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.

A yellow tang, above, swim among micro-fragmented coral pyramid modules at the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources’ Anuenue Coral Restoration Nursery. The fish is illegal to catch and sell commercially ...

A West Hawaii reef fish will be safe from human harvesting for another two years, but no longer, decided the Board of Land and Natural Resources Friday. While West Hawaii was closed to commercial ...

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. “The illegal trade of ...