by CORAL Magazine | Apr 20, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
CORAL Staff Report “Now kids can’t catch fish for their aquariums….” Writing from his home in Honolulu, this was how Dr. Bruce Carlson, marine biologist and former director of the Waikiki Aquarium, first reacted to news that a court in...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 13, 2018 | Marine, News & Notes
Dr. Bruce Carlson, former Director, Waikiki Aquarium (1990 – 2002), retired Chief Science Officer at the Georgia Aquarium (2002-2011), reflects on the shifting tactics of those opposed to Hawaii’s Aquarium Fishery and the actual, true nature of fishing in...
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 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 CORAL Magazine | Oct 28, 2017 | Marine, News & Notes
via Hawaii News Now Hawaii’s aquarium fishery is now officially closed, according to this report, just in: “On Friday, the First Circuit Court — sitting as the Environmental Court — ruled that any and all existing aquarium fish permits issued...