american samoa bottomfish
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has endorsed their Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) recommendation to use a single-species, age-structured management approach for the next American Samoa bottomfish stock assessment scheduled for 2023. The...
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 — Scientists from throughout the Pacific will meet Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, 2020, to discuss fishery management issues and make management recommendations for fisheries in the Western Pacific Region. The meeting of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional...


![The Council at its 188th meeting will consider taking final action on the American Samoa Bottomfish Rebuilding Plan [SN file photo] Two men looking at bottom fish on board a boat](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/bottomfish_0.jpg?itok=hCf2OUqF)
![The SSC will set the acceptable biological catch for the American Samoa bottomfish fishery for fishing years 2021-2022. [courtesy photo] bottomfish on ice](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/bottom_fish_on_iceweb.jpg?itok=4-sQF9tm)