Scientific and Statistical Committee
Honolulu, HAWAII — Scientists will meet this week — Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2021 — to provide advice and comments to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council on tropical tuna annual catch limits, American Samoa bottonfish data, and other topics.
The meeting will be held virtually and is...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) supports inclusion of a new section on fishermen observations to the annual status of the fisheries regional and pelagic reports for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the...

![WesPac’s Scientific and Statistical committee may provide comments on the U.S. proposal to increase the domestic longline fleet’s catch limit for bigeye tuna. [photo: John Kaneko via WCPFC] Fishing boat docked](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/hi_pelagic_fishing.jpg?itok=frqyK17y)
