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Press Release – Council Responds to Obama Administration’s Proposed Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Expansion
HONOLULU (WPRFMC) – June 30, 2014 – The voting members of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) from the State of Hawaii, Territories of American Samoa and Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands have analyzed the Obama...
The First Stewards Symposium: Uniting Indigenous Voices on Climate Change kicks off at 6 p.m. Eastern Time today in Washington, DC, with the opening ceremony.
If you can't make it to the Symposium in person, then join via Livestream! http://new.livestream.com/accounts/889018/events/3198926 First Stewards Symposium 2014 Flyer Panel Descriptions Agenda
Press Release – Federal Fishery Managers Recommend New Annual Catch Limits, Address Other Measures for US Pacific Islands
HONOLULU (27 June 2014) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council today completed its three-day meeting in Honolulu with recommendations regarding annual catch limits (ACLs) for federally managed species in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth...
Spring 2014 Pacific Islands Fishery Newsletter
The Spring 2014 issue of the Pacific Islands Fishery Newsletter is here! Click on the image below to read online. Download the Spring 2014 Pacific Islands Fishery News here!
Press Release — Public Hearing on America Samoa Large Vessel Prohibited Area to be Held on May 3
HONOLULU (23 April 2014) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will hold a public hearing on the Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) in waters surrounding American Samoa from 4 to 6 p.m. on May 3, 2014, at the Sadie’s by the Sea conference room, in...
Press Release – Federal Fishery Managers Address Cumulative Impacts on Fishing Communities
TUMON, GUAM (21 March 2014) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, which has authority over federally managed fisheries in Hawai`i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the US Pacific remote island areas,...
Press Release – CNMI Got ‘Jacked,’ Fishery Management Council Is Told
HONOLULU (19 March 2014) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, which has authority over federally managed fisheries in Hawai`i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the US Pacific remote island areas,...
Press Release – Scientists Reiterate Recommendation to Open Hawai`i Bottomfish Fishing Areas, Suggest Revisions to Coral Reef Fisheries Annual Quotas
HONOLULU (15 March 2014) A group of 20 prominent scientists from throughout the Pacific concluded its three-day meeting Thursday in Honolulu with recommendations for the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council on federally managed fisheries in Hawai`i,...
Council Submits New Scientific Information to NMFS for the 66 coral Species Proposed for Listing under the ESA
On February 11, 2014, the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council submitted new scientific information to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regarding the 66 coral species proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Previously unpublished...