News + Announcements
FR Notice – False Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan; Trigger for the Southern Exclusion Zone Closure Met in 2021 (Mar. 8, 2022)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. SUMMARY: In 2021, four observed mortalities or serious injuries (M&SI) of false killer whales occurred...
Winter 2022 Pacific Island Fisheries News
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FR Notice – Rebuilding Plan for Guam Bottomfish (Feb. 18, 2022)
AGENCY:National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION:Final rule. SUMMARY:This final rule implements a rebuilding plan that includes annual catch limits (ACL) and accountability measures (AM) for the...
Request for Comments – Rebuilding Plan for the American Samoa Bottomfish Fishery (Comments due by March 21, 2022)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: NMFS proposes to implement a rebuilding plan that includes annual catch limits (ACL) and...
Request for Comments – Purse Seine Observer Exemptions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (Comments due by March 7, 2022)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: NMFS proposes regulations under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the...
Request for Comment – Garapan Fishing Base Shoreline Revetment (Comments due by Feb. 28, 2022)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of availability of a draft environmental assessment; request for comments. SUMMARY: NMFS announces the availability of a draft...
Request for comments: Amendment 5 to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the American Samoa Archipelago; American Samoa Bottomfish Fishery Rebuilding Plan (Comments due by March 22, 2022)
Action Announcement of availability of fishery ecosystem plan amendment; request for comments. Summary NMFS announces that the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) proposes to amend the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the American Samoa Archipelago (FEP)....
Request for Comments: Review of Nomination for Mariana Trench National Marine Sanctuary (Comments due by Feb. 22, 2022)
AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce (DOC). ACTION: Notice; request for written comments. SUMMARY: The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries...
Request for Comments: Pelagic Longline Gear and Operational Requirements (Comments due by Feb. 18, 2022)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: NMFS proposes to prohibit the use of wire leaders in the Hawaii deep-set longline fishery, and...
2022 Lunar Calendars are now available
2022 Amerika Samoa Lunar Calendar 2022 Eskaleran Pulan Chamorro/Refaluwasch Pápáál Maram (CNMI Lunar calendar) 2022 Fanha’aniyan Pulan CHamoru (Guam Lunar Calendar) 2022 Kaulana Mahina Hawai’i Lunar Calendar (Classroom version) 2022 Kaulana Mahina Hawai’i Lunar...