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Press Release – At White House, Pacific Island Delegation Warns that the President’s Proposed Marine Monument Expansion Will Fail American Fishermen

by wpcouncil | Sep 10, 2014 | News and Updates, Press Releases

At an hour-long West Wing meeting yesterday, fisheries managers and commercial fishing industry representatives from the U.S. Pacific Islands spoke with Counselor to the President John Podesta and senior officials from the White House Council on Environmental Quality...

Press Release – (VIDEO) Opposition Mounts to Obama’s Proposed Pacific Monument Expansion at Honolulu Town Hall Listening Session

by wpcouncil | Aug 27, 2014 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (WPRFMC) — August 25, 2014 – The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) has released a video compilation of concerns raised about anticipated negative consequences of the Obama Administration’s proposed expansion of the Pacific...

Request to President Obama to Abandon Plans to Expand Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (August 15, 2014 )

by wpcouncil | Aug 21, 2014 | General, News and Updates

Dear Mr. President, The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management  Council requests that the Administration abandon its plan to expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monuments (PRIMNM) or, if expansion is inevitable,that commercial fishing be allowed to...

Responses to Obama Administration’s Proposed Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Expansion

https://www.wpcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/FINAL-WPRFMC-Reaction-to-Proposed-PRIMNM-plus-letter.pdf

The First Stewards Symposium: Uniting Indigenous Voices on Climate Change kicks off at 6 p.m. Eastern Time today in Washington, DC, with the opening ceremony.

by wpcouncil | Jul 21, 2014 | News and Updates

If you can’t make it to the Symposium in person, then join via Livestream! http://new.livestream.com/accounts/889018/events/3198926 First Stewards Symposium 2014 Flyer Panel Descriptions Agenda

Press Release – Federal Fishery Managers Recommend New Annual Catch Limits, Address Other Measures for US Pacific Islands

by wpcouncil | Jun 27, 2014 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (27 June 2014) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council today completed its three-day meeting in Honolulu with recommendations regarding annual catch limits (ACLs) for federally managed species in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth...
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