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 | Jul 20, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
Craig Watson summarizes the 6-year journey that led to the world’s first captive-bred Paracanthurus hepatus, the Pacific Blue Tang. A guest contribution from Craig A. Watson, M.Aq., Director of the Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, University of Florida Pacific...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 20, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
Rising Tide Conservation and the UF Tropical Aquaculture Lab Announce Ocean Conservation Breakthrough Success raising Pacific Blue Tangs via Rising Tide Conservation Fort Plain, NY, July 20, 2016—Rising Tide Conservation, in partnership with the University of Florida,...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 15, 2016 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
It was admittedly surreal to look at the holding tank in my fishroom this March and realize it housed five of the first captive-bred Yellow Tangs the world has ever known. I quipped online among my friends that I never thought that I’d see this happen in one of my...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 23, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
The Marine Ornamental Program at Roger Williams University is successfully rearing the Yasha Goby (Stonogobiops yasha) in captivity! Working under Dr. Andy Rhyne, a team of undergraduates in Rhode Island has six pairs of the highly popular nano marine fish spawning...
