by wpcouncil | Jun 20, 2024 | News and Updates, Press Releases
News and Announcements Press Release – Equitable Fishing Access and Sustainable Practices to be Addressed at Upcoming Council Meeting in Honolulu (20 June 2024) HONOLULU (20 June 2024) As the U.S. exclusive economic zone available to fishing continues to shrink...
by Council Staff | Jul 9, 2021 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates
News + Annoucements FR Notice -Temporary Rule and Interim Measures for American Samoa Bottomfish Fishery (June 21, 2021) AGENCY:National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION:Temporary rule; interim...
by wpcouncil | Jun 7, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates
Action Proposed specifications; request for comments. Summary NMFS proposes a 2019 limit of 2,000 metric tons (t) of longline-caught bigeye tuna for each U.S. Pacific territory (American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)). NMFS...
by wpcouncil | Oct 14, 2016 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (14 Oct. 2016) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council yesterday in Honolulu recommended that the US Participating Territory longline-caught bigeye tuna limits remain at 2,000 metric tons (mt) per Territory for 2017. Pending approval by the...
by wpcouncil | Oct 11, 2016 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (11 Oct. 2016) Standing Committees of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council are meeting today to consider management measures for fisheries in the expanded Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands...
