The Dark Hobby
The Dark Hobby

The Dark Hobby

All the pretty fishes and the price paid to tank them.

May 21, 20210 min8.3EN
Documentary

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.

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Cast

Kimokeo Kapahulehua
Kimokeo KapahulehuaSelf - Kapuna Elder
Robert Wintner
Robert WintnerSelf
Wilfred Kaupiko
Wilfred KaupikoSelf - Mayor of Milolilii
Kaimi Kaupiko
Kaimi KaupikoSelf
Gail Grabowsky
Gail GrabowskySelf - Chaminade Univ, Honolulu
Ben Williamson
Ben WilliamsonSelf - PETA
Jessica Wooley
Jessica WooleySelf - House of Representatives
Jonathan Balcombe
Jonathan BalcombeSelf - Author
Teresa Telecky
Teresa TeleckySelf - Humane Society International
Kealoha Pisciotta
Kealoha PisciottaSelf - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou