by CORAL Magazine | Jul 27, 2018 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Editor’s Preface In messages to Delta Air Cargo customers in mid-July, 2018, the company announced changes to their live animal shipping policies that have the potential to seriously impact much of the domestic and international aquarium fish trade. These...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 24, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
via Ornamental Fish International (OFI) The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which held the 30th Meeting of its Animals Committee in Geneva last week (July 16-21), has a long story of watching over the Indonesian...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 10, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
For those unaware, it may come as a surprise that the Pterois Red Lionfish that are spreading through the Atlantic aren’t alone. The next invasion is being mounted by a small damselfish species native to the Indo-Pacific. Let this story serve as yet another...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 6, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
FWC Release 6 July 2018 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is launching a new program to inform the public about efforts to control the Pterois volitans and P. miles lionfish plague in state waters as well as to warn aquarium keepers about the...
by CORAL Magazine | Jun 26, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
Las Vegas, Nevada/Atlanta, Georgia (June 26, 2018) – MACNA, the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America and MASNA, the Marine Aquarium Societies of North America the much-anticipated MACNA 2018 Keynote Speaker, renowned scientist Dr. J.E.N. “Charlie” Veron....
by CORAL Magazine | Jun 20, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
via California Academy of Sciences Scientific divers and biologists at the California Academy of Sciences engineer a portable chamber to study new species from 200 – 500 feet deep SAN FRANCISCO (June 4, 2018) – Strange and beautiful fishes from the ocean’s deep and...