by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 23, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater, News & Notes
Project Piaba, a nonprofit conservation organization with a focus on the aquarium fishery on Brazil’s Rio Negro, recently completed its second round of training sessions in the middle Rio Negro aimed at improving handling practices for aquarium fish immediately...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 10, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater, News & Notes
Recently, as the US marked the tenth anniversary of the devastation and tragedy wrought by Hurricane Katrina, the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans received a group of rare former residents. The fish—a group of Hoplarchus psittacum, or “true” parrot...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Dec 21, 2013 | Freshwater
Project Piaba’s “Buy a Fish, Save a Tree” philosophy might be familiar to aquarists who’ve been around the Cardinal Tetra tank a few times, but if not, the gist is simple, albeit at first counter-intuitive. Simply put, a sustainable fishery in...
