
The photo, one of several presented in written EIS testimony by the ASU Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, show aquarium collector methods in West Hawaiʻi, which is said reveal divers making direct contact with live corals.
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HONOLULU, Hawaiʻi - In a rare move, the Hawaiʻi Board of Land and Natural Resources on Friday voted to reject the Environmental Impact Statement for proposed aquarium fishing in West Hawaiʻi.
(BIVN) – The final Environmental Impact Statement for proposed aquarium fishing in West Hawaiʻi was rejected by the Hawaiʻi Board of Land and Natural Resources on Friday.
The 2,308 page document was published to the State Office of Environmental Quality Control website on April 23.
The Hawaiʻi BLNR issued this media release on its decision: