State legislators have advanced measures that would ban catching fish in Hawaii waters for aquariums and increase fines for illegal poaching.

Oceanic Institute research technician Katie Hiew tends to a tank housing juvenile yellow tang being raised in captivity at the institute’s Waimanalo facility. Eventually, many will end up in hobbyist ...

Yellow tangs raised at Hawaii Pacific University’s Oceanic Institute arrived at their new home this week at the Maui Ocean Center. • Maui Ocean Center photo The Maui News – The Maui Ocean Center ...

LIHU‘E — Scientists in Hawai‘i have made breakthroughs in studies of the popular yellow tang aquarium fish that could lead to a shift to aquaculture for procurement instead of wild catching. The Kauai ...

Ocean researchers at Hawaii Pacific University have achieved a major milestone. They were the first in the world to successfully breed and rear yellow tang, which is one of the world’s most popular ...

Call it the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. ADVERTISING Call it the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Hawaii researchers have long struggled to raise yellow tang in captivity, an effort ...

This yellow tang is just one of the colorful and popular fish sought in Hawaii waters by commercial aquarium fish collectors. Luc Viatour photo The Maui Ocean Center hopes to have 20 percent of all ...

The aquarium business is a multi-billion-dollar industry, but taking reef fish from Hawaiian waters has raised controversy. And there is a research facility on Oahu that is trying to reduce the need ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Reef restoration in Waimanalo is getting a little boost with the release of juvenile yellow tang. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You It ...

On the outdoor lot of his beachside facility, flecked with dozens of plastic bins and tanks, biologist Syd Kraul has raised several fish species from eggs to fingerlings, including tuna, snapper, and ...

This is the spectacular moment a turtle stops to get a clean from a shoal of fish in an underwater 'car wash'. The Hawaiian green sea turtle floated in mid water while the almost luminous yellow tang ...