by Ret Talbot | Feb 24, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
Special to CORAL Magazine Commercial fisherman Jay Lovell pled no contest last week to charges brought against him based on the most public altercation between aquarium fishers and anti-aquarium trade activists in years in Hawaii’s contentious aquarium fishery. The...
by Ret Talbot | Feb 12, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
HONOLULU — Five Hawaii aquarium-fishery related bills were heard in the House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources and Hawaiian Affairs yesterday, but decisions on all bills were deferred to today, Thursday February 12th. Testimony regarding all of the House bills...
by Ret Talbot | Feb 7, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
By Ret Talbot Special Report to CORAL Magazine Five of the 2015 Hawaii aquarium-fishery related bills were scheduled yesterday for public hearing before the House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources and Hawaiian Affairs. The public hearing will begin at 8:30 am on...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 28, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
With just a few days left to introduce new bills for consideration in the 2015 Hawaii Legislature, those on both sides of the aquarium fishery debate are getting a sense of what this legislative session will look like. There are currently six aquarium fishery-related...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 24, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
House Bill 511 will likely be the second aquarium fish bill introduced to the State of Hawaii’s 28th Legislature. The Bill, which will be introduced by Representatives Cindy Evans, Nicole Lowen, Mark Nakashima, Richard Onishi and Joy San Buenaventura, would prohibit...