by wpcouncil | Oct 17, 2023 | Federal Register Notices, Hawaii Archipelago, News and Updates, Pacific Pelagics, Protected Species
News + Announcements Proposed Changes to Seabird Measures for Hawaiʻi Deep-Set Longline Fishery (Comments due by November 16, 2023) AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed...
by wpcouncil | Aug 29, 2023 | Managed Fisheries, News and Updates, Publications
News + Announcements Western Pacific Region Status of the Fisheries 2022 To monitor and evaluate fishery performance, the Council publishes annual reports for each of its five fishery ecosystem-based management plans. The Council’s Western Pacific Region Status of the...
by wpcouncil | Jul 3, 2023 | Managed Fisheries, News and Updates, Press Releases
News and Announcements Press Release – Western Pacific Council Challenged by NOAA Prohibition on Commercial Fishing for Proposed Pacific Remote Islands Sanctuary (3 July 2023) HONOLULU (3 July 2023) Congresswoman Amata Radewagen from American Samoa expressed her...
by wpcouncil | Jun 28, 2023 | Managed Fisheries, News and Updates, Press Releases
News and Announcements Press Release: American Samoa Governor Stresses Importance of Fisheries and Respect to the US Territory (28 June 2023) UTULEI, AMERICAN SAMOA (28 June 2023) “You must be mindful of the decisions you make…so that the interests of small fishing...
by wpcouncil | Jun 20, 2023 | Federal Register Notices, Mariana Archipelago, News and Updates
News + Announcements FR Notice: Marine Conservation Plan for the Pacific Insular Area for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (June 20, 2023) AGENCY:National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),...
by wpcouncil | Jun 15, 2023 | Federal Register Notices, Managed Fisheries, News and Updates
News + Announcements FR Notice: 2023 U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits (June 15, 2023) AGENCY:National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION:Final specifications. SUMMARY:NMFS...
