by Ret Talbot | Mar 31, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes, Syndicated Marine Aquarium News
Popular aquarium fish included in a petition to list 81 marine species for Endangered Species Act protection The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is moving forward with the process that could lead to the listing of the Banggai Cardinalfish under the Endangered...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 26, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt
16 February 2010 Assistant Regional Administrator Protected Resources Division NMFS Comment on petition to list 82 species of coral under the ESA To Whom it May Concern, I am writing as an academic expert on the biology and ecology of reef corals (Scleractinia) and...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 26, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt
Testimony for listing 66 coral species under the Endangered Species Act Background In principle, I find that listing many of the proposed coral species under the ESA is warranted, is based on the best available science, and is of value. I commend the biological review...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 26, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt
April 6, 2013 Assistant Regional Administrator Protected Resources, NMFS, Southeast Regional Office 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Fax 727-824-5309; Attn: Protected Resources Assistant Regional Administrator. Re: Listing of 66 Reef-Building Coral...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 16, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt
We recently ran a number of stories online regarding the last minute effort to interject commentary into the efforts to list 66 species of stony corals under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). [Story #1, #2, #3, #4] Between Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013, and the closure...
