by CORAL Magazine | Feb 9, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
No, there is no “silver lining” to newly proposed Lacey Act amendments that cultivated Asian Arowanas will suddenly become legal to own in the US. The situation is expansive, serious, and has no upside. Image credit: Mr. Suttipon Yakham/Shutterstock...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 4, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Proposed revisions to the Lacey Act have passed in the House, are headed to the Senate, and could bring the entire pet trade and hobby to a grinding halt. Editor’s Note: This is a fast-moving situation, and H.R. 4521 has reportedly been passed in the House on...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 2, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
via Central Segrest Inc. and PIJAC A last-minute amendment has been made to the America COMPETES Act (HR4521) that would impact all pet animals except cats and dogs, despite the originally stated purpose of HR4521 being to strengthen America’s economic and national...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 28, 2022 | Marine, News & Notes
A UNESCO diver surveys the plating Pachyseris corals on the newly discovered reef in Tahiti. Image credit: UNESCO/Alexis Rosenfeld/1 Ocean A sprawling deep reef of giant plating corals hidden off the coast of Tahiti has been discovered and mapped by an expedition...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 14, 2022 | Marine, News & Notes
A Trumpet or Red-throat Emperor (Lethrinus miniatus) checks out the camera in front of an aggregation of crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef. Image courtesy AIMS. via The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Reef fish, such as emperors,...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 6, 2022 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, CORAL Excerpt, Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
In a retrospective look at Brine Shrimp spanning nearly a century, Jason Oneppo looks at the industry that Artemia built, as San Francisco Bay Brand Celebrates 50 Years: 1968–2018. First published in both AMAZONAS Magazine and CORAL Magazine, September/October 2018....