Original sentence: William Ailā is the harbormastor of the Waianae Small Boat Harbor
Edited sentence: , Europe and Asia for use in the aquarium hobby.98% of all saltwater aquarium animals are wild caught.Aila worked as a commercial Aquarium Fish Collector in his younger years.Despite Aila's outstanding record as an environmentalist, a community activist and a native Hawaiian cultural practitioner, he has blocked all attempts to limit aquarium fish collection in the state.Despite his many assocoations in the aquarium collection industry and his prior professional links with collectors as Waianae Harbor Master, Aila refuses to recuse himself from this issue.Every year, millions of reef animals are collected on Hawaii's coral reefs and shipped to the mainland U.For example, between capture and retail, up to 40 percent of Hawaii's Yellow Tangs will die before reaching the hobbyist.He insists fish are being collected sustainably despite scientific studies to the contrary; and he has refused to initiate any Statewide studies on assessing the status of aquarium collected sprecies.In 2010, Aila was appointed as Director of Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) by Governor Neil Abercrombie.Mortality rates are astronomical.This practice is simultaneously decimating many coral fish stocks/invertebrates; and putting the coral reef ecosystem in jeopardy.William Ailā Jr.worked as harbormaster of the Waianae Small Boat Harbor for 24 years