by Matt Pedersen | Jul 16, 2021 | Marine
Reef Fish, $5/lb. Images from recent online ad posting. Hawaii’s small marine aquarium fishery has long been considered one of the most well-studied, well-managed ornamental marine fisheries on the planet. Anti-aquarium activists have attempted to legislate the...
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 | Jan 16, 2021 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
After years of relentless attempts to legislate Hawaii’s legal marine aquarium fishery out of existence, anti-aquarium trade activists, with the support of big environmental non-profits, have succeeded in officially closing what some consider to be the most...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 1, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Yellow Tangs, Zebrasoma flavescens, are the iconic marine aquarium fish only available through Hawaiian fishery harvest (and recently captive-bred offerings), and one of the spotlight species in the battle over the future of Hawaii’s aquarium fishery. Image...
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...