The Dark Hobby

The Hawaiian Islands serve as the epicenter for the aquarium industry, where reef fish are captured and sold for home aquariums, leading to the destruction of the reef ecosystem and impacting the planet’s oxygen supply. This has sparked a heated debate among Native Hawaiians, environmentalists, scientists, and those involved in the aquarium trade, all of whom are at odds over the fate of these beautiful “jewels of Hawai’i” – the ornamental fish.