Most people living in Hawaiʻi agree that reef fish should not be captured and sold as aquarium pets. Last year, a poll showed that 84% of Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island residents support a ban. In today’s ...

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 ...

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, ...

A resolution urging a ban on the taking of ornamental fish for aquariums received unanimous approval in a recent vote by the Hawaii County Council’s Committee on Government Operations and External ...

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 ...

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 ...

State legislators have advanced measures that would ban catching fish in Hawaii waters for aquariums and increase fines for illegal poaching.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — 120 years. If we step back 120 years from today, back in 1904, the Waikiki Aquarium was first established. So, to find out more about this, KHON2 met with the Director of the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hōʻailona, a beloved Hawaiian monk seal, is finally back at the Waikīkī Aquarium after years of being away. Sometimes referred to as “Hōʻa,” the monk seal has served as a friendly ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Waikiki Aquarium turns 120 years old on Tuesday, and it’s hosting a special celebration to mark the occasion. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 19 and ...

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 ...