The Dark Hobby

8.3

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.

Cast

Kimokeo Kapahulehua

Self - Kapuna Elder

Wilfred Kaupiko

Self - Mayor of Milolilii

Self - Chaminade Univ, Honolulu

Self - House of Representatives

Jonathan Balcombe

Self - Humane Society International

Kealoha Pisciotta

Self - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou

Self - Underwater Filmmaker

Taylor Nicole Dean

Self - Avid Pet Advocate

Self - Underwater Photographer

Crew

Director, Writer

Writer, Editor, Co-Producer

Editor, Co-Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

George R. Pierce

Benjamin Zuckerman