SO, I guess the question that I see raised more than anything else is this; How is the Federal, State, and Local Governments look at any other harvesting permits in the future?? My answer is simply this- once again, someone has made a mistake that all of us are going to have to pay for from now on. While I totally agree that we need to regulate coral harvest(which by the way is TOTALLY necessary to preserve our natural coral reefs) as normal, our "elected" officials will overdo and all of us will suffer.
maybe it is time that all of us that are in the hobby need to start and or increase our demands that our suppliers vigerously demand propogated livestock instead of wild. It is proven that the propogated are hardier, however I was shocked at the cost I have to pay for them. 75-100% more expensive.
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