‘Forgotten Fishes’ report released
Shoal releases ‘The World's Forgotten Fishes’ report with WWF and other leading conservation organisations [...]
An interview with Max Pedley
An interview with Max Pedley Max Pedley has been serious about fishkeeping [...]
Drafting an Action Plan for Parosphromenus Fishes
Mike Baltzer reports on a workshop hosted by Global Environment Centre and Monash University in early February to develop an action plan for conserving peat swamps fishes in Malaysia.
Killifish: Surviving in an Elephant’s Footprint
Killifish are a group of unusually small and colourful fish that have evolved particularly robust egg casings. These casings prevent the embryos from drying out and some species survive for months, even years in dry mud. This has allowed killifish to colonise and survive in the smallest temporary pools, even in an elephant’s footprint. The sudden appearance of fish in fresh puddles has given rise to the phrase ‘It rains fishes’.
Starting Shoal in Germany
In October, I was invited to be a keynote speaker at the WWF European Freshwater Practice meeting in Berlin. While I was there, I also had a number of meetings aimed to help take Shoal forward in Germany. We are keen to establish a base in Germany to be able to work with companies and hobbyists in Germany and the rest of the European Union.
Underwater jewels threatened by forest fires
In this blog, Shoal Director Mike Baltzer takes a look at [...]
Aquarists and Conservation
Freshwater fish share the same bodies of water that humans rely on for irrigation, food source, transportation, leisure and drinking. It makes sense that by contributing to freshwater fish conservation we help not only the fish we love but ourselves as well.
The first month of Shoal: Launching and Learning
Today Shoal celebrates one month since the Partnership’s official launch. This was marked on [...]
An interview with Mike Baltzer, Director of Shoal
So Mike, in a nutshell, what is Shoal? MB: Shoal has been created as [...]
Conservation and the aquarium hobby
by Andy Patel As hobbyists it can be hard to see what we [...]