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 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 Ret Talbot | Oct 26, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
Friday, October 24th, 2014, the O’ahu aquarium fishery rules package was approved unanimously by the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) during its regular fourth Friday meeting in Honolulu. The rules package, which was introduced at the request of the...
by Ret Talbot | Sep 17, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
How Many Wild Orange Clownfish Does the Aquarium Trade Harvest? As we reported last week, the Percula or Orange Clownfish (Amphiprion percula) is now in status review with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service...
by Ret Talbot | Sep 5, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
Special to CORAL from Ret Talbot’s Good Catch Blog, September 3, 2014 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) found that the orange clownfish (also commonly called the percula clownfish and bearing...
