by Ret Talbot | Jan 24, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
The third aquarium bill is, along with HB 511, pending introduction in the Hawaii Legislature, bringing the total number of aquarium-related bills in play for 2015 to three. House Bill 606 would establishes a 10-year moratorium on the taking of aquarium fishes. It...
by Ret Talbot | Jan 23, 2015 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
It is the beginning a new legislative year in the Hawaiian Islands and what has become an annual tradition of calling for a ban on aquarium livestock collection appears to be alive and well. At least one new move to end what is known here as the “AQ...
by Ret Talbot | Oct 26, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
Friday, October 24th, 2014, the O’ahu aquarium fishery rules package was approved unanimously by the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) during its regular fourth Friday meeting in Honolulu. The rules package, which was introduced at the request of the...
by Ret Talbot | Sep 5, 2014 | Marine
Underwater altercation when fish collector and group of anti-aquarium activists meet goes to trial Earlier this week, aquarium fisherman Jay Lovell pleaded not guilty in Hawaii to charges of “terroristic threatening” in a widely publicized altercation between Lovell...
by James Lawrence | Dec 16, 2013 | Marine
West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area WHITE LIST After several years of debate, the State of Hawaii in December, 2013, passed a new set of Rules governing the harvest (“take”) of marine species from the West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area....
