by Matt Pedersen | Feb 12, 2022 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, Marine
Dr. Andrew Rhyne: “If I had an aquarium business,” muses Dr. Rhyne. “I’d be really concerned….” Dr. Andrew Rhyne, Professor of Marine Biology at Roger Williams University, is no stranger to analyzing the aquarium trade and...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 2, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
via Central Segrest Inc. and PIJAC A last-minute amendment has been made to the America COMPETES Act (HR4521) that would impact all pet animals except cats and dogs, despite the originally stated purpose of HR4521 being to strengthen America’s economic and national...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 4, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, News & Notes
Special Report by Matt Pedersen with the AMAZONAS Staff Overlooked in the recent flurry of headlines coming out of Johannesburg, South Africa, as the 2016 CITES Conference announced listing changes for some 500 species of wild plants and animals whose survival is...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 1, 2016 | Freshwater, News & Notes
Update – Editor’s Note – The Blue Knight Lobster, Cherax destructor, should not be confused with the more common Electric Blue Lobster or Electric Blue Crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. via US FWS Notice to Importers & Exporters, October 31, 2016...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Freshwater, Marine
At the risk of losing business, I am going to rant a bit… Aquarists who flaunt exotic species laws may be hanging the noose for all of us Commentary by Ted Judy Sometimes exotic-animal hobbyists, including aquarists, are our own worst enemies when it come to the...