in the PI's?
And if I ever do this the fish that will e exported will not be caught using chemicals cause i know what it is to buy a cyanide caught fish...

[Sen]

Here in germany Fauna Marine (http://www.marinefauna-cebu.com/) is a well known exporter from the philipines.

[tangwang]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10047228#post10047228 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kevin1234
ok tks for the info but does any body know about aquaculture in the PI's?


Aquaculture or wild... It doesn't matter. The only thing legally harvested in the PI's is fish.. No corals or rock..

[Leopard Man]

I live in the Philippines:

Here is one of the laws enacted to protect the creatures of the sea is embodied in RA 8550:

SEC.91. Ban on Coral Exploitation and Exportation. - It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to gather, possess, sell or export ordinary precious and semi-precious corals, whether raw or in processed form, except for scientific or research purposes.

Violations of this provision shall be punished by imprisonment from six (6) months to two (2) years and a fine from Two thousand pesos (P2,000.00) to Twenty thousand pesos (20,000.00) or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court, and forfeiture of the subject corals, including the vessel and its proper disposition.

I hate buying fish in our local fish market. I actually prefer buying imported fish as most fish here are cyanide caught (no news to anyone).

The local fish here are dirt cheap, but don't be surprised if they don't make it a week in captivity.

[sharkdude]

not PI, but close neighbors, http://ctsa.org/

check out the publications section.

[kevin1234]

and how about thailand is it the same thing, is everything cyanide caught?

[sharkdude]

http://www.spc.int/coastfish/News/LRF/7/LRF7-08.htm