by Ret Talbot | Jan 31, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
Hawaiian legislature to consider 7 bills to change aquarium fishery—including 3 seeking an outright ban on marine livestock collection By Ret Talbot For decades now, the harvest of Hawaiian reef fishes for the global aquarium trade has fueled a heated, emotional...
by Than Thein | Jan 29, 2015 | CORAL - Than Thein, Marine
For years now we have been propagating Mini Maxi anemones (also known as Maxi Mini anemones, and Stichodactyla tapetum). They are easy to propagate by cutting them in half and letting them heal for a month or two. Most aquacultured corals are asexually produced by...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 28, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
With just a few days left to introduce new bills for consideration in the 2015 Hawaii Legislature, those on both sides of the aquarium fishery debate are getting a sense of what this legislative session will look like. There are currently six aquarium fishery-related...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Jan 28, 2015 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
A day or so ago I was contacted by a researcher doing some research into forensic science. The questions being asked concerned the decomposition of bodies underwater. For those of you who watch or watched the CSI-type shows, this researcher was creating the analogue...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 26, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
It is four days into the 2015 legislative session in Hawaii, and there are a total of six aquarium fishery-related bills that have either been introduced or are pending introduction in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. The most recent bill is House...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 26, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
With the fourth day of the 2015 legislative session in Hawaii drawing to a close, there are two new aquarium fishery-related bills pending introduction in the House. The first is HB 873, which would prohibit the sale of aquatic life for aquarium purposes. HB 873 will...
