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

A sign located at Makahiki Point in Miloli’i, South Kona, marks one end of a four mile zone which forbids aquarium fish collecting along the coast on the Big Island. “We must hold DAR accountable to ...

A resolution urging a ban on the taking of ornamental fish for aquariums received a 9-0 vote Tuesday by the County Council’s Committee on Government Operations and External Affairs, which forwarded ...