legalities of collecting and shipping corals?

jiggy · 05/24/2006, 09:54 AM

i own a hefty chunk of land in cebu, philippines. as you may or may not know, this is where all of the reefs are in the philippines. i was thinking about starting an aquaculture center and then shipping the corals here to america. does anyone know the legalities of this?

what type of permits would i need to collect the corals? and what would i need to be able to import them to america?

tangwang · 05/24/2006, 02:30 PM

Best thing to do is to check with both governments and find out the requirements. Get what you need strait from the horse's mouth.

Matt

sharkdude · 05/24/2006, 04:30 PM

as far as harvesting and importing to US, you will need a CITES permit, and export quota.
http://www.arkive.org/coral/Coral/in...ion_cites.html
http://www.google.com/u/cites?q=coral
http://www.cites.org/

maybe your best bet would be partnering with an existing network/business,
http://www.zwim.com/index.php?option=about

ALTI · 05/24/2006, 09:14 PM

ive heard it is illegal to export any corals out of the philippines. aquacultured or wild.

MorandiWine · 05/24/2006, 10:42 PM

I will confirm what ALTI stated.

No corals, but 'nems, echinoderms, snails, crabs and shrimp are OK to export.

tyler

Serioussnaps · 06/16/2006, 03:06 PM

If i were you I wouldnt take advice from anyone on here with that issue. Talk to the government and undoubtedly get yourself a lawyer that knows how to interpret the law. Go talk to someone already in the business in your area(dont tell him ur thinking about competing!!LOL)

ALTI · 06/16/2006, 08:29 PM

i guess none of us should answer any more questions. serioussnaps can handle them all.

MorandiWine · 06/17/2006, 11:00 AM

I will refer to serioussnaps for all of my advice from now on!!!

reffer69 · 06/17/2006, 01:17 PM

You nead a quarteen center in America to recieve the corals and have to keep them for around 4 weeks.

GreshamH · 06/17/2006, 03:32 PM

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Originally posted by MorandiWine
I will confirm what ALTI stated.

No corals, but 'nems, echinoderms, snails, crabs and shrimp are OK to export.

tyler

Having been an importer, and our company having such good relations with BFAR, I can 100% confirm what Tyler says, but to add you can ship mushrooms w/ out rock. Coral harvesting, aquacultured or not, has been illegal in PI for nearly 2 decades. It will take act of their senate to pass a bill allowing it. BFAR can't issue any permits for coral export until that happens.

If you don't belive me, simply contact BFAR yourself.

GreshamH · 06/17/2006, 03:37 PM

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Originally posted by reffer69
You nead a quarteen center in America to recieve the corals and have to keep them for around 4 weeks.

That's news to us Americans? Is this a law NZ passed for us, with out our knowledge

Sorry, you don't have to have any facility in the states in order to import corals, nor do you have to quarantine them for any period of time. There's a factor in the MOI called "transshipping". Transhippers are importers, typically with now facility of their own, but they are the importer of record for that MO.

05/24/2006, 09:54 AM	#1
jiggy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ZOO JERSEY Posts: 774	legalities of collecting and shipping corals? i own a hefty chunk of land in cebu, philippines. as you may or may not know, this is where all of the reefs are in the philippines. i was thinking about starting an aquaculture center and then shipping the corals here to america. does anyone know the legalities of this? what type of permits would i need to collect the corals? and what would i need to be able to import them to america?

05/24/2006, 02:30 PM	#2
tangwang Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,480	Best thing to do is to check with both governments and find out the requirements. Get what you need strait from the horse's mouth. Matt __________________ You can knock at any door, but wherever you go you know they've been there before........ Current Tank Info: No current tanks..

05/24/2006, 04:30 PM	#3
sharkdude Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Garden Grove, CA Posts: 4,149	as far as harvesting and importing to US, you will need a CITES permit, and export quota. http://www.arkive.org/coral/Coral/in...ion_cites.html http://www.google.com/u/cites?q=coral http://www.cites.org/ maybe your best bet would be partnering with an existing network/business, http://www.zwim.com/index.php?option=about __________________ Sharkdude Current Tank Info: reef tankless since August 2009; PDF vivs since October 2009

05/24/2006, 09:14 PM	#4
ALTI Moved On Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hackensack, n.j. Posts: 1,152	ive heard it is illegal to export any corals out of the philippines. aquacultured or wild.

05/24/2006, 10:42 PM	#5
MorandiWine Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bay Area CA Posts: 914	I will confirm what ALTI stated. No corals, but 'nems, echinoderms, snails, crabs and shrimp are OK to export. tyler

06/16/2006, 03:06 PM	#6
Serioussnaps Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,703	If i were you I wouldnt take advice from anyone on here with that issue. Talk to the government and undoubtedly get yourself a lawyer that knows how to interpret the law. Go talk to someone already in the business in your area(dont tell him ur thinking about competing!!LOL)

06/16/2006, 08:29 PM	#7
ALTI Moved On Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hackensack, n.j. Posts: 1,152	i guess none of us should answer any more questions. serioussnaps can handle them all.

06/17/2006, 11:00 AM	#8
MorandiWine Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bay Area CA Posts: 914	I will refer to serioussnaps for all of my advice from now on!!!

06/17/2006, 01:17 PM	#9
reffer69 Moved On Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: C-TOWN New Zealand Posts: 38	You nead a quarteen center in America to recieve the corals and have to keep them for around 4 weeks.