Recent content by smithcreek

Plain and simple, this is THE issue. The application for permit never explicitly states corals will be sold, but did infer it. The application states "corals will be made available to researchers at a cost lower than currently available." Clearly EBs application infers that the corals will be...

And to me, that's where the obvious heart of the problem is. EB had one thing in mind, to establish at a minimum a self-sustaining, and hints at a possibly profit generating enterprise. Unfortunately the permits did not give permission to do that, whether through beauracratic ineptitude or as...

Move on then. Here's the biggest question. If you were given 1 rare coral by the government to research, and the coral doubled in size over the year you spent researching it, would you consider half of it yours to do whatever you please with? It's simple to infer from EB's questions that is...

I'd love to see someone with more knowledge of the documents address this since I've not studied them intensely. Maybe this whole thing was a case of "do first, ask permission later" that went in the toilet.

I haven't had time to read this whole thread, but the one thing that jumped out at me is several time EB broached the subject of selling corals to labs for research purposes like lab rats are sold, and also mentions the possibility of selling to the aquarium trade. Clearly these uses are not in...

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