For saltwater aquarium hobbyists across America, few fish carry the same emotional pull as the yellow tang — a vivid, chrome-yellow surgeonfish that has long been the crown jewel of the home reef tank ...

Hawaiʻi island resident Kekoa Alip knows there are recent state reports showing at least some aquarium-trade fishing could resume off the Kona Coast without shrinking the region’s current numbers of ...

Hawaii lawmakers have advanced House Bill 2101 and Senate BIll 2078. If passed, the new legislation would ban the capture of fish in Hawaii reefs for aquariums and increase fines for illegal poaching.

What makes a coral or rocky reef appear beautiful? A recent University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study found that beauty is strongly linked to both the number of species and the presence of especially ...