The aquarium hobby conservation group, which encourages captive breeding of fish species under threat in the wild, launched an updated website and priority list
News & Notes Articles
In The Season Of Giving, Santa Was Asking For Jet Skis…
A large and intense Arctic temperature swing—more than 40 degrees above normal—has caught the attention of scientists.
Ornamental Fish Conference to Return to Sri Lanka in 2017
The 2nd International Ornamental Fish Trade and Technical Conference Sri Lanka will be held February 8-10, 2017, at the Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo.
A Smuggler’s Favorite, the Zebra Pleco “L46” Receives CITES Listing
Will new regulations on international trade stop the smuggling of this stunning black & white Plecostomus?
US FWS Issues Ban on 10 Fish Species & 1 Crayfish
The listing generally makes it illegal to import live animals, gametes, viable eggs, or hybrids of these species into the United States.
Aquatic Experience – Chicago’s 2016 Educational Seminar Schedule
WPA shares the 3-day schedule of freshwater and saltwater educational aquarium seminars occurring at the Aquatic Experience – Chicago 2016.
2016 CITES Results for Aquarium Fish and Inverts
CITES CoP17 decisions are in, and will effect every aquarium-related group or species that had been up for discussion.
Aquarama 2016: Day One
The global aquatic industry show Aquarama, formerly held biennially In Singapore, is now in full swing in its new home—Guangzhou, China
Banggais, Motoros, Clarions, Nautilus, Targeted for CITES Listings
If listed, a species becomes difficult to trade without special permissions and paperwork and may be banned completely from sale into the European Union (EU).
Two New Freshwater Stingrays from the Tapajós Basin
A recently published paper in the journal Zootaxa has formally described two species of freshwater stingray from the Tapajós River in Brazil