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Introducing a new electronic-format magazine designed and run by hobbyists for hobbyists! The Aquarium Gazette is attempting to establish a unique niche in the market by being available only on CD. It has certainly made a promising start; the first three issues have contained an entertaining selection of predominantly tropical freshwater articles and the magazine is now set to go from strength to strength. Click for ... moreWell ok maybe we do have some news. Very exciting it is too as we're delighted to welcome Hippocampus Bildarchiv to Seriously Fish! For those unfamiliar, this outstanding archive of wildlife photography has been compiled by Frank Teigler with other contributors including Erwin Schraml, Hans W. Mayland, Dieter Bork, S. Nakano and Kai Velling. Many of the images have featured in published material such as the "Aqualog" series of books, and over the coming weeks we'll be adding hundreds to the knowledge base. We hope you find them both useful and enjoyable! ... moreTo test the theory that "no news is good news", we've decided to stop adding items here for the time being. At least that's what we're telling our mums. We actually need to devote a bit of time to other areas of the site, sorting out the incomplete species profiles in the knowledge base as well as some other bits and pieces that we never seem to have time for.
Because of the fancy way this has all been designed the functionality of the site shouldn't be affected by this process, and we promise to be back with a new, improved news service as soon as we can! ... moreA rare species of Australian Hypseleotris that was only described to science late last year is the subject of a new captive breeding program aimed at the aquarium trade. Hypseleotris barrawayi, also known as Barraway's Carp Gudgeon was first discovered swimming in an abandoned uranium mine pit 20 years ago. It is thought to have good potential as an aquarium species and apparently interest is already high among international hobbyists ... moreA joint effort by German and Swedish scientists is to result in 60 cichlid fry being launched into space on a two-stage rocket. During their flight the fish will travel over 160 miles above the Earth's surface and experience 6 minutes of total weightlessness. Observations recorded both during and after the flight could apparently reveal clues as to how space flight-induced motion sickness in humans might be reduced. SF, meanwhile, are off to find whoever writes these headlines before conducting some "experiments" of our own ... moreThe Californian Fish and Game Commission have voted unanimously to more closely examine the plight of the longfin smelt, Spirinchus thaleichthys. The species' San Francisco Bay-Delta population has declined dramatically in recent times and dropped to record low numbers during 2007. A detailed study will now aim to ascertain whether it should be protected under the California Endangered Species Act ... moreThe great white shark that has been on public display at the Monterey Bay Aquarium since last August has been released back into the wild. The shark, a young male, had been a resident of the institutions "Outer Bay" exhibit for 162 days after being unintentionally netted by a commercial fisherman in August 2007. The decision was taken as the animal was apparently becoming overly "frisky”. One can only assume that this is the same level of friskiness also displayed by angry tigers, hurricanes and weapons of mass destruction ... moreA new study by South American scientists has revealed that overfishing in the Pantanal wetlands could have a detrimental effect on the populations of some plant species. The study, conducted by a team of Brazilian scientists from São Paulo State University and led by Mauro Galetti, took place over a four year period and involved the direct observation of 54 fruit-eating vertebrate species and 23 species of fruiting plant. ... moreBritish anglers Nick Calleya and George Carstairs have landed a monster 35 stone white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus from the Fraser River close to Vancouver, Canada. ... moreThe Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi) is the rarest and most endangered sturgeon species in North America.
Over an 8-year period, the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cumulatively expended 2447 man-days in efforts to collect Alabama sturgeon broodstock in an attempt to initiate a conservation propagation program. ... moreCurrently there are 28 firms officially exporting over nine million fishes worth US$ 2.5 million to 24 different countries (2001), involving species of fish from 36 families, transported from rainforest catchments up to 1100km distance from the export centre Iquitos.
The industry is massively important, especially locally, but how much are workers being exploited and how is it affecting the aquatic industry? ... moreAccording to Dianna K. Padilla of the Stony Brook University, "the aquarium and ornamental trade and associated activities are emerging as an important source for species likely to invade aquatic habitats".
This has a big agricultural impact, with pests such as the Applesnail being a species brought to agriculture as a side-effect of the aquatic industry. ... moreClick here to return to the current news. |
