[Coral-List] Selling coral
Adrienne Carter
Acarter at coastalplanning.net
Wed Feb 13 17:34:11 EST 2008
This website is even more some surprising! Below is directly from the
website, typos and all:
"CORAL - This product for the first time, has been given a license
from the Australian Government to be exported for sale under strict
license, due to the fact that certain areas of the reef have been
allowed to bring to the surface and sell as ornaments. This unique
natural Coral has been harvested under precise, government approved,
world class management arrangements. As a healthy resilient ecosystem,
the Great Barrier Reef accumulates and extra five million tonnes of
new Coral growth every year. Of this growth, a small quota of abundant
fast growing Coral of premium quality and limited size is hand
harvested from specific reef zones. Just as reefs recover after
natural events such as cyclones, they also quckly replenish after
harvesting. Corals either regenerate from the base or larval
settlement and growth of a new colony occurs. Coral harvesting is
based on the highest marine science standards. A portion of sales is
donated to independant scientific research to ensure that harvesting
remains responsive to climate change and causes no detriment to the
Great Barrier Reef."
_________________________________________________________________
From: Ed Blume [mailto:edblume at mailbag.com]
Sent: Wed 2/13/2008 4:00 PM
To: Adrienne Carter; Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: RE: [Coral-List] Selling coral
That's one of things I'm asking. What are the legal issues? What are
the environmental issues? I'm not a coral expert, so maybe it's no
big deal that these species are being sold.
Ed Blume
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrienne Carter [mailto:Acarter at coastalplanning.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:41 PM
To: Ed Blume
Subject: RE: [Coral-List] Selling coral
It says on the website -" The Only Licensed UK and European
distributer of Coral from the Great Australian Barrier Reef"
Is that even legal?
Adrienne Carter
Marine Scientist
______________________________________________________________________
From: Ed Blume [mailto:edblume at mailbag.com]
Sent: Tue 2/12/2008 11:52 PM
To: Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: [Coral-List] Selling coral
This site that is selling coral looks disturbing:
[1]http://www.steventhornedesign.com/store/catalog/coral
What types of coral are pictured? And how bad is it that it's being
sold?
Ed Blume
Volunteer, Centro Ecológico Akumal (www.ceakumal.org)
Madison, WI
References
1. http://www.steventhornedesign.com/store/catalog/coral
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