The yellow tang (top) and Hawaiian cleaner wrasse (bottom) are among Hawaii’s diverse families of reef fish, many of which have connections to Hawaii’s culture and past. — Maui Ocean Center ...

Herbivorous fish that live among reefs, including uhu (parrotfish), kala (unicornfish), manini (convict tang), kole (goldring surgeonfish) and others, primarily eat plants, seaweed and algae ...

most ornamental saltwater fish are caught in tropical reefs. In Hawaii, divers often herd fish into large nets, then use hand nets to scoop them into buckets. Hawaiian collector David Dart says ...

HONOLULU— The state of Hawaii’s Environmental Council has upheld the Board of Land and Natural Resources’ decision to maintain the ban on collecting fish for the aquarium pet trade off the west coast ...

“Because octocrylene bioaccumulates, what does that mean for people eating these fish ... Approximately one-fourth of the plants, fish and invertebrates found in Hawaiian coral reefs are endemic to ...