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Press Release – Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Responds to the President’s Pacific Monument Expansion Decision

by wpcouncil | Sep 24, 2014 | News and Updates, Press Releases

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) acknowledges that the President’s amended Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) expansion plan reduces the economic toll the original plan would have taken on sustainable US...

Press Release – Workshop Addresses Issue of Disproportionate Burden in Pacific Island Fisheries

by wpcouncil | Sep 23, 2014 | Press Releases

HONOLULU (WPRFMC) – 23 September 2014 – The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council sponsored a first of its kind workshop on Sept. 18–20, 2014, at the Council office in Honolulu to discuss the concept of “disproportionate burden.” The subject of...

Press Release – Education Memorandum of Understanding Signed to Build Territory, Commonwealth Fishery Management Capacity

by wpcouncil | Sep 12, 2014 | Press Releases

HONOLULU (WPRFMC) – 12 September 2014 – A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at building the capacity of the US Pacific Island territories to manage their fisheries and fishery-related resources has been signed by more than a dozen higher education institutions...

Applications for the Council’s Advisory Panel STILL Available

by wpcouncil | Sep 11, 2014 | General, News and Updates

Applications for the Council’s Advisory Panel STILL Available Fishermen, members of fishery-related industries and individuals from fishery- or marine related organizations are invited to apply for membership to the Advisory Panel (AP) for the Western Pacific Regional...

Marine Planning and Climate Change Committee Meeting

by wpcouncil | Sep 11, 2014 | Past Council and Advisory Body Meetings

Date: September 15, 2014  1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Location: Council office, Honolulu Agenda
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