by Ret Talbot | Jan 24, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
House Bill 511 will likely be the second aquarium fish bill introduced to the State of Hawaii’s 28th Legislature. The Bill, which will be introduced by Representatives Cindy Evans, Nicole Lowen, Mark Nakashima, Richard Onishi and Joy San Buenaventura, would prohibit...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 23, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
It is the beginning a new legislative year in the Hawaiian Islands and what has become an annual tradition of calling for a ban on aquarium livestock collection appears to be alive and well. At least one new move to end what is known here as the “AQ...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 14, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
January 13th, 2015, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) officially began soliciting public input as they consider developing a section 4(d) rule for the 20 species of coral recently listed under the...
by Ret Talbot | Dec 15, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is set to publish a proposed rule to list the Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as early as today [12/16/2014]. This news comes upon the completion of an extended status...
by Ret Talbot | Dec 4, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
By Ret Talbot A new paper in the journal Marine Policy (“The 800-Pound Grouper in the Room: Asymptotic Body Size and Invasiveness of Marine Aquarium Fishes,” Holmberg et al.) is critical of the aquarium trade practice of selling fishes unsuitable for most home...
