#aquarium fish collecting

New analysis finds Hawaiʻi reef fish did not recover after aquarium collecting ended

“These findings are significant because aquarium collecting has repeatedly been justified by claims of sustainability and rapid reef fish recovery once harvesting stops,” said For the Fishes Executive Director Rene Umberger. “Those claims are not supported by what actually happened on Hawaiʻi reefs.”

Revised Final Environmental Impact Statement for W. Hawai‘i Aquarium Permits Reaches Impasse

The Board of Land and Natural Resources reached an impasse in a decision to accept or reject the Revised Final Environmental Impact Statement (RFEIS) submitted by seven aquarium fish collectors for the West Hawai‘i Regional Fishery Management Area (WHRFMA).

Aquarium Fish Collector Charged With Terroristic Threatening

Jay Lovell is accused of ripping the regulator out of the mouth of environmental activist Rene Umberger

New Rules to Protect West Hawaii Marine Resources

The regulations signed this weekend by the governor put new limits on the taking of aquarium fish in leeward waters of the Big Island.

Hearing Set on Aquarium Fish Collecting Rule Changes

The proposed amendments would also ban taking of a variety of inshore sharks and rays, and two predators of crown-of-thorns starfish.