Carolina Aquatics, an independent, family-owned wholesale distributor of aquatic livestock and dry goods announced a major expansion with the addition of a new 28,000 square foot warehouse space specifically for dry goods.
This expansion significantly increases Carolina Aquatics’ capacity and operational efficiency, allowing the company to better serve its growing network of independent brick-and-mortar aquarium retailers across the United States.
Longtime aquarium hobbyist and attorney Art Parola has launched the United States Aquarium Association (USAQUA), an advocacy organization that will tackle legislative and regulatory challenges for the aquarium trade and hobby. USAQUA is a sister organization to the United States Association of Reptile Keepers, more commonly known as USARK. USAQUA will also work closely with the Pet Advocacy Network (PAN).
A central theme of the forum will be open, candid discussion about both the opportunities and challenges of conservation collaborations, especially in light of the recent IUCN resolution “Scaling collaborative action for threatened freshwater fishes through ex situ conservation.” This resolution explicitly calls for more systematic approaches to ex-situ conservation and for stronger integration of aquarium hobbyists into conservation science and action.
In November of 2025, USAQUA petitioned the Federal Government to allow import and interstate commerce of Asian arowana from CITES registered facilities in accordance with CITES regulations. Under the ESA, the Federal government must consider such petitions and make an initial finding within 90 days. USFWS failed to consider USAQUA’s petition and abide by the statutory timelines mandated by Congress under the Act.
“Aquarium Hobby Hit Hard By Tariffs,” reads the chyron on an interview broadcast by CBS affiliate WLNS-TV 6 News interview out of Lansing, Michigan.
American Humane Society announces that Quality Marine (including freshwater company Aquatropic and aquaculture facility QM Labs) earned the American Humane Certified™ distinction for high standards of care and treatment of animals.
Kryptopterus vitreolus, the Glass Catfish, is one of several iconic aquarium fish species that could soon be banned from ownership in the state of Arizona if proposed rules are made law. The Pet Advocacy Network is pushing back.
After reviewing the best available science, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined the Roanoke logperch — a large freshwater darter — is no longer at risk of extinction and will be removed from the federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife.
This week’s podcast starts with researcher Wesley Gerrin recounting the 2020 discovery of some unusual, eel-like fish during a routine fish survey at a site called “Redneck Beach”, a college kid hangout described as “a cesspool of idiocracy” on Georgia’s McNutt Creek…
The Pet Advocacy Network has set up an easy system to allow individual aquarists to contact their representatives and request an end to U.S. import tariffs on live tropical fish.
