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
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...
by wpcouncil | Apr 23, 2014 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (23 April 2014) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will hold a public hearing on the Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) in waters surrounding American Samoa from 4 to 6 p.m. on May 3, 2014, at the Sadie’s by the Sea conference room, in...
by wpcouncil | Feb 11, 2014 | General, News and Updates
On February 11, 2014, the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council submitted new scientific information to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regarding the 66 coral species proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Previously unpublished...
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...
