Transportation

Coral larvae in a plastic bottle, ready for transportation; source: Brenna Hernandez

Within the SECORE network, we routinely transport coral larvae from field laboratories to members' institutes. We also exchange primary polyps or brood stock colonies between institutes around the world.

The transportation of coral material is essential for establishing sexual coral recruits and breeding stock in a substantial number of public aquaria. Since the international trade of reefbuilding corals (scleractinians) is regulated by law following the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), we intensively work together with the CITES authorities of the participating countries.

 Juvenile corals can easily be transported on settlement tiles; source: Dirk Petersen

 

 

 

SECORE gives logistical support and advice to members on any coral transportation issue.

For relevant literature references about this subject, please visit the Research section of this website.

 Set up to transport large and massive corals from the field to the lab; source: Michaël Laterveer