To monitor and evaluate fishery performance, the Council publishes annual reports for each of its five fishery ecosystem-based management plans. The Council’s Western Pacific Region Status of the Fisheries 2023 report is now available. The publication highlights some of the changes in the U.S. Pacific Island fisheries from 2021 to 2023. Fishery statistics can be influenced by numerous factors, including environmental changes and socioeconomic variables. In recent years, major climate events and the lingering impacts and ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic also affected regional fisheries in several ways. Some of these effects are described, in addition to recent stock statuses and management measures.

For the full reports, go to www.wpcouncil.org/annual-reports. To access the data used to generate the reports, go to www.wpcouncildata.org.

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