by CORAL Magazine | Jun 12, 2017 | Marine, News & Notes
Pending legislation in Hawaii, a bill known as S.B. 1240 could derail, and ultimately end, the marine aquarium fishery, despite overwhelming scientific evidence that the fishery is sustainable. (See previous report: Hawaii’s Aquarium Fishery Faces New Threats.)...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 22, 2016 | Marine
Potter’s Angelfish, Centropyge potteri, is a coveted aquarium fish and a Hawaiian endemic. With Hawaii’s reef fishes at the center of ongoing controversy–anti-aquarium activists are painting the state’s managed fishery in as grave a light as...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 10, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
via IPMEN – International Pacific Marine Educator Network In August marine educators from across the Pacific will be making a splash in Manado, Indonesia for the biannual International Pacific Marine Educators Network conference. Marine educators from all...
by Ret Talbot | Mar 4, 2016 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine
Will a lovable cartoon tang trigger problems for a marine species—and the aquarium trade itself? Essay by Ret Talbot In my reporting across the Pacific for CORAL Magazine, there is one species of fish that fishers have consistently told me is being overfished:...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 21, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Opinion by Matt Pedersen The news of the world’s first documented captive-bred tangs, specifically Yellow Tangs (Zebrasoma flavescens) reared by the Oceanic Institute (OI) of Hawaii Pacific University in Waimanalo, HI, has the entire aquarium world in a frenzy...
