by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 19, 2016 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association Press Release, May 19, 2016 A new report looking at the positive benefits of wild-caught fish has been launched by the Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association (OATA). The UK trade voice has long argued that fish caught in the wild...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 12, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
Over the course of four days in the Colombian border town of Leticia, I had spent time collecting in the blackwater creeks feeding into the Amazon (part I), and scoured the area searching for aquarium fish collectors and traders (part II). For an impromptu and...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Dec 31, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
Having made my way to Leticia, Colombia—on the border with Brazil and Peru and the country’s only link to the Amazon river—I was on a mission to visit aquarium fish collectors and buyers in the area. The region is one of several hubs within Colombia for the...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Aug 1, 2014 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
With an estimated 80 to 90% of the world’s freshwater aquarium fish being commercially raised or aquacultured, it’s easy to overlook the fact that for the remaining 10-20%, someone somewhere had to go out and catch each fish before they can make their way into a home...
