Media Center

Outreach and Press

• Pacific Magazine articles:
  • 'Come Back Leatherback' Seeks Long-term Recovery of the Pacific Sea Turtle
  • US Pacific Islands Celebrate 30 Years of Fisheries Management
  • Pacific Island Longline Fisheries Benefit from US Management Model, Canneries
  • Marine Educators Form Network to Protect Resources of the Pacific
  • Scientists Rebut Claims of Oceanic Fish Extinction
• 2008 Lunar Calendar
• Information and Alternatives Regarding Overfishing in the Hawaii Bottomfish Fishery (632KB pdf)
• Pacific Island Mangroves in a Changing Climate and Rising Sea (2.2MB pdf)
• APEC Derelict Fishing Gear & Related Marine Debris Seminar- Presentations and Documents
• Strategic Plan for the Conservation and Management of Marine Resources in the Pacific Islands Region (3.9MB pdf)
• Final PIR Stakeholder Assessment Report (171KB pdf)
• History of the Fisheries in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (pdf)

Videos

• WESPAC Press Conference

Presentations

• 118 Council Blue Marlin show
• BF evaluation2 show
• Hi scoping presnt show
• Private FADS show
• Regulatory process -AP presentation show
• Roy's HMS Regulations show

Press Releases:

• 04-23-08: International Roundtable Calls for Improved Regional Management and Use of Market-Driven Incentives for Sustainable Tuna Production
• 04-17-08: Workshop Kicks Off Marine Education and Training Initiative for US Pacific Islands
• 04-15-08: Federal Fishery Managers Reaffirm Purse Seine Closures for US Pacific Islands
• 04-11-08: Main Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Seasonal Closure
• 04-10-08: Federal Fishery Managers to Address Longline, Purse Seine and Bottomfish Fishery Issues in the US Pacific Islands
• 03-21-08: Federal Fishery Managers Hear CNMI Opposition to Marine Monument Proposal, Vote to Ban Purse-Seine Fishing in CNMI Waters
• 03-18-08: Federal Fishery Managers Recommend Purse Seine Area Closure for Guam
• 03-17-08: US Representative Bordallo opens Regional Fishery Management Meeting on Guam
• 03-07-08: Federal Fishery Managers to Meet in March to Review Scientists Recommendations on Hawaii Swordfish and Bottomfish Fishery
• 02-29-08: Scientists to Discuss Management of US Pacific Islands Bottomfish and Pelagic Fisheries
• 02-29-08: Scientists Discuss Ecosystem Risk Assessment for Fisheries in Hawaii and Other US Pacific Islands

Archived Press Releases