by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 28, 2024 | Freshwater, News & Notes
On January 24th, 2024, the US Fish And Wildlife Service published this press release announcing the findings of a 10 species review. via US FWS FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed its 90-day findings on petitions to list 10 species...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 2, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
via Central Segrest Inc. and PIJAC A last-minute amendment has been made to the America COMPETES Act (HR4521) that would impact all pet animals except cats and dogs, despite the originally stated purpose of HR4521 being to strengthen America’s economic and national...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 21, 2021 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
Perhaps surprising to some, it is possible to fly with aquatic livestock in carry-on luggage. Photo: Qilin’s prance Filmmaker/Shutterstock An exclusive excerpt from the September/October 2021 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine article & images by Andrew Bogott, except as...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 2, 2020 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Air cargo is the predominant means of transporting live tropical fish between states. The trade is already struggling with less reliable shipping during the pandemic, but expanded powers under the Heros Act could threaten interstate pet trade on a much deeper level....
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...