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Originally Posted by ianizaguirre  thanks alot but its funny that we cant take live "rock" but we can take coral ???? |
If you read the regulations you will find the following statement:
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Originally Posted by Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Prohibited Species: All harvest is prohibited of the following species:
Live rock, Bahama starfish (Oreaster reticulatis), longspine urchin (Diadema antillarum), Venus sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), common sea fan (Gorgonia ventalina), any hard or stony coral (Order Scleractinia), or any fire coral (Genus Millepora). |
You are not allowed to collect any corals in Florida waters. If you think this hobby is expensive, get caught with a native Florida coral.
I have a friend that is curator of a Florida public aquarium. He is a Marine Biologist and has the proper license for keeping Florida coral in captivity. He has a beautiful Florida Acropora, an Elk Horn, growing like crazy. He has to give, or sell it, to licensed researchers only. He'd love to give me a piece, and I'd love to have a piece but, he can't and reluctantly I can't own a piece.
Don't collect a piece of live coral, it isn't worth it. Claiming ignorance of the law (stupidity) doesn't work.
Dick