This is a critical moment for the aquarium fishery in Hawaii! After years of work to satisfy the environmental analysis requirements, the state’s Land Board will receive a Department of Aquatic Resources recommendation regarding the issuance of commercial AQ permits for the West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area. This vote will determine whether the fishery can reopen.
Please make your voice heard in support of this extensively studied, well-managed, and very sustainable fishery.
Message the Hawaii Land Board via Pet Advocacy Network’s online form.
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Editors Note: Be sure to submit your testimony ASAP before the meeting, which is scheduled for:
DATE: August 23rd, 2024
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
The cutoff time for testimony is Thursday, August 22nd, at 9 a.m. Hawaii time or 3 p.m. East Coast time.
blnr.testimony@hawaii.gov
Deben abrir la pesca ornamental, para acuaristas, pero con sumo cuidado a no acabar
Con la fauna marina
Translated version of this comment: “Ornamental fishing should be opened for aquarists, but with great care so as not to destroy marine fauna”