Hawaii Archipelago

Bottomfish News

• Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region - 2007 December 19
  • FR Notice, 2007/12/27
• Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: Measures to End Bottomfish Overfishing in the Hawaiian Archipelago - March 30, 2006 (3.6MB pdf)
• Amendment to the Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fishery Management Plan for the Hawaii Archipelago (3.2MB pdf)
• Information and Alternatives Regarding Overfishing in the Hawaii Bottomfish Fishery (632KB pdf)
• Final Environmental Impact Statement Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (html)
• Bottomfish Stock Assessment Workshop - Final Panel Report (185KB pdf)
• Managing Marine Fisheries of Hawaii & the U.S. Pacific Islands - Past, Present & Future - Bottomfish & Seamount Fisheries (pdf)

Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish
Fishery Management Plan

Mark Mitsuyasu
Program Officer
(808) 522-6040

The Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fishery Management plan regulates fishing for bottomfish and seamount groundfish species in the waters of the western Pacific region

Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Annual Reports

• 2005 Annual Report*
  
  

  Select a Module: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Annual Report Plan Team Members Glossary of Terms Plan Administration Protected Species Conservation USCG Enforcement Activities NOAA OLE Activities PIFSC Publications The Bottomfish Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region 2005 Annual Report is available in pdf format.  Copies of the plan are also available on hard copy or CD.  * Note: The 2005 Annual Report has been reformatted from the previous year. The report is restructured to include the island area modules into the report and includes new sections on the description of fisheries by island area.

• 2004 Annual Report
  
  

  Select a Module: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction American Samoa Guam Hawaii CNMI Status of Bottomfish Stocks Glossary  The Bottomfish Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region 2004 Annual Report is available in pdf format.  Copies of the plan are also available on hard copy or CD.

• 2003 Annual Report
  
  

  Select a Module: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction American Samoa Guam Hawaii CNMI Status of Bottomfish Stocks Glossary Background, Stock Status & Management Issues  The Bottomfish Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region 2003 Annual Report is available in pdf format.  Copies of the plan are also available on hard copy or CD.

• 2002 Annual Report
  
  

  Select a Module: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction American Samoa Guam Hawaii CNMI Glossary  The Bottomfish Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region 2002 Annual Report is available in pdf format.  Copies of the plan are also available on hard copy or CD.

• 2001 Annual Report
  
  

  Select a Module: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction American Samoa Module Guam Module Hawaii Module Part 1 Hawaii Module Part 2 Hawaii Module Part 3 CNMI Module NMFS Activities Module Enforcement Module 2001 Bottomfish Plan Team Glossary  The Bottomfish Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region 2001 Annual Report is available in pdf format.  Copies of the plan are also available on hard copy or CD.

Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Document Library

• Bottomfish Identification Cards (229KB pdf)
• Reconstruction of Coral Reef and Bottomfish Fisheries in the U.S. Pacific 1950-2002 (1.4MB pdf)
• Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: Measures to End Bottomfish Overfishing in the Hawaiian Archipelago - March 30, 2006 (3.6MB pdf)
• Amendment to the Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fishery Management Plan for the Hawaii Archipelago (3.2MB pdf)
• Information and Alternatives Regarding Overfishing in the Hawaii Bottomfish Fishery (632KB pdf)
• Final Environmental Impact Statement Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region
  
  

  Select a Module: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Table of Contents and Summary Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Glossary Index Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Preparers

• Bottomfish Stock Assessment Workshop - Final Panel Report (185KB pdf)
• Managing Marine Fisheries of Hawaii & the U.S. Pacific Islands - Past, Present & Future - Bottomfish & Seamount Fisheries (pdf)
• Bottomfish Draft EIS (pdf)
• Bottomfish Profiles:
  
  

  Select a Profile: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bottomfish Front Bottomfish Back Bottomfish Table Card Inside Bottomfish Table Card Outside Ehu Front Ehu Back Hapuupuu Front Hapuupuu Back Lobster Front Lobster Back Onaga Front Onaga Back Opakapaka Front Opakapaka Back Uku Front Uku Back

• Recipes:
  
  

  Select a Recipe: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Opakapaka (Pink Snapper) Ahi (Tuna) Kajiki (Pacific Blue Marlin)

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