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Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission

Taotasi Archie Soliai,
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 20th Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting convened in the Cook Islands in a meeting that ran past 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Although the meeting resulted in a revised tropical tuna conservation and management measure (CMM...
 From left Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen, Dr Sangaalofa Clark, Dr Josie Tamate and Dr Rhea Moss-Christian
Da Nang, VIETNAM — The annual meeting of the countries involved in the world's largest and most lucrative tuna fishery concluded in Vietnam on Saturday. The 26 members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission constitute resource owning island nations and foreign countries whose...
Taotasi Archie Soliai
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Department of Marine Wildlife and Resources director, Taotasi Archie Soliai, continues his plea for US tuna boats to be given Small Island Developing States (SIDS) status. Taotasi made the comments at the annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries...
Part of the American Samoa longliner fleet
Honolulu, HAWAII — A drive to increase Hawaii longliners’ bigeye tuna quota has again fallen short at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. The U.S. delegation to the WCPFC requested that its longline bigeye quota be increased by 3,000 metric tons, noting stocks appeared to not be...
 A fisheries officer in Majuro heads out to sea
Majuro, MARSHALL ISLANDS — Every year, a potential showdown looms between Pacific island countries and distant water fishing nations at the annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) that happens early next month - over one issue or another. This year is no...
Big eye tuna
Honolulu, HAWAII — Pacific Islands fisheries leaders are satisfied with the outcomes of the just completed meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, or Tuna Commission, in Hawaii. There have been agreements to maintain the current limits on the tuna catch, minimum labour...
A transshipment vessel off shore of a Pacific island
Honolulu, HAWAII — Pacific Island fisheries leaders want the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, or Tuna Commission, to start effectively managing transshipments on the high seas. The existing Commission measure governing transshipment was adopted in 2009 and is intended for review...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fishing on high seas and fish aggregating devices (FAD) management are among the concerns and issues for the US-based American Tuna Association (ATA) that are expected to be shared at this week’s 15th Meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission which...
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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...
Tri Marine’s chief operations officer, Joe Hamby
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....

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