by wpcouncil | Sep 6, 2024 | News and Updates, Press Releases
News and Announcements Press Release – SSC Meeting to Tackle Key Fisheries Management Issues Next Week (6 September 2024) HONOLULU (6 September 2024) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will...
by Council Staff | Aug 28, 2024 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates, Protected Species
NEW *Public Comment Period extended to February 19, 2025. See FR notice here. NMFS will hold seven public hearings and three listening sessions related to their proposed rule to list five species of giant clams as endangered and five species of giant clams as...
by Council Staff | Aug 28, 2024 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates, Upcoming Other Meetings and Events
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and NMFS will convene a Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review (WPSAR) of the main Hawaiian Islands Aprion virescens (locally known as uku or gray/green jobfish) stock assessment update. The WPSAR meeting will...
by Council Staff | Aug 28, 2024 | American Samoa, Federal Register Notices, Management & Policy, News and Updates
NMFS proposes to amend the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the American Samoa Archipelago (FEP) to discontinue the rebuilding plan for American Samoa bottomfish and to implement single-species annual catch limits (ACL) and accountability measures (AM) for bottomfish in the...
by Council Staff | Aug 2, 2024 | Announcements, Federal Register Notices, Mariana Archipelago, News and Updates
This final rule implements an annual catch limit (ACL) and annual catch target (ACT) for bottomfish in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) for fishing years 2024 and 2025. This rule does not revise, add, or remove the most recent current...
by Council Staff | Aug 2, 2024 | American Samoa, Federal Register Notices, News and Updates
NMFS announces that the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) proposes to amend the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the American Samoa Archipelago (FEP). If approved, the FEP would be amended to discontinue the rebuilding plan for American Samoa bottomfish...
