FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HONOLULU (October 25, 2019) – Today, For the Fishes joined national animal protection organizations in commending Walmart, Inc, for upholding its commitment to ending the sale of live fish at its more than 1700 stores nationwide. The national retailer announced its plans to discontinue sales in March of this year and, as of today, no longer advertises the sale of pet fish on its website or in-store. Walmart was said to have been responsible for the sale of 30 percent of tropical, freshwater, fish sales in the U.S., and made the decision to stop sales due to pressure from consumers concerned about the welfare of the animals.

“We thank Walmart for ending the sale of pet fish, and urge Petco, the nation’s largest retailer of pet fish to do the same.” said Rene Umberger, executive director of Hawai‘i based For the Fishes. “Petco is plagued with the same issues that led Walmart to end fish sales, namely the inability to provide proper care to the animals in their stores and failure to provide customers with accurate information and instructions on proper care for their new fish pets. Worse, unlike Walmart, which sold primarily captive-bred, freshwater fish, Petco and its online store, LiveAquaria, sells marine life captured from the world’s threatened coral reefs, including Hawai‘i’s, which is far more harmful than Walmart’s practices ever were.”

More than a half a million of Hawai‘i’s fragile reef animals have been taken from Hawai‘i’s reefs since a September 2017 Hawai‘i Supreme Court ruling invalidated aquarium collection permits, pending environmental review. Many of these animals, such as the yellow tang, continue to be sold at Petco although likely captured in violation of the court ruling.

Walmart isn’t the first major corporation to adopt a policy that reduces the suffering of aquatic life sold as pets. It joins eBay, Inc., the largest multinational e-commerce corporation in the US, In September of last year, discontinued the sale of Hawai‘i’s marine animals on its platform, complementing its long held policy of prohibiting the sale of pets or wildlife, although individuals and retailers in the aquarium trade had continued to post Hawai‘i’s marine animals for sale.

Corporations such as Walmart and eBay play a key role in protecting wildlife by enacting policies where local government is unable or unwilling to act, as seen with similar corporate policies against the sale or shipment of ivory, shark fins and other wild animals and their parts and products.

Contacts:
Rene Umberger, rene@forthefishes.org

Inga Gibson, Pono Advocacy, ponoadvocacy@gmail.com

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HONOLULU (Sept. 10, 2018) – Today, the Humane Society of the United States along with marine protection and native Hawaiian advocacy organizations commended eBay, Inc., the largest multinational e-commerce corporation in the US, for discontinuing the sale of Hawai‘i’s marine animals on its platform.

eBay has long had a policy prohibiting the sale of pets or wildlife, yet individuals and retailers in the aquarium trade continued to post Hawai‘i’s marine animals for sale. Many postings included instructions on how to obtain a credit for animals who arrived dead, a known problem in the aquarium trade. Those shipments violated eBay’s existing policies requiring that any animals offered for sale must be handled and shipped humanely.

“We thank eBay for prohibiting the sale of Hawai‘i’s rare and fragile wild reef animals. As a socially and environmentally responsible business, we would hate for eBay to unknowingly facilitate violations of the court order by allowing the advertising and sale of animals that were likely caught in contradiction of Hawai‘i’s high court ruling,” said Rene Umberger, executive director of Hawai‘i based For the Fishes.

“The capture and sale of Hawai‘i’s wildlife, whether mano (sharks), honu (turtles), palaoa (cetaceans) or other marine animals is unacceptable– many of these animals are sacred aumakua, revered native Hawaiian guardians. We urge other online retailers and corporations to follow eBay’s leadership in stopping the sale of all of Hawai‘i’s native marine animals,” said Bianca Isaki of KAHEA- the Hawai‘i Environmental Protection Alliance.

“We commend eBay for this responsible decision to respect the lives of Hawai’i’s reef wildlife, inhumanely taken from its natural environment and transported long distances for aquarium fanciers – with a high mortality rate” said Keith Dane, Hawai’i policy adviser for the Humane Society of the United States. “We urge all corporations to cease their participation in the sale and transport of marine wildlife”.

The new policy complements eBay’s recent prohibition on the advertising for sale of Hawaiian rock or sand, which was brought to the company’s attention last November, and is in violation of Hawai‘i state law.

