August 19, 2020
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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 of Hawaii Island and to reject an environmental impact statement aimed at restarting the destructive practice. The council’s decision, which effectively leaves intact a moratorium on commercial aquarium collection along the Kona Coast, vindicated reef advocates, many of whom have been urging more state scrutiny of the trade for decades.
