Uh oh. It looks like someone is doing their job at the National Marine Fisheries Service. Do you remember the20 species of corals that were listed as threatened in 2014？该机构今天说：“我们现在正在考虑是否有一些保护性法规对于保护这20种最近列出的珊瑚的保护是必要和建议的。”因此，该机构开始在下一步中征求评论，以查看最近对20个珊瑚的4（d）裁决是否在将来被列为威胁为威胁。
Remember, animals are not illegal to import/possess/selljust because they are listed as threatened…to be illegal they need have the additional 4(d) ruling applied to them which prohibits just about anyone from “taking them”. The 4(d) provision is also commonly referred to as a “take provision” to industry observers. The 4(d) ruling makes in unlawful in U.S. jurisdiction to do any of the following:
(A) Import any such species into, or export any such species from the United States; (B) take any such species within the United States or the territorial sea of the United States; (C) take any such species upon the high seas; (D) possess, sell, deliver, carry, transport, or ship, by any means whatsoever, any such species taken in violation of subparagraphs (B) and (C); (E) deliver, receive, carry, transport, or ship in interstate or foreign commerce, by any means whatsoever and in the course of a commercial activity, any such species; (F) sell or offer for sale in interstate or foreign commerce any such species; or (G) violate any regulation pertaining to such species or to any
threatened species of fish or wildlife listed pursuant to section 1533 of this title and promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to authority provided by this chapter.
In other words, all commercially activity would be illegal if the 4(d) ruling would be applied. The only caveat would be “limited specified exemptions” the National Marine Fisheries Service could apply to the ruling. But that has not happened…yet. The agency is asking for feedback (via public comment) regarding the 20 species of corals.
有趣的是，NMFS指出，在美国管辖区的水域中找不到一些列出的珊瑚物种，但其他一些珊瑚物种被进口到美国进行海洋水族馆贸易。因此，他们要求公众对所有20种物种的评论：“无论如何它们可能发生，以帮助我们确定哪种禁令可能是必要的，并且建议他们的保护。”额外的陈述不仅在野外，而且在培养的珊瑚中服用珊瑚可能会产生潜在的后果。
对此信息请求的响应必须在2015年3月16日之前收到。
要提交评论摘要，您可以前往下面的链接：
http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=NOAA_FRDOC_0001-3274
| Table 1—U.S. Distribution of 15 Threatened Indo-Pacific Coral Species | ||||
| 关岛 | Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands | 太平洋偏远岛屿地区 | American Samoa | |
| Acropora GlobICEPS | X | X | X | X |
| Acropora Jacquelineae | X | |||
| Acropora Lokani | ||||
| Acropora pharaonis | ||||
| Acropora retusa | X | X | X | X |
| Acropora rudis | ||||
| Acropora Speciosa | X | X | ||
| Acropora Tenella | ||||
| Anacropora spinosa | ||||
| Euphylliaparadivisa | X | |||
| 等法菌落 | X | |||
| Montipora australiensis | ||||
| Pavona Diffluens | ||||
| porites鼠 | ||||
| Seriatopora aculeata | X | X | ||
| 表2 - U.S。分布五个新上市的加勒比珊瑚 | ||||
| Florida—Atlantic | Puerto Rico | 美国维尔京群岛 | Gulf of Mexico | |
| 肉芽植菌 | X | X | X | |
| 树突状cylindrus | X | X | X | |
| Orbicella annularis | X | X | X | X |
| Orbicella faveolata | X | X | X | X |
| Orbicella franksi | X | X | X | X |
