World's *LARGEST* CORAL Collector... [Tour] Inside!! (Australia)
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Cairns Marine is Australia’s LARGEST Coral Exporter!! - Tour Inside their collection facility and learn the truth about how coral is cut, processed, and shipped to your local fish store.
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The company employs 28 staff, including highly trained divers, marine biologists and aquarists. All marine specimens are collected under strict licensing and management conditions from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. It's all highly regulated, yet one of the world's most sustainable fisheries.
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I want to make it VERY clear that the coral collection industry in Australia is EXTREMELY regulated! 10x more than any other country I've been to. Cairns Marine has special permits from the Australian government that allow them to collect coral from the Great Barrier Reef. They follow very strict rules, and have weight quotas for how much they are allowed to take. They are in constant communication with local authorities and all their boxes must also pass U.S. Fish and Wildlife. I spent 3 days touring their facility and I have NEVER seen a company SO METICULOUS in their husbandry practices from top to bottom. For the sake of time, I had to cut out a lot of footage (showing all the super detailed rules/ procedures they follow) to squeeze the whole process into a digestible 15 min video... But make no mistake: Cairns Marine is an ELITE example of what every facility of its kind should look like and scientific research PROVES that they are one of the most SUSTAINABLE fisheries in the world. If what they were doing was in any way bad for the environment, the Australian government would have shut them down a long time ago. I am open to answering your questions below, but please do your research before leaving a first impression comment. Thank you 🙏
how did u get pinned
Fascinating! So well organized and I noted how neat and clean everything seemed to be as well. Obviously top of the line.
It shouldn't even be legal or regulated.
I humbly request you to post other videos.. Those extras which you edited.. To get more understanding on how this works
This should be stop. Even with the permits from the government. Still they are collecting corals in the great barrier. This should be ban. 😠😠😠
These type of videos are my favorite!
Omg I love your videos, it's so relaxing to watch
@@cyanblue5888 thank you!!
@@DannysAquariums your videos are great :)
I really appreciate the end bit about sustainability. Seeing them harvest these big boxes of what I perceive as HUGE chunks of coral made me a little uncomfortable but the perspective offered at the end helps me a lot!
This is a fantastic video and a rare look at where our corals come from, thank you for taking us along George! It's very cool to see how the corals were managed once collected and especially the rate they grow back in the wild. (I sleep a little better at night now, lol)
Oh never expected you to be here , whens the next video comeimg out , Sunday ?
@@closetocreamy I'm part of the notification squad! ;-) Yes sir, Sunday!
@@helloitsyo662 HEY
@@InappropriateReefer yooooooo
@@InappropriateReefer hi i am big fan :D
It's interesting to see the differences in process between Indo and Australia. LOVE these coral vids George! Hope you're safe and well!
hi :D
Mang you better have visited *Heron Island* and it's on-site marine university research centre on this trip, otherwise I'm gonna have the *BIG SAD*
It is the crown jewel of the great barrier reef, there is a reason the marine biology research centre is on that small resort turtle nesting island.
3 Am the morning and I'm watching coral vid... Some may call it an addiction..
Reefing is Real ! haha
I did not realize how involved the whole process of collecting corals was. Thank you for sharing.
You have the perfect ratio of education and entertainment. Bravo, George.
IMO. One of your best videos. It's comforting to see they are being responsible and sustainable in harvesting.
Agreed
Jesus christ. Some of these comments make me realise people haven't done any research. This industry is heavily regulated. All funds they pay to do what they do goes back into reef research and management
Im going there when there is a school holiday.
Ok
Ok
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It's not actually open to the public anymore
good thing us humans are killing the coral reef
How so? What we take is such a small amount.
@@harrywade8079 global.warming.
