Lubricogobius dinah is a fantastically coloured goby that is found predominantly in the Ryuku islands off Japan, and Papua New Guinea. The little fish is painted in a striking highlighter yellow with a silvery stripe that runs from the head…
EcoEZ PNG Seasmart Update
The story of SEASMART and Papua New Guinea’s ornamental aquarium trade has been bittersweet. Best known for collecting the Lightning Maroon Clownfish in early 2010 and a scientifically-based strict sustainable collections model, the SEASMART Program was the headliner at the…
PNG National Fisheries Authority responds to suit filed by EcoEZ regarding the SEASMART program
A few days ago we learned that the National Fisheries authority of Papua New Guinea is withholding funds from EcoEZ for the SEASMART program. the PNG NFA has issued a public statement regarding the suit and they are citing a…
EcoEZ PNG SEASMART Operations Hamstrung by Premature Funding Loss
We were starting to wonder what happened to the forecast December 2010 release of maricultured corals from SEASMART program in Papua New Guinea. Today it was announced that the loss of PNG government funding during the last quarter of 2010…
Great dive footage from PNG shows more fish than water
[youtube width=”640″ height=”390″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFpaJd8ZHhM[/youtube] Our friend Dan Navin shot this great video diving out in a submerged atoll dubbed the Eastern Fields in Papua New Guinea recently and aptly titled the video “More fish than water.” Dan grabbed this amazing video footage…
MACNA XXII – Matt Pedersen’s Story
I hope to see my fellow Reef Builders contributors jump in and share their take on MACNA 2010 in the coming days. Seeing the annual pilgrimage to the marine aquarium hobby’s nomadic mecca through multiple points of view may offer…
SEASMART brings a piece of PNG to MACNA
The SEASMART program is doing great things not only in the marine aquarium industry but is having quite an impact on the people of Papua New Guinea in many positive ways. As part of the exposure SEASMART is bringing to…
SEASMART coral farm reaping rewards with first corals to hit markets and local reefs by December
The first SEASMART coral farm has launched in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and is looking to to grow corals for both sale into the aquarium market and to help restore local reefs. We’re big fans of the SEASMART program, a joint…
Chrysiptera niger, the damselfish from Tufi, Papua New Guinea has a name
After combing the literature for a name for a damselfish from Tufi to no avail, we were delighted to hear a confirmation from a credible source that this species is Chrysiptera niger. Dr. Hiroyuki Tanaka directed Dr. Gerrald Allen’s attention…
Lightning Maroon Clownfish stars in it’s own HD video
[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjPMeY4ZTQA[/youtube] The lightning maroon clownfish is an amazing variant of Premnas biaculeatus from Papua New Guinea which was discovered with extremely aberrant lightning stripes. When word spread of this fish, the domestic and global marine aquarium communities were…
