by CORAL Magazine | Jan 21, 2015 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
The Executive Board of the European Pet Organization (EPO), representing the interests of the European pet industry and aquarium trade, has appointed a new Secretary General. Roberto Hensen succeeds the late Secretary General Alex Ploeg, who was killed, with his...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 14, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
January 13th, 2015, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) officially began soliciting public input as they consider developing a section 4(d) rule for the 20 species of coral recently listed under the...
by cmTalSweet | Jan 5, 2015 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine, News & Notes
Please see the updated captive-bred marine fish species list for 2023! CAPTIVE-BRED MARINE FISHES: State of the Art 2015 CORAL Magazine’s Annual Listing of captive-bred marine aquarium fish species, current through December 2014 “Success,” the great Winston Churchill...
by Ret Talbot | Dec 15, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is set to publish a proposed rule to list the Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as early as today [12/16/2014]. This news comes upon the completion of an extended status...
by Ret Talbot | Dec 4, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
By Ret Talbot A new paper in the journal Marine Policy (“The 800-Pound Grouper in the Room: Asymptotic Body Size and Invasiveness of Marine Aquarium Fishes,” Holmberg et al.) is critical of the aquarium trade practice of selling fishes unsuitable for most home...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 3, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
December 3rd, 2009, the Earth Touch Youtube channel issued to a challenge to the nations participating in the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference; would 2010 be the time that we finally did something to address climate change? The delivery of the message...
