Classic... DLNR's Division of Aquatic Resources Administrator Bruce Anderson stated, “I’m not sure the legislators knew what they were doing.”  What Anderson doesn't seem to understand is that science can't tell "us" whether there should or should not be pig hunting, an expansion of monk seal populations, or an aquarium trade in reef fish.  Science can tell us the consequences of these actions, how to accomplish certain management objectives, or what alternatives there may be to management proposals.  However, it is our attitudes and values that determine what "we" do.  And the legislators know the attitudes and values of their constituents. 

No to aquarium collecting!