The Dark Hobby (2021)
All the pretty fishes and the price paid to tank them.
2021 · Documentary
Genres: 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.
Director: Paula Fouce
Writers: Paula Fouce, William Haugse
Editor: Tim Kettle, William Haugse
Cast
Kimokeo Kapahulehua as Self - Kapuna ElderRobert Wintner as SelfWilfred Kaupiko as Self - Mayor of MiloliliiKaimi Kaupiko as SelfGail Grabowsky as Self - Chaminade Univ, HonoluluBen Williamson as Self - PETAJessica Wooley as Self - House of RepresentativesJonathan Balcombe as Self - AuthorTeresa Telecky as Self - Humane Society InternationalKealoha Pisciotta as Self - Mauna Kea Anaina HouKeith Christie as Self - Underwater FilmmakerTaylor Nicole Dean as Self - Avid Pet AdvocateMore like this
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