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support for Bill 318 to improve welfare of aquarium life o►
for Hawai'i County Council Agriculture, Water, and Energy Sustainability Committee
1:45 PM Tuesday, November 18, 2014, Kona chambers
from Cory Harden, Box 10265, Hilo, Hawai'i 96721 808 - 959 -7747 333cory@gmail.com
Please help save our reefs by supporting this bill.
Over one million reef animals every year —about one every 22 seconds -- are taken off Hawai'i
reefs for sale for aquariums worldwide. Hawai'i is the third largest supplier of reef fish for out -
of -state home aquariums.
But thousands of captured reef animals die from being transported with no food and little
water. And of those who survive transport, many die within a year. Then thousands more are
taken off our reefs to replace them.
Four out of five reef wildlife deaths in home aquariums are caused by trade practices. Before
transport, fish are starved for several days, though they usually feed all day in the wild. They
may be packed in only one quart of water for two days, though they can be stressed just by
being in two quarts of water for ten minutes. More than one out of ten of these stressed fish
die within two weeks in stores.
Please stop these inhumane and environmentally destructive practices. Mahalo!
Cory Harden
Box 10265
Hilo, Hawai'i 96721
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