The Hawai‘i Supreme Court in September 2017 invalidated permits allowing the capture of Hawai‘i’s reef wildlife for aquariums purposes, pending environmental review. The state’s Department of Land and Natural Resources is not enforcing the ruling, so trafficking of Hawai‘i’s reef wildlife continues. Corporations such as eBay play a key role in protecting wildlife by enacting policies where local government is unable or unwilling to act, as seen with similar corporate policies against the sale or shipment of ivory, shark fins and other wild animals and their parts and products.

eBay asks for the public’s help in reporting any listings of Hawai‘i marine animals or other prohibited pets or wildlife that some may attempt to post for sale on its website by contacting them at “’Report an item or listing” and/or “Report an issue with a seller” customer service pages.

“By reporting prohibited and illegal wild animals or products from Hawai‘i or elsewhere, members of the public become part of the global solution to protecting wildlife,” said Mike Carson, senior manager of Global Policy and Regulatory Management at eBay.

Contacts:
Alison Shapiro, The Humane Society of the United States: ashapiro@humanesociety.org, 301-721-6472
Inga Gibson, For the Fishes, 808.922.9910
Bianca Isaki, KAHEA, (808) 927-5606

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State Rejects Pet Industry Environmental Assessments yet Continues to Allow Limitless Aquarium Collection

(HONOLULU) – Native Hawaiian, environmental and wildlife protection groups today urged Hawaii Governor David Ige to immediately halt all extraction of marine animals for aquarium purposes. This comes following a recent comprehensive review of collection reports showing that more than 126,000 reef animals have been taken in the months following the Hawaii Supreme Court order and subsequent First Circuit Court’s October 2017 ruling that all commercial aquarium collection permits are illegal and invalid statewide.

The state records suggest that on average 20,000 reef animals continue to be taken from Hawaii’s reefs every month despite the court ruling. The total number of reef animals potentially trafficked in violation of the court order could conservatively exceed 200,000 animals, not including under and non-reporting, since the October court ruling.

Ironically, the state is allowing this continued mass collection despite its own recent determination, after reviewing the pet industry’s initial environmental assessment, that commercial aquarium collecting significantly impacts our marine environment, and therefore requires a full environmental impact study to comply with the Hawaii Environmental Policy Act.

“It’s outrageous that the state continues to disregard the court’s clear positions that aquarium collecting is subject to Hawaii’s environmental laws, including the most recent Circuit Court ruling that even recreational extraction of less than five animals per day is also subject to environmental and cultural analysis,” said Rene Umberger, executive director of For the Fishes.

“The Ige Administration has given the mainland pet industry the green light to take all the marine life they want, without regard for HEPA and court rulings, and with zero enforcement to ensure rules aren’t being broken,” said Mike Nakachi, native Hawaiian practitioner for Moana Ohana. “Rather than do its job to conserve our sacred reef resources for the Kanaka Maoli and future generations, the Administration continues to go out of its way to cater to private, commercial interests who exploit our people and wildlife.”

Last year Governor Ige justified his veto of a bill that would have phased out aquarium fish permits stating that without the use of fine-mesh nets, which the aquarium fish permits allow, “the worldwide demand for aquarium species could lead to new and more destructive ways of collection.”

“We urge the Governor to immediately intervene against DLNR’s failure to protects Hawaii’s reefs from further collection, including new or possibly more destructive methods used by aquarium collectors,” said Bianca Isaki of KAHEA-The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance.

“The cruel, environmentally harmful and potentially illegal collection of Hawaii’s precious coral reef wildlife must be stopped,” said Keith Dane, Hawaii policy adviser for the Humane Society of the United States. “Governor Ige should step up and put an end to this ongoing destruction of our natural resources for the personal financial gain of a handful of individuals and corporations.”

Background: In September 2017, the Hawaii Supreme Court found that the State’s issuance of commercial permits to collect aquatic life for aquarium purposes was subject to the Hawaii Environmental Policy Act. The following month, the Hawaii Circuit Court determined that all commercial permits to collect aquatic life for aquarium purposes were “illegal and invalid.” In January of 2018 the State determined that all collection of aquatic life for aquarium purposes, regardless of gear or method of capture, in the West Hawaii Regional Fisheries Management Area is prohibited. In April, the Hawaii Circuit Court further voided existing permits for recreational collection of aquatic life for aquarium purposes and determined that this activity is also subject to HEPA. Last week plaintiffs in the litigation were advised that the DLNR was rejecting the pet industry’s proposed DEA’s, requiring a full Environmental Impact Statement on the industry’s impacts.

This appeal does not apply to take under Special Activity Permits which are used by public aquariums, research and educational institutions. 

