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Hawaii’s Board of Land and Natural Resources hit with aquarium fishing lawsuit (yahoo.com) (July 14, 2021)
Accepted by default: BLNR’s tie vote opens the door for aquarium fishing (June 28, 2021)
Full statewide ban on commercial aquarium fishing until proper environmental review (Dec. 8 2020)
Column: Ban commercial air transport of sea life for aquarium sales | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (staradvertiser.com) (July 03, 2021)
Hawaii Aquarium Trade Poaching:
Hawaii Island Couple In ‘Bizarre’ Aquarium Fishing Incident Fined More Than $270,000 – Honolulu Civil Beat (March 01, 2021)
State fines pair of aquarium fishers record $272K | West Hawaii Today (February 28, 2021)
Big Island couple ordered to pay record fines for illegal aquarium fishing (khon2.com) (February 26, 2021)
Couple pays $76K in fines for illegal aquarium fishing | Hawaii Tribune-Herald (January 15, 2021)
https://bigislandnow.com/2020/09/16/man-charged-in-bizarre-case-of-illegal-aquarium-fishing/
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/08/28/hawaii-county-man-arrested-illegal-catch-aquarium-fish/
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/05/23/dlnr-proposes-k-fines-alleged-aquarium-fish-poachers/
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/02/23/hawaii-island-men-cited-violating-aquarium-fishing-laws/
Litigation to Protect Hawaii’s Coral Reefs and Wildlife:
Group sues state to stop aquarium collecting | Hawaii Tribune-Herald (July 14, 2021)
Advocates celebrate aquarium fishing ban | News, Sports, Jobs – Maui News (January 15, 2021)
DLNR rules all aquarium fishing banned in Hawaii without environmental review | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (staradvertiser.com) (January 13, 2021)
Court Ruling Halts All Existing Hawaii Commercial Aquarium Fishing Licenses – Honolulu Civil Beat (January 12, 2021)
Environmental Review of Aquarium Trade Impacts in Hawaii:
Board of Land and Natural Resources splits vote on aquarium fishing in West Hawaii | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (staradvertiser.com) (June 26, 2021)
Aquarium industry submits revised EIS: Fishing permits, allowable species to be reduced | Hawaii Tribune-Herald (June 9, 2021)
Aquarium trade reveals revised EIS for West Hawaii fishing | Hawaii Tribune-Herald (February 05, 2021)
https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/hawaii-land-board-says-no-to-aquarium-pet-trade
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2020/05/26/hawaii-news/aquarium-fishing-eis-rejected/
https://bigislandnow.com/2020/05/24/blnr-rejects-west-hawaii-aquarium-fishing-eis/
https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/blog/category/blnr/
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2019/12/02/hawaii-news/comment-now-on-aquarium-fishing-impacts/
2015 – 2019:
Walmart Commended for Ending Sale of Live Fish as Pets; Petco Urged to Follow Suit (10.25.19) https://forthefishes.org/walmart-commended-for-ending-sale-of-live-fish-as-pets-petco-urged-to-follow-suit/
eBay Commended for Removing Sales of Hawaii’s Marine Wildlife (9.13.18)
https://forthefishes.org/ebay-commended-removing-sales-hawaiis-marine-wildlife/
Groups Demand End to Aquarium Industry Harvesting (7.30.18)
http://bigislandnow.com/2018/07/30/environmental-groups-demand-end-to-aquarium-industry-harvesting/
Aquarium Permits Require Full Environmental Impact Studies (7.27.18)
http://www.thegardenisland.com/2018/07/27/hawaii-news/aquarium-permits-need-eis/
Recreational Aquarium Collecting Halted Pending Environmental Review (4.17.18)
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2018/04/17/hawaii-news/recreational-aquarium-collection-permits-voided/
Conservationists Criticize Aquarium Industry’s Flawed Analysis of Unlimited Collection of Hawai‘i Reef Fish (4.2018)
https://forthefishes.org/conservationists-criticize-flawed-analysis-unlimited-collection-hawaii-reef-fish/
Ige Administration Plundering Hawai‘i Reefs (2.6.18)
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2018/02/06/opinion/your-voice/ige-administration-plundering-our-reefs/
Commercial Catching of Aquarium Fish Halted by Hawaii Supreme Court (9.6.17) https://www.civilbeat.org/2017/09/commercial-catching-of-aquarium-fish-halted-by-hawaii-supreme-court/
Plentiful Reef Fish Will Help Coral Thrive
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/05/28/editorial/island-voices/plentiful-reef-fish-will-help-coral-thrive/
Tank Watch is an IUCN #NatureforAll Success Story!
http://www.natureforall.global/success-stories/2016/11/1/tank-watch
Hawaii Lawmakers May Put Brakes On Hawaii’s Aquarium Fish Industry (April 2017)
http://www.civilbeat.org/2017/04/lawmakers-may-put-brakes-on-hawaiis-aquarium-fish-industry/
Aquarium Fish Suit Taken To State Supreme Court (November 10, 2016)
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/33684533/aquarium-fish-suit-taken-to-state-supreme-court
The Destructive Practice May Be Responsible For Your Exotic Pet Fish (June 17, 2016)
https://thinkprogress.org/this-destructive-practice-may-be-responsible-for-your-exotic-pet-fish-63453e4fcc80#.k9u77chgg
Millions of Aquarium Fish Are Caught Each Year With Cyanide (June 17, 2016)
http://thescienceexplorer.com/nature/millions-aquarium-fish-are-caught-each-year-cyanide
Ahead of Finding Dory, consumers urged not to buy wild-caught fish as pets (June 13, 2016)
http://www.humanesociety.org/news/press_releases/2016/06/consumers-urged-not-to-buy-blue-tang-061316.html
The Price of Rejection (April 12, 2016)
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/price-rejection
The Horrific Way Fish Are Caught for Your Aquarium – Cyanide (National Geographic, March 10, 2016)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160310-aquarium-saltwater-tropical-fish-cyanide-coral-reefs/
Tank Watch App Wins International Award (January 25, 2016)
http://www.hsi.org/news/press_releases/2016/01/tank-watch-app-wins-wildlife-crime-tech-challenge-012516.html
Tank Watch a Prize Winner in the Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge, a USAID initiative in partnership with the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution, and TRAFFIC.
https://wildlifecrimetech.org/index
News Release: Half of Saltwater Aquarium Fish in U.S. Exposed to Cyanide as Part of Capture for Pet Trade (June 16, 2016)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7VLzaDacRvzdzNaZHRaZ0JOSEE
The Ugly Side of Saltwater Aquariums (January 27, 2015)
https://www.thedodo.com/the-ugly-truth-behind-saltwate-944088281.html
News Release: State Environmental Agencies Urge Protection of Fragile Reef Ecosystem Organizations Commend Appeals for Moratorium on Capture of Wildlife For Aquarium Purposes (October 20, 2015)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7VLzaDacRvzRGRjQ1l5YV9wcTA
