by Matt Pedersen | Aug 5, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Freshwater, Marine
an excerpt from CORAL Magazine, May/June 2012, by Matt Pedersen Can marine aquarists provide a safety net for endangered species and aquatic diversity? The first time I publicly expressed my concerns for the future of coral reefs, I got a bit choked up and teary-eyed....
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 5, 2018 | Freshwater, News & Notes
via US FWS January 3, 2018 The Barrens Plateau is home to a beautiful, iridescent fish that rarely grows longer than four inches and is found in only a few creeks and springs in four Tennessee counties. That little fish is now in trouble, and the U.S. Fish and...
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...
by Matt Pedersen | Feb 12, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, News & Notes
News broke today in A story released by the LA Times last April announced that researchers at the Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility have spawned the critically endangered Devils Hole Pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis, for the first* time in captivity, a...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 20, 2014 | Freshwater
In a video any NANFA member is sure to love, we get a personal look at the very charming Roanoke Logperch, Percina rex. This endangered North American native species resides in Virginia with a couple populations found in North Carolina. It’s uncommon over its...
