The United States is the world’s largest consumer, buying up to 80% of the tropical fish on the global market. The aquarium trade is largely unregulated and untracked, and collection often involves ...

The board had concluded that the EIS failed to paint a true picture of the environmental harms of commercial aquarium collection. Board members had noted a troubling lack of information about the ...

Aiptasia is a common hitchhiker pest that can wreak havoc in reef tanks. Flatworms are also very prevalent and can cause plenty of damage. It’s crucial to quarantine new fish and coral before ...

Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a new study reveals. From food security to controlling seaweed and even ...

Now, researchers armed with dive tanks and hand nets studying ... or single individuals.” The fish were found between two atolls, or ring-shaped reef island, in the central Maldives, an ...

Shane Takasane faces federal charges for allegedly smuggling aquarium fish such as the Hawaii yellow tang, seen above in a snorkeling lagoon at Aulani Resort’s Rainbow Reef. “The illegal trade ...