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 | 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 | Apr 20, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
CORAL Staff Report “Now kids can’t catch fish for their aquariums….” Writing from his home in Honolulu, this was how Dr. Bruce Carlson, marine biologist and former director of the Waikiki Aquarium, first reacted to news that a court in...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 13, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
Hawaii’s marine aquarium fishery has faced years of concerted and repeatedly-failed efforts by anti-aquarium activists to end the collection of fishes, mostly through legislative efforts. It seems that each year, the opposition got closer to finding success. The...
