State legislators have advanced measures that would ban catching fish in Hawaii waters for aquariums and increase fines for illegal poaching.

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Hawaii lawmakers have advanced House Bill 2101 and Senate BIll 2078. If passed, the new legislation would ban the capture of fish in Hawaii reefs for aquariums and increase fines for illegal poaching.