by Admin | Jan 18, 2016 | Conservation, Science
The marine conservation lobby has been celebrating a small victory of late, with the banning of plastic microbeads in the US, but why are such small objects so troublesome?… by Francis Yupangco | Jan 14, 2016 | Conservation, Corals, Science
NASA is launching a new three year field expedition which will study the world’s coral reefs with advanced technology and in greater detail than ever before. Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) researchers will be taking both aerial and up-close underwater... by Francis Yupangco | Jan 13, 2016 | Conservation, Science
I feel very lucky to live in South Florida. Living on one of Fort Lauderdale’s many canals also offers the opportunity to share my backyard with many beautiful manatees. Manatees are especially susceptible to boating injuries and loss of natural habitat and it... by AquaNerd | Jan 8, 2016 | Conservation, Fish, Science
A new study found 85% of male smallmouth bass in the Northeast are undergoing a sex change. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Roger Phillips) Male bass are experiencing unwanted sex changes, apparently thanks to the “chemical soups” that pass for waterways in the Northeast. The Washington Post reports 85% of male smallmouth bass surveyed in the region have “characteristics of the opposite sex”—specifically eggs where their testes should be. The same is true of 27% of area largemouth bass, Vice adds. For a recently published study, researchers tested bass near 19 wildlife refuges in the Northeast, according to a US Geological Survey press release. Researchers didn’t do a chemical analysis of the water where the intersex fish were found, so they can’t be sure specifically what is by Tami Weiss | Jan 7, 2016 | Conservation, Fish, Opinion, Reef, Science, Seahorses
Dwarf Seahorses among Galaxaura subverticillata, one of the macroalgaes they associate with in the wild. 2016 will see wild Dwarf Seahorse Hippocampus zosterae gain new protections in the waters around Florida. These regulations are designed to limit their harvest from the wild in order to sustainably manage Dwarf Seahorse populations. The proposed regulations: Recreational bag limit: reduce the current limit of five (5) of each species of seahorse (within the 20 organism aggregate bag limit for all Marine Life species) to five (5) seahorses total per person per day Commercial trip limit: reduce the current daily commercial limit from 400 dwarf seahorses to 200 per person or per vessel (whichever is less) Establish an annual commercial quota of 25,000 individual dwarf seahorses and provide for closure of the recreational and by Francis Yupangco | Dec 19, 2015 | Conservation, Corals, Science
While employed at the Vancouver Aquarium, I had the great honor of working under Dr. Jeffrey Marliave for seven years. Dr. Marliave is the Vice President of the aquarium and has been with the Vancouver Aquarium for over thirty...
