CinemaOSMovie · 2021

The Dark Hobby

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

83%(3)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byPaula Fouce

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Status
Released
Language
EN
Released
May 21, 2021

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Official Trailer : The Dark Hobby (2021)

Official Trailer : The Dark Hobby (2021)

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

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

Creative team
Directed by
Paula Fouce
Written by
Paula Fouce
William Haugse
Produced by
Paula Fouce

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