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Press Release – Scientists Recommend Removing Catch Limits, Increasing...
Bigeye tuna drawing. Courtesy Les Hata, Secretariat of the Pacific CommunityHONOLULU (20 June 2019) The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management...
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Press Release – Council Responds to Honolulu Civil Beat Series, Acts on...
Council Executive Director Kitty Simonds (center) with (from left) Chair Archie Soliai and Vice Chairs John Gourley (CNMI), Dean Sensui (Hawai’i) and Michael Duenas (Guam).HONOLULU (26 June 2019) The...
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Press Release – Fishery Managers Recommend Removing Bigeye Tuna Quota Limit...
HONOLULU (27 June 2019) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, yesterday in Honolulu, recommended removing the 2,000 metric (mt) annual catch limit for bigeye tuna caught by longline...
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Press Release – Hawai’i Longline Fishery for Swordfish Poses No Jeopardy to...
Leatherback turtle. (NOAA photo).HONOLULU (27 June 2019) A long-awaited final biological opinion (BiOp) on the Hawai’i shallow-set longline fishery was released today by the National Marine Fisheries...
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Press Release – Federal Managers to Make Final Recommendations on Leatherback...
Leatherback sea turtle. Photo courtesy USFWS. HONOLULU (6 August 2019) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will meet on Aug. 8, 2019, to consider final recommendations on the...
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Press Release – Federal Managers Finalize Turtle Interaction Measures with...
Loggerhead sea turtle. Photo courtesy NMFS.HONOLULU (9 August 2019) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council met yesterday to amend the Pelagic Fishery Ecosystem Plan with revisions to...
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Press Release – Researchers and Feds to Address Quality of Science Used to...
Biosampling research is among ongoing efforts to improve available data for hundreds of fish species in Hawai’i and the US Pacific Territories HONOLULU (9 October 2019) Scientists from throughout the...
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Press Release – Hawai‘i Shallow-Set Longline Fishery Has No Discernable...
News and Announcements ← Previous Post Next Post → HONOLULU (16 October 2019) Scientists from throughout the Pacific meeting this week in Honolulu found that mortality by the Hawai’i shallow-set...
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Press Release – Lt. Governor, Congresswoman, Territory Commerce Department...
News and Announcements ← Previous Post Next Post → Va’amua Henry Sesepasara, Taulapapa William Sword and Congresswoman Aumua Amata RadewagenUTULEI, AMERICAN SAMOA (23 October 2019) “Fisheries sustains...
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Press Release – Interim Bottomfish Measure Addresses Overfishing, Allows...
Press Release ← Previous Post American Samoa Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources delivering fuel to Manu’a islands for use by fishing vessels. UTULEI, AMERICAN SAMOA (24 October 2019)...
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