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...
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...
by wpcouncil | Jun 18, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases, Protected Species
HONOLULU (17 June 2015) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council today in Honolulu recommended that the annual catch limits (ACLs) for seven prized species of deep-water bottomfish (known locally as the Deep 7) caught in waters around the main Hawaiian...
by wpcouncil | Jun 11, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (11 June 2015) At the conclusion of its three-day meeting today in Honolulu, the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council set the acceptable biological catch (ABC) for prized deep-water bottomfish...
by wpcouncil | May 28, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (27 May 2015) The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will meet June 9 to 11, 2015, to consider and make recommendations on numerous issues regarding federally managed species in Hawai‘i,...
by wpcouncil | Apr 2, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (02 April 2015) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is pleased to announce the free public screenings and availability of the full-length version of the locally made documentary ‘Ahi, The Yellowfin Tuna: Managing Our Fisheries. This...
