The Dark Hobby

"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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Deep Blue

Deep Blue

2003

Earth

Earth

2007

Desert Seas

Desert Seas

2011

Secret World of Mollusks

Secret World of Mollusks

2021

Drain the Titanic

Drain the Titanic

2015

Gulf Stream and the Next Ice Age

2007

Electric Amazon

Electric Amazon

2015

Fishing Feats

1951

Drain The Sunken Pirate City

Drain The Sunken Pirate City

2017

Over Hawaii

Over Hawaii

2011

Arctic Peril

Arctic Peril

2017

Ocean Voyagers

Ocean Voyagers

2007

Dolphins

Dolphins

2000

The Living Sea

The Living Sea

1995

Coral Reef Adventure

Coral Reef Adventure

2003

Deep Sea 3D

Deep Sea 3D

2006

Sharkwater

Sharkwater

2006

Artifishal

Artifishal

2019

Silence of the Tides

Silence of the Tides

2020

Sea of Hope: America's Underwater Treasures

Sea of Hope: America's Underwater Treasures

2017