@@Limbless_Pepe regular climate cycled
My man's pushing out bangers now😁👍🏼❤
I’ve never seen someone bringing back their corals when they’re done with the hobby. Eventually the corals will die. This guy is taking corals from to wild so live in a aquarium to live fraction of what it can live. The Great Barrier Reef is dying and this guys is saying “we’re not the bad guys parrot fish are” but humans are not part of the eco system! If you really love the ocean everything that lives in it, don’t buy anything that came from the wild. What these people are doing I feel is not okay. I tell you watch this in 10 years and you’ll see it didn’t age well. Don’t let these companies make you think that what they’re doing is sustainable. They’re saying that so they can sell you more. This video was just a sales pitch. These people love money more than the ocean. I love your videos George but this wasn’t one of them.
Thank you I agree did not enjoy watching this video
They're not cutting whole corals out of the ocean, they're basically fragging the corals they see. They recover and repair from this, it doesn't kill the corals.
@@o0Stephenpatrick0o I know. That would be even worse. But they are also taking fish.
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This channel is sooo good!! They are such good quality videos!
Thats not what I hear and see in documentaries where our reefs are dying and exploited.
If it was really overpopulated amd so easy grown, why are corals so expensive then?
Why not control the fish that are eating those corals instead?!
And why not cultivate these corals in other seas where reefs are dying or have died?
Why only keep them in barrier reef? This is purely exploiting and money making for this company and government in my opinion!!
And I doubt there's a real quarantine process in that, this is bullshit. Its just sitting in tanks before a customer buys it. So really just bringing pasts in our tank, so actually killing our corals.
Thanks for the great video though, next time just ask them more critical questions
Quit taking them coral out of the water amd learn how to grow them.
Sometimes I wish these companies you leave some of these healthy corals in the wild to grow big and help replace all the dead corals we've created over the past few decades. I know they're a business but I would support a business like that for sure!
They did mention that the coral they do take is heavily regulated by authorities, so at least they aren't taking vast, unreasonable amounts. Though I also would like to see dead corals fixed, they might not be the right species or used to the right climates for dead coral areas.
Jesus christ. Did you not watch the video?
@@harrywade8079 I did, sorry XD I replied to this person about halfway through, so I'll admit there were details I was missing
11:00
Things die...
This is one of the best quality channel on the whole entire web!
Yesss a video!
Sup tustler rc
Saaa stephen
U go visit lazorbeam???
We need to stop farming corals and start propagating them... i dont care if they have permits and stuff. Cmon i mean i have 10,000$ in corals in my tank. But they are either colonies someone once had. Or frags from someones tabk that they traded into a local fish store.
Hate thr names they give corals today too.. MASTER ULTRA and standard haha...
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I’m very confused why you strip the reef of corals like...blows my mind all for peoples tanks and money pretty sad
I am loving this content I have never seen a video like this about coral. It’s great 🥰
You need to keep making these documentary style informative videos!! This is amazing!
I’m really interested in doing a coral tank but it gives me legit anxiety thinking about it bc I don’t wanna kill a bunch of coral. Lol. Anybody know a solid source for beginner coral keeping?
Defiantly start of with some soft corals like Zoeas or if you want flowing coral a hammer
I would reccomend a basic Kenya tree, they are by far the hardiest coral on the planet
Thnx guys I appreciate the info. Any recommendations for a saltwater tank setup tutorial or website?
The brs 5 min guides are great.
Go to reef2reef and read alot, thats what i did months before i even setup a tank.
The whole thing is very fascinating. I really was naive. I thought they were doing damage to the reefs. I thought coral had a much slower growth rate. Thank you for this video!
I have a coral in my tank which was a one inch long finger 2 years ago and now its cluster of branches are the size of a canteloup. Most of the corals in my area are just grown and traded between local hobbyists though rather than being harvested from the ocean. We trade 'frags' like a gardening club trading plants. Most wild harvested corals are $100 and up here so growing and trading to fill up our tanks saves us thousands.
They ARE doing damage to the reefs. Anytime you take anything from a living thing IS damage. Let’s get that straight. Scuba divers and snorkelers accidentally stepping on a coral is damage. What more taking an actual coral from the reef?
