The Fishermen of Hawaii need aquatic industry support this week in what we hope is the final leg of reopening the Hawaii Aquarium Fishery. Hawaii has been shut for wild fish collection for the aquarium industry since January 2021, meaning…
Email the HI Gov’t and Tell Them You Want Hawaiian Fish Back!
The reef aquarium industry has been battling the efforts to ban the collection of Hawaiian fish for over ten years and earlier this year our worst fears came to pass. Without a shred of evidence or any tangible environmental impact…
Tell the Hawaii Senate Water and Land Committee NO on SB2003
The Hawaii Ornamental Fish Collectors are under fire again, this time with the threat of near total shut down with a damaging bill called SB2003. Only you can make a difference to help stop this bill not with money, but…
Hawaii Anti-Aquarium Bill Gets Vetoed, But The Fight Isn’t Over!
Today a small subset of the saltwater aquarium hobby is rejoicing at the announcement that Hawaii Governor David Ige vetoed the baseless and discriminatory bill which would have phased out ornamental fish collection from Hawaii. Meanwhile the rest of us…
MASNA Launches Hawaii Ban Fact Check
For all of you who wondered who was fighting for the “aquarist” in all the ongoing turmoil over the proposals to ban aquarium collection in Hawaii, the playing field just became a little more level. MASNA (Marine Aquarium Societies of…