News + Announcements
Fall 2025 Pacific Islands Fishery News
Click here for printable PDF, including a 4-page insert on Modernizing Fisheries Management to Keep U.S. Seafood Competitive at the end. Get Connected, Stay Involved! Get Connected,...
Press Release-Hawai‘i Community Consultations – Round 2 Navigating Change (23 October 2025)
HONOLULU (23 October 2025) Continuing to build on conversations from the April 2025 meetings, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and partners will host the 2nd round in a series of community consultation meetings throughout the main Hawaiian...
Vacancy Announcement-Communications and Audio/Visual Technician
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Communications and Audio/Visual Technician: PDF Submission Deadline: October 21, 2025, or until filled Anticipated Date to Fill Position: ASAP The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council seeks to hire staff to provide audio/visual technical...
Press Release-Mariana Islands Community Consultation – Round 2 Navigating Change (26 September 2025)
HAGÅTÑA (26 September 2025) Continuing to build on conversations from the February 2025 meetings, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and the Pacific Islands Fisheries Group (PIFG) will host the 2nd in a series of community consultation meetings...
Press Release-WP Council Urges Stronger Standards for Marine Mammal Protection in Seafood Imports (18 September 2025)
HONOLULU (18 September 2025) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council yesterday called on NOAA to strengthen its new Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Import Provisions, which were published in the Federal Register on Sept. 2, 2025. The Council urged...
Press Release-Council Responds to President Trump’s Mandates, Recommends Opening Monuments to Commercial Fishing (16 September 2025)
HONOLULU (16 September 2025) After a long day of discussion and public comments, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, at its 204th meeting today, agreed to move forward allowing commercial fishing within the four marine national monuments in the...
Press Release-Scientific Committee Recommends CNMI Bottomfish Catch, Highlights Key Research Challenges for Pacific Fisheries (15 September 2025)
HONOLULU (15 September 2025) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) concluded its 157th meeting last week, providing key scientific recommendations to the Council on bottomfish management, climate impacts,...
Press Release-Council to Decide on Fishing in the Monuments and Seafood Policy at Upcoming Meeting (12 September 2025)
HONOLULU (12 September 2025) At its 204th meeting next week, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will decide whether to recommend lifting commercial fishing prohibitions in parts of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. On April...
Summer 2025 Pacific Islands Fishery News
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Press Release-Sharks, Science and Sustainability on SSC Agenda Next Week (05 September 2025)
HONOLULU (05 September 2025) From sharks to deep-sea mining to catch limits, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will take on some of the Pacific’s most pressing ocean issues next week, Sept. 9-11, 2025,...