by CORAL Magazine | Jun 23, 2021 | Marine, News & Notes
Yellow Tangs (Zebrasoma flavescens) graze on a reef in Hawaii; they are one of just eight species that fishermen are requesting be permitted for aquarium harvest in the West Hawaii marine aquarium fishery. Image credit: Erin Donaldson/Shutterstock via Hawaii Tropical...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 11, 2021 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Potter’s Angeflish, Centropyge potteri, is a Hawaiian endemic and one of eight species allowed to be collected under the latest proposal to reopen the West Hawaiian aquarium fishery. In the ongoing legal battle over Hawaii’s marine aquarium fishery, PIJAC,...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 10, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
Dynasty Marine’s vessels head out for a day of collection on the water. via Coral Reef Aquarium Fisheries Campaign, 9/10/2020, updated 12/4/2020 Faced with increasing scrutiny and restrictions to trade in marine aquarium fish around the globe, a leading marine...
by CORAL Magazine | Jun 10, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
The Time to Step Up is NOW By Ron Tubbs, RT Distributors Inc. The fishers in Hawaii and the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) are desperately fighting to preserve and fully reopen the aquarium fishery in Oahu and reopen the aquarium fishery in West Hawaii....
by CORAL Magazine | May 26, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
Land Board Rejects Aquarium Fishers’ Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) May 23, 2020 Released by Hawai’i Board of Land and Natural Resources (Honolulu) – In a 7-0 decision Friday, the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) voted to reject an...