Contact:

Rene Umberger, For the Fishes, rene@forthefishes.org

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For Immediate Release, April 9, 2018

HONOLULU— Hawai‘i has released flawed environmental assessments (EAs) prepared by the aquarium industry that claim unlimited collection of reef fish has minimal impacts on the state’s coral reefs and wildlife. The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council is seeking to end a moratorium on reef fish collection, which the state’s Supreme Court imposed in September 2017 because the practice hasn’t been studied as required by the Hawai‘i Environmental Policy Act (HEPA).

Hawai‘i residents and conservation groups that challenged the reef fish collection criticized the industry’s conclusion as nonsensical and the environmental assessments as legally inadequate. They urged the state’s Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to require the industry to prepare environmental impact statements that objectively and comprehensively evaluate all environmental impacts and maintain the moratorium until that analysis is complete.

“The industry’s assessments dodge critical questions that need to be answered for the documents to comply with Hawai‘i’s environmental review law,” said Earthjustice attorney Summer Kupau-Odo, who represents plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the state.  “For example, Hawai‘i law requires identification of cumulative and secondary impacts, including long-term effects, of the industry’s massive mining of reef animals. The EAs, however, do not discuss any effects beyond a one-year period. That’s a glaring and troubling legal flaw, which prevents DLNR from finding no significant impact.”

Hawai‘i Supreme Court last year sided with plaintiffs Rene Umberger, Mike Nakachi, Ka‘imi Kaupiko, Willie Kaupiko, Conservation Council for Hawai‘i, The Humane Society of the United States and the Center for Biological Diversity, all represented by Earthjustice, in a unanimous ruling that the state’s land department could not approve commercial collection permits without first complying with the environmental review mandated by Hawai‘i’s Environmental Policy Act.

“Hawai‘i resource managers recently estimated the cost and time required to complete fish stock assessments and catch limits for just 40 aquarium species at $10 million per year over 10 to 15 years. These quick, cursory assessments are clearly inadequate,” Umberger said. “The aquarium trade has access to nearly all of Hawai‘i’s estimated 475 square miles of nearshore coral reefs, where they are permitted to capture unlimited numbers of more than 250 marine species. It is literally impossible that an accurate assessment of aquarium trade impacts has been completed in just a few short months.”

“Of course unlimited collection of aquarium fish harms Hawai‘i’s reefs. For the state to conclude otherwise would be lazy and ridiculous,” said Miyoko Sakashita, ocean program director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “We need to strengthen our protection of imperiled coral reefs, not trample them to stock private aquariums.”

The coalition also objected to the industry’s finding that commercial aquarium collection — which targets the Achilles Tang, a species Native Hawaiians traditionally catch for food — has no cultural impacts whatsoever.

“How can the industry claim with a straight face ‘no significant effects’ when it didn’t ask West Hawai‘i communities and Native Hawaiians who know these reefs best for our input?” said Willie Kaupiko, respected Miloli‘i fisherman and former member of the West Hawai‘i Reef Fish Working Group and West Hawai‘i Fisheries Council. “The truth is, this industry harms our ability to gather the food we’ve relied on for generations, and it’s time for the state to protect these resources from commercial exploitation.”

Hawai‘i law requires early consultation with citizen stakeholders in developing draft environmental assessments, but Kaupiko and other concerned community members and conservation groups well-known to the state and the industry, including the lawsuit’s plaintiffs, were shut out of that stage of the process.

The aquarium industry strips vast numbers of fish and other marine animals from Hawai‘i’s reefs and sells them outside the state; the catch may be in the millions of animals every year. Studies have shown that reducing reef fish and shellfish diversity impairs a reef’s ability to respond to stresses or disturbances.

Protecting coral reefs is vitally important as climate change and ocean warming and acidification threaten these biologically rich ecosystems. Coral reefs in Hawai‘i, the Great Barrier Reef and others around the world have recently experienced the most severe and sustained coral bleaching episode in history, draining them of color and life.

“For years, DLNR allowed this industry to pillage Hawai‘i’s treasured coral reef wildlife, in violation of HEPA, and even after the court rulings, it dragged its feet to enforce violations in West Hawai‘i where commercial collection continues to this day at close to the same rate as before the court rulings,” said Keith Dane, Hawai‘i policy advisor for the Humane Society of the United States. “If DLNR accepts this shell of an EA — produced with no new research and no input from the plaintiffs or other stakeholders —it would be yet another dereliction of the agency’s responsibility to protect our ocean resources, for the benefit of all of Hawai‘i’s citizens.”

