Jay Lindsay
Source: The Associated Press
March 11, 2010

Boston, MA - The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades.

The massive, nomadic sea turtles have been listed since 1978 as threatened, a step below endangered, but federal scientists proposed ratcheting up the designation after reviewing the state of the species.

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Ellalyn B. De Vera
Source: The Manila Bulletin
March 11, 2010

Manila, Philippines - An international conservation group warned Thursday that the current El Niño episode may have adverse effects on the recovering corals reefs in the country.

Gregg Yan, information, education and communications officer of the World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines (WWF-Philippines), noted that during the 1997-1998 El Niño event, Apo Reef in Occidental Mindoro suffered heavily from increased sea surface temperatures.

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Reef Stock is just lesss than 48 hours away while I’m writing this. And if this is any indication of what it is in store for the Aquascaping competition then whoa! The 20-ish gallon 18″ cube aquarium uses a very unique aquascaping rock work designed by John Ciotti. The tank receives 50% water changes two [...]

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Kevin Kohen and the DFS / LA crew have just released March's new captive grown coral: The Rainbow Rosaria Related posts:

1. March / April CORAL – Charles Delbeek Speaks the Truth Off the glass and on the rocks. Photo by...
2. March/April Issue of CORAL Magazine Shipping out Today The new March/April issue of CORAL Magazine is shipping...
3. Chingchai’s Latest HD DSPS 1200g Reef Video Here’s the latest video update of Chingchai Uekrongtham’s world class...

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One of the big attractions at this weekend’s ReefStock is the first public viewing of the production level Seashine lights from Stray Light Optical. As we hustle to finalize all the last minute details of ReefStock, we still had time to fire up the final Beta level Seashine light that we are beginning to review. [...]

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It has been so long since we last talked about Seachem’s Salinity salt that we were wondering if it was in fact a mythical product like story time dragons. But after a longer then needed delay Seachem delivered on their promise. Seachem’s Salinity salt was finally spotted in the wild in the hands of a [...]

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Digital Aquatics made a splash in the latest issue of CORAL magazine with the introduction of a new 2 year warranty. This warranty upgrade increases their product support for an additional year from their previous standard 1 year warranty. Overall this is a good move by Digital Aquatics something that we would like to see [...]

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Check out this clip of Aqua Design Amano's (ADA) beautiful Nature Aquarium Gallery in Nigita, Japan. See why Takashi Amano's work has established his name throughout the world. Related posts:

1. Simplicity | Aqua Design Amano Aqua design amano is at the forefront of modern aquariums....
2. ADA’s Nature Aquarium Gallery – Living Art Aqua Design Amano  continues to be the epitome of modern...
3. Aqua Design Amano | Simple Solutions Aqua Design Amano products have a simplicity and purity...

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SeaWorld is still thinking about what to do with its most prized animal. The killer whale in question named Tilikum has been taking swimming turns at the public viewing gallery in Orlando even though this isn’t the first time the 12,000lb orca has been tied to a death. “Tilikum’s owners say euthanasia is out of [...]

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Cammy Clark
Source: The Miami Herald
March 10, 2010

Miami, FL - January's big chill led to widespread death of corals in many near shore and mid-channel reefs from Biscayne Bay to Summerland Key, but most of the popular offshore diving and fishing reefs in the Florida Keys were spared.

A survey conducted at 78 sites throughout the Florida Reef tract from Martin County to the Keys also found that corals fared well north of Miami and in the Lower Keys west to the Dry Tortugas.

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