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 Matt Pedersen | Sep 18, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
via materials released by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources “At one time we thought we might be looking for missing or deceased divers. Who drops divers off a boat into the open ocean and then leaves in order to avoid detection?” Calling...
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...
