The Dark Hobby

The Hawai'ian Islands are ground zero for the aquarium trade who capture and traffic reef fish for hobbyists’ tanks, decimating the reef, ocean and earth’s oxygen. Native Hawai'ians, conservationists, scientists, aquarium fish collectors and breeders are locked in a controversy over the stunning “treasure of Hawai'i” – the ornamental fish.

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  Paula Fouce

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  Kimokeo Kapahulehua
  Self - Kapuna Elder
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  Robert Wintner
  Self
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  Wilfred Kaupiko
  Self - Mayor of Milolilii
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  Kaimi Kaupiko
  Self
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  Gail Grabowsky
  Self - Chaminade Univ, Honolulu
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  Ben Williamson
  Self - PETA
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  Jessica Wooley
  Self - House of Representatives
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  Jonathan Balcombe
  Self - Author
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  Teresa Telecky
  Self - Humane Society International
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  Kealoha Pisciotta
  Self - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou
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  Keith Christie
  Self - Underwater Filmmaker
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  Taylor Nicole Dean
  Self - Avid Pet Advocate
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  Paul Cox
  Self - Underwater Photographer