by Ret Talbot | Jan 24, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
The third aquarium bill is, along with HB 511, pending introduction in the Hawaii Legislature, bringing the total number of aquarium-related bills in play for 2015 to three. House Bill 606 would establishes a 10-year moratorium on the taking of aquarium fishes. It...
by Ret Talbot | Oct 26, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
Friday, October 24th, 2014, the O’ahu aquarium fishery rules package was approved unanimously by the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) during its regular fourth Friday meeting in Honolulu. The rules package, which was introduced at the request of the...
by Ret Talbot | Dec 18, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
A new beginning for Hawaii’s Marine Aquarium Fishery on Kona by Ret Talbot Excerpt from CORAL Magazine, January/February 2014 After years of rumblings, annual temblors with threats of legislation, and constant prophesies of doom for Hawaiian aquarium fishers—as...