Skip to content
  • About
    • Mission and Vision
    • Where We Work
    • Our Team
      • Media Kit, David McGuire, Shark Stewards
    • Partners & Donors
    • Victories & Milestones
      • WE DID IT! Saving Endangered Sharks at CITES 2022
      • US Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act Passes
      • Law to End Lethal California Driftnet Fishery Passes
    • Shark Stewards DEI Statement
    • Statement Against Asian and API Hate
  • Our Work
    • Saving Sharks
    • Marine Protection
      • Dive in and Save Sharks and Reefs in Lombok
    • California Marine Protected Area Network
    • Sustainable Ecotourism and Data Dives
    • Shark ID and MPAs Education Adventure
    • Manta and Shark ID
    • Media Production
  • Science & Education
    • Shark Watch California
    • Shark Science Sheets
      • CITES Shark Science Sheets
    • Sharks of Hawaii
    • Sharks of the San Francisco Bay
    • Science Programs
      • Citizen Science
      • Observe and Record Sevengill Sharks
    • Shark Sanctuary and MPAs
    • White Shark Stewardship
      • How to Avoid a White Shark Attack
      • Sharktober
  • Campaigns
    • End the Last lethal Net Fishery off California
    • Respect for Hawaii Fish- No AQ Collection
    • Stop the EU Shark Fin Trade 
    • Tell US Congress to Support Science -SHARKED Act HR 4051
    • URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT OCEANIC SHARKS
    • Support Pacific Marine Sanctuaries
      • Support the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary
      • Saving Sharks in the Coral Triangle
    • Tell eBay: Stop Endangered Shark Trade
    • Stop Big Plastic From Polluting Oceans
  • Get Involved
    • Contact Us
    • Shark Buddies- Connect and Protect
    • Adventures
      • Sharktober: Farallon Islands Wildlife Adventure
      • Farallon Island Excursion Information
    • Art For Sharks
    • Help Us Save Sharks
    • Beach Cleanups and Surveys
    • Events
  • Shark News
  • Shop
Donate

Judge Lifts Hawai’i Aquarium Fish Permit Ban

Yellowtangs Small Cr

A Hawaiʻi Circuit Court judge lifted an injunction prohibiting the issuance of aquarium fish permits for the West Hawai‘i Regional Fishery Management Area today. However, this doesn’t mean that commercial aquarium fishing can immediately resume in West Hawaiʻi.

Read More
Posted byDavid McGuireJanuary 31, 2023January 31, 2023Tags: aquarium, Coral Reef, coralreef, DLNR, fish, kona, reef fish, snorkle Bob, The Dark Hobby, west hawaii

Cart

Products

  • Holiday Mug Healthy Sharks and Oceans Holiday Mug $19.99 $17.99
  • Kids Gws T Shark Kids Great White Shark T $25.00 $23.00
  • keychain Shark Keychain $15.00 $12.50
  • trucker hat Hammerhead Hats $25.00

Act Now

  • Judge Lifts Hawai’i Aquarium Fish Permit Ban

    A Hawaiʻi Circuit Court judge lifted an injunction prohibiting the issuance of aquarium fish permits for the West Hawai‘i Regional Fishery Management Area today. However, this doesn’t mean that commercial …

  • End California’s Driftnet Fishery

    Bill passed by Congress in 2020 and Vetoed by Trump is reintroduced U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) have reintroduced the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act in …

Love Sharks? Subscribe to our newsletter to get shark news on important issues and events.

Sitemap

  • About
    • Mission and Vision
    • Where We Work
    • Our Team
      • Media Kit, David McGuire, Shark Stewards
    • Partners & Donors
    • Victories & Milestones
      • WE DID IT! Saving Endangered Sharks at CITES 2022
      • US Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act Passes
      • Law to End Lethal California Driftnet Fishery Passes
    • Shark Stewards DEI Statement
    • Statement Against Asian and API Hate
  • Our Work
    • Saving Sharks
    • Marine Protection
      • Dive in and Save Sharks and Reefs in Lombok
    • California Marine Protected Area Network
    • Sustainable Ecotourism and Data Dives
    • Shark ID and MPAs Education Adventure
    • Manta and Shark ID
    • Media Production
  • Science & Education
    • Shark Watch California
    • Shark Science Sheets
      • CITES Shark Science Sheets
    • Sharks of Hawaii
    • Sharks of the San Francisco Bay
    • Science Programs
      • Citizen Science
      • Observe and Record Sevengill Sharks
    • Shark Sanctuary and MPAs
    • White Shark Stewardship
      • How to Avoid a White Shark Attack
      • Sharktober
  • Campaigns
    • End the Last lethal Net Fishery off California
    • Respect for Hawaii Fish- No AQ Collection
    • Stop the EU Shark Fin Trade 
    • Tell US Congress to Support Science -SHARKED Act HR 4051
    • URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT OCEANIC SHARKS
    • Support Pacific Marine Sanctuaries
      • Support the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary
      • Saving Sharks in the Coral Triangle
    • Tell eBay: Stop Endangered Shark Trade
    • Stop Big Plastic From Polluting Oceans
  • Get Involved
    • Contact Us
    • Shark Buddies- Connect and Protect
    • Adventures
      • Sharktober: Farallon Islands Wildlife Adventure
      • Farallon Island Excursion Information
    • Art For Sharks
    • Help Us Save Sharks
    • Beach Cleanups and Surveys
    • Events
  • Shark News
  • Shop

Facebook Instagram Youtube

2150 Allston Way, Suite 460
Berkeley, CA 94704

Shark Stewards is a project of The Earth Island Institute, an environmentalist think tank founded by David Brower in 1983 and a 501(c)(3) non-profit.

Our media partner is Scubazoo, who we thank for their generous support and donation of images.