Coral trade

[Ruby Moothien Pillay]

Dear coral list,

I know of a company eagerly wishing to take coral fragments (all
species)  from the wild and grow them for the export market.  Any
comments?  Examples of such activity elsewhere?  Does it work without
too much impacting on the reef?

Thanks

Ruby Moothien Pillay
Project Officer
Mauritius Oceanography Institute
4th floor, France Centre, Victoria Avenue
Quatre Bornes, Mauritius
Tel:+427 4434  Fax: +427 4433
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