Mission and public details
1.EDUCATION and OUTREACH: for THE FISHES (FTF) ADVOCATES for THE END of THE CAPTURE, PURCHASE, and DISPLAY of WILD MARINE LIFE IN PERSONAL SALTWATER AQUARIUMS. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED to PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT and ADVOCACY, ENFORCEMENT, COALITION BUILDING, and EFFORTS AIMED AT REDUCING CONSUMER DEMAND for WILD MARINE LIFE. THE FOCUS of FTFS MAIN EFFORTS is IN HAWAII, WHICH HISTORICALLY WAS THE WORLDS THIRD LARGEST SOURCE of WILD REEF FISHES and OTHER CREATURES for THE MARINE AQUARIUM TRADE WHICH SELLS WILDLIFE to AQUARIUM HOBBYIST, BUSINESSES, and INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE. HAWAIIS COMPARATIVELY SMALL CORAL REEFS WERE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY DECADES of OVER-EXPLOITATION. THE HAWAII AQUAR…
- Organization
- FOR THE FISHES
- EIN
- 47-3469519
- Address
- PO BOX 1894, KIHEI, HI, 96753-1894
- County
- Maui
- Tax category
- Wildlife Preservation & Protection
- NTEE classification
- D30
- Organization website
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