The Dark Hobby

The Dark Hobby (2021)

8.3 Movie
Documentary

All the pretty fishes and the price paid to tank them.

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.

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Cast

Kimokeo Kapahulehua Kimokeo Kapahulehua Self - Kapuna Elder
Robert Wintner Robert Wintner Self
Wilfred Kaupiko Wilfred Kaupiko Self - Mayor of Milolilii
Kaimi Kaupiko Kaimi Kaupiko Self
Gail Grabowsky Gail Grabowsky Self - Chaminade Univ, Honolulu
Ben Williamson Ben Williamson Self - PETA
Jessica Wooley Jessica Wooley Self - House of Representatives
Jonathan Balcombe Jonathan Balcombe Self - Author
Teresa Telecky Teresa Telecky Self - Humane Society International
Kealoha Pisciotta Kealoha Pisciotta Self - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou
Keith Christie Keith Christie Self - Underwater Filmmaker
Taylor Nicole Dean Taylor Nicole Dean Self - Avid Pet Advocate

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