HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On Friday, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources will once again consider new rules that could reopen Hawaii’s reefs to commercial aquarium fish collecting. The ...
Most people living in Hawaiʻi agree that reef fish should not be captured and sold as aquarium pets. Last year, a poll showed that 84% of Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island residents support a ban. In today’s ...
New research has revealed that about 90 percent of marine aquarium fish sold by online retailers in the United States are sourced directly from wild populations, mostly in the western Pacific and ...
HONOLULU – The waters off Hawaii’s largest island are home to a half-million brightly colored tropical fish that are scooped up into nets each year and flown across the globe into aquariums from ...
State legislators have advanced measures that would ban catching fish in Hawaii waters for aquariums and increase fines for illegal poaching.