by CORAL Magazine | Jan 25, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
via PIJAC ALEXANDRIA, VA — Hawaii fishers are joining with a national animal welfare advocacy organization to urge the Hawaii Senate to halt a bill that would ban ornamental fishing. “Hawaii Senate Bill 2003 will close one of, if not the, most responsible fisheries in...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 25, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
via PIJAC We Need Your Help in Hawaii TODAY! Tell the Hawaii Senate Water and Land Committee NO on SB2003 What Hawaii SB2003 Says: It shall be unlawful to take, for commercial purpose, any marine or freshwater non-game fish and other aquatic life by any method of...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 18, 2018 | CORAL - James Lawrence, Marine, News & Notes
The State of Hawaii has banned, at least temporarily, the collection of fishes for the aquarium trade. Activist groups pushing for this ban to become permanent are using various “scientific facts” — saying, among other things, that the aquarium fishers are...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 5, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
Hawai’i Supreme Court Decision Stops West Hawai’i Fishing Permits, Pending an Environmental Review via Hawai’i DLNR (Honolulu) – DLNR announced today that, after applying a Hawai’i Supreme Court ruling from last year to an existing DLNR...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 5, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
January 5, 2018 The News: Fiji’s Ministry of Fisheries & Forests suddenly and unexpectedly bans coral and live rock exports with a Facebook post. Chaos ensues, with the future for the aquarium trade uncertain. Stunned. That probably best sums up the state of...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 5, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
The following is a letter from Dr. Bruce Carlson, sent to Fiji’s Ministry of Fisheries and Forests, regarding the recent “Coral Trade Ban” announced on December 28th, 2017, by Fiji’s Ministry of Fisheries and Forests. January 2, 2018 The...
