by CORAL Magazine | Feb 2, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
via Central Segrest Inc. and PIJAC A last-minute amendment has been made to the America COMPETES Act (HR4521) that would impact all pet animals except cats and dogs, despite the originally stated purpose of HR4521 being to strengthen America’s economic and national...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 2, 2020 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Air cargo is the predominant means of transporting live tropical fish between states. The trade is already struggling with less reliable shipping during the pandemic, but expanded powers under the Heros Act could threaten interstate pet trade on a much deeper level....
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 20, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
December 17th, 2018, National Geographic published the latest among a number of online “Wildlife Watch” articles covering the trade in marine aquarium fish and corals. In the article Inside the murky world of the aquarium trade, author Rene Ebersole...
by John Tullock | Aug 18, 2008 | AMAZONAS - John Tullock, CORAL - John Tullock, Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Reports of Indo-Pacific lionfish munching on native fish species off the Atlantic Coast come amid renewed calls for restrictions on the importation of nonnative species. A proposed new law would adversely affect importation, breeding and possession of the...