State officials Monday launched a new campaign to prevent the illegal dumping and spread of non-native marine aquarium species in Hawaii waters. The weeklong “Don’t Let It Loose” campaign aims to ...

Commercial collection of aquarium fish has been banned in Hawaii since 2017, however, the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources is taking steps to reopen waters. Hundreds of yellow tang, ...

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — A final environmental impact statement on a proposal to issue commercial aquarium permits in West Hawaii waters suggests awarding permits to only 10 aquarium fishermen, an ...

The Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources has approved a special activity permit allowing George Peterson, director of Marine Operations at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, to collect, possess and ...

Big Island environmental groups hope to end the commercial aquarium fishing industry in Hawaii once and for all next month. The petition, which originally was scheduled to be heard at a BLNR meeting ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The waters off Hawaii’s largest island are home to a half-million brightly colored tropical fish that are scooped up into nets each year and flown across the globe into aquariums from ...

It might have been a scene in a dusty western, but for the sand and the surf. Along the shores of Hawaii's Big Island, gun smoke hovered in the breeze, the ghost of a shootout between locals staked ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - After several years away from home, a Hawaiian monk seal has returned to Oahu. Hō‘ailona (“a sign from the sea”), also known as Hōʻa, has been a favorite at the Waikiki ...

Kumu Kawaikapuokalani Hewett says his ancestors have always considered Kaneohe Bay sacred -- carefully taking care of our natural resources. And now the Native Hawaiian practitioner said the bay ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (KHON2) — Navy officials are asking the public not to dump their coral in the ocean after several species of invasive coral were found in waters around Pearl Harbor. Officials ...

State dive teams at Anini Bay on Kauai remove non-native corals believed to have been dumped from a saltwater aquarium. Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a ...

COURTESY STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES State dive teams at Anini Bay on Kauai remove non-native corals believed to have been dumped from a saltwater aquarium. COURTESY STATE ...