News + Announcements
FR Notice – Notice of Availability for Pelagic FEP Amendment 10 (Sea Turtle Limits in the Hawaii Shallow-set Pelagic Longline Fishery) and Request for Comments (23 Jan. 2020)
Action Notice of availability of a fishery ecosystem plan amendment; request for comments. Summary NMFS announces that the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) proposes to amend the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western...
Press Release – Hawai’i Swordfish Harvest Is Back after Nine-Month Hiatus – New Measures Will Aid Fishery and Protect Sea Turtles (16 January 2020)
Swordfish landed by the Hawai'i longline fleet being prepared for auction in Honolulu. HONOLULU (16 January 2020)The Hawai'i swordfish fishery is expected to land its first catch in nine months tomorrow. This healthy fishery produces approximately 55 percent of...
Fall 2019 Pacific Islands Fishery News
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FR notice – Draft 2019 Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports (Nov. 27, 2019)
ACTION: Notice; request for comments and new information. SUMMARY: NMFS reviewed the Alaska, Atlantic, and Pacific regional marine mammal stock assessment reports (SARs) in accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). SARs for marine mammals in the Alaska,...
2020-2021 US Pacific Territories Fishery Capacity-Building Scholarship Announcement, Applications due March 2, 2020
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and its Education Committee members are pleased to announce the availability of up to three undergraduate or graduate scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year. These scholarships support the aspiration of...
FR Notice – Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Reopening and Closing of the Purse Seine Fishery in the ELAPS in 2019 (Nov. 29, 2019)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule; fishery reopening; fishery closure. SUMMARY: NMFS is temporarily reopening the U.S. purse seine fishery in the Effort Limit Area...
FR Notice – Request for nominations for Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (Nov. 20, 2019)
ACTION: Notice; request for nominations. SUMMARY: Nominations are being sought for appointment to a new task force of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC) to support its advisory work for the Secretary of Commerce on living marine resource matters. The task...
2020 Pacific Islands Region Marine Education and Training Mini-Grant Program-DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEB 13
Federal Funding Opportunity: NOAA-NMFS-PIRO-2020-2006309 Full Announcement via Grants.gov: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=322502 Due Date: Proposals must be received by http://www.Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery...
FR Notice – Area of Overlap Between the Convention Areas of the Inter- American Tropical Tuna Commission and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (Nov. 7, 2019)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.SUMMARY: NMFS seeks comments on this proposed rule issued under authority of the Western and...
FR Notice – 2019 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Bigeye Tuna Fishery Closure (Oct. 29, 2019)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.SUMMARY: NMFS is closing the U.S. pelagic longline fishery for bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific...