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...
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 21, 2015 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine, News & Notes
New Regulations lower harvest limits for Hippocampus zosterae in Florida waters By Tami Weiss Special to CORAL Magazine Once the target of rapacious curio trade collectors, the Dwarf Seahorse of Florida’s coastal shallow waters (Hippocampus zosterae) has experienced...
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 24, 2015 | Marine, News & Notes
Position: Rising Tide Conservation in collaboration with the Oceanic Institute (OI) is seeking highly motivated applicants for a 1 year research internship position in the rearing of marine ornamental fish at the Oceanic Institute, Waimanalo HI 96795. Through a local...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Nov 23, 2015 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
A Puzzling Term from Fish Anatomy: The Cleithral Spot As with anything in life, the significance of a spot varies with one’s perception. Lady Macbeth saw a spot of blood on her hands that truly was a manifestation of her guilt in convincing her husband to murder his...
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 12, 2015 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Third annual show with “everything aquatic under one roof” reports 30% increase in attendance from last year CHICAGO (November 12, 2015)—The World Pet Association (WPA) is thrilled to announce more than 6,200 guests visited its third annual Aquatic Experience –...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 30, 2015 | Marine, News & Notes
With the aquarium world still buzzing over the October 20th announcement of the world-first success in the captive culture of Zebrasoma flavescens, researchers at the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University tell CORAL that their historic class of juveniles are...