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Executive Order – Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy (Apr. 28, 2017)

by wpcouncil | May 5, 2017 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq., and in order to maintain global leadership in energy innovation, exploration, and...

Federal Management Efforts Support Commercial, Subsistence and Cultural Fisheries
 in the US Pacific Island (3/24/2017)

by wpcouncil | Mar 24, 2017 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (24 March 2017) A bill introduced in the US Senate in mid-February to amend the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 would negatively impact Hawaii’s commercial fisheries. It is generally estimated that 20 percent of Hawaii billfish catch (about 550,000 pounds)...

Federal Managers Seek to Retain US Fishery Access to US Waters (3/23/2017)

by wpcouncil | Mar 24, 2017 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (23 March 2017) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council concluded its three- day meeting in Honolulu today with a suite of recommendations, many of which are focused on keeping US fishing grounds open to sustainably managed US fisheries. The...

Federal Managers to Consider Regulating Fisheries in the Expanded NWHI Marine Monument, Designating Thousands of Species as Ecosystem Components (3/20/2017)

by wpcouncil | Mar 22, 2017 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (20 March 2017) Developing new fishing regulations for the expanded marine national monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) and identifying marine species to be federally managed as components of the ecosystem are two key issues to be addressed...

Winter 2017 Pacific Islands Fishery Newsletter

by wpcouncil | Mar 17, 2017 | News and Updates, Pacific Island Fishery Newsletter

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Feds to Analyze Environmental Impacts of Western Pacific Longline Fisheries for Tuna (Feb. 16, 2017)

by wpcouncil | Feb 16, 2017 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (16 Feb. 2017) The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced on Monday  its intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to analyze the environmental impacts of U.S. Pacific Island deep-set tuna longline fisheries managed...
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