by wpcouncil | Jan 6, 2014 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (06 January 2014) Both the Hawaii-based US longline fishery and the US purse-seine fishery that operate in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) were among those fisheries obliged to accept further fishing restrictions at a recent Pacific tuna...
by wpcouncil | Nov 26, 2013 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (23 November 2013) A proposal that would subject the US longline tuna fisheries to a 45 percent reduction in bigeye tuna catch is being proposed by the Parties of Nauru Agreement (PNA), an organization that has supported rampant expansion of tuna...
by wpcouncil | Oct 22, 2013 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (21 October 2013) The State of Hawaii’s Bottomfish Restricted Fishing Areas (BRFAs) located in federal waters should be eliminated, according to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council. Meeting last week in Honolulu, the Council also...
by wpcouncil | Oct 21, 2013 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (18 October 2013) The United States should not accept a reduction in the bigeye tuna limit for the Hawaii longline fishery, according to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, which concluded a four-day meeting in Honolulu today. Authorized...
by wpcouncil | Oct 4, 2013 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (04 October 2013) The port of Honolulu consistently ranks as one of the nation’s top 10 fishing ports in terms of value landed. The reason is the sashimi-quality bigeye tuna landed by the Hawaii longline fleet. This fishery is recognized globally as a model...
by wpcouncil | Sep 17, 2013 | News and Updates, Pacific Island Fishery Newsletter
The Summer 2013 issue of the Pacific Islands Fishery Newsletter is here! Click on the image below to read online. Download the Summer 2013 Pacific Islands Fishery News here
