State issuance of aquarium collection permits without environmental review poses danger to already-stressed coral reefs
Honolulu, HI–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. Citizens and conservation groups took legal action yesterday to require the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources to protect Hawaiʻi’s reefs and coastal areas from unlimited collection of fish and other wildlife for the aquarium trade. Specifically, the groups are asking DLNR to conduct environmental reviews—including an examination of cumulative damage to the state’s reefs—before…
