Key Council Correspondence
Council letter to Kevin Brindock, NOAA PIRO PRD about proposed rule to establish mandatory time-area closures for Spinner Dolphins in the MHI under the MMPA (Dec. 16, 2021)
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council provided comments to the National Marine Fisheries Service in response to the proposed rule to establish mandatory time-area closure of spinner dolphin essential daytime habitats at five selected sites in the...
Council letter to Michael Tosatto, NOAA PIRO requesting that the National Marine Fisheries Service continue coordination with the governments of American Samoa, Guam, and CNMI with respect to the proposed critical habitat designation for coral species listed under the Endangered Species Act (Dec. 14, 2021)
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council requested that the National Marine Fisheries Service continue coordination with the governments of American Samoa, Guam, and CNMI with respect to the proposed critical habitat designation for coral species listed...
Council letter to Dave Hogan, U.S. DOS about important issues pertaining to tuna fisheries within the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and funding opportunities for US Territories (Oct. 22, 2021)
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council have identified important issues pertaining to tuna fisheries within the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and funding opportunities for US Territories. The US currently disburses an...
Letter from Earthjustice to Michael Tosatto, NOAA PIRO about Domestic Measures to Address Purse Seine Fishery Impact on Silky Shark Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific (Oct. 12, 2021)
Earthjustice wrote this letter to Michael Tosatto, NOAA PIRO Administrator on behalf of Mike Nakachi, Moana Ohana and Conservation Council for Hawai'i regarding domestic management recommendations to address the overfishing of silky sharks. Urging NMFS to adopt...
Council Letter to Ambassador Susan Rice, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, The White House to provide comments on EO 13985 and EO 14031, June 24, 2021
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council have identified barriers in federal fisheries management that should be addressed through EO 13985 and EO 14031 to Ambassador Susan Rice, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. Click here for the...
Council Letter to President Biden, POTUS on Marine National Monuments (June 16, 2021)
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council voted unanimously to help US island fishing communities by exploring options to remove commercial fishing prohibitions in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (“MNM”), and allow fishery resources...
Council Letter to Secretary Debra A. Haaland, U.S. DOI about Runit Dome, June 16, 2021
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council expressed interested in the status of the Runit Domes integrity, monitoring and research being conducted related to potential radioactive leakage and possible mitigation strategies to ameliorate environmental and...
Council Letter to President Biden on Marine National Monuments (June 16, 2021)
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council wrote this letter is to inform the President of the negative impacts that American fishing industries, seafood consumers and indigenous communities face as result of non-science-based proclamations establishing...
Council Letter to Michael Tosatto, NOAA PIRO on Proposed Critical Habitat Designation for Seven Threatened Corals in U.S. Waters in the Indo-Pacific (NOAA-NMFS-2016-0131), May 24, 2021
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council provided recommendations to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on the Proposed Critical Habitat Designation for Seven Threatened Corals in U.S. Waters in the Indo-Pacific (NOAA-NMFS-2016-0131)....
Council Letter to Secretary Gina M. Raimondo, U.S. DOC to provide recommendations on Executive Order 14008, March 31, 2021
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council provided recommendations to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regarding Section 216(c) of Executive Order 14008 on making fisheries and protected resources more resilient to climate change....