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NMFS and FWS Announce Response to Green Turtle Delisting Petition

by wpcouncil | Mar 20, 2015 | News and Updates, Protected Species

On March 20, 2015, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced the 12-month finding and proposed rule in response to the 2012 petition to delist the Hawaii green turtle from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NMFS and...

Press Release – US Pacific Islands Advance Fishery Ecosystem Plans, Address Climate Change

by wpcouncil | Mar 17, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (17 March 2015) The  Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council concluded the first day of its three-day meeting in Honolulu yesterday with a suite of recommendations to improve five fishery ecosystem plans used to regulate federally managed...

Press Release – Federal Fishery Managers Address Hawai‘i, American Samoa, Protected Species Issues

by wpcouncil | Mar 17, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (18 March 2015) The  Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council concluded the second day of its three-day meeting in Honolulu yesterday with recommendations for federally managed fisheries in Hawai‘i and American Samoa as well as protected species....

Press Release – Scientists Recommend Management Measures for Longline Tuna Fisheries in American Samoa and Other US Pacific Islands

by wpcouncil | Mar 13, 2015 | General, News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (13 March 2015) At the conclusion of its three-day meeting yesterday, the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council recommended three management measures for longline fisheries in American Samoa and...

Save the date! Fishers Forum on Stock Assessments 3/17 at Harbor View Center.

by wpcouncil | Mar 3, 2015 | General, News and Updates

https://www.wpcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Fishers-Forum-315-rev2-SD.mp4...

Draft of NOAA Fisheries Climate Science Strategy Open for Public Comment

by wpcouncil | Mar 2, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases

To view the FR Notice, click here.
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