Large coral haul found under Snake Island bridge, SV.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 11:00 pm

Ton of Poached Coral Confiscated in Preah Sihanouk

by Buth Kimsay | October 8, 2016

Fisheries officials are searching for a poacher in Preah Sihanouk province who removed 1 ton of coral from coastal reefs and concealed it behind a pile of rocks on a beach walkway under the Snake Island bridge, an official said on Friday.

Villagers told Sihanoukville city authorities about the pile after finding it on Wednesday, leading governor Y Sokleng to ask the Fisheries Administration to confiscate the coral.

Officials returned the live coral to the sea and brought the remainder to City Hall for safekeeping, said Men Chamoeun, director of the local fisheries office...
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/brief/ton ... uk-119028/

Sailorman · Post by **Sailorman** » Sun Oct 09, 2016 8:12 am

Someone please educate me. What would anyone want with a bunch of dead coral? It must be worth something to someone as it looks heavy and took a lot of work to get it there.

kiwiincambodia · Post by **kiwiincambodia** » Sun Oct 09, 2016 9:50 am

Sailorman wrote:Someone please educate me. What would anyone want with a bunch of dead coral? It must be worth something to someone as it looks heavy and took a lot of work to get it there.

The use the dead coral to make molds for artificial coral, so one dead coral can produce thousands more artificial ones for a tidy profit.

I doubt they are doing this in Cambodia so still no idea what this particular haul would be used for.