Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) last week issued a final rule that splits and sets separate limitations on fishing days for calendar year 2018 for the US purse seiner fleet to fish in the US exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and on the high seas — referred to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tri Marine International is hoping that the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will agree with the company that fishing access in the “Overlap Area” is important to the US purse seiner fleet, especially vessels that deliver their catch to American Samoa....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a proposed rule making, the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) outlined how it will allocate the additional 100 fishing days for the US purse seiner fleet fishing in the region to help American Samoa’s economy and its tuna canneries.
The NMFS is also...