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 ...

A West Hawaii reef fish will be safe from human harvesting for another two years but no longer, the state Board of Land and ...

For decades commercial aquarium collectors in Hawaii routinely extracted hundreds of thousands of endemic and indigenous Hawaiian reef fish and invertebrates a year, packaging the live fish in plastic ...

A West Hawaii reef fish will be safe from human harvesting for another two years, but no longer, decided the Board of Land ...

is shown in 2004 among coral reefs in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. The state Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) ...

culture and nearshore waters of Hawaii. Herbivorous fish that live among reefs, including uhu (parrotfish), kala (unicornfish), manini (convict tang), kole (goldring surgeonfish) and others ...

A worker cleans a tank at the ʻĀkoʻakoʻa Coral Restoration Nursery in West Hawai‘i. PC: Department of Land and Natural ...

According to a Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology study, many reef fish make Kealakekua Bay their permanent home. To protect marine life, companies like Kona Boys — one of only a few companies ...

A West Hawaii reef fish will be safe from human harvesting for another two years, but no longer, decided the Board of Land and Natural Resources Friday. While West Hawaii was closed to commercial ...

HONOLULU— Conservation groups, Native Hawaiian fishers and cultural practitioners sued the Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources today to protect West Hawai‘i’s reefs and coastal areas from ...

The series will "highlight how important coral reefs are to the Hawaiian culture and how working to preserve them represents a vital step towards ensuring our oceans have more fish for the future ...