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Press Release – Scientists Recommend Removing Catch Limits, Increasing Allocation Limits for US Pacific Territory Longline-Caught Bigeye Tuna (20 June 2019)

by wpcouncil | Jun 20, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (20 June 2019) The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council concluded a three-day meeting today in Honolulu recommending bigeye tuna catch limits and allocation amounts for the US Participating...

FR Notice – Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries: 2019 U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits (Jun. 21, 2019)

by wpcouncil | Jun 7, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates

Action Proposed specifications; request for comments. Summary NMFS proposes a 2019 limit of 2,000 metric tons (t) of longline-caught bigeye tuna for each U.S. Pacific territory (American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)). NMFS...

FR Notice – Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Procedures for the Active and Inactive Vessel Register (April 16, 2019)

by wpcouncil | Apr 19, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates

Federal Register Notices ← Previous Post Next Post →   ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.SUMMARY: NMFS is proposing regulations under the Tuna ConventionsAct of 1950 (TCA), as amended, to implement International MaritimeOrganization (IMO)...

FR Notice – Fishing Restrictions for Tropical Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean for 2018 to 2020 (April 11, 2018)

by wpcouncil | Apr 11, 2018 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates

SUMMARY: NMFS is issuing regulations under the Tuna Conventions Act to implement Resolution C–17–02 (Conservation Measures for Tropical Tunas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean During 2018–2020 and Amendment to Resolution C–17–01), which was adopted at the 92nd Meeting of...

World Tuna Day Poster

by wpcouncil | Apr 29, 2017 | General

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