by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 23, 2016 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
CITES CoP17, Johannesburg, South Africa, starts tomorrow. This is the 17th Conference of Parties meeting to be held, a meeting which has been held roughly every 2-3 years since the first CoP in 1976. CoP meetings are the time when changes to CITES listings for species...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 15, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater, News & Notes
A recently published paper in the journal Zootaxa has formally described two species of freshwater stingray from the Tapajós River in Brazil. Both species have been known to the aquarium trade for some time, the first being referred to as the “P14” or...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 6, 2016 | Freshwater
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Inaugural American Cichlid Association Fish Competition and Return of Aquascaping Live! Contest at Aquatic Experience – Chicago Nov. 4-6, 2016 CONTEST REGISTRATION DUE OCT. 15, 2016 CHICAGO (September 6, 2016)—The World Pet Association (WPA) will...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Aug 17, 2016 | Freshwater, News & Notes
CALL FOR ENTRIES: 1st International Shrimp Competition at Aquatic Experience – Chicago Nov. 4-6, 2016 CONTEST REGISTRATION DUE SEPT. 30, 2016 CHICAGO (August 17, 2016)—The World Pet Association (WPA) presents the 1st International Shrimp Competition during its fourth...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Aug 11, 2016 | Freshwater, News & Notes
Brazilian environmental agency rejects Tapajós River mega-dam, citing likely major impacts on Amazon’s indigenous people and the environment by Sue Branford, originally published August 4th, 2016 at MongaBay Ibama, Brazil’s environmental agency has denied an...
