The state is proposing to permit commercial collection of Hawaii's reef fish for aquariums. For decades, beautiful reef fish ...

Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources last week voted to advance the pet industry’s plans to re-open the state’s waters ...

The reopening of waters off Hawaii’s Kona coast to aquarium fishing took a step closer to reality after a state board decided to put forth a set of proposed rules for public hearings. The Hawaii Board ...

The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has voted to let officials gather public input on a proposed set of rules that ...

The land board and DLNR staff have clashed for years over whether to let the practice continue. That might be changing.

Sakoda said the proposed rule identifies eight species considered abundant and resilient enough for limited collection: ...

Reef HQ staff in Townsville are being kept busy with reef fish breeding in the aquariums. Many reef fish species spawn at this time of year along with the coral, and the trigger fish and leopard ...

Rene Umberger has been fighting to shut down Hawaii’s commercial aquarium industry for years. As a former dive instructor, she’s seen with her own eyes the impacts the trade has had on near-shore ...

Each year humans trade 20 to 30 million tropical marine fish for aquariums, representing more than 1,800 different species. The United States is the world’s largest consumer, buying up to 80% of the ...

A world where life flutters, shimmers and gently sways, like the forest scenes from the original “Avatar” movie, a kaleidoscope of colors that shouldn’t exist in nature. Corals in pink, purple, peach, ...