Dutch biologist Eugéne Bruins documents the artificial spread of Pterapogon kauderni in Lembeh Strait, where it is fast becoming an invasive threat.

CORAL, AMAZONAS, MICROCOSM Books, and the BANGGAI RESCUE PROJECT will be a Interzoo 2012 in Nuremberg, Germany.We will be in Halle 9, Booth 547, sharing space with Boyd Enterprises, Piscine Energetics, and Aqua Design Amano USA.

Cyanide fishermen in the Philippines. Image courtesy IRDC.

Anyone who has ever tried to net a wild marine angelfish knows it is easier said than done. Here a diver from Cairns Marine demonstrates how to do it, sans cyanide.

Collecting marine ornamental fishes for the aquarium trade using cyanide administered from a squirt bottle. Photo: James Cervino/NOAA.

By Ret Talbot

Open Letter to CORAL

Marine angelfish enthusiast John Coppolino feeds his amazing reef aquarium with rare and coveted species galore.

Video: Glassbox Design  www.glassbox-design.com

Music: Hocus Pocus

More information here.

Thanks to the participation of 153 backers, mostly marine aquarium enthusiasts and businesses, the Banggai Rescue Project has raised $33,006 to be used in efforts to improve the prospects of the endangered Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni.

The Banggai Rescue Kickstarter Project has exceeded its fundraising goal, but we are just two backers short of 150 - a number we would love to hit.

Donations so far range from $1.00 to $10,000. The Kickstarter funding ends at 2:19 tomorrow, Sunday, April 8th.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/603466482/the-banggai-rescue-project

Thanks to everyone who has already made a contribution.

Truly outstanding dive video by Nick Hope/Bubble Vision, taken in 2011 in Fiji and Tonga.