by CORAL Magazine | Jun 10, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
The Time to Step Up is NOW By Ron Tubbs, RT Distributors Inc. The fishers in Hawaii and the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) are desperately fighting to preserve and fully reopen the aquarium fishery in Oahu and reopen the aquarium fishery in West Hawaii....
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 | 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 | 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 | May 2, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
via NOAA This is a question that has eluded fishers and managers alike. In an attempt to find some answers, we teamed up with coral reef fish specialists from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Conservation International to pull together all of the data that we...
