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February 5th - 7th Sea Turtle Cooperative Research Workshop

March 12th - 14th 79th SSC Meeting Council Conference Room, Honolulu

March 18th - 22nd 112th Council Meeting Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu

New Documents

• Winter 2002 Color
• Winter 2002 Black and White

Press Releases / Media Advisories / Media Alerts

• Press Release October 31 2001 Moratorium Suggested for American Samoa Longling Fishery
• Press Release October 31 2001 Federal Fishery Council to Address Moratorium for American Samoa Longline Fishery, Refuge for Precious Corals
• Press Release October 29 2001 Federal Fishery Council Votes to Establish Criteria for Western Pacific Community Demonstration Projects, Elects New
• Press Release October 25, 2001 Federal Fishery Council Votes to Approve American Samoa Longline Moratorium
• Press Release June 21, 2001 Council Approves Mega-Refugia for NW Hawaiian Islands Precious Corals, Adopts Coral Reef Ecosystem Plan
• Press Release June 18, 2001 One-Size-Fits-All Fishery Management Criticized
• Press Release June 16, 2001 US Pacific Islanders Say Feds Should Do More TO Protect Their Fisheries
• Press Release 12 June 2001 Federal Fishery to Address Recovery of Sea Turtles, Adopt Coral Reef Ecosystem Management Plan
• Press Release 21 May 2001 Scientists Urge Feds to Act to Recover Sea Turtles
• Press Release 2001 May 7 Protected Species to Dominate Fishery Discussions
• 2001 March 29 Press Release Hope High that Hawaii Longline Ban will end Tomorrow for Tuna Vessels
• 2001 March 14, Press Release Hawaii Longline Fleet Shuts Down at Midnight
• 2001 March 12, Press Release Closing Hawaii Longline Fisheries Will Do More Harm than Good for Turtle Conservation
• 2001 March 12,Media Alert Public Hearing on Draft Biological Opinion of the Pelagic Fisheries in the US Pacific Islands
• 2001 March 10, Press Release Federal proposal Would Send Hawaii Boats Out of Tuna Grounds and into Turtle Grounds
• 2001 March 7, Press Release US Fisheries Head to Unveil New Turtle-Take Reduction Rules for Hawaii Longline Vessels
• 2001 March 7, Press Release Council to Finalize Coral Reef Ecosystem Plan
• 2001 March 02, Press Release Plan Team, Advisory Panel to Meet for Final Review of Coral Reef Ecosystem Plan
• 2001 February 13, Press Release Let Them Catch Lobster, Council Says 
• Press Release Federal Policy Change Burdens Hawaii Fisherman with International Problem
• Press Release Feds Asked to Provide Science Behind Proposed Fishery Closure
• Press Release Federal Enforcement Agencies Debate Clinton's Coral Reef Orders, Congress's Shark Fin Ban
• Press Release Scientists Recommend Alternative Turtle Plan
• Press Release Scientists Criticize Seabird Biological Opinion
• Press Release Council's Pelagic Fisheries Standing Committee Opposes Federal Management Decisions
• Press Release Managers, Fishermen, to Address Regulatory Threats to Hawaii Fisheries
• Press Release - Draft Environmental Impact Statement of Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan Available for Public Review
• Fishery Council Acts to Better Protect Birds, Turtles
• Managers of Fisheries in Federal Waters of the U.S. Pacific Islands to Meet November 28th through December 1st.
• Council Acts to Close Lobster Fishery, Set Criteria for Bottomfish Fishery
• Pacific Nations Adopt Treaty for Joint Management of Pacific Tuna
• Council to Consider Adjustment of Precious Coral Quota for the Exploratory Area of the Hawaiian Islands
• Plan to Manage US Pacific Island Coral Reefs Lauded
• Coral Reef Needs of US Pacific Islands Debated
• Council Recommends Closed Area, Limited Entry Fishery in American Samoa EEZ
• U.S. Pacific Islanders Are Unequal Americans, Fishery Representatives Say
• Council Restricts Fining
• Council Finalizes Measures to Manage Sharks; Agrees to Measures Protecting NWHI Fisheries, Coral Reefs, Indigenous Fishing Rights
• Council to Finalize Shark Quota, Discuss NWHI Fisheries and Coral Reef Protection
• Council Finalizes Measure to Manage Sharks; Agrees to Measures Protecting NWHI Fisheries, Coral Reefs, Indigenous Fisheries Rights
• Council Seeks to Improve Management of Bottomfish, Crustacean, and Precious Coral Resources
• What is an EIS
• Public Meetings
• THREE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION PORTS AMONG THE TOP TEN U.S. PORTS IN COMMERCIAL FISHING VALUE
• Summary: Kauai Public Meeting on the draft Mau Zone Amendment
• Summary: Oahu Public Meeting on the draft Mau Zone Amendment
• Pelagics Advisory Panel Meeting
• WESTERN PACIFIC REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL TAKES FINAL ACTION ON FOUR MAJOR ISSUES AT IT’S 97^th COUNCIL
• FINAL ACTION ON FOUR MAJOR ISSUES AT IT'S 97^th COUNCIL MEETING IN KAILUA KONA, 14-16 APRIL 1998

• WESTERN PACIFIC REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCILHOLDS FIRST EVER BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS POPULATION DYNAMIC WORKSHOP IN HONOLULU, HAWAII, 8-10 OCTOBER 1998
  Sharks , Birds, Coral Reefs Dominate "Fishery" Management Decisions

Newsletters

• Winter 2002 Color
• Winter 2002 Black and White
• Spring 2001
• Fall 2000
• History of the Fisheries in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
• Summer 2000
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Information Sheets

• Information Sheet Hawaiian Monk Seals
• Information Sheet Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
• Fishery Rights of Indigenous Peoples of the US Pacific Islands
• Community Development Programs and Demonstration Projects
• Hawaii Lobster Fisheries
• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Hoomalu Zone Bottomfish Fishery
• Main Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Management
• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Mau Zone Bottomfish Fishery
• Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council
• Coral Reef Ecosystem
• Precious Corals
• Marine Debris
• Status of the Fisheries in the Western Pacific Region
• Akule and Opelu
• Black Coral
• Main Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Management
• Community Development Programs and Demonstration Projects
• Essential Fish Habitat
• Recreational Fisheries Data
• Hawaii Pelagic Fisheries
• Hawaii Lobster Fisheries
• Coral Reef Ecosystems Draft Fishery Management Plan
• Shark Fining
• Blue Shark