by CORAL Magazine | Jan 18, 2018 | CORAL - James Lawrence, Marine, News & Notes
The State of Hawaii has banned, at least temporarily, the collection of fishes for the aquarium trade. Activist groups pushing for this ban to become permanent are using various “scientific facts” — saying, among other things, that the aquarium fishers are...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 28, 2017 | Marine, News & Notes
via Hawaii News Now Hawaii’s aquarium fishery is now officially closed, according to this report, just in: “On Friday, the First Circuit Court — sitting as the Environmental Court — ruled that any and all existing aquarium fish permits issued...
by CORAL Magazine | May 19, 2016 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association Press Release, May 19, 2016 A new report looking at the positive benefits of wild-caught fish has been launched by the Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association (OATA). The UK trade voice has long argued that fish caught in the wild...
by Ret Talbot | Aug 29, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, CORAL Excerpt, Marine, News & Notes
Widespread reports of an unprecedented recruitment of reef fish juveniles in the Hawaiian Islands By Ret Talbot “My eyes feel full when looking at this many fish,” says Pauline Fiene, a veteran diving guide with Maui-based Mike Severns Diving. “[My eyes] almost itch;...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 7, 2014 | Marine, News & Notes
Thane Militz, a Ph.D. candidate with Australia’s James Cook University, is currently getting his feet (and everything else) wet in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Proceeded by the NGO-backed SEASMART Program (which should be very familiar to long-time CORAL Magazine...
