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Winter 2016 Pacific Islands Fishery News

by wpcouncil | Dec 22, 2015 | News and Updates, Pacific Island Fishery Newsletter

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Western Pacific U.S. Territories Provide Interventions at WCPFC 12

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...

Press Release – Fishery Managers Agree on Catch Limits for US Pacific Territories Bottomfish, Bigeye Tuna

by wpcouncil | Oct 23, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases

UTULEI, AMERICAN SAMOA (23 October 2015) The bottomfish annual catch limits (ACLs) in American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) should be equal to their acceptable biological catch (ABC), the Council deemed yesterday as it...

Press Release – Frustrations Voiced Over Impacts of US Fishing Quotas in the Western and Central Pacific

by wpcouncil | Oct 22, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases

UTULEI, AMERICAN SAMOA (22 October 2015) Members of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, meeting yesterday in Utulei, American Samoa, questioned the high road the United States has taken in international Pacific tuna management and the unfair...

Press Release – Fishery Advisors Focus on Mounting Tuna Management Concerns

by wpcouncil | Oct 21, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases

UTULEI, AMERICAN SAMOA (21 October 2015) Meetings leading up to the convening of the 164th Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council continued yesterday in Utulei, American Samoa. The Pelagic and International Standing Committee began the day supporting...

Radio Interviews from the Oct. 17, 2015, Fishers Forum on A.S. Fisheries now available

by wpcouncil | Oct 21, 2015 | General, News and Updates

Come and listen to interviewed persons at the October 17, 2015, Fishers Forum on American Samoa Fisheries, at the Port Administration main dock, Fagatogo, American Samoa, hosted by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and American Samoa Department...
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