Council Members
The Council has 13 voting members and three non-voting members. A chair and four vice chairs (one from Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the CNMI) are elected annually by the Council members.
Council members must balance competing interests while trying to make decisions for the overall benefit of the nation. Council members are advised by the Council’s advisory panels and committees, Council staff, the public, states and territories, academia and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
Eight of the members are private citizens who are familiar with the commercial and/or non-commercial fisheries, marine conservation or both. They are appointed by the Secretary of Commerce from lists submitted by the Governors of each of the island areas:
 | Nathan Ilaoa American Samoa Dept. of Marine & Wildlife Resources (Designated) Chair |
 | Roger Dang Fresh Island Fish Co. (2023-2026, Hawaii, at-large) Vice Chair |
 | Edgar Feliciano Feli Fisheries Inc. (2025-2028, American Samoa, at-large) |
 | Pedro “Pete” Itibus Fisherman (2023-2026, CNMI, at-large) |
 | Francisco “Frank” Perez AC Sales and Service (2024-2027, Guam, obligatory) |
 | Matt Ramsey Conservation International (2024-2027, Hawaii, obligatory) |
 | Jesse Rosario Guam Fishermen’s Cooperative Assn (2025-2028, Guam, at-large) |
 | William Sword American Samoa Power Authority (2025-2028, American Samoa, obligatory) Vice Chair |
 | Gerald “Gene” Weaver Tasi to Table (2023-2026, CNMI, obligatory) |
 | Sylvan Igisomar CNMI Dept. of Lands and Natural Resources (Designated) Vice Chair |
 | Chelsa Muña Guam Dept. of Agriculture (Designated) Vice Chair |
Four designated state officials:
- Sylvan Igisomar, CNMI Dept. of Lands & Natural Resources, Secretary
- Nathan Ilaoa, American Samoa Dept. of Marine & Wildlife Resources, Director
- Ryan Kanaka‘ole, Hawaii Dept. of Land & Natural Resources, Acting Chair
- Chelsa Muña, Guam Dept. of Agriculture, Director
Four designated federal officials:
- Sarah Malloy, Pacific Islands Regional Office, National Marine Fisheries Service, Regional Administrator
- Jeremy Raynal, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biologist
- RADM Sean Regan, U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District, District Commander
- Rachel Ryan, U.S. Department of State, Office of Marine Conservation, Senior Pacific Affairs Officer
Standing Committees
- American Samoa Archipelago
- William Sword, Chair
- Edgar Feliciano
- Nathan Ilaoa
- Enforcement & VMS
- Sylvan Igisomar, Chair
- Roger Dang
- Chelsa Muña
- RADM Sean Regan
- Rachel Ryan
- William Sword
- Executive & Budget
- Nathan Ilaoa, Chair
- William Sword, Vice Chair, AS
- Sylvan Igisomar, Vice Chair, CNMI
- Chelsa Muña, Vice Chair, GU
- Roger Dang, Vice Chair, HI
- Fishery Rights of Indigenous People
- Pedro Itibus, Chair
- Sylvan Igisomar
- Chelsa Muña
- William Sword
- Hawaii Archipelago & PRIA
- Matt Ramsey, Chair
- Ryan Kanaka‘ole
- Barry Thom
- Legislative
- Ryan Kanaka‘ole, Chair
- Roger Dang
- Chelsa Muña
- Barry Thom
- Mariana Archipelago
- Frank Perez, Co-chair
- Gene Weaver, Co-chair
- Pedro Itibus
- Chelsa Muña
- Military Expansion
- Frank Perez, Chair
- Pedro Itibus
- Chelsa Muña
- Jesse Rosario
- Gene Weaver
- Pelagic & International
- Roger Dang, Chair
- Edgar Feliciano
- Sylvan Igisomar
- Nathan Ilaoa
- Frank Perez
- RADM Sean Regan
- Jesse Rosario
- Rachel Ryan
- Program Planning & Research
- Matt Ramsey, Chair
- Nathan Ilaoa
- Jesse Rosario
- Gene Weaver
- Protected Species
- Chelsa Muña, Chair
- Roger Dang
- Edgar Feliciano
- Pedro Itibus
- Ryan Kanaka‘ole
- Jeremy Raynal
Financial Disclosures for Nominated Members: