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Press Release – Education Memorandum of Understanding Signed to Build Territory, Commonwealth Fishery Management Capacity

by wpcouncil | Sep 12, 2014 | Press Releases

HONOLULU (WPRFMC) – 12 September 2014 – A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at building the capacity of the US Pacific Island territories to manage their fisheries and fishery-related resources has been signed by more than a dozen higher education institutions...

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...

Press Release – Council Responds to Obama Administration’s Proposed Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Expansion

by wpcouncil | Aug 20, 2014 | Press Releases

HONOLULU (WPRFMC) – June 30, 2014 – The voting members of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) from the State of Hawaii, Territories of American Samoa and Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands have analyzed the Obama...

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...

Press Release — Public Hearing on America Samoa Large Vessel Prohibited Area to be Held on May 3

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...