by Jay Hemdal | Apr 3, 2011 | AMAZONAS - Jay Hemdal, CORAL - Jay Hemdal, Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
I recently re-visited the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago while in town for a meeting. Our group was given a VIP tour of the facility by their staff. It was very interesting for me to return, as I worked at the Shedd from 1985 until 1989. Although I’ve been back...
by Jay Hemdal | Feb 27, 2011 | AMAZONAS - James Lawrence, CORAL - Jay Hemdal, Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
May 2 – 6 Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center This RAW meeting will likely be the premier event for public aquarists in North America for 2011. http://www.rawconference.org/ History of RAW: The Regional Aquatics Workshop held its first official meeting in...
by James Lawrence | Apr 13, 2009 | AMAZONAS - James Lawrence, CORAL - James Lawrence, Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
A bill now working its way through the United States Congress would effectively end the keeping of non-native species in home aquariums. (Nevermind that your pet finches, hamsters, and Portugese Water Dogs might be banned, too.) We will be publishing much more, but in...
by John Tullock | Aug 18, 2008 | AMAZONAS - John Tullock, CORAL - John Tullock, Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Reports of Indo-Pacific lionfish munching on native fish species off the Atlantic Coast come amid renewed calls for restrictions on the importation of nonnative species. A proposed new law would adversely affect importation, breeding and possession of the...
by John Tullock | Jul 14, 2008 | CORAL - John Tullock, Marine, News & Notes
And Now for the Really Bad News Last week’s issue of Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, carried the dismal news that about one third of the world’s coral species are at risk of extinction. Among the most imperiled are...
