by wpcouncil | Aug 1, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates
ACTION: Announcement of a valid specified fishing agreement. SUMMARY: NMFS announces a valid specified fishing agreement that allocates up to 1,000 metric tons (t) of the 2019 bigeye tuna limit for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to U.S....
by wpcouncil | Jul 29, 2019 | Past Other Meetings and Events
Date: July 29-August 2, 2019 Location: Cartagena, Colombia
by wpcouncil | Jul 24, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule; fishery closure. SUMMARY: NMFS is closing the U.S. pelagic longline fishery for bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific...
by wpcouncil | Jul 11, 2019 | Key Council Correspondence
News + Annoucements Council comments on fishing prohibition in the PMNM in response to EO 13792 and 13795 (July 11, 2019) On July 11, 2019, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council sent a letter to President Trump restating its request to remove the fishing...
by wpcouncil | Jul 3, 2019 | General, News and Updates
[Below is the Council’s full response submitted to Honolulu Civil Beat, including the section (highlighted in yellow) that Civil Beat redacted.] In a series of recent articles and an editorial, the Honolulu Civil Beat made several allegations against the Western...
