Hawaii Archipelago

Precious Corals News

• Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Precious Corals Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region
  • Notice of Availability FR Notice, 2008/05/23
  • Proposed Rule FR Notice, 2008/05/30
  • Final Rule FR Notice, 2008/08/13 (effective September 12, 2008)
• Final Rule for Black Coral Minimum Size Rule Change
  • Final Rule FR Notice
  • Final Regulatory Amendment to the Precious Corals FMP
• Ecological impacts of Carijoa riisei on black coral habitat (131KB pdf)

Coral Reef
Fishery Management Plan

Joshua DeMello
Fishery Analyst
(808) 522-7493

The Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the precious corals fisheries of the western Pacific region was implemented in September 1983. The FMP and its amendments treat precious coral beds as distinct management units because of their widely separated, patch distribution and the sessile nature of individual colonies. More...

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  Select a Module: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 07 Regulatory Amendment 07 Regulatory Amendment Final Rule FR Notice Fishery Management Plan and EIS FMP FR Final Rule Notice 9/10/97 Amendment 1 Amendment 2 Amendment 2 FR Final Rule Notice 1/28/91 Amendment 3 Amendment 3 FR Final Rule Notice 9/10/97 Amendment 4 Amendment 4 - Fishing Communities Amendment 4 FR Final Rule Notice 4/19/99 Amendment 4 FR Supplemental Notice 8/5/03 Amendment 5 Amendment 5 FR Final Rule Notice 2/24/04 Amendment 6 Framework Adjustment 1 Framework Adjustment 1 FR Final Rule Notice 3/18/02 Framework Adjustment 2 The Fishery Management Plan for Precious Coral Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region is now online.  Many of these files will require a high-speed connection to download.  Please select a module and wait about 1 minute for the download to complete. Copies of the plan are also available on hard copy or CD.

 Precious Corals Document Library

• Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Precious Corals Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region
• 2006 Black Coral Science and Management Workshop (1.5MB pdf)
• Managing Marine Fisheries of Hawaii & the U.S. Pacific Islands - Past, Present & Future - Precious Coral Fisheries (pdf)