by CORAL Magazine | May 15, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
URGENT MESSAGE TO CORAL READERS “Please voice your support now in favor of sustainable harvesting of marine aquarium fishes in West Hawai’i,” is the urgent message sent to CORAL readers this week from fishermen and their families in the Hawaiian...
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...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 6, 2020 | CORAL - James Lawrence, CORAL Excerpt, Marine, News & Notes
EDITOR’S PAGE “All we can do is stick to the science and facts…” We may as well call it the Tang War, as all sides in the battle over the future of collecting aquarium fishes in the Hawaiian Islands are looking to Zebrasoma flavescens to prove their case. In a...
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 26, 2019 | Marine, News & Notes
Submitted on November 12th, 2019, and released over the past weekend, PIJAC has submitted a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Hawaii’s Marine Aquarium Fishery. This represents the latest milestone in efforts to reopen Hawai’i’s marine...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 30, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
via Hawaii’s DLNR DLNR NEWS RELEASE: EIS REQUIRED FOR COMMERCIAL AQUARIUM PERMITS, JULY 26, 2018 (Honolulu) – After a full and detailed review of two Final Environment Assessments (EAs) prepared by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC), Suzanne Case,...
