by CORAL Magazine | Jul 28, 2014 | Marine, News & Notes
News Release: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission sent this bulletin at 07/28/2014 09:50 AM EDT July 28, 2014 Florida is known as a tourist-friendly state, but starting Aug. 1, one visitor will no longer be welcome: the invasive lionfish. Introduced...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 25, 2014 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
This excerpt first appeared in CORAL Magazine’s July/August 2014 issue, sidebar, page 53 Beginning in August 2014, Florida aquarists will no longer be able to acquire any lionfish from the genus Pterois unless that animal was collected in Florida waters....
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 25, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
With the Florida import ban on Lionfish of the genus Pterois starting a week from today, I reached out to learn what the industry was doing to prepare. John Reiter, proprietor of retailer Fish and Other ICHTHY Stuff, in Oldsmar, FL, simply stated that, “I...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 25, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
This excerpt first appeared in CORAL Magazine’s July/August 2014 issue, pages 9-12. Be sure to see the full issue for several additional stories on this topic. As [the July/August 2014 CORAL Magazine] cover says, it is now official that the most-popular genus of...
by Ret Talbot | Mar 8, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine
As the catastrophic spread of Indo-Pacific lionfish continues in Western Atlantic and Caribbean waters, Florida legislators propose new laws to stop aquarium-trade importations By Ret Talbot Images courtesy of REEF I remember seeing my first lionfish in the wild. It...
