<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Cappuccino Bay Aquarium:
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Originally posted by Dr. Reef:
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If you believe that over 200,000 metric tonnes of coral removed each year can fit on one barge, then maybe you should go look at a barge again. You are way underestimating the amount of coral removed, and I believe the reason you are doing so is because you haven't actually read any of the yearly reports filed to CITES or compiled by many of the different country governments.
Lets do some quick Math 200,000 metric tons? How many sps corals at one pound each ? Thats 2,204 lbs or 2,204x200,000 or four hundered and forty million corals{440,000,000} since the average coral does not weight one pound ,more like 0ne third of a pound= then its one billion two hundred million corals imported for the trade? Thats about one ton of corls for each hobbists if there are 200,000 coral reef tanks out there? ...........Silly? Also Even if this were true, an Ocean Cargo ship holds 4000 containers at 30,000 lbs each container=or 60,000 metric tons? the Airport Made soley out of live coral is one thousand times this? Ecotourism anyone?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Please someone find the link about the Air port /