It seems irresponsible for the Governor to ignore the overwhelming will of the people displayed in the legislative process. The people & legislators are not ignorant and did not waste their time for months and months to craft the bill that is on the Governor's desk. The people direct the government, not the other way around. Stop the destructive techniques, methods and removal or critical reef species. These fish belong to Hawaii's reefs & Hawaii's people have spoken about what they want. Thank you Governor Ige for "doing the right thing" by following the will of the people who provided the bill they want enacted into law.

Commercial aquarium collectors are not fishermen. They are people who trash the reefs indiscriminately with their anchors, fins, hands and metal tools to trap their fish. Fishermen are not indiscriminate. I find it hard to believe a fisherman would align with these reef destroyers. Also, the DLNR appears to be part of the commercial extraction stakeholder group.