This weekend on Saturday, World Wide Corals will have their first and only public showing of the coral farm they’ve been working to build and grow for nearly a year. World Wide Corals already cranks out a ton of corals and…
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USFWS Los Angeles: We are now advising the trade of coming ESA listings
We have confirmed the USFWS was incorrectly restricting some wholesalers regarding the 20 species of corals recently listed as threatened as illegal to import. Apparently the local offices in Los Angeles were interpreting things different than the folks back at the…
The Worldwide Aquatics Industry is in Jeopardy
PIJAC –one of the if not only organization that is actively working in the interests of the aquatics industry announced a major update to the active petitions and strategy surrounding our dear friends at the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD). …
Clownfish could be declared an endangered Species
That’s according to a new report from National Marine Fisheries Service that Clownfish (Percula) may warrant protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act because of threats from global warming and ocean acidification. The service will now conduct a status review…
An open letter to Reef Builders readers from MASNA
To all Reefbuilders Readers: The MASNA Industry, Legislation and Conservation staff has been hard at work preparing MASNA’s response to the proposed listing of 82 coral species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). In connection with preparing the response, we…
Reef Hobby needs YOU: call for comments regarding ESA coral listing
On December 7, 2012, NOAA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (77 FR 73219) in response to a petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity to list 83 reef-building coral species as threatened or endangered under the…
