To help Hawaii’s coral reefs recover from bleaching, we must protect and maintain a healthy population of the herbivorous fish that are essential to reef ecosystems. ADVERTISING To help Hawaii ...

Sharks, jacks, parrot fish and other colorful reef fish are quickly disappearing from coral reefs encircling the Hawaiian Islands, federal scientists reported Tuesday. The scientists blamed ...

Fish swim over a patch of bleached coral in Hawaii's Kaneohe Bay off the island of Oahu in 2015. Nearly half of the Hawaii's coral reefs were bleached during heat waves in 2014 and 2015 and ...

Scientists have been warning for decades that reefs are facing a serious crisis, like in 2005 when the U.S. lost half of its Caribbean coral reefs in one year, a more severe loss than the the ...

To help Hawaii’s coral reefs recover from bleaching, we need to protect and maintain a healthy population of the herbivorous fish that are essential to reef ecosystems. Those same biologists ...

HONOLULU— The Hawaii Supreme Court has sided with citizens and conservation groups in their fight to protect the state’s coral reefs from the aquarium industry’s unlimited collection and sale of reef ...

Coral Fish Hawaii owner Randy Fernley says his inventory of local saltwater reef fish has fallen 50 percent since a ruling banning fine mesh nets. “That’s where the bulk of the aquarium fish ...

HONOLULU – Sea urchins and some fish species are critical for helping protect and restore Hawaii’s coral reefs which are facing serious threats due to warming oceans and coral bleaching. The ...

Behind every coral, fish or marine critter are stories that connect us to Hawaii’s culture and past. While some traditions have faded over time, many still exist today and are preserved within ...

Tosanoides obama, new species of fish found at Hawaii' s ... which is the only known species of coral-reef fish endemic to the monument, meaning it cannot be found anywhere else on Earth.

Scientists estimate the aquarium trade removes about 30 million fish from reefs around the world. Hawaii accounts for less than 2 percent, while the vast majority comes from Indonesia and the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Sharks, jacks, parrot fish and other colorful reef fish are quickly ...