They can throw numbers that favor their business all they want, it’s still pillaging a living thing that is dying! There’s actual marine biologists and scientists spending their lives cultivating corals offshore just to repopulate the Great Barrier Reef. And these guys are pillaging it.
I’d love to see marine biologists trying to save the reef give a presentation to donors and the rest of the world telling us about what they are doing and how, followed by this guy taking corals from the reef and selling it for profit. Would love to see how that goes down.
Last I checked, the Great Barrier Reef isn’t overpopulated with corals. Are these guys pillaging the reefs even replacing what they take?
And as the previous post stated, corals displayed in private aquariums don’t need to come from the wild. They can be grown in labs, sustainably.
@@princevalencia8816 fragging coral encourages new growth so it is making the corals grow faster and better and since they are only taking small amounts and allowing time for regrowth they are kinda helping. Also yes people are growing corals to add there but it is from this issue it is because of climate change and pollution and all the corals grown to add are originally taken from the reef to re add. The Co does it sustainably and encourages coral growth so that is their ‘give back.’ They also do it a lot better than anywhere else :)
lol 0:44 that guy. I wonder if he's watched this video and seen himself xD
Appreciate you asking the right questions. Informative stuff
I like how fast they all move. Everybody cares about the corals
Your story is amazing and motivational u never gave up for 10 times
so they just steal coral out of the ocean?
Seems like they are like tree trimmers. Just take a branch here or there but keep the tree alive and healthy.
I love how your content is slowly becoming more mature and serious and down to the point when it's educational and informative in contrast to your past videos which were a mixture of poking fun and being informational (i.e those skits like how you got your Piranhas, Glo Tetras, and Mantis Shrimp). Not to say I didn't like your content back then because I did quite frankly but this is such a new breath of fresh air and I love it. It suits you my guy
Yeah, I left around the time that he started doing those clickbait-esque pond videos. The way I view it, a lot of channels go through "phases" with their content. Draw with Jazza comes into mind, and Coralfish12g. George has gone, since I've watched his videos, top 5 reef tank livestock videos, to semi-clickbait coral unboxing videos, to basically building ponds, to this stage. I definitely prefer this to the ponds.
Be nice to get rid of the stupid emojis and child sound effects tho
Unfortunately with the status of our oceans and how we are losing natural coral reefs everyday I don't see how this is ethical or sustainable. Tank grown is the sustainable and ethical way to go imo.
watch the video to the end. they explain it.
Amazing.. This video makes me drag more into the hobby. Just loved it. Wowwwwwwwwww..
The old dude is telling lies. He's still destroying the reef one way or another.
Does anyone noticed that his Instagram link isn’t working anymore?
Love it
Yeah coral!
Amazing...love your educational videos!
HI Gorge Ur my fav youtuber
George what happened to the video of you at the most university with all the venomous animals?
Super interesting i love the Australia videos 2 in one day is awsome keep up the great work gorge and camera kidjkjk😂😂😂
Lmfao hahaha naw you people are ruining the sea
I get the sentiment, but the messaging is off. How can the owner show 24 x 9 trays of CLEARLY whole corals collected then when he is doing his schpiel at the end, saying they are only taking fragments? We've already seen that not only are they taking huge chunks, if not entire colonies, but that the pieces they get are so big they have to cut them down to be more manageable. The speech at the end killed the whole thing for me, as I can't really believe anything else that was said when there are inconsistencies SHOWN with the operation.
Have you ever been to the Great Barrier Reef? Those pieces they collected ARE fragments compared to the table sized pieces on the reef! Hobbyists are not used to seeing such big pieces of coral ever because the hobby conditions you to buying teeny tiny frags. I spoke with him about it and can back him up in saying it's all perspective. His definition of a fragment is very different than yours. If you ever make it out to the GBR you will see for yourself how enormous coral colonies grow to be.
