Drive-by Journalism Damages the Marine Aquarium Trade w/ Dr. Andy Rhyne – Episode 147 – Reef Beef Podcast.

In this episode we talk to Dr. Andrew Rhyne about the source of marine aquarium fish in our industry and the new paper on which he is a coauthor. 

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The Paper: Extent of threats to marine fish from the online aquarium trade in the United States https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70155

Press Release: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/10/09/losing-nemo–almost-all-aquarium-fish-in-the-us-are-caught-in-th.html

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