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HI DLNR Press Release – FOUR BOTTOMFISH RESTRICTED FISHING AREAS WILL RE-OPEN JULY 1st (June 20, 2019)

by wpcouncil | Jun 20, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases

  DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGEGOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASECHAIRPERSON   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2019   FOUR BOTTOMFISH RESTRICTED FISHING AREAS WILL RE-OPEN JULY 1st (Honolulu) – Four of the 12 Bottomfish Restricted Fishing Areas...

Spring 2019 Pacific Islands Fishery Newsletter

by wpcouncil | Jun 18, 2019 | News and Updates, Pacific Island Fishery Newsletter

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Press Release – Kona Crab, Bigeye Tuna among Fishery Science Discussions Next Week in Honolulu (11 June 2019)

by wpcouncil | Jun 14, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases

Kona crab drawing. Courtesy  NOAA Fisheries/Kat Uno HONOLULU (11 June 2019) Renowned scientists from throughout the Pacific will meet June 18-20 in Honolulu to consider a range of issues facing the offshore fisheries of Hawai’i and the US Territories of...

FR Notice – Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries: 2019 U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits (Jun. 21, 2019)

by wpcouncil | Jun 7, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates

Action Proposed specifications; request for comments. Summary NMFS proposes a 2019 limit of 2,000 metric tons (t) of longline-caught bigeye tuna for each U.S. Pacific territory (American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)). NMFS...

Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity FY2020

by wpcouncil | May 31, 2019 | News and Updates

NOAA Fisheries is pleased to announce the 2020 Saltonstall-Kennedy (S-K) Grant competition is currently open.  This year’s solicitation consists of two separate submission processes. All interested applicants must submit a two (2) page Pre-Proposal to the...

Book Announcement – Tradition-Based Natural Resource Management : Practice and Application in the Hawaiian Islands

by wpcouncil | May 21, 2019 | Announcements, News and Updates

News + Announcements Book Announcement – Tradition-Based Natural Resource Management : Practice and Application in the Hawaiian Islands Tradition-Based Natural Resource Management :  Practice and Application in the Hawaiian Islands   Palgrave Studies in Natural...
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