Oct. 11-14, 2016
168th Council Meeting, Honolulu
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Sept. 1-10
IUCN World Conservation Congress, Honolulu
Sept. 15-16
Our Ocean Conference, Washington, DC
Sept. 20-23
US Coral Reef Task Force, Saipan and Guam
Sept