Shrouding Opinion in Fact: Science Stampeding to Collapse
The recent New York Times article which reports and discusses the paper “Crawling to Collapse: Ecologically Unsound Ornamental Invertebrate Fisheries”, published in the online journal, PloS ONE, highlights a disturbing trend in “science,” whereby the authors are allowed, if not encouraged, to pass off an opinion as if it were a scientific fact and publish these “facts” in a manner typical of advocacy and not science.
Reefkeeping Trends
In a highly engaging event recently staged by CORAL and its partners, Tyler and Madeline Dawson of the Pet Advantage in Burlington, Vermont, several fascinating trends emerged.
The Garden Reef: A Detrimental Trend
The ‘conglomerate’ or ‘garden’ reef aquarium, with many coral species being crammed into a reef aquarium, cannot possibly replicate the ideal habitat for such a variety of animals.
March/April Issue Goes to Printer
The cover subject of the much-anticipated March/April issue of CORAL is a definitive look at Large-Polyp Stony Corals with an incredible array of images from the wild, as well in the aquarium.
Maximum Sizes of Fish in Captivity - an Estimation Tool
Many of us use FishBase for their maximum size records…I had a strong feeling that many fish do not grow as large in captivity as they can in the wild.
