SAVES Act Proposes ESA Amendment
New federal legislation before Congress would change the US Endangered Species Act to end the practice of listing species that are not native to the United States. This would, according to some observers in the aquarium trade, help eliminate problems with captive-bred fishes from becoming entangled in ESA regulations.
CORAL Magazine New Issue “Social Fishes” Inside Look
A visual preview of highlights in CORAL’s March/April 2016 Issue. Paid CORAL Subscribers can log in with their email address and read the Digital Edition immediately.
No ESA Listing for Orange Clownfish
The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that they will not list the orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) at this time.
Do you love corals? A letter from PIJAC’s Marine Aquarium Committee
PIJAC’s open letter to MASNA regarding the listing of 20 coral species as threatened has grim implications.
Implications of ESA’s New Threatened Coral Listing for the Marine Aquarium Trade
…the final rule document makes it clear that the NMFS position on the aquarium trade in general is not particularly positive
Matt Pedersen says:
Some addtional updates: Bocas Mariculture reports the successful cultivation of Serranus flaviventris, which didn't make it onto the list, and two accomplishments initially attributed to Bocas were in fact reported by Till Deuss from earlier when he was working with Biota Palau, so these have been attributed to the Biota Group with date information.Matt Pedersen says:
It's been brought to my attention that we overlooked the first breeding of Corythoichthys conspicillatus by Pholium Mariculture in the UK, which occurred in 2022. And thus, the first addition to the next list is already known!CORAL Magazine’s Captive-Bred Marine Fish Species List for says:
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