by CORAL Magazine | Apr 26, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt
April 6, 2013 Assistant Regional Administrator Protected Resources, NMFS, Southeast Regional Office 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Fax 727-824-5309; Attn: Protected Resources Assistant Regional Administrator. Re: Listing of 66 Reef-Building Coral...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 16, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt
We recently ran a number of stories online regarding the last minute effort to interject commentary into the efforts to list 66 species of stony corals under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). [Story #1, #2, #3, #4] Between Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013, and the closure...
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 11, 2012 | Marine, News & Notes
International trade in live corals could help preserve coral reef ecosystems, says new paper by Dr. Andrew L. Rhyne, Michael F. Tlusty and Les Kaufman News Release: December 11, 2012 Text from Andy Rhyne with mages by Ret Talbot The international trade in corals used...
by CORAL Magazine | Jun 30, 2010 | Marine
Originally posted: 30 June, 2010 Scientists call on US to stem ecological impact of trade in coral reef wildlife “CITES failing to protect coral reefs and tropical fish” VANCOUVER, Wash. International law has failed to protect coral reefs and tropical fish...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 23, 2010 | Marine
Originally posted: 23 March 2010 The headline Are Aquariums Getting Too Lifelike? is splashed across the top of the front page of today’s Science Times section of The New York Times, with a jumbo image of Joe Yaiullo doing maintenance in the 20,000-gallon reef...