Unlimited aquarium trade in Hawaii‏

Here is one of many articles asking the same question we have asked for years:

 

 

            Meanwhile, please be informed that the Abercrombie administration, having campaigned green, change, pono etc, et al, is formally opposed to an aquarium ban.

 

            You may take cold comfort in knowing that the administration's position was offered in testimony by DLNR Director William Aila (submitted by career DLNR staffer Francis Oishi). We believe this testimony was submitted with no briefing to the Governor's office.

 

            That is, DLNR William Aila, has once again prioritized commercial fishing interests over the Abercrombie administration's stated objectives and pledged values. This onerous development is compounded by Director Aila's status as a licensed and permitted commercial aquarium collector in Hawaii.

 

            Although Aila denies any aquarium extraction for many years, he was cited by DLNR recently for not reporting his catch. Of the 150 or so active aquarium permits in Hawaii, DLNR Director William Aila owns the 4th permit ever issued.

 

            This is a conflict of interest and should be untenable to any Abercrombie supporters who believed what they were told.

 

Please forward this information as you can, so the Abercrombie administration might wake up & smell the dead fish in front of the the Honokohou dumpster.

 

            Is this the Hawaii you voted for?

 

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            Also be aware: THE STATE'S position on aquarium collecting is now orchestrated from Kona DAR. In reference to the Honokohou fish kill, Bill Walsh, who runs that outfit said: "This doesn't happen."

 

            I'm not certain what to advise here, but since most of you are familiar with how The State of Hawaii works (or doesn't work), I trust your abilities to respond effectively.

 

Thanks again,

 

Robert

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  • This is bogus.  But, cool to know the extention of the food chain watch dogs posing as scientist are part of the forum.  Robert did not say his last name, but that is cool. 

     

    There is a an inhouse disagreement between two groups out here in Waianae.  Everyday as a resident of Waianae, I have to encounter these disagreements and for the sake of the children---I try to keep the peace between the two Na Kanaka groups.

     

    Both groups give our community love and fair leadership, and most times their unpaid time and unimaginable risk.  I disagree with Wm Aila on various issues, but so what! Hell, it doesn't cause my ill judgment as to whether he should or shouldn't be a Director of the DLNR.  The job we should be targeting is our access and culture practices on our aina and our ocean as Hawaiian Nationals.  Wm Aila worked as a fake State of Hawaii (by our standards) employee before he chose to apply for the position of head of the DLNR.  So, what!  I never felt betrayed by Wm, I may disagree with him at times, but I never felt betrayed for a second.  I questioned myself as to why--I did not have a conveincing argument.

     

    If, I have caused confusion in my stance ---I apologize for that small mistake. 

     

    I want Wm Aila to be our next DLNR Director anything less would be a fools game.  And having said that, I will wake up tomorrow and knowing that I will cause Civil Disobedience and the possibility of being arrested by arresting officers of the DLNR.  This is a  high plausible could be action during any protest that I choose to participate in, I just want to be able to use the bathroom should this happen.  I have been protesting before I was born, and my first conscious walk was at the age of five.  That is 50 plus years of protesting!

     

    Moreover, I also taught a science class with a video on the Butterfly fish as part of a food chain, and its missing link could cause starvation in Hawaii according to

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