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US National Marine Fisheries Service

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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In light of the ongoing pandemic, the Hawaii Longline Association (HLA) have requested the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to delay the effective date of the landing requirement for large vessels in the American Samoa longline fishery program. In a July...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US National Marine Fisheries Service is moving to implement a regulatory exemption that allows certain U.S. longline vessels, 50 feet and larger (large longline vessels) to fish in portions of the American Samoa’s Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) in territorial...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A House Concurrent Resolution supports the request by the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) to suspend the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed coral critical habitat designation process that will impact coral in the waters of American...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The federal government has requested additional time to file a response to the Territory of American Samoa’s writ of certiorari petition to review a federal appeal’s court ruling, which reversed a lower court decision dealing with the Large Vessel Protected Area (LVPA)...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a notice published through the Federal Register, the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced this week that it is extending for another 30-days — through Mar. 27th — the public comment period for its proposed rule, to designate critical habitat for seven...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The governors of American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas and Guam have requested the US National Marine Fisheries Service to provide an additional 90-days for public comments on the proposed rule to designate critical habitat for seven threatened corals in...
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Washington, D.C. — The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) yesterday announced through the federal portal (www.regulations.gov) that a final rule, effective Dec. 10th, will remove the swordfish retention limit in the American Samoa deep-set longline fishery. “ “The intent of this rule is to...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono has approved a Senate Concurrent Resolution lending its support to a request by the Department of Marine of Wildlife Resources (DMWR) to a federal fishery agency “to suspend or vacant the interim measure” imposed on the limitation of bottomfish caught in federal...
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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...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has proposed to remove the swordfish retention limit in the American Samoa deep-set longline fishery and deadline for public comments was yesterday, July 14th. However, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management...

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