by CORAL Magazine | Mar 3, 2022 | Marine, News & Notes
MIAMI—A new study found that seafloor sediments have the potential to transmit a deadly pathogen to local corals and hypothesizes that sediments have played a role in the persistence of a devastating coral disease outbreak throughout Florida and the Caribbean. Coral...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 12, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
H.R. 4521 remains front and center on the PIJAC website as the situation continues to unfold. via PIJACFebruary 12, 2022 Robert Likins III, Vice President of Government Affairs for the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) “The threat to the responsible pet care...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 9, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
No, there is no “silver lining” to newly proposed Lacey Act amendments that cultivated Asian Arowanas will suddenly become legal to own in the US. The situation is expansive, serious, and has no upside. Image credit: Mr. Suttipon Yakham/Shutterstock...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 4, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Proposed revisions to the Lacey Act have passed in the House, are headed to the Senate, and could bring the entire pet trade and hobby to a grinding halt. Editor’s Note: This is a fast-moving situation, and H.R. 4521 has reportedly been passed in the House on...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 2, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
via Central Segrest Inc. and PIJAC A last-minute amendment has been made to the America COMPETES Act (HR4521) that would impact all pet animals except cats and dogs, despite the originally stated purpose of HR4521 being to strengthen America’s economic and national...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 28, 2022 | Marine, News & Notes
A UNESCO diver surveys the plating Pachyseris corals on the newly discovered reef in Tahiti. Image credit: UNESCO/Alexis Rosenfeld/1 Ocean A sprawling deep reef of giant plating corals hidden off the coast of Tahiti has been discovered and mapped by an expedition...
