Unless you continually import from Haiti! then you would have fresh papers, meanwhile you could be doing the ole swap arooney and everyone would assume its legit. You could easily trick F&W. Importing is largely done on a honor system, our trade is full of less then honorable people. From what i understand, Florida collectors have told me that the orange do not exist in Haiti, only in the keys....I have seen orange in the keys myself, never been to Haiti so i cant speculate on whats there. I do know that many Florida collectors are drunk jack a$$es, and sometimes crackheads, so if they can poach orange, and there is a wholesaler willing to play the game then this is plausible. Assuming this behavior is true, i think its deplorable and it just goes to show how lazy and greedy some can be. You can collect orange on legal size substrate glue it down to aquacultured rocks and sell "legal" pieces, but no, thats too hard. I know Bob is big on Haiti, and i dont know if the constant buzz is to be directed at him. There are others that ship Haitian.
I would assume that different colors other then green and blue could come from Haiti. Its not that far from the keys and the only real difference would be seasonal water temp changes. Therefore, it is also possible that no swapping is occuring and everyone is playing by the rules.
