Fish in
the News!
A new company
named Reef
and Reed
manufactures
fish-shaped
handbags.
Gene Ogman
is a professional
designer.
His 6 year
old son
loved to
go to the
Norwalk
Aquarium
in Connecticut,
near their
home. He
took his
son so often
that he
realized
that he
needed something
to carry
around his
glasses
and cell
phone and
other items.
Gene recalled
a trip to
Bermuda
around 15
years ago,
where he
had seen
a fish-shaped
handbag
that would
have been
perfect
for him
and fun
for the
aquarium
trips. He
could not
find this
item anywhere,
so he decided
to create
his own
fish-shaped
handbags
and discovered
that people
loved them.
The most
popular
bag is the
clown fish,
shown below,
followed
by the shark
and the
tangs. He
also has
a killer
whale. Click
here
now to visit
Reef and
Reed's web
site.
Reef and Reed, a new company, manufactures and sells fish-shaped handbags, like this one of a Tomato Clown Fish, shown to the left. Click here now to visit Reef and Reed's web site.
A Beluga Whale named Puiji and her newly born calf swim to the the surface of the water at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois. The male calf was born at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 17th.
Healthy Corals growing in a basement reef at Reef Encounters in upstate New York. Click here to visit Reef Encounters.
A Giant
Pacific Octopus, the newest arrival at Hatfield Marine Science Center at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR, photographed by Terry Dillman.
Beluga Calf
Birth.
Shedd Aquarium’s
beluga whale
Puiji, which
is pronounced
poo-EE-jee,
gave birth
to a male
calf at
6 p.m. on
Monday,
July 17.
After their
first night
together,
both mother
and calf
appear to
be doing
well and
will remain
under 24-hour
observation
by Shedd’s
animal care
staff for
several
months.
Click
here
to read
the rest
of this
story.
Basement
Coral Reef.
In upstate
New York,
famous for
its snowy
winters
and far
from any
tropical
ocean, Steve
Lowes is
growing
coral reefs
in his basement.
The 41-year-old
English-born
Lowes is
raising
dozens of
coral species
for his
Web-based
coral business,
Reef Encounters,
and is one
of a growing
breed of
coral farmer
who have
found a
niche supporting
the booming
hobby of
keeping
aquariums.
Click
here
to read
this story.
Octopus
Moves to
a New Home.
Oregon State
University's
Hatfield
Marine Science
Center has
a new occupant
thanks to
a generous
donation
from one
of the oldest
aquariums
on the West
Coast. Dennis
Glaze, an
aquatic
animal health
and husbandry
specialist,
and aquarist-in-training
Steve Brown
made the
trip to
Seaside
Aquarium
Wednesday
to pick
up a juvenile
giant Pacific
octopus
to replace
the current
keystone
denizen
in Hatfield's
public wing.
Click
here
to read
this story.
Hello, I just noticed the octopus photo and story posted on your web site. I appreciate the credit for the photo and article, but I'd like to point out one error - the Hatfield Marine Science Center is located on the coast in Newport, Ore. It is a research affiliate and coastal campus of Oregon State University, which indeed is located in Corvallis, Ore.
The science center also boasts an internationally known aquarist program and a renowned fish doctor on site. I wrote an article about his efforts with pet fish, including koi. If you are interested in this article or in talking to him, let me know.
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