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

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 ...

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 land board and DLNR staff have clashed for years over whether to let the practice continue. That might be changing.

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For many, diving in a coral reef is a life-changing experience, and these destinations are sure to provide an otherwordly ...

Humanmade reefs can be used in conjunction with the restoration or protection of natural habitat to increase fish abundance in estuaries, researchers have found. In a boost for both recreational ...

Jig fishing doesn’t get crazier than this. The strongest fish on the reef hit like a truck and refused to quit. From bent rods to screaming drags, this was one battle after another in pure tropical ...

Philippine Marines deployed two small boats last week to escort a Chinese fishing boat that Manila claimed was illegally ...

The 17-ton, $17,000 reef will be dropped about two miles off Henderson Beach in Destin sometime in late November or early ...

On Tuesday, fishermen gathered on the ocean to watch an old tugboat be purposely sunk on the Sandy Hook Reef, a man-made reef 1¼ miles from the shore. The tug had been stripped of its mechanical ...

Marine preserves that banned fishing in parts in Dry Tortugas National Park in 2001 led to an increase in not only the number but the size of snapper and grouper species. Florida’s beleaguered coral ...