by wpcouncil | Mar 16, 2016 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (15 March 2016) Samuel D. Rauch III, NOAA Fisheries Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, praised the U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils as the “key for the success” of both “environmental and economic...
by wpcouncil | Mar 1, 2016 | News and Updates
Revised Fishery Ecosystem Plan Goals and Objectives Below are the available Draft FEPs for public review Draft revised American Samoa Fishery Ecosystem Plan with Appendices Draft revised Hawaii Fishery Ecosystem Plan and Appendices Draft revised Marianas Fishery...
by wpcouncil | Feb 11, 2016 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (11 February 2016) Professor Ray Hilborn of the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, and author of Overfishing: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press), yesterday in Honolulu addressed the topic of “Sustainability of...
by wpcouncil | Feb 1, 2016 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (29 January 2016) Effective today, US federally permitted longline vessels in American Samoa that are over 50 feet in length can fish for pelagic species in certain areas of the American Samoa Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA). The National Marine Fisheries...
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...
