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Honolulu, HAWAII — The Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) this week reviewed options to sustainably fish for American Samoa bottomfish species caught in federal waters 3-200 miles offshore from 2024 to 2026.
In their discussion, SSC members took...
HONOLULU — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council recommended this week that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) implement a 5,000-pound annual catch limit (ACL) for the American Samoa bottomfish stock complex.
According to a 2019 NMFS assessment, the 11-species bottomfish...
HONOLULU — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council voted to defer action on the rebuilding plan for the federally managed bottomfish complex in American Samoa at its virtual meeting yesterday in Honolulu.
In February 2020, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) informed the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing a temporary rule for an interim catch limit (ICL) of 13,000 pound of American Samoa bottomfish for fishing year 2020.
NMFS, which is seeking public comments for submission by Sept. 28th — next week Monday on...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will convene June 22 to 25 to address management of American Samoa bottomfish and protected species interactions in the Hawai'i and American Samoa longline fisheries.
The meeting will be held by video conference with host...
HONOLULU — Scientists from throughout the Pacific will meet March 3-5 in Honolulu to discuss allocation limits for longline-caught bigeye tuna in American Samoa, Guam, and CNMI. The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will convene 8:...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Scientists assessed the stocks of bottomfish in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and the results varied.
Bottomfish stocks in three U.S. Pacific territories are not as healthy as previously thought, according to a new report from NOAA’s...