FOR THE FISHES
EIN 47-3469519 · Wildlife Preservation & Protection (D30)
What they do
1.EDUCATION and OUTREACH: for THE FISHES (FTF) ADVOCATES for THE END of THE CAPTURE, PURCHASE, and DISPLAY of WILD MARINE LIFE IN PERSONAL SALTWATER AQUARIUMS. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED to PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT and ADVOCACY, ENFORCEMENT, COALITION BUILDING, and EFFORTS AIMED AT REDUCING CONSUMER DEMAND for WILD MARINE LIFE. THE FOCUS of FTFS MAIN EFFORTS is IN HAWAII, WHICH HISTORICALLY WAS THE WORLDS THIRD LARGEST SOURCE of WILD REEF FISHES and OTHER CREATURES for THE MARINE AQUARIUM TRADE WHICH SELLS WILDLIFE to AQUARIUM HOBBYIST, BUSINESSES, and INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE. HAWAIIS COMPARATIVELY SMALL CORAL REEFS WERE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY DECADES of OVER-EXPLOITATION. THE HAWAII AQUARIUM TRADE REGULARLY CAPTURED FAR MORE FISHES THAN WERE ALLOWED to BE TAKEN BY THE QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA AQUARIUM COLLECTORS FROM AUSTRALIAS ENTIRE GREAT BARRIER REEF WHICH is 300 TIMES LARGER THAN HAWAIIS REEF AREA. HEAVILY TARGETED SPECIES HAVE BEEN DEPLETED BY UPWARDS of 90% IN SOME of HAWAIIS MOST
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RENE UMBERGEREXECUTIVE DI
AMY VENEMADIRECTOR
BROOKE PORTERSECRETARY
LAURA LEGGEDIRECTOR/PRE
LINDA WRIGHTTREASURER
LYNN ALLENPRESIDENT
MARK SCHACHTDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2015
- Location
- PO BOX 1894, KIHEI, HI 96753
- County
- Maui
- In care of
- LAURA LEGGE
- Primary officer
- LAURA LEGGE, DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- BARBARA J QUERRY LLC
- NTEE classification
- Wildlife Preservation & Protection (D30)
- IRS tax category
- Wildlife Preservation & Protection