by Austin Lefevre | Jun 3, 2017 | Conservation, Fish, Industry, Sustainability
As some of you may know, there has been a big pushback on the collection of fishes from Hawaii for many years now. Legislation has been written to fully close down the Hawaii fishery (meaning no more Hawaiin fish collection), greatly limit the Hawaiian fishery, and... by danireef | May 31, 2017 | Conservation
The lionfish, often wrongly called scorpionfish, has reached the Sicilian Strait. Maximum alert for this alien... by xeniaforever | May 10, 2017 | Conservation, Corals
Jamie Craggs and his Project Coral team at the Horniman Museum have just released images of their 18-month-old acroporas, and they are beautiful! The acros spawned at the Museum in January 2016, after Horniman scientists collected the gravid parent corals from the... by Todd Gardner | May 2, 2017 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Industry, Science
I am thrilled to announce that the Marine Science lab at Suffolk County Community College is the recipient of a $5000 grant from the Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS). Part of this club’s stated mission is: “To foster the exchange of... by Admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Conservation, Industry
One of the most pressing demands placed upon policy makers and those seeking to protect marine biodiversity is to identify which areas need our protection efforts the most. In a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers identified six marine... by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Conservation
The amount of plastic entering our oceans is staggering. The oft-quoted figure of five trillion pieces of plastic currently littering the ocean is, by anyone’s standards, pretty daunting. I’ve come across a range of projects that have aimed to do something about the...