The Dark Hobby

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

The Dark Hobby

8.3
3 votes·
2021
·Movie
Documentary

Overview

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.

Director
Paula Fouce
Status
Released
Language
en

Keywords

fishoceanunderwater

Cast

Kimokeo Kapahulehua

Self - Kapuna Elder

Robert Wintner

Self

Wilfred Kaupiko

Self - Mayor of Milolilii

Kaimi Kaupiko

Self

Gail Grabowsky

Self - Chaminade Univ, Honolulu

Ben Williamson

Self - PETA

Jessica Wooley

Self - House of Representatives

Jonathan Balcombe

Self - Author

Teresa Telecky

Self - Humane Society International

Kealoha Pisciotta

Self - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou

Keith Christie

Self - Underwater Filmmaker

Taylor Nicole Dean

Self - Avid Pet Advocate

Paul Cox

Self - Underwater Photographer

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