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Examples of Species & Family Depletion on West Hawaii Reefs
Pre 1999
0 49%
V 55%
56%
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
0.4
03
0.2
0.1
0.0
After 1999
Z. cornutus
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F. longirostns
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Butterflyfish Abundance*
V 75%
*Puako and Honaunau
Targeted Endemic Species Once Common, Now Rare
Blue- Striped Butterflyfish
Bandit Angelfish
Hawaiian Lionfish
Unsustainable Yellow Tang Take
"...the aquarium fishery for yellow
tangs in West Hawaii is
unsustainable over the long run..."
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20%
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-40%
0
-50%
d
d
2 -40%
90%
-100%
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Zebrasoma flavescens Open -FRA diff. -73%
an "alarming pattern"...
Dr. Bill Walsh, DLNR /DAR Aquatic Biologist, Nov. 2010