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FR Notice – 2019 U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Aug. 1, 2019)

by wpcouncil Loren | Aug 1, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates

ACTION: Announcement of a valid specified fishing agreement. SUMMARY: NMFS announces a valid specified fishing agreement that allocates up to 1,000 metric tons (t) of the 2019 bigeye tuna limit for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to U.S....

International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals

by wpcouncil Loren | Jul 29, 2019 | Past Other Meetings and Events

Date: July 29-August 2, 2019 Location: Cartagena, Colombia

FR Notice – 2019 Bigeye Tuna Longline Fishery Closure (July 24, 2019)

by wpcouncil Loren | 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...

Contrary to Civil Beat Claims, Wespac Is Effective and Transparent

by wpcouncil Loren | 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...

FR Notice – Annual Catch Limit and Accountability Measures; Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish (June 24, 2019)

by wpcouncil Loren | 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...
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Great news for American Samoa #bottomfish! The WPSAR panel for managed BF species recently met in Pago Pago. The independent panel concluded that the AS BF stock is NOT overfished and NOT experiencing overfishing. https://www.samoanews.com/local-news/2023-stock-assessment-indicates-bottomfish-stock-not-overfished
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