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Featured fish: German Blue Ram
The German blue ram is a fantastic little fish. It is a true gem that can be kept with other friendly species.
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10 most expensive fish species
10 most expensive fish species I recently visited a friend who makes his living as a day trader and who had earned a small fortune taking short positions while margin trading CFD positions. Don’t worry if you didn’t understand a word of that, I didn’t either until he told me to read this website. He…
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New Website
New Website Welcome to the new AquaticCommunity.com. The new layout is only available on selected pages and will be slowly rolled out as I am able to iron out bugs and other features. Right now the only new page that is visible is the index page. I will update this page as i add the…
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New Population of Mangarahara Cichlid, Ptychochromis insolitus found
The Mangarahara cichlid is known as one of the most endangered cichlids in the world. The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) thought that their two males, together with one fish at the Berlin Zoo might be the last 3 in the world. In a hope to try to save this species they reached out to…
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Two species of African Slender-Snouted Crocodile – Mecistops cataphractus
An international team of researchers from the University of Florida and the SFM Safari Gabon have through DNA Testing discovered that the African Slender-Snouted Crocodile ( Mecistops cataphractus) is actually two different species.
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New Arapaima species -Arapaima leptosoma – Slender Arapaima
A new species of arapaima, Arapaima leptosoma, has been described by Dr. Donald Stewart of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) at Syracuse University. The new species has been described from specimen that were collected in 2001 near the confluence of the Solimões and Purus rivers in Amazonas State, Brazil. Stewarts discovery…
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Sea Life London Aquarium weans gourami off Kit Kats
When a 4 kilogram pet gourami named Gary was moved to the Sea Life London Aquarium, he went on a hunger strike and refused to eat the fruit given to him. Eventually, the aquarium staff found out why he was shunning the natural diet of a gourami – Gary had been raised on Kit Kats…
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Native American tribes strive to save the lamprey
Lamprey used to be an important source of food for Native American tribes living along the northwestern coast of North America, and the fish was once upon a time harvested in ample amounts from rivers throughout the Columbia Basin, from Oregon to Canada.
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Radioactive strontium-90 found in fish in Vermont, USA
Vermont health officials have found radioactive strontium-90 in a smallmouth bass taken from the Connecticut River.
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Will grey seals counteract cod recovery in the Baltic Sea?
Grey seals and cod used to be found in great abundance throughout the Baltic Sea, but today the seals are chiefly present in the northern parts of the sea while the cod is found in the south.
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Hilton stops serving sailfish and marlin in Costa Rica
Four Hilton Worldwide hotels in Costa Rica have pledged to stop serving sailfish and marlin after entering into an agreement with the Billfish Foundation (TBF) and the Costa Rica Sport Fishing Federation (FECOPT).
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China Releases 1.3 Billion Fish into Yangtze River
Last week, 1.3 billion fish were released into the Yangtze River by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA). The release took place in the provinces of Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui and Jiangsu in the middle and lower reaches of the river.
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New species of Brazilian killifish described by science
A new species of killifish native to Brazil has been formally described and given a scientific name. The fish, from now on known as Rivulus albae, belongs to the subgenus Melanorivulus and was found in soft and acidic water in northeastern Brazil.
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The mystery of bonefish spawning solved
The Bonefish is an extremely popular fishing that lures 1000s of sport fishermen to try their luck each year but until now it has been unknown how this species reproduce. Andy Danylchuk, a researcher working at University of Massachusetts Amherst and his colleagues have been studying bonefish for the last few years using using ultrasonic…
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Will a third force field be enough to protect the Great Lakes?
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have constructed an electric barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a waterway linking the Mississippi River with the Great Lakes watershed. The idea is to prevent Asian carps from entering the Great Lakes where it could wreck havoc with the ecosystem.
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First census finds fewer White Sharks than expected in northeast Pacific Ocean
A team of researchers headed by Taylor Chapple, a UC Davis doctoral student, has made the first rigorous scientific estimate of White shark (Carcharodon carcharias) numbers in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
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Aquarium calamity – are you prepared?
Many pet owners purchase pet insurance for their dogs, cats, horses etcetera but have you ever thought about the insurance needs of your aquarium? While few insurance companies would let you take out a life insurance policy on a guppy or be willing to pay for gold fish surgery, there are other types of insurance…
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Hagfish absorb food directly through its skin
Hagfish, an elongated scavenger found on the bottom of the sea, is truly a weird and wonderful creature. A single fossil of hagfish shows that is has undergone little evolutionary change in the last 300 million years, and the hagfish is believed to the be oldest living connection to the first vertebrate.
