by CORAL Magazine | Aug 29, 2024 | Marine, News & Notes
Yellow Tangs swimming the reefs off the Kona coast, Big Island of Hawaii. Image Credit: Denise Bird/Shutterstock via Pet Advocacy Network Ruling Paves the Way for Sustainable Fish Collection by Local Businesses Alexandria, Va. – On August 29, 2024, the Pet...
by CORAL Magazine | Aug 21, 2024 | Marine, News & Notes
Juvenile Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) on coral reef off Kona, the Big Island, Hawaii. Image credit: Peter Douglas/Shutterstock via Pet Advocacy Network This is a critical moment for the aquarium fishery in Hawaii! After years of work to satisfy the environmental...
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 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 CORAL Magazine | Feb 5, 2020 | Marine
via Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA) MASNA has shared this urgent message from Hawaiian aquarium fish collector Randy Fernley: Hello, everyone! A bill is being introduced in the Hawaii State legislature this week that calls for a total shutdown of...
