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 ...
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 pakuikui, or Achilles tang, swims among coral in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. A West Hawaii reef fish will be safe from human harvesting for another two years but no longer, the state Board ...
Roi, which were introduced to Hawaiian waters, may be a misunderstood fish. Researchers say their impacts on reefs and wildlife may not be all bad. — KEOKI STENDER photo Over the years ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
as well as in coral reef species like triggerfish," said Dr Whitney. Plastics were also found in flying fish, which are eaten by top predators such as tunas and most Hawaiian seabirds.