by Ret Talbot | Jan 31, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine
Landmark new paper says that a sustainable marine aquarium trade may be a key to the future of healthy coral reef areas By Ret Talbot The fate of coral reefs worldwide is now a well-publicized, front-page, six o’clock news crisis. In fact, three marine scientists just...
by James Lawrence | Dec 16, 2013 | Marine
West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area WHITE LIST After several years of debate, the State of Hawaii in December, 2013, passed a new set of Rules governing the harvest (“take”) of marine species from the West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area....
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 14, 2013 | CORAL Errata
We regret a slight error in attribution (as seen above) on page 47 of the November/December 2013 issue of CORAL Magazine. Matt Pedersen’s article, “Captive Acropora Spawning Events in Florida”, which stems from an interview with Dustin Dorton of ORA,...
by James Lawrence | Dec 12, 2013 | Marine, New Products
Meet the Eastern Hulafish, Trachinops taeniatus, the newest aquacultured fish for the reef aquarium and exclusively available from its breeder, ORA in Ft. Pierce, Florida. This sub-tropical species is from New South Wales off southeastern Australia and is related to...
by James Lawrence | Nov 18, 2013 | Marine
Although best-known as the home of the world’s largest living lizard, Komodo National Park in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia is also a noteworthy dive destination that attracts biodiversity researchers doing marine species surveys in the Coral Triangle....