by wpcouncil | Mar 20, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (20 March 2015) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, at the conclusion of its three-day meeting in Honolulu on Wednesday, recommended an amendment to the American Samoa Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) regulations. If approved by the...
by wpcouncil | Mar 20, 2015 | News and Updates, Protected Species
On March 20, 2015, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced the 12-month finding and proposed rule in response to the 2012 petition to delist the Hawaii green turtle from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NMFS and...
by wpcouncil | Mar 18, 2015 | Past Council and Advisory Body Meetings
Standing Committees Date: March 14, 2015 Location: Council Office, Honolulu, HI Dates: March 16-18, 2015 Time: 8:30 am -5 pm Location: Elizabeth Fuller Hall, Laniakea YWCA 162nd Council Meeting Minutes 162nd Council Meeting Agenda 118th SSC & 162nd Council Meeting...
by wpcouncil | Mar 17, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (17 March 2015) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council concluded the first day of its three-day meeting in Honolulu yesterday with a suite of recommendations to improve five fishery ecosystem plans used to regulate federally managed...
by wpcouncil | Mar 17, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (18 March 2015) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council concluded the second day of its three-day meeting in Honolulu yesterday with recommendations for federally managed fisheries in Hawai‘i and American Samoa as well as protected species....
