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 | 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 Matt Pedersen | Nov 4, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
By Matt Pedersen Image Credits – Matt Pedersen with Mike Doty, unless otherwise noted I realized several years ago that the United States’ marine aquarium hobby seemed to have moved on from its local roots. Case in point: some of you may be familiar with tales...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 20, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Of the many presentations that came out of MACNA 2018, one of the most-talked-about and first to be shared is Dr. Bruce Carlson’s look at the history and status of Hawaii’s Aquarium Fishery. Touted as one of the most sustainable and well-managed marine...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 18, 2018 | CORAL - James Lawrence, Marine, News & Notes
The State of Hawaii has banned, at least temporarily, the collection of fishes for the aquarium trade. Activist groups pushing for this ban to become permanent are using various “scientific facts” — saying, among other things, that the aquarium fishers are...
