Press Release – CNMI Got ‘Jacked,’ Fishery Management Council Is Told

by wpcouncil | Mar 21, 2014 | Press Releases

HONOLULU (19 March 2014) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, which has authority over federally managed fisheries in Hawai`i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the US Pacific remote island areas,...

Press Release – Scientists Reiterate Recommendation to Open Hawai`i Bottomfish Fishing Areas, Suggest Revisions to Coral Reef Fisheries Annual Quotas

by wpcouncil | Mar 21, 2014 | Press Releases

HONOLULU (15 March 2014) A group of 20 prominent scientists from throughout the Pacific concluded its three-day meeting Thursday in Honolulu with recommendations for the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council on federally managed fisheries in Hawai`i,...

Press Release – Tuna Commission 2014-2017 Measures Are Driven by Allocation, Not Conservation

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...

Press Release – PNA Must Cut Purse-Seine Juvenile Bigeye Catches

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...

Press Release – Eliminate Bottomfish Restricted Fishing Areas in Hawaii, Fishery Council Recommends

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...

Press Release – US Should Refuse Any Quota Reduction for Hawaii Bigeye Tuna, Fishery Council Says

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...