by Ret Talbot | Feb 12, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
HONOLULU — Five Hawaii aquarium-fishery related bills were heard in the House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources and Hawaiian Affairs yesterday, but decisions on all bills were deferred to today, Thursday February 12th. Testimony regarding all of the House bills...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 9, 2015 | Marine, News & Notes
via PIJAC [updated 11:30 AM CST] PIJAC AQUATICS COMMITTEE ALERT HAWAII HOUSE OCEANS COMMITTEE TO HEAR 4 BILLS INVOLVING THE HAWAIIAN ORNAMENTAL AQUARIUM INDUTSRY HEARING FEBRUARY 11, 2015 TESTIMONY DUE 5 PM FEBRUARY 10, 2015 The House Ocean, Marine Resources, &...
by Ret Talbot | Feb 7, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
By Ret Talbot Special Report to CORAL Magazine Five of the 2015 Hawaii aquarium-fishery related bills were scheduled yesterday for public hearing before the House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources and Hawaiian Affairs. The public hearing will begin at 8:30 am on...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 31, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
Hawaiian legislature to consider 7 bills to change aquarium fishery—including 3 seeking an outright ban on marine livestock collection By Ret Talbot For decades now, the harvest of Hawaiian reef fishes for the global aquarium trade has fueled a heated, emotional...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 28, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
With just a few days left to introduce new bills for consideration in the 2015 Hawaii Legislature, those on both sides of the aquarium fishery debate are getting a sense of what this legislative session will look like. There are currently six aquarium fishery-related...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 26, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
It is four days into the 2015 legislative session in Hawaii, and there are a total of six aquarium fishery-related bills that have either been introduced or are pending introduction in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. The most recent bill is House...
