by wpcouncil | Jul 29, 2019 | Past Other Meetings and Events
Date: July 29-August 2, 2019 Location: Cartagena, Colombia
by wpcouncil | Jul 24, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule; fishery closure. SUMMARY: NMFS is closing the U.S. pelagic longline fishery for bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific...
by wpcouncil | Jul 11, 2019 | Key Council Correspondence
News + Annoucements 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...
by wpcouncil | Jul 3, 2019 | General, News and Updates
[Below is the Council’s full response submitted to Honolulu Civil Beat, including the section (highlighted in yellow) that Civil Beat redacted.] In a series of recent articles and an editorial, the Honolulu Civil Beat made several allegations against the Western...
by wpcouncil | Jul 2, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates
ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule establishes an annual catch limit (ACL) of 492,000 lb for Deep 7 bottomfish in the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) for each of thethree fishing years 2018–19, 2019–20, and 2020–21. If NMFS projects that thefishery will reach...
