Chlorine fishing prompts 5 arrests in Hawaii

[sharkdude]

Honolulu Advertiser
5 accused of stunning fish
LIHU'E, Kaua'i â€" State conservation officers have arrested four men and a boy, all from Kaua'i, for using toxic chemicals to catch fish on the reef off Ni'ihau.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060608/NEWS0102/606080344/1004/NEWS

Honolulu Star Bulletin
Chlorine fishing prompts 5 arrests. State officials seize the boat, gear and catch off Niihau
Four men and a boy were arrested Sunday off Niihau for illegal use of chlorine bleach for fishing, Kauai police and the state officials said yesterday.
http://starbulletin.com/2006/06/08/news/story14.html

 

[818]

Sweet article like always

Thanks

 

[cthetoy]

Hopefully fish for the aquarium trade are not caught that way

 

[Sk8r]

cthetoy, that's pretty well exactly what they were doing.

 

[cthetoy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7521869#post7521869 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sk8r
cthetoy, that's pretty well exactly what they were doing.

I could be wrong but I thought they were catching fish for the food industry and not for aquariums. It would be terrible if it was for the aquarium industry

 

[ezcompany]

how would you eat such a fish, and how would you keep a dead fish

 

[reefpeep2004]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7521732#post7521732 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cthetoy
Hopefully fish for the aquarium trade are not caught that way

No, they usually use cyanide :mad2:

 

[laverda]

I thought that kind of stuff only happened in third world countries!! Very said and stupid! And people wonder why their fish die a week after you get them!!

 

[ScotchMaster]

Good Article Chris as usual....Im glad they got the guys doing it

 

[BIGSACK]

HI ALL IVE HEARD PEOPLE DOING THAT FOR YEARS! SO WHEN YOU BUY A FISH ITS ALREADY SICK OR LIVESTOCK! ITS GONNA DIE! THATS SOME SICK STUFF!