by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 14, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Potential outcomes if Hypancistrus zebra (Zebra Pleco), which has been banned for export in Brazil since 2004, is listed by CITES. via Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association Ltd (OATA) OATA has joined fellow global pet trade representatives to make its views heard at...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 8, 2019 | Freshwater, Marine
Aquarium livestock trade associations from across the globe have issued an open letter to the CITES Secretariat expressing their concern about a new proposal to study the trade and conservation of marine ornamental fish. CITES, the Convention on International Trade in...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 2, 2018 | Freshwater, News & Notes
via Synchronicity Earth What is Shoal? ‘Shoal’ is an initiative to unite those with an interest in freshwater fish in supporting their conservation. It aims to be an innovative partnership engaging individuals, associations, NGOs, and corporations to work together for...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 14, 2016 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
October 13, 2016 UPDATE: New aquatic species of interest to the aquarium trade that have just been proposed for CITES Listings include: • Clarion Angelfish (Holacanthus clarionensis) • All members of the Family Nautilidae (nautiluses, six species) • Potamotrygon spp....
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...
