by cmTalSweet | Jan 5, 2015 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine, News & Notes
Please see the updated captive-bred marine fish species list for 2023! CAPTIVE-BRED MARINE FISHES: State of the Art 2015 CORAL Magazine’s Annual Listing of captive-bred marine aquarium fish species, current through December 2014 “Success,” the great Winston Churchill...
by Ret Talbot | Dec 15, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is set to publish a proposed rule to list the Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as early as today [12/16/2014]. This news comes upon the completion of an extended status...
by Ret Talbot | Dec 4, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
By Ret Talbot A new paper in the journal Marine Policy (“The 800-Pound Grouper in the Room: Asymptotic Body Size and Invasiveness of Marine Aquarium Fishes,” Holmberg et al.) is critical of the aquarium trade practice of selling fishes unsuitable for most home...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 3, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
December 3rd, 2009, the Earth Touch Youtube channel issued to a challenge to the nations participating in the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference; would 2010 be the time that we finally did something to address climate change? The delivery of the message...
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 26, 2014 | Marine, News & Notes
In a statement released November 20th, published on the ReefCentral.com website, LiveAquaria.com Director and MASNA Aquarist of the Year, Kevin Kohen, responded to the negative public sentiments surrounding announcement of the planned Petco acquisition of Drs Foster...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Nov 10, 2014 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine, News & Notes
By Ron Shimek with illustrations by Jan Kocian Introduction Over the past many years when I have spoken to many aquarists, students, and other audiences about modern and ancient biology, one of the implicit themes for my discussions has been the ubiquity of death as a...
