[Coral-List] REMINDER Seized and forfeited black coral available for research under some circumstances

[Crawdaddy Hale]

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REMINDER...March 26 deadline.
Please see email below.  The details and feasibility of this are being sorted out.  
Thanks.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Coral listers:

 

As part of the criminal plea deal in U.S. v. GEM Manufacturing, the Government received 13,500 pounds of raw black coral.  A portion of this coral could be made available to researchers under certain circumstances, e.g., shipping and handling paid for by recipient.

 

If you are interested in getting a hold of some of this material, please email christopher.hale at usdoj.gov with a bit about your background and what you want to do with the coral.

 

Here is a link to a news article with a little background on the case, but more importantly, there is a photo of what some of the unprocessed coral looks like.

 

http://stcroixsource.com/content/news/local-news/2013/02/07/former-gem-exec-sentenced-pay-11-million-black-coral-trafficking

 

We need to hear from you by March 26, 2013.

 

Regards,

 

Christopher