At top, Curtis in the Aulani Resort pool. He is part of a team that collects the eggs for aquatic researcher Chad Callan of the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University. Brandon Lau, left, Eric ...

Did you go fishing along the coastline, caught fish but didn’t know the name of the fish, or how to clean or cook the fish? Cassandra Pardee is a fisheries biologist and co-founder of Poseidon ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The public will be able to provide input on proposed fishing and diving rules and changes for certain species of herbivorous reef fishes in three separate Zoom meetings. The ...

As a marine biologist studying Hawaiian reef fish all throughout the Hawaiian chain, I like how the Hawaiian people have named their fish species. The Hawaiian name has a meaning, which often ...

A variety of fish species swim above a patch reef in the French Frigate Shoals. \ The environmental review should also examine the economic impacts that unhealthy, depopulated reefs have on tourism ...

State officials are proposing changes to fishing rules, including the minimum size of certain fish that can be caught, in response to declining reef fish populations. Photo courtesy DLNR State ...

Abraham "Snake" Ah Hee rides waves when the surf’s up and dives for octopus and shells when the water is calm. The lifelong Lahaina, Hawaii, resident spends so much time in the ocean that his wife ...

Marine protected areas (MPAs) around Oahu do not adequately protect populations of herbivorous reef fishes that eat algae on coral reefs. Marine protected areas (MPAs) around Oahu do not adequately ...

A single crown-of-thorns starfish is impressive. This unusually large, sinister-looking sea star grows to 3 feet in diameter with as many as 19 spiny arms. It’s hard to miss on the reef, where it ...

After scuba diving and shooting video at Tunnels Beach one day I had a tourist come up to me and say she saw a clownfish out on the reef while snorkeling. I responded back and said that we do not have ...

A snorkeler approaches a school of convict tang fish in the shallow waters of Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, which is part of the larger Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. (Ian ...

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2023 Shane Takasane faces federal charges for allegedly smuggling aquarium fish such as the Hawaii yellow tang, seen above in a snorkeling lagoon at Aulani Resort’s Rainbow Reef.