News + Announcements
Press Release – Western Pacific Council Defers Action on Guam Bottomfish Rebuilding Plan ( 25 March 2021)
HONOLULU (25 March 2021) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council deferred action on the Guam bottomfish stock rebuilding plan to a future meeting yesterday in Honolulu. This allows for a coordinated effort among the relevant agencies to finalize the...
Press Release – Western Pacific Scientists Recommend International Actions to End Overfishing for Striped Marlin (18 March 2021)
HONOLULU (18 March 2021) The SSC suggested several actions to end overfishing of North Pacific striped marlin in order to satisfy the Magnuson-Stevens Act (Section 304(i)) obligation both internationally via the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)...
Press Release – Scientists to Evaluate Prohibiting Wire Leaders in Hawaiʻi Longline Fishery, Consider Catch Limits (11 March 2021)
HONOLULU (11 March 2021) Scientists from throughout the Pacific will meet March 16 to 18, 2021, to discuss fishery management issues and make management recommendations for fisheries in the Western Pacific Region. The meeting of the Scientific and Statistical...
Winter 2021 Pacific Islands Fishery News
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FR notice – Recommendations for More Resilient Fisheries and Protected Resources Due to Climate Change (Mar. 3, 2021)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice; request for information. SUMMARY: On January 27, 2021, the White House issued an Executive...
FR Notice – Marianas Trench Marine National Monument; Monument Management Plan (Feb. 24, 2021)
AGENCY:Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Interior; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.ACTION:Notice of availability; request for comments. SUMMARY:The FWS and NOAA announce the availability of a draft monument management plan (MMP) for the...
FR Notice – Mariana Archipelago Bottomfish Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures (Feb. 22, 2021)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: This rulemaking proposes to establish annual catch limits (ACL) and annual catch...
FR Notice – Determination of Overfishing or an Overfished Condition (WCPO Silky Shark & Pacific Bluefin Tuna) (Feb. 17, 2021)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This action serves as a notice that NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), has found that Gulf of Mexico...
FR Notice – Critical Habitat for the Threatened Indo-Pacific Corals, Extension of Public Comment Period (Feb. 9, 2021)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; second extension of comment period. SUMMARY: We, NMFS, are extending the public comment period by 30 days for our proposed rule,...
Practicality and Efficacy of Tori Lines to Mitigate Albatross Interactions in the Hawaii Deep-set Longline Fishery
The Hawaii deep-set longline fishery incidentally interacts with seabirds, primarily Laysan (Phoebastria immutabilis) and black-footed (P. nigripes) albatrosses. Following a successful introduction of a suite of seabird mitigation measures in 2001, black-footed...