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Press Release – Interim Bottomfish Measure Addresses Overfishing, Allows American Samoa Fishery to Operate (24 October 2019)

by wpcouncil | Oct 24, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases

Press Release ← Previous Post UTULEI, AMERICAN SAMOA (24 October 2019) Fishermen from Tutuila and Manu’a islands concerned about the future of the Territory’s bottomfish fishery attended the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council meeting...

Press Release – Lt. Governor, Congresswoman, Territory Commerce Department Stress Importance of Fisheries to the U.S. Territory of American Samoa (23 October 2019)

by wpcouncil | Oct 23, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases

News and Announcements ← Previous Post UTULEI, AMERICAN SAMOA (23 October 2019) “Fisheries sustains our livelihoods in all aspects of our lives” was the core message that reverberated through the remarks of Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, who opened the...

Press Release – Hawai‘i Shallow-Set Longline Fishery Has No Discernable Impact on Sea Turtle Populations (16 October 2019)

by wpcouncil | Oct 16, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases

News and Announcements ← Previous Post HONOLULU (16 October 2019) Scientists from throughout the Pacific meeting this week in Honolulu found that mortality by the Hawai’i shallow-set longline fishery on loggerheads and leatherbacks are “trivial”...

Press Release – Researchers and Feds to Address Quality of Science Used to Manage US Pacific Island Fisheries (9 October 2019)

by wpcouncil | Oct 9, 2019 | Press Releases

HONOLULU (9 October 2019) Scientists from throughout the Pacific region will meet Oct. 15 to 17, 2019, in Honolulu to address the quality of the data used to manage federal fisheries and other topics. The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western...

Press Release – Federal Managers Finalize Turtle Interaction Measures with Hawai’i Swordfish Fishery (9 August 2019)

by wpcouncil Loren | Aug 9, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (9 August 2019) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council met yesterday to amend the Pelagic Fishery Ecosystem Plan with revisions to the loggerhead and leatherback turtle mitigation measures for the Hawai’i shallow-set longline fishery....

Press Release – Federal Managers to Make Final Recommendations on Leatherback and Loggerhead Sea Turtle Interactions with Hawai’i Swordfish Fishery (6 August 2019)

by wpcouncil Loren | Aug 6, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases

Leatherback sea turtle. Photo courtesy USFWS. HONOLULU (6 August 2019) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will meet on Aug. 8, 2019, to consider final recommendations on the management of the Hawai’i swordfish fishery’s interactions...
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