The Dark Hobby

The Hawai'ian Islands are ground zero for the aquarium trade who capture and traffic reef fish for hobbyists’ tanks, decimating the reef, ocean and earth’s oxygen. Native Hawai'ians, conservationists, scientists, aquarium fish collectors and breeders are locked in a controversy over the stunning “treasure of Hawai'i” – the ornamental fish.

• Paula FouceWriter
• William HaugseWriter
• Paula FouceDirector

• Kimokeo KapahulehuaSelf - Kapuna Elder
• Robert WintnerSelf
• Wilfred KaupikoSelf - Mayor of Milolilii
• Kaimi KaupikoSelf
• Gail GrabowskySelf - Chaminade Univ, Honolulu
• Ben WilliamsonSelf - PETA
• Jessica WooleySelf - House of Representatives
• Jonathan BalcombeSelf - Author
• Teresa TeleckySelf - Humane Society International
• Kealoha PisciottaSelf - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou
• Keith ChristieSelf - Underwater Filmmaker
• Taylor Nicole DeanSelf - Avid Pet Advocate