Hey George, you’re a great kid! Doing well with your videos. However, with the state of the reef hobby industry now, there is really no “Need” to harvest like this anymore. Regulation or not, its about consumer selfishness and money. That’s the bottom line. Regulated or not. I’m not a tree hugger either. Been keeping reefs for 25 years, and felt as you do in the beginning. But no need for this anymore. Keep up the good work on your vids.
@@coralfish12g I go to the GBR at least 2x a year, and I'm involved in the fishery industry in Hawaii; The formatting and messaging presented in this way just seems slightly off. Its a great video, It just doesn't Jive with me when the trays coming out are full stems of corals; yet when he's discussing the ethics of reharvesting and such; there's B roll of divers taking tiny frags. From my dealings with locals in Maui; there is a LOT of corruption in the coral collecting game. The businesses actually WANT regulation as that makes their prices higher; and it's significantly harder to get registered as a collector on the GBR. By this guy's own accounting, even if the regulations were 4x as lax it would still be a negligible hit to coral repropagation times. It all just doesn't sit right.
Spongebob: “I heard that in times of hardship, the pioneers would eat coral.”
how was this 5 days ago and it says this was from march like is november and why no masks it’s covid? no hate like i love ur vids lol i’m just confused
This was filmed in Australia where COVID isn’t nearly as bad as America and the UK.
@@jazmine9837 oh okay thank u for telling me lol
This is amazing!
I love your channel and I'm always so excited for new content 😍🙈
Hirst
This video was very helpful, thanks GEORGE.
Amazing I’m from Australia I had no idea the reef was that long thanks for sharin I’ve learned something new today I can’t get over how beautiful it all is :)
Hi 🖐️ George 🖐️💙💙💙💙💙
Thanks for doing these videos Josh, to give us this information is so great!
Hi
Wow theee best video yet ... OMG I loved everything thing because I had know I idea that what they are doing IS NOT destroy the great reef like all the advertisements says they are!!!! Love these kind of videos you do .. educational
People are misinformed
They arent destroying the reef.. but this is just one company.. there are reefs that have been destroyed from stuff like this. I have a reef tank. But 10,000$ in corals.. they are from colonies from local people who traded into local fish stores.. or frags grown from companies that grow them..
You really shouldnt be buying from people like this in this video.. not these days when corals are grown and propagated so easily now
@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 it has to start from somewhere . It’s highly regulated in Oz
@@coraladdict5059 i know it does. Just saying. I also think constantly bringing in corals and fish from oceans also brings diseases that werent in the hobby if people just bought from locally or inland grown corals.
I right now am dealing with a bacterial or viral infection of some sort on my LPS like favias all my chalices died. Now its soread to my bubble corals and trumpets. Never had this issue until i bought some corals from a store where i live. And this guy only gets corals from wild caught places and its a new store too. I bought some favias from him and soon after it started spreading to all my lps.
Im in panic mode atm because i have a basketball sized green bubble coral that worth 1000$ almost due to its size iver 13 inchs long on the skeleton.. and its developing holes in its flesh.
Noticed after i got those corals from him he too is having similar issues. And this can only be explained by him bringing in nothing but wild caught corals.
Corals in the ocean atm are dying from strange diseases. Soo yea.. just sucks
These videos are so amazing it’s awesome to think what our pets have gone through it gives me a whole new respect to the hobby
this channel's subscribers count seems to be growing steadily , I feel happy for George to finally get the attention this channel deserves also I like how the content has been very informative lately.
PS I kinda miss the "acclimation" and montage parts that's why I sometimes rewatch older videos too, still loving the outro tho.
Who came here from nas daily video
Wow wow
Can you get a pet jellyfish.
This is so cool because I have seen all these types of corals on the Great Barrier Reef.
I’m so greatful for this video😀
That's disneyland for reefkeepers!
