Press Releases
Press Release – Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Maintains 346,000-Pound Catch Limit for Hawai`i Deep 7 Bottomfish, Urges the Feds to Support US Fisheries at International Meetings
HONOLULU (24 October 2014) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council concluded its three-day 161st meeting yesterday in Honolulu, voting to maintain its previous recommendation of 346,000 pounds for the 2014-2015 annual catch limit (ACL) for main...
Press Release – Fishers Forum on Hawai`i Yellowfin and North Pacific Striped Marlin Management
HONOLULU (16 October 2014) The public is invited to attend the Fishers Forum on Hawai`i yellowfin tuna and North Pacific striped marlin and view a sneak preview of ‘Ahi–The Yellowfin Tuna. This short documentary focuses on the importance of the species and research on...
Press Release – Scientists to Review Pacific Bigeye Tuna, North Pacific Striped Marlin and Other US Pacific Island Fishery Management Measures
HONOLULU (10 October 2014) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Sci entific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will convene 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 14 to 16, 2014, at the Council office, 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, to review management...
Press Release – Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Responds to the President’s Pacific Monument Expansion Decision
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) acknowledges that the President's amended Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) expansion plan reduces the economic toll the original plan would have taken on sustainable US Pacific...
Press Release – Workshop Addresses Issue of Disproportionate Burden in Pacific Island Fisheries
HONOLULU (WPRFMC) – 23 September 2014 – The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council sponsored a first of its kind workshop on Sept. 18–20, 2014, at the Council office in Honolulu to discuss the concept of “disproportionate burden.” The subject of...
Press Release – Education Memorandum of Understanding Signed to Build Territory, Commonwealth Fishery Management Capacity
HONOLULU (WPRFMC) – 12 September 2014 – A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at building the capacity of the US Pacific Island territories to manage their fisheries and fishery-related resources has been signed by more than a dozen higher education institutions...
Press Release – At White House, Pacific Island Delegation Warns that the President’s Proposed Marine Monument Expansion Will Fail American Fishermen
At an hour-long West Wing meeting yesterday, fisheries managers and commercial fishing industry representatives from the U.S. Pacific Islands spoke with Counselor to the President John Podesta and senior officials from the White House Council on Environmental Quality...
Press Release – (VIDEO) Opposition Mounts to Obama’s Proposed Pacific Monument Expansion at Honolulu Town Hall Listening Session
HONOLULU (WPRFMC) -- August 25, 2014 – The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) has released a video compilation of concerns raised about anticipated negative consequences of the Obama Administration’s proposed expansion of the Pacific Remote...
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...
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...