by Ret Talbot | Jan 19, 2016 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
by Ret Talbot, CORAL Senior Editor The Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) will become the first saltwater aquarium fish to be listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) according to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The final rule was...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 16, 2015 | Marine, News & Notes
via NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program NOAA Scientists recently documented early signs of coral bleaching in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The images below were taken in late August and show mountainous star coral and pillar coral beginning to bleach...
by Ret Talbot | Aug 24, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
by Ret Talbot, via The Good Catch Blog The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that they will not list the “orange clownfish” (Amphiprion percula), known in the aquarium trade as the Percula Clownfish, as threatened or endangered under the...
by Ret Talbot | Dec 15, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is set to publish a proposed rule to list the Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as early as today [12/16/2014]. This news comes upon the completion of an extended status...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 11, 2014 | Marine, News & Notes
via National Marine Fisheries Service, originally published Sept. 4, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 4, 2014 NOAA Fisheries released a draft recovery plan today for Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals [Acropora palmata, and A. cervicornis respectively – Ed.]. Both...
