by Ret Talbot | Jan 23, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
It is the beginning a new legislative year in the Hawaiian Islands and what has become an annual tradition of calling for a ban on aquarium livestock collection appears to be alive and well. At least one new move to end what is known here as the “AQ...
by Ret Talbot | Oct 26, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
Friday, October 24th, 2014, the O’ahu aquarium fishery rules package was approved unanimously by the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) during its regular fourth Friday meeting in Honolulu. The rules package, which was introduced at the request of the...
by Ret Talbot | Aug 29, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, CORAL Excerpt, Marine, News & Notes
Widespread reports of an unprecedented recruitment of reef fish juveniles in the Hawaiian Islands By Ret Talbot “My eyes feel full when looking at this many fish,” says Pauline Fiene, a veteran diving guide with Maui-based Mike Severns Diving. “[My eyes] almost itch;...
by Ret Talbot | May 19, 2014 | Marine, News & Notes
Sea Shepherd Diver Rene Umberger and AQ fisherman Jay Lovell in an unprecedented physical clash at 50-feet down “Attempted Murder!” she says. “Self-defense.” his defenders counter. Special Report to CORAL Magazine by Ret Talbot When an...
by Ret Talbot | Dec 18, 2013 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine
An Aquarist’s Notes: Turbulence in Hawaii I first went to Hawaii on assignment for CORAL Magazine in 2010, and for the better part of four years I have covered that state’s aquarium fishery. I expected to find a fishery full of complicated regulations and even more...