Contacts:
Summer Kupau-Odo, Earthjustice, (808) 599-2436, skupau@earthjustice.org
Rene Umberger, (808) 283-7225, octopus@maui.net
Marjorie Ziegler, Conservation Council for Hawai‘i, (808) 284-3071, mz@conservehi.org
Steve Jones, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 305-3866, sjones@biologicaldiversity.org
Kirsten Peek, The Humane Society of the United States, (301) 548-7793, kpeek@humanesociety.org

Earthjustice is a nonprofit, public-interest, environmental law firm. The Mid-Pacific office opened in Honolulu in 1988 as the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, and has represented dozens of environmental, Native Hawaiian, and community organizations. Earthjustice is the only non-profit environmental law firm in Hawai‘i and the Mid-Pacific, and does not charge clients for its services.

The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 1.6 million members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.

Conservation Council for Hawai‘i is a Hawai‘i-based, nonprofit environmental organization with over 5,500 members and supporters dedicated to protecting native Hawaiian species and ecosystems for future generations. CCH was formed in 1950. 

The Humane Society of the United States is the most effective animal protection organization, as rated by our peers. For more than 60 years, we have celebrated the protection of all animals and confronted all forms of cruelty. We and our affiliates are the nation’s largest provider of hands-on services for animals, caring for more than 100,000 animals each year, and we prevent cruelty to millions more through our advocacy campaigns. Read about our more than 60 years of transformational change for animals and people. HumaneSociety.org

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Land Board rejects environmental impact statement for Oahu aquarium pet trade (Oct. 9, 2021)

Board rejects environmental review supporting aquarium fishing on Oahu (Oct. 9, 2021)

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://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2020/11/21/hawaii-news/accused-aquarium-poacher-pleads-not-guilty-after-lengthy-reading-of-charges/

https://bigislandnow.com/2020/09/16/man-charged-in-bizarre-case-of-illegal-aquarium-fishing/

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/09/17/breaking-news/state-officers-arrest-big-isle-aquarium-collector-after-bizarre-kona-incident/

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/08/29/hawaii-news/kau-man-arrested-for-illegal-aquarium-fish-gear/

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/08/28/hawaii-county-man-arrested-illegal-catch-aquarium-fish/

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/06/06/hawaii-news/a-west-hawaii-aquarium-fisher-gets-a-small-fine-for-a-big-illegal-haul/

https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2020/06/03/200-fine-for-aquarium-poaching-disappoints-fish-advocates-dlnr/

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/06/03/dlnr-disappointed-over-no-contest-plea-low-fine-fishing-violation/

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2020/06/03/hawaii-news/man-fined-in-west-hawaii-fish-poaching-case/

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/05/27/hawaii-news/contested-case-hearing-sought-in-aquarium-fish-collection-incident/

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/05/23/dlnr-proposes-k-fines-alleged-aquarium-fish-poachers/

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/04/02/hawaii-news/hearing-for-kona-men-cited-for-illegal-aquarium-fish-gear-rescheduled/

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/02/23/hawaii-island-men-cited-violating-aquarium-fishing-laws/

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/02/21/hawaii-news/kona-men-cited-for-illegal-aquarium-fish-gear/

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)

https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/hawaii-court-rules-commercial-aquarium-collection-without-environmental-review-illegal

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/01/28/hawaii-news/state-agency-has-not-protected-reef-fish-lawsuit-says/

https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/native-hawaiians-and-conservationists-sue-hawaii-agency-for-aquarium-collection-harming-hawaiis-reefs

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/01/13/hawaii-news/restriction-on-aquarium-fishing-being-sidestepped-conservation-group-says/?HSA

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://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/05/24/hawaii-news/blnr-unanimously-rejects-west-hawaii-aquarium-fishing-eis/

https://bigislandnow.com/2020/05/24/blnr-rejects-west-hawaii-aquarium-fishing-eis/

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/05/23/breaking-news/blnr-votes-7-0-against-environmental-impact-statement-for-aquarium-fishing-permits-in-west-hawaii/

https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/blog/category/blnr/

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2019/12/01/hawaii-news/aquarium-trade-proposes-reopening-west-hawaii-fishery/

https://www.thegardenisland.com/2019/12/02/hawaii-news/comment-now-on-aquarium-fishing-impacts/

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/11/27/input-sought-proposal-resume-commercial-aquarium-fishing-off-west-hawaii/

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

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