by CORAL Magazine | Mar 7, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV0cuEjk44Q From: Michael Vecchione NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service – National Systematics Laboratory The first operational dive of Okeanos Explorer’s 2016 season, on February 27, explored depths of over 4,000 meters northeast of...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 12, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
Reef restoration biologists use accelerated growth techniques on stony corals A modest collection of buildings at the Anuenue Fisheries Research Center on Oahu’s Sand Island in Hawaii has become home to the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Aquatic...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 1, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
“The scene is set for the sequel to the incredibly successful Pixar/Disney movie Finding Nemo. Scheduled for release in June 2016, Finding Dory sets out to answer a question posed in the first movie: “where is Dory’s family?” On the face of it, there is nothing...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 28, 2016 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
“What happens in Hawaii may not stay in Hawaii….” —Observer of anti-aquarium politics in the 50th State Editor: For an aquarium fish collector, the annual start of the Legislative session in the Hawaiian Islands must seem akin to the opening of hunting...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 19, 2016 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
by Ret Talbot, CORAL Senior Editor The Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) will become the first saltwater aquarium fish to be listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) according to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The final rule was...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 8, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
Released by NASA through its Earth Venture-Suborbital program January 2016 Responding to the need for faster reports on the state of coral reefs, NASA is taking to the sky to launch a speeded up new survey of the tropical shallows using sub-orbital winged aircraft and...
