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...
by wpcouncil | Jun 30, 2019 | News and Updates
Click on the links below to view each report. If you would like to see previous years reports, click here. 2018 American Samoa FEP SAFE Report 2018 Hawaii FEP SAFE Report 2018 Marianas FEP SAFE Report 2018 Pacific Remote Island Areas FEP SAFE Report 2018 Pelagic FEP...
