STAR-ADVERTISER / 2023 Shane Takasane faces federal charges for allegedly smuggling aquarium fish such as the Hawaii yellow tang, seen above in a snorkeling lagoon at Aulani Resort’s Rainbow Reef.

Oct. 9—The latest proposal to bring commercial aquarium fishing back to Hawaii has failed after the state Board of Land and Natural Resources refused to accept an environmental study detailing the ...

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The five-year West Hawaii aquarium fish collection ban was lifted Monday, and permits are being considered. Yellow tangs swim off the coast of Hawaii. “We’re disappointed the court ruled against us,” ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The United Fishing Agency recently donated approximately 4,000 pounds or $10,161.90 of locally caught fish to Hawaii Foodbank, a statewide non-profit that provides food to those in ...

A whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris, scientists said Thursday, ...

A subsistence fishing area in Milolii on Hawaii island has been established to ensure abundant fish stocks and perpetuate traditional and cultural practices in Hawaii. The state Board of Land and ...

Commercial fishing in Hawai’i was banned during World War II and slowly resurfaced by the early 1950s. The United Fishing Agency launched the Honolulu Fish Auction on Aug. 5, 1952, and it celebrated ...

A whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris, scientists said Thursday, ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- An Oahu man said he got an unwelcome surprise in a fresh fish filet he bought at a Honolulu grocery store. Ju Jin Park told Island News he went to Whole Foods in Kakaako on ...