Press Release – Hawaii’s $100 Million Fishery Reopens in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

by wpcouncil | Oct 13, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (13 Oct. 2015) After a closure that lasted more than two months, Hawaii’s longline vessels can fish again for bigeye tuna in the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands. Since Aug. 5th, the 145 active vessels in the Hawaii longline fleet have been...

Press Release – Hawaii Bigeye Tuna Industry Reels Two Months after Reaching Its Quotas

by wpcouncil | Oct 9, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (08 Oct. 2015) For the past two months, since early August, about a quarter of the 145 active vessels in the Hawaii longline fleet have been prohibited from catching their target species, bigeye tuna. Arbitrary quotas not linked to conservation objectives are...

Press Release – Milestone Reached in Setting of New Bottomfish Catch Limits for US Pacific Island Territories

by wpcouncil | Sep 18, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (18 Sept. 2015) A milestone was reached this week in the setting of the 2016 and 2017 annual catch limits (ACLs) for federally managed bottomfish fisheries in the US Territories of American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands...

Press Release – Majuro Workshop Explores Management Options for Pacific Bigeye Tuna Overfishing

by wpcouncil | Aug 24, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases

MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS (21 August 2015) A workshop to discuss bigeye tuna management in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) was convened by the Marshall Islands Marine Resource Authority (MIMRA) and the Western Pacific Fishery Management...

Press Release – Hawaii Longline Bigeye Fishery in the Western and Central Pacific Forced to Close

by wpcouncil | Jul 29, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (29 July 2015) The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has announced that Hawaii longline vessels fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) will no longer be able to retain and land bigeye tuna between August 5, 2015, and the end of the...

Press Release – Federal Fishery Managers Question Proposed Rule on Green Sea Turtles, Address Allocation of US Tuna Catches

by wpcouncil | Jun 18, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases, Protected Species

HONOLULU (18 June 2015) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council today in Honolulu  heard a series of recommendations from its advisory groups opposing and questioning the March 20, 2015, proposal by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and US...