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Are you an “off the beaten path” kind of traveler?
For those who wish to boldly go where just a handful of researchers has gone before, the Algalita Marine Research Foundation is now offering tickets to visit the Great Pacific Garbage Gyre.
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Florida researchers use satellites to find out more about the elusive Hammerhead shark
Using satellite tag technology, research assistant professor Neil Hammerschlag and his colleagues have tracked a hammerhead shark during 62 days, as it journeyed from the southern coast of Florida to the middle of the Atlantic off the coast of New Jersey.
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International consortium formed to study fertilizing oceans with iron
An international consortium has been formed to study the potential effects of adding iron to the ocean to promote the growth of phytoplankton.
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18 baby dolphins found dead in the Gulf of Mexico
On February 21, three baby dolphins were found dead on the shores of Horn Island, and on February 22 the finding of a fourth carcass was confirmed by The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS).
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Another case of animal cruelty against goldfish at a Chinese Gala
Yet another Chinese event is by many considered to be tainted with animal cruelty, and just as with the olympics, the unlucky animals are goldfish. at the opening gala of China’s lunar new year festival earlier this month they shower goldfish swimming in perfect military formations.
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African Wolf – New wolf Species discovered
This is not really fish related but cool enough to warrant a post here anyway. Scientists have discovered a new species of Wolf in Egypt.
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Scientists find huge smelly blob in Florida waters
Scientists researching the Gulf of Mexico have found an underwater mass of dead biological material that appears to be growing as microscopic algae and bacteria get trapped and die.
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Scientists use sedation to free young entangled Right Whale
Scientists from NOAA and its state and nonprofit partners have applied at-sea chemical sedation to successfully free a young North Atlantic Right Whale off the coast of Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA.
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Fish taxidermy & Catch and Release
An example of how new technologies and methods can increase the acceptance of environmental policies such as catch and release.
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Fake seagrass help us learn how to save dwindling fish populations
A large amount of New Zealand’s seagrass have been killed by sediments released from land development. The seagrass bed at Whangarei Harbour has for instance been reduced from 14 sq km in the 1960s to virtually non-existant today.
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¨Lice-eating wrasse reduces environmental impact of salmon farming in Norway
When salmon is farmed in large-scale monocultures, the fish tend to become susceptible to disease and parasites.
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Fluorescent color of coral larvae predicts their future
A young staghorn coral that fluoresce redder is less likely to settle and develop into coral polyps than young staghorn corals that fluoresce greener. This surprising discovery was made by assistant professor of biology Mikhail “Misha” Matz and his colleagues* at the Austin branch of the University of Texas.
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New species of giant U.S. crayfish described
A species of giant crayfish native to Tennessee in the United States has been scientifically described and given the name Barbicambarus simmonis.
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Top Ten Fish Stories of 2010
A turbulent, bizarre and downright strange year for fish, our list of the Top Ten Fish Stories of 2010 will have you scratching your head, wiping away tears and laughing all in one sitting.
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Stop The Massacre of Sharks, Ecologists from Sharm and Divers Implore
The government, no doubt panicking over the effects of recent shark attacks on tourism, is destroying the delicate ecological balance in the coastal regions of South Sinai, as well as hurting tourism, Sharm experts and divers have charged.
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Sharks On Coast Hunted For Soup
Hunters taking advantage of a Japanese delicacy are thought to be the reason that shark stocks have drastically declined off the Gold Coast beaches.
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“Extinct” Salmon Species Discovered in Lake Saiko
A researcher has commented that this past Wednesday his team has discovered that a local freshwater salmon species classified as extinct by the government about seven decades ago, still lives on in Lake Saiko.
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Aquarium Planning Major Shark Center
Who’s looking forward to Shark Week? Well in Brooklyn it’s going to be all year long!
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Minister Raises Alarm Over Armed Whaling Ships
Foreign Minister McCully has raised the alarm to anti-whaling protesters that ships of Japanese origin will be armed to the teeth, and cautions activists to keep an eye out.
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Tagged Sharks Breaking Records
A blue shark which had been tagged was reeled in by a longliner off the south east coast of Africa. What’s so interesting about this tagged shark is that is has broken the record for distance traveled by any shark recorded by the GameFish Tagging Program.
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COD War II: Collapsing Fishing Quotas Dragging Britain and Iceland in Trade Battle!
Minister for Natural Environment Fisheries, Richard Benyon, has cautioned that the sustainability of mackerel in the future is at risk.
