by wpcouncil | Feb 16, 2017 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (16 Feb. 2017) The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced on Monday its intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to analyze the environmental impacts of U.S. Pacific Island deep-set tuna longline fisheries managed...
by wpcouncil | Oct 21, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases
UTULEI, AMERICAN SAMOA (21 October 2015) Meetings leading up to the convening of the 164th Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council continued yesterday in Utulei, American Samoa. The Pelagic and International Standing Committee began the day supporting...
by wpcouncil | Oct 9, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (08 Oct. 2015) For the past two months, since early August, about a quarter of the 145 active vessels in the Hawaii longline fleet have been prohibited from catching their target species, bigeye tuna. Arbitrary quotas not linked to conservation objectives are...
by wpcouncil | Apr 2, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (02 April 2015) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is pleased to announce the free public screenings and availability of the full-length version of the locally made documentary ‘Ahi, The Yellowfin Tuna: Managing Our Fisheries. This...
by wpcouncil | Mar 20, 2015 | News and Updates, Press Releases
HONOLULU (20 March 2015) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, at the conclusion of its three-day meeting in Honolulu on Wednesday, recommended an amendment to the American Samoa Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) regulations. If approved by the...
