by Brandon Rutherford | Feb 17, 2015 | CORAL - Brandon Rutherford, CORAL Excerpt, Marine, News & Notes
Fresh out of graduate school, I began my career as a public school teacher full of enthusiasm. I wanted to share my passion for learning science with the next generation of students. My dream fell short, though, when I experienced the reality of working in an urban...
by Ret Talbot | Feb 16, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
On Tuesday, February 17th, 2015, the Hawaii County Council’s Committee on Agriculture, Water and Energy Sustainability will consider two aquarium fishery related bills: Bills 24 and 318. Aquarium trade experts say the passage of either of these bills could...
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...
