by CORAL Magazine | Aug 29, 2024 | Marine, News & Notes
The Redtail Shark (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor) is not listed under the ESA. This allows the species, which is categorized as critically endangered by the IUCN due to habitat degradation, to be bred in large numbers on fish farms to meet the demand of the aquarium trade....
by CORAL Magazine | Aug 29, 2024 | Marine, News & Notes
Weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) fry in early August 2024. Image credit Grahm S. Jones, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. via Columbus Zoo and Aquarium POWELL, OH — Just over a year after welcoming weedy seadragons to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s Australia and...
by CORAL Magazine | Aug 21, 2024 | Marine, News & Notes
Juvenile Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) on coral reef off Kona, the Big Island, Hawaii. Image credit: Peter Douglas/Shutterstock via Pet Advocacy Network This is a critical moment for the aquarium fishery in Hawaii! After years of work to satisfy the environmental...
by CORAL Magazine | Jun 7, 2024 | Marine, News & Notes
via MASNA (Marine Aquarium Societies of North America) The Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA) deeply regrets to announce the cancellation of the 2024 Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA), originally slated for August 30th to September...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 29, 2024 | Marine, News & Notes
Home to the highly endangered Hawaiian monk seal, threatened green sea turtles and many species found nowhere else on Earth, the complex and highly productive marine ecosystems of Papahānaumokuākea are significant contributors to the biological diversity of the...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 26, 2024 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine, New Products, News & Notes
A striking example of Acropora valida from Fiji. Image copyright Walt Smith International Update, 1/26/24: CORAL readers got the exclusive first announcement that Fiji’s trade in coral was finally set to resume after a 6-year hiatus in the January/February 2024...