by Ret Talbot | Jan 23, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
It is the beginning a new legislative year in the Hawaiian Islands and what has become an annual tradition of calling for a ban on aquarium livestock collection appears to be alive and well. At least one new move to end what is known here as the “AQ...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 22, 2015 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Press Release via Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association 22 January 2015 HANDS OFF MY HOBBY CAMPAIGN RELAUNCHES FOR MAY ELECTION In the run-up to this year’s General Election the Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association is relaunching the #handsoffmyhobby campaign to let...
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 Matt Pedersen | Jan 20, 2015 | Marine
CORAL Magazine fan Vanessa Cara Kerr recently shared with us some incredible underwater footage in her film The Glowing Corals of the Dark. The film, filmed on location under the waters of Koh Tao, Thailand, demonstrate firsthand a growing scuba diving phenomenon; UV,...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 19, 2015 | Marine
via Rising Tide Conservation Blog Three years ago we posted a blog stating the commercial production potential of Porkfish, Anisotremis virginicus (Porkfish Protocol – Rising Tide’s First Commercial Species). As you’ll recall, researchers at the Tropical Aquaculture...
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...