by wpcouncil | Jun 14, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases
Kona crab drawing. Courtesy NOAA Fisheries/Kat Uno HONOLULU (11 June 2019) Renowned scientists from throughout the Pacific will meet June 18-20 in Honolulu to consider a range of issues facing the offshore fisheries of Hawai’i and the US Territories of...
by wpcouncil | Apr 15, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases
Press Release, News and Updates ← Previous Post Next Post → HONOLULU (15 April 2019) Federal fishery managers on Friday concluded its nearly year-long effort to provide relief to the Hawai’i-based shallow-set longline fishery for swordfish....
by wpcouncil | Mar 29, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases, Protected Species
Press Releases ← Previous Post Next Post → HONOLULU (29 March 2019) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has announced that the Biological Opinion (BiOp) Review Advisory Panel meeting scheduled for April 2 and the 177th Council meeting...
by wpcouncil | Mar 21, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases
Press Releases Press Release – Federally Managed Fisheries in US Pacific Islands Face a Mixed Future (21 March 2019) HONOLULU (21 March 2019) Federal fishery managers concluded their meeting in Honolulu today after dealing since Tuesday with a mixed bag of good...
by wpcouncil | Mar 20, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases
Press Release, News + Updates ← Previous Post Next Post → HONOLULU (20 March 2019) At 9:40 a.m. yesterday, minutes after Kitty M. Simonds completed the executive director’s report to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, the...
by wpcouncil | Mar 18, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases
Press Releases ← Previous Post Next Post → HONOLULU (18 March 2019) Projects to develop fisheries topped the list of needs identified by fishermen from Hawai‘i, American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) during...