by wpcouncil | Dec 22, 2015 | News and Updates, Pacific Island Fishery Newsletter
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by wpcouncil | Dec 11, 2015 | General, News and Updates
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) held its 12th Meeting in Bali, Indonesia, in December 2016. At this meeting, the U.S. Pacific Territories provided interventions, or statements, on various fisheries that note the concerns expressed by the...
by wpcouncil | Oct 23, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases
UTULEI, AMERICAN SAMOA (23 October 2015) The bottomfish annual catch limits (ACLs) in American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) should be equal to their acceptable biological catch (ABC), the Council deemed yesterday as it...
by wpcouncil | Oct 22, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases
UTULEI, AMERICAN SAMOA (22 October 2015) Members of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, meeting yesterday in Utulei, American Samoa, questioned the high road the United States has taken in international Pacific tuna management and the unfair...
by wpcouncil | Oct 21, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases
UTULEI, AMERICAN SAMOA (21 October 2015) Meetings leading up to the convening of the 164th Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council continued yesterday in Utulei, American Samoa. The Pelagic and International Standing Committee began the day supporting...
