Vendors can access the Vendor menu items above for additional information and to reserve booth space. We realize the greater the number of coral farmers who choose to sell their corals at our Coral Farmers MarketSM events, the greater will be the number of aquarists who choose to attend our events. Our booth prices are comparable to those charged by other large scale coral exchange events that have been run in various locations throughout the United States the past couple of years. We are also now operating this event within the Next Wave speaker symposium presented by the DFWMAS. The combined events help to bring in a larger attendance then we have experienced in the past. The Next Wave event occurs in February or March each year and this could become a great way for vendors to kick off their annual coral show schedules.

This event has been sanctioned by the Coral Farmers Market SM company. These sanctioned events are intended to legitimize, expand and develop the exchange of captive grown corals into a main stream form of commerce for the exotic coral market. The Coral Farmers MarketSM company firmly believes that the future of the captive coral market can only be guaranteed with the promotion of captive coral farming. There have been many increasing pressures that have signifcantly affected the world's natural coral reefs. Not to mention the difficult economic times that importers and exporters have recently experienced. These factors point to a future where the importing of live wild coral colonies into the United States will be severly limited. For these reasons, the Coral Farmers MarketSM company sanctions and supports events that promote the exchange of farmed coral.

Vendors selling corals and products to the public during the 2012 Dallas Fort Worth Coral Farmers MarketSM will need a Texas state sales tax permit. An online application can be found on this web site link. It can take 2 to 3 weeks for the sellers permit to arrive via mail and we recommend that out of state vendors apply no later then February 3rd. You will need your NAICS Code to complete the sales tax permit application. If you are a coral farming seller that Code is [Other Aquaculture 112519]. If you are a hards good seller that code is [Pet and Pet Supplies Stores 453910]. When the application asks the date that you intend to start business operation in Texas enter 3/3/2012. Note that there does not appear to be a temporary Sales Tax Permit, so you will be required to file sales tax returns for all 4 quarters of the year. Report your sales and pay the sales tax for the 2012 DA-CFM event in the first quarter of 2012. For the remainder of 2012 you would report no sales in the second, third and fourth quarters. Vendors will have to collect and pay Texas state sales tax. The current rate for the city of Arlington is 8.00 % . A link explaining the Arlington based sales tax is found here. Just type in the name of the city as Arlington and the county name as Tarrant. Then click on search.

Coral Farmers MarketSM events are promoting coral farming and we prefer coral farming vendors who setup displays to sell captive raised coral. Such a preference may have seemed ridiculous just over 10 years ago, but captive coral farming has achieved remarkable success over the past decade. Presently, just about everyone maintaining corals in captivity has achieved at least some form of coral farming success. For the purposes of this Coral Farmers MarketSM sanctioned event, coral farming refers to the farming of corals anywhere it occurs on the planet. Cultured corals imported on artificial disks or constructs, are considered farmed coral. Whole wild caught colonies are not permitted to be sold within any Coral Farmers MarketSM event. Any infraction will be noted and the violation will be registered in private to the offender. They will be allowed to disprove the charges. If satisfactory innocence is established, the matter will be completely dropped. Guilty infractions will be assessed a 2 year Coral Farmers MarketSM event ban probationary period. No public notification will be given. One of the gray areas of this particular restriction concerns selling fragments of imported colonies. The selling of sections of imported wild whole coral colonies may be permitted in certain circumstances. It would be best to ask the Coral Farmers MarketSM staff to clarify ahead of time if your specific situation may constitute a possible infraction.