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The Dark Hobby

"All the pretty fishes and the price paid to tank them."

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.

Top Cast

  • Kimokeo Kapahulehua

    Kimokeo Kapahulehua

    Self - Kapuna Elder

  • Robert Wintner

    Robert Wintner

    Self

  • Wilfred Kaupiko

    Wilfred Kaupiko

    Self - Mayor of Milolilii

  • Kaimi Kaupiko

    Kaimi Kaupiko

    Self

  • Gail Grabowsky

    Gail Grabowsky

    Self - Chaminade Univ, Honolulu

  • Ben Williamson

    Ben Williamson

    Self - PETA

  • Jessica Wooley

    Jessica Wooley

    Self - House of Representatives

  • Jonathan Balcombe

    Jonathan Balcombe

    Self - Author

  • Teresa Telecky

    Teresa Telecky

    Self - Humane Society International

Overview

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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