by CORAL Magazine | Oct 15, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
via MASNA About the MASNA Pioneer Award At the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) 2018 Banquet in Las Vegas, NV, the Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA) introduced the MASNA Pioneer Award and awarded it to two pioneers. The MASNA...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 5, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
via MASNA The 2018 MASNA Pioneer Award for Science The 2018 MASNA Pioneer Award for Science goes to Dr. John “Jack” E. Randall. Jack was born May 22, 1924, and today is 94 years young. He grew up in California, where he spent a lot of time on the ocean. Aquariums were...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 5, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
via MASNA MASNA® is proud to announce that MACNA 2018 in Las Vegas was the second highest attended MACNA in history, with 6277 ticketed days, just 73 ticketed days below the largest MACNA ever in 2015 in Washington, DC. MACNA 2018 enjoyed the largest turnout of any...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 28, 2018 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
via Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission September 27th, 2018 – Florida’s native fish and wildlife are facing a serious threat posed by a variety of invasive species found throughout the state. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 27, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
via Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission At its September meeting in Tallahassee, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced the winners of the 2018 Lionfish Challenge. A total of 28,260 lionfish were removed from Florida waters...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 20, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Of the many presentations that came out of MACNA 2018, one of the most-talked-about and first to be shared is Dr. Bruce Carlson’s look at the history and status of Hawaii’s Aquarium Fishery. Touted as one of the most sustainable and well-managed marine...