by Mike Tuccinardi | Dec 15, 2014 | CORAL - Mike Tuccinardi, Marine
In the last weeks of my Southeast Asian travels, I decided somewhat arbitrarily to spend some time in Sri Lanka, another ornamental fish exporting country primarily known in the trade for its intensive aquaculture of fancy guppies. While of course I was interested to...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 9, 2014 | Marine, News & Notes
Letter to MASNA – This is a republication of a PDF-formatted email received by CORAL Magazine editors on Sept 9th, 2014. You can download the original document here. PET INDUSTRY JOINT ADVISORY COUNCIL 1146 19th Street, N.W., Ste 350 Washington, DC 20036...
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 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 CORAL Magazine | May 22, 2013 | Marine, News & Notes
Long-time foes Robert “Snorkle Bob” Wintner and Rene Umberger, both with ties to the dive and snorkle tourism trade in Hawaii, lead new effort to attack the aquarium trade Announcement from Sea Shepherd OPERATION REEF DEFENSE LAUNCHES IN HAWAII Sea...