by Council Staff | Aug 28, 2024 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates, Protected Species
NMFS will hold seven public hearings and three listening sessions related to their proposed rule to list five species of giant clams as endangered and five species of giant clams as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). On July 25, 2024, NOAA Fisheries...
by Council Staff | Aug 28, 2024 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates, Upcoming Other Meetings and Events
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and NMFS will convene a Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review (WPSAR) of the main Hawaiian Islands Aprion virescens (locally known as uku or gray/green jobfish) stock assessment update. The WPSAR meeting will...
by Council Staff | Aug 28, 2024 | American Samoa, Federal Register Notices, Management & Policy, News and Updates
NMFS proposes to amend the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the American Samoa Archipelago (FEP) to discontinue the rebuilding plan for American Samoa bottomfish and to implement single-species annual catch limits (ACL) and accountability measures (AM) for bottomfish in the...
by Council Staff | Aug 9, 2024 | Federal Register Notices, Protected Species, Upcoming Other Meetings and Events
NMFS will hold two public hearings related to the proposed rule to apply protective regulations to the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Public hearings on the proposed protective regulations for the oceanic...
by Council Staff | Aug 9, 2024 | Federal Register Notices, Pacific Pelagics
NMFS seeks comments on this interim final rule issued under authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (WCPFC Implementation Act) that implements a recent decision of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of...