Your the best RUclipsr ever
Lulz, Coral Fish 12G you're all grown up! When did you change the channel name? "
Mad respect mate. So glad to see the quality content. I scour the web for wild collections and I wish to see more of the process from the dive site, diving, picking off the reef, loading the boat, bringing it to port.
Thanks for sharing as much of that process as you were able.
i have NEVER got a piece of coral that didn't come with hitchhikers. Mantis shrimp, bristle worms, atapisis you name it, after a week in quarantine, sitting on a bed of crushed coral, even a small 3" block will shed a bunch of organisms that I then can discover burrowed into the substrate. Dilution is a pretty good method of cleaning out the extra critters, except bristle worms they can be so small, hate those F ckers, they kill everything.
So how do you remove all these (somehow) symbiotic organisms from the condo they were living in without hurting the coral, which is more than willing to die if they looked at the wrong way.
I appreciate that the standards look high and is supposedly sustainable. I can't comment on that as I don't know enough about it. But I would say if this was being done on scientific/research funds, it wouldn't be half so flashy. It looks, smells and feels like BIG money.
Awesome video as always my dude
who asked if you are first
Awesome video!!!! Update: Nitrates are low :D
Honestly, I'm appalled by this. I know that 12g has faith in the Australian government and its licensing process but a look at the Honest Government videos might make anyone think twice about that.
Great Video George
Something we must talk about is the importance of keeping corals for the sake of mantaining a bank of genetic diversity amid the global leaching
The content this channel put out lately has been incredible. Very informative
visit the Batavia costal Maritime Institute, they are the biggest clown fish breeders in Australia. second in the world to breed flathead perch in captivity.
I don't know jack about coral, don't even really care about it. Still found this interesting, though.
Seems a shame that 90% of these corals will die in a reef tank….there’s not many reef keepers that can sustain the coral for years! Think it’s time to end coral inports and go to more sustainable ways for the hobby
Awesome vid! & this is all in my backyard! Gold Coast 🦘
Dont get me wrong, i think its very important that we harvest coral before it disappears and its great that we regulate how much people can get but that whole "The world is just too big for us to make a dent" mentality is the exact reason why we are in the situation we are today, just saying shit like that hurts the cause massively.
I am a diver parrot fish are known as the ocean’s gardeners for a reason….. corals actually grow more branches and extends when it has been cut just like branch of a tree . The ocean is not dumb humans just pollute it global warming destroys these coral, along with hurricane and storms
I honestly feel that its good hobbyist's take some of these natural corals, because with the way humans are destroying things atleast these will have been saved and then been aquacultured for later generations.
I have a reef and buy 99% maricultured or from ORA and its grown inland. Im sorry this is not necessary.
“Caught”? You mean collected
I love coral but I still don't get why they can just go and harvest it it's like cutting down the amazon there just carving up the reef
There should be longer/better quarantine procedures on corals. Especially in regards to parasitic pods like Tegastes.
At least wild corals like this are "regulated" while harvested. it's the places around the world that aren't regulated like parts the indo pacific and others that are troubling.
its posted 2 mins ago but its already 39 likes🤟you inspire me yo🤟🐠
grow, dont collect. just like anything cool. easier to collect in the wild than grow in captivity but its unethical to collect from the wild
I m still uncomfortable seeing corals removed from the great barrier. I would rather buy the ones initially bred in "captivity"
2nd wass up im too fast get it too
Best coverage of Cairns Marine operation on RUclips. Well done mate.
I'm urious how you managed to sneak in the country :)
Hey I have been watching your video seen 2016 until now 2020 I love all your video.
nah.... American wholeseller always talk everything bad about wild collection, because of money and sustaining for running their shop
are all the fish harvested just as sustainably as coral..I plan on getting some big ray and shark if it won't have a negative impact.
What’s up
After following your channel for awhile as a long time scubadiver, I can now proudly say due to your channel I'm now cycling my first reeftank!
Greets from the Netherlands!
Goodluck!