The Dark Hobby
“All the pretty fishes and the price paid to tank them.”
2021•8.3•Released
Documentary
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
Writer
Paula Fouce, William Haugse
Languages
English
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
Production
Producer
Paula Fouce
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