National Marine Fisheries Service
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Taotasi Archie Soliai, Director of Marine & Wildlife Resources has recently written to the National Marine Fisheries Service of his “deep concern regarding the non-recognition of the US-flagged American Samoa based purse seine fleet as a locally based American Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The federal court in Honolulu has officially adjudicated a civil lawsuit, brought by the Territory of American Samoa — through ASG and the Governor’s Office — against federal defendants, including the U.S National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) dealing with the Large...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Tunaboat Association (ATA) “strongly opposes” the U.S National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed rule that eliminates its use of a combined purse seine effort limit in the “Effort Limit Area for Purse Seine” (ELAPS), and creates two separate limits of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) director, Taotasi Archie Soliai has informed the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that “bottomfishing is a culturally-important fishery in our islands” and that this “fishery was “damaged by the 2009 tsunami and has been...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In February 2020, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) informed the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council about a change in stock status for the American Samoa bottomfish management unit species complex — from not overfished and not subject to...
HONOLULU — The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced last week that the requirement for the Hawai‘i and American Samoa pelagic longline fisheries to electronically report their catch will be effective Sept. 7, 2021. This regulation is intended to reduce human error, improve data...
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) proposes to require the use of electronic logbooks in Hawaii pelagic longline fisheries and on Class C and D vessels in the American Samoa pelagic longline fishery.
“This proposed rule is intended to reduce human error,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Attorneys representing the Territory of American Samoa — through ASG and the Governor’s Office — are asking the United States Supreme Court to approve its “writ of certiorari” to review a federal appeal’s court ruling, which reversed a lower court decision dealing with...
Hagåtña, GUAM — Federal officials did not consult Guam and other territories before designating shallow nearshore areas of Pacific islands as critical coral habits, and now senators are asking that the move be halted until they can have input.
In November, the National Marine Fisheries Service...