Hobby responsible for 1/100thof 1% reef collection

[Cappuccino Bay Aquarium]

New data by CITIES AND NOAA shows that of the 200,000 meric tons of coral removed 94,000 kilos of this is hard corals ? that works out to 1/100ths of 1 percent I believe? Is this true?

 

[AnotherGoldenTeapot]

Assuming that statement is true, it does not imply the statement in the title to your post.

What is implied is that the collection methods are very inefficent.

 

[esmithiii]

Can you provide a link to the source?

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[newreefman1]

What is categorized as Hard corals? Rock and up? Or just SPS? etc....

Seems more accurate if accurately described. As asked, anything we can look at?

 

[Anonymous]

That's a typo.

According to preliminary data from 2000 and 2001,

2,000 metric tonnes, or 200,000 kg of live rock substrate and stony corals were imported to the U.S. And it is just CITES not NOAA.

There are no viable estimates as to the amount of lime removed for building or road construction.

A more accurate title for your thread would be:

Hobby responsible for 100% of reef collection.

Collection isn't really a term to be used when describing lime removal.

 

[Anonymous]

As CITES exporters often overreport their items, NOAA compiled a report using only Fish and Wildlife Import docents. These are considered more reliable because they must be accurate to account for all incoming live shipments to the U.S. .

This report is a bit outdated but was readily available on the web. Newer stuff found in libraries and gov archives show a continually increasing trend, probably accounting for the higher numbers in 2000 and 2001.

In 1997 over 500,000 items and 15,000 kg of stony corals, and 410,000 items and 600,000 kg of reef substrate (live rock) were imported into the U.S. In 1998 the U.S. imported 550,000 items and 94,000 kg of stony corals and 570,000 items and 890,000 kg of reef substrate.

 

[Anonymous]

As the world's largest importer of coral reef organisms, the United States has a major responsibility to promote nondestructive, sustainable harvesting practices.

http://www.nap.edu/issues/17.1/bruckner.htm

 

[Chucker]

CBA, you know as well as I do that this thread belongs in the Industry Forum, so I am moving it there.

 

[morepunkthanewe]

I think that what he means is that almost all the rest of the collecting is for the curio trade, limestone for cement, etc, etc, but non-hobby related destruction.