by CORAL Magazine | Apr 19, 2021 | Marine, News & Notes
MACNA 2022 is scheduled, in-person, for September 9th through 11th in centrally-located Milwaukee, Wisconsin! The MASNA Board is proud to welcome you to MACNA 2022 Gathering and Growing, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the shores of Lake Michigan. We look forward to...
by Matt Pedersen | Mar 12, 2021 | Marine, News & Notes
Due to ongoing pandemic concerns, MACNA will again be held as a virtual event in 2021, with a plan to return to an in-person format in 2022. via Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA) MACNA 2021 now virtual, MACNA in Atlanta, GA to be rescheduled, MACNA...
by Matt Pedersen | Mar 4, 2021 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Red Arowana or Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus) is one of the world’s most expensive cultivated ornamental fishes, and is an endangered species. Image copyright Japan’ Fireworks/Shutterstock. New federal legislation before Congress would change the US...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 1, 2021 | Marine, News & Notes
Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, accompanied by Pilot Fish, Naucrates doktor, Red Sea. Image: Peter Koelbl (Wiki Commons: peter-koelbl.de) Long considered among the apex predators of the world’s seas, oceanic sharks and rays are vanishing at rate...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 16, 2021 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
After years of relentless attempts to legislate Hawaii’s legal marine aquarium fishery out of existence, anti-aquarium trade activists, with the support of big environmental non-profits, have succeeded in officially closing what some consider to be the most...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 8, 2021 | Marine, News & Notes
Farewell to Bob Fenner and Jack Randall: Looking Back at 2020 For many, 2020 was the worst of years, with many people suffering grievous losses. The CORAL family said farewell to the much-loved Bob Fenner, and to the world’s greatest reef fish ichthyologist Dr....