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
EurekAlert: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1100587
Vice Article: https://www.vice.com/en/article/exotic-pet-fish-owners-are-accidentally-ruining-the-ocean/
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Time Stamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:18 Welcome Andy!
00:05:32 What Andy Does
00:13:47 SPONSOR: SaltwaterAquarium.com
00:15:00 The New Paper
00:37:17 SPONSOR: Champion Lighting and Supply
00:39:04 The Source of Fish
00:45:35 SPONSOR: PolypLab
00:47:34 The Paper vs the Press Release
00:57:57 The Perception
01:04:47 PBS News Hour
01:17:23 Wrap Up
01:19:49 Bloopers

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