With the Hawaii Land Board’s decision last month, the battle over the aquarium fishery in Hawaii continues. The future of what many top scientists regard as one of the most sustainable near shore fisheries in the world is uncertain. Most people in the trade and hobby are at least somewhat [...]
El Nido, Palawan. Jerick Parrone. Creative Commons Several news services are reporting that Nickelodeon’s plans for a Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants themed underwater park in the Philippines have been rejected by Gina Lopez, the Country’s Environment Secretary. Tubbataha. [...]
Ret Talbot is our guest this week.It’s time for a new Reef Threads podcast. This week we’re joined by Ret Talbot to talk about the tremendous and exciting progress that is being made with the Philippines fisheries. Collecting in the Philippines has long been a sore spot for this hobby. But [...]
https://youtu.be/xmjvz52C7bU This is part 4 in a multi-part series produced by Ret Talbot as a special to Reefs.com. In this segment we look at the export process and export data collection by Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) staff at the One Stop Document Exportation Center in [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Big9ESRcOUY This is segment three in a multi-part series on the marine aquarium trade and marine aquarium trade data. I’m Ret Talbot reporting from the Philippines as a special report to Reefs.com. In this segment, we’ll look at the data collection project [...]
