News + Announcements
FR Notice- 2022 U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Dec. 7, 2022)
AGENCY:National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION:Announcement of a valid specified fishing agreement. SUMMARY:NMFS announces a valid specified fishing agreement that allocates up to 1,500 metric...
FR Notice- 2022-2025 Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures for Main Hawaiian Islands Deepwater Shrimp and Precious Coral Fisheries (Dec. 5, 2022)
AGENCY:National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION:Proposed rule; request for comments. SUMMARY:NMFS proposes to implement annual catch limits (ACL) and accountability measures (AM) for main...
Press Release: Scientists Find Results from NWHI Monument Spillover Paper Could Not Be Replicated (30 November 2022)
HONOLULU (23 November 2022) HONOLULU (30 November 2022) The Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) at its meeting yesterday discussed a critique of a recently published paper on “Spillover benefits from the world’s largest fully protected MPA,” referring...
Fall 2022 Pacific Islands Fishery News
Click here for printable PDF. Newsletter articles listed in order 1 - Fishing for Information on Regulations in the NWHI 11 - New Outreach Resources 2 - 192nd Council Meeting Highlights, September 20-22, 2022 12 - Get to Know Your Council Members: HIGH CHIEF...
Press Release: Western Pacific Scientists to Discuss NWHI Fishing Regulations and Longline Fishery Interaction Studies Next Week (23 November 2022)
HONOLULU (23 November 2022) Scientists from throughout the Western Pacific Region will meet Nov. 29 to 30, 2022, to provide advice and comments to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council on the fishing regulations in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands...
Public Meetings on NWHI Monument Expansion Area Fishing Regulations
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council held public meetings to discuss non-commercial fishing in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The WPRFMC invited the public to attend one of a series of public meetings to review potential fishing...
Press Release: Council to Solicit Input from Community on NWHI Fishing Regulations, Requests Support for Purse Seiners in American Samoa (23 September 2022)
HONOLULU (23 September 2022) At its meeting this week, the Council reviewed alternatives for fishing regulations in the Monument Expansion Area (50-200 nautical miles) of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Among the alternatives are maintaining the status quo, where...
Press Release – Council Rebukes Proposal to Expand Marine National Monument in Pacific (22 September 2022)
HONOLULU (22 September 2022) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Keone Nakoa, provided the opening remarks at the Council meeting this week, noting he is a native son of Hawai‘i. Nakoa is the lead Department of the Interior (DOI) official...
Press Release – Scientists Tackle Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Issues for Western Pacific Region (15 September 2022)
HONOLULU (15 September 2022) The Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) concluded its three-day meeting today that emphasized the importance of rigorous scientific analysis, good data and consideration of human communities to inform ecosystem-based...
Press Release: Scientists Concerned with Lack of Data to Support Marine Monument Expansion (14 September 2022)
HONOLULU (14 September 2022) The Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee heard a presentation by Bob Richmond, University of Hawai‘i professor and coauthor on the proposal to expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, on the scientific merits...