The world’s first batch of yellow tangs has been bred in captivity at the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University. It took about two months for the fish to develop from an egg to the size of a ...

The Hawaiian name for this fish means yellow leaf, and they only occur in large numbers in Hawaii. Sometimes these fish can be seen in such large schools that people can see them from the beach and it ...

More fish are getting into the swim of things at Sea Life Aquarium. Yellow tangs — also known as surgeon fish — have been added to the tanks at the International Drive attraction. Young visitors can ...

Oceanic Institute research technician Katie Hiew tends to a tank housing juvenile yellow tang being raised in captivity at the institute’s Waimanalo facility. Eventually, many will end up in hobbyist ...

Yellow tangs raised at Hawaii Pacific University’s Oceanic Institute arrived at their new home this week at the Maui Ocean Center. • Maui Ocean Center photo The Maui News – The Maui Ocean Center ...

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2023 Shane Takasane faces federal charges for allegedly smuggling aquarium fish such as the Hawaii yellow tang, seen above in a snorkeling lagoon at Aulani Resort’s Rainbow Reef.

Call it the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. ADVERTISING Call it the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Hawaii researchers have long struggled to raise yellow tang in captivity, an effort ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Reef restoration in Waimanalo is getting a little boost with the release of juvenile yellow tang. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You It ...

LIHU‘E — Scientists in Hawai‘i have made breakthroughs in studies of the popular yellow tang aquarium fish that could lead to a shift to aquaculture for procurement instead of wild catching. The Kauai ...

The aquarium business is a multi-billion-dollar industry, but taking reef fish from Hawaiian waters has raised controversy. And there is a research facility on Oahu that is trying to reduce the need ...