Precious The Corals Fishery Management Plan of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

Appendix I Regulatory Impact Review and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Amendment Number 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for Corals and Reef Associated Plants and Invertebrates of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands Caribbean Fishery Management Council

Economic characteristics and management challenges of the Hawaii pelagic longline fisheries_ Will a catch share program help?

To date, none of the fisheries in the U.S. Pacific Islands Region is managed under a catch share program. In light of the NOAA policy to encourage the use of catch shares as a fishery management tool, the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (WPFMC) listed six commercial fisheries, including the Hawaii pelagic longline fishery, the largest in the region, as potential candidates for catch ...

Overview of Management Actions Taken by the Pacific Fishery Management Council to Account for and Minimize Bycatch of Groundfish

Regulatory efforts to reduce bycatch fulfill multiple management goals -from protecting overfished and depleted species, to preventing over-harvest of species of unknown abundance, to acknowledging that vessels using different gear types require different harvest strategies, to matching within-year harvest rates to within-year abundance and congregation habits of managed species. These goals mu...

Document Iattc-80-08 Status and Distribution of Seabirds in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and Interactions with Fisheries

The interaction of seabirds with fisheries (particularly those using longline gear) has become an international issue, as demonstrated by the adoption of the FAO International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catches of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries (IPOA-Seabirds), and resolutions and mandatory mitigation requirements by regional fishery management organizations (RFMOs). In 2004, the Ag...

Corals, Canyons, and Conservation: Science Based Fisheries Management Decisions in the Eastern Bering Sea

When making science matter for conservation, marine conservation practitioners, and managers must be prepared to make the appropriate decision based on the results of the best available science used to inform it. For nearly a decade, many stakeholders encouraged the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to enact protections for deep-sea corals in several canyons in the Eastern Bering Sea slo...