by CORAL Magazine | Nov 12, 2024 | Marine, News & Notes
The Oceanic Institute (OI) of Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) released over 300 aquacultured yellow tangs into the wild in a first-ever stock-enhancement effort of a non-foodfish, non-gamefish species. Image credit: The Ohana, Hawaii Pacific University. Last week, the...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 20, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Of the many presentations that came out of MACNA 2018, one of the most-talked-about and first to be shared is Dr. Bruce Carlson’s look at the history and status of Hawaii’s Aquarium Fishery. Touted as one of the most sustainable and well-managed marine...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 14, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
A magnificent transition was occurring right on the show floor at MACNA 2018; unless it was pointed out, you could have easily overlooked it. Two groups of captive-bred Yellow Tangs, produced by the team at the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University (OI), were...
by Matthew L. Wittenrich | Sep 15, 2016 | CORAL - Matthew L. Wittenrich, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
With detailed coverage of the world’s first successful breeding of the Pacific Blue Tang, Paracanthurus hepatus, being released in our September/October 2016 issue of CORAL Magazine, we thought it fitting to furnish our readers with a retrospective excerpt from...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 28, 2016 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
“What happens in Hawaii may not stay in Hawaii….” —Observer of anti-aquarium politics in the 50th State Editor: For an aquarium fish collector, the annual start of the Legislative session in the Hawaiian Islands must seem akin to the opening of hunting...