Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources last week voted to advance the pet industry’s plans to re-open the state’s waters ...

The yellow tang (top) and Hawaiian cleaner wrasse (bottom) are among Hawaii’s diverse families of reef fish, many of which have connections to Hawaii’s culture and past. — Maui Ocean Center / EVAN ...

At top, Curtis in the Aulani Resort pool. He is part of a team that collects the eggs for aquatic researcher Chad Callan of the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University. Brandon Lau, left, Eric ...

The state is proposing to permit commercial collection of Hawaii's reef fish for aquariums. For decades, beautiful reef fish ...

Sakoda said the proposed rule identifies eight species considered abundant and resilient enough for limited collection: ...

Did you go fishing along the coastline, caught fish but didn’t know the name of the fish, or how to clean or cook the fish? Cassandra Pardee is a fisheries biologist and co-founder of Poseidon ...

The reopening of waters off Hawaii’s Kona coast to aquarium fishing took a step closer to reality after a state board decided to put forth a set of proposed rules for public hearings. The Hawaii Board ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Sharks, jacks, parrot fish and other colorful reef fish are quickly ...

A healthy Hawaiian coral reef has lots of these very cute fish that do a dance in the sea water right above the live branching corals. When you get to close to them as a diver, they dart into the ...

HONOLULU— The state of Hawaii’s Environmental Council has upheld the Board of Land and Natural Resources’ decision to maintain the ban on collecting fish for the aquarium pet trade off the west coast ...

A variety of fish species swim above a patch reef in the French Frigate Shoals. \ The environmental review should also examine the economic impacts that unhealthy, depopulated reefs have on tourism ...