Lawsuit: State Board Fails To Protect West Hawaii From Aquarium Trade - Honolulu Civil Beat
Lawsuit: State Board Fails To Protect West Hawaii From Aquarium Trade
Groups are challenging the Board of Land and Natural Resources’ decision to accept the latest environmental review of the area’s capability to allow the collection of aquatic life. Reading time: 4 minutes.
Conservation groups, Native Hawaiian fishermen and cultural practitioners took legal action against the state Tuesday, arguing that the Board of Land and Natural Resources’ failure to reject an environmental impact statement last month by the aquarium pet trade will harm West Hawaii’s reefs and coastal areas.