by CORAL Magazine | Jan 8, 2021 | Marine, News & Notes
Farewell to Bob Fenner and Jack Randall: Looking Back at 2020 For many, 2020 was the worst of years, with many people suffering grievous losses. The CORAL family said farewell to the much-loved Bob Fenner, and to the world’s greatest reef fish ichthyologist Dr....
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 18, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
Midnight Snapper (Macolor macularis), younger specimen with the potential to live for many decades. Image: Rickard Zerke/Wiki Commons An 81-year-old Midnight Snapper caught off the coast of Western Australia has taken the title of the oldest tropical reef fish...
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 11, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
Branson’s new Aquarium at the Boardwalk promises something spectacular from the moment you walk up, as this exterior rendering demonstrates. The 55-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture of Aquarius the Octopus is currently being completed; we’ll update with...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 1, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Yellow Tangs, Zebrasoma flavescens, are the iconic marine aquarium fish only available through Hawaiian fishery harvest (and recently captive-bred offerings), and one of the spotlight species in the battle over the future of Hawaii’s aquarium fishery. Image...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 20, 2020 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Ongoing trade wars between the US and EU + UK now set to have damaging impact on US ornamental fish producers. Credit: Shutterstock US exports of live ornamental freshwater and saltwater fish destined for the EU and UK are now collateral damage in the ongoing trade...
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 20, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
Stray light from coastal development can severely disrupt coral reproductive cycles, new study finds—and blue-spectrum LED lighting is the worst. Satellite view of earth at night in the western hemisphere showing “skyglow” of human development. Stray light...
