by CORAL Magazine | Aug 29, 2024 | Marine, News & Notes
The Redtail Shark (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor) is not listed under the ESA. This allows the species, which is categorized as critically endangered by the IUCN due to habitat degradation, to be bred in large numbers on fish farms to meet the demand of the aquarium trade....
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 23, 2022 | Marine, News & Notes
Announced during the 2022 CITES CoP19 meetings, a new coral identification guide for customs inspectors and aquarium trade people with a focus on Indonesia’s coral trade has been released to the trade and public. Find links to download this free guide at the end...
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 17, 2022 | Marine, News & Notes
Left to Right: OATA’s CEO Dominic Whitmee and Scientific & Technical Adviser Dr. Matthew Bond making representations to the CoP during its scrutiny of Agenda Item 80 – marine ornamental fishes. Image credit: IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera. A critical assessment of the...
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 14, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Potential outcomes if Hypancistrus zebra (Zebra Pleco), which has been banned for export in Brazil since 2004, is listed by CITES. via Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association Ltd (OATA) OATA has joined fellow global pet trade representatives to make its views heard at...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 24, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
via Ornamental Fish International (OFI) The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which held the 30th Meeting of its Animals Committee in Geneva last week (July 16-21), has a long story of watching over the Indonesian...
