Council Comments
Council Letter to NMFS PIRO in response to MHI Insular FKW Draft Recovery Plan, Dec. 15, 2020
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council provided comments to the National Marine Fisheries Service in response to the Main Hawaiian Islands Insular False Killer Whale Draft Recovery Plan. Click here to view letter. Get Connected, Stay Involved!...
Council comments on Seafood Trade Task Force, July 10, 2020
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council submitted a letter to Secretary Ross, Department of Commerce dated on July 10, 2020, outlining issues faced in the Western Pacific Region that the Task Force could address. Click here to read the letter.Get...
Council preliminary comments on the President’s EO 13921, May 8, 2020
On May 8, 2020, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council sent a letter to President Trump with preliminary comments on burdensome and unnecessary barriers to US fisheries in need of removal as called for in the President's EO 13921 on Promoting American...
Council comments on proposed revisions to NEPA, March 10, 2020
On March 10, 2020, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council comments on the Council on Environmental Quality’s proposed revisions to its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Click here to...
Council comments on fishing prohibition in the PMNM in response to EO 13792 and 13795 (July 11, 2019)
On July 11, 2019, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council sent a letter to President Trump restating its request to remove the fishing prohibitions in the Pacific Marine National Monuments in response to EO 13792 and 13795. Click here to read the...