WAIKIKI AQUARIUM ! GIANT CLAMS CORAL FARMS : OCEAN AQUACULTURE THE PACIFIC SIX FINGERED THREAD FIN

WAIKIKI AQUARIUM ORG : EXPERIENCE

In all the years that I've been blogging I have never heard the term OCEAN AQUACULTURE!

Check out the exhibit for the PACIFIC SIX FINGERED THREAD FIN. (Locally called Moi which was once bread exclusively for Hawaiian Royalty.)

ENDANGERED SPECIES INTERNATIONAL on THE GIANT CLAM

ENDANGERED SPECIES INTERNATIONAL on GIANT CLAMS 

Excerpt: Giant clams are facing important threats from coral reef degradation and destruction, harvesting by coastal and island communities, and the sale and export of wild and dead specimens for the illegal aquarium trade and ornamental shell trade.  Further, giant clams are one of Buddhism's "seven treasures" along with gold. China's new rich with no conscience and awareness prize their big shells as showy ornaments.  Each can cost as much as $3000...