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05/24/2006, 09:54 AM | #1 |
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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 |
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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.
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05/24/2006, 04:30 PM | #3 |
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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
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05/24/2006, 09:14 PM | #4 |
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ive heard it is illegal to export any corals out of the philippines. aquacultured or wild.
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05/24/2006, 10:42 PM | #5 |
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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 |
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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)
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06/16/2006, 08:29 PM | #7 |
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i guess none of us should answer any more questions. serioussnaps can handle them all.
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06/17/2006, 11:00 AM | #8 |
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I will refer to serioussnaps for all of my advice from now on!!!
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06/17/2006, 01:17 PM | #9 |
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You nead a quarteen center in America to recieve the corals and have to keep them for around 4 weeks.
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