Looks like Hawaii is taking steps..
“Proponents of re-opening Hawaiian waters to sustainable aquarium fish collection are quietly cheering a winning round in court with the validity of an environmental impact statement based on science and years’ of study affirmed. On the losing end is Earthjustice, a rabidly anti-fishing activist group, who had tried to quash a revised EIS that found collection practices, regulations, and catch limits consistent with a sustainable, small-scale fishery.”
“Proponents of re-opening Hawaiian waters to sustainable aquarium fish collection are quietly cheering a winning round in court with the validity of an environmental impact statement based on science and years’ of study affirmed. On the losing end is Earthjustice, a rabidly anti-fishing activist group, who had tried to quash a revised EIS that found collection practices, regulations, and catch limits consistent with a sustainable, small-scale fishery.”
New Hope for Hawaii’s Closed Marine Aquarium Fishery
Picasso or Reef Triggerfish, Rhinecathus aculeatus: With the Yellow Tang, one of the icons of the former Hawaiian aquarium livestock trade. Image cre
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