by CORAL Magazine | Sep 23, 2016 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
CITES CoP17, Johannesburg, South Africa, starts tomorrow. This is the 17th Conference of Parties meeting to be held, a meeting which has been held roughly every 2-3 years since the first CoP in 1976. CoP meetings are the time when changes to CITES listings for species...
by Mike Tuccinardi | Sep 13, 2016 | CORAL - Mike Tuccinardi, Marine, News & Notes
This past Sunday, the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) wrapped up in San Diego after another successful year. Hosted by the San Diego Marine Aquarium Foundation, this was the 28th year for what has become the world’s premiere marine aquarium...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 7, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
Scientists discover a new deep-reef Butterflyfish species in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Discovery highlights a wealth of previously unknown biodiversity via NOAA Scientists from the Bishop Museum and NOAA have published a description of a new species...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 2, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
In a follow-up to the announcement of the New England Aquarium as a Grand Prize winner of the USAID Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge for their smart invoicing technology project, watch this interview with Dr. Andrew Rhyne of the New England Aquarium and Roger Williams...
by CORAL Magazine | Aug 30, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
PBS NewsHour released a great segment on the Eastern Atlantic’s problem with invasive Lionfish. If this problem somehow escaped your notice prior to today, the footage is absolutely must-watch TV, and serves as yet another great reminder why it is never OK to...
by CORAL Magazine | Aug 29, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
Marine Aquarium Conference of North America 2017 (MACNA®) to be hosted in New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans, LA – August 29, 2016 – Bayou Reefkeeping (BRK) is elated to announce that MACNA® 2017 will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 25th-27th, 2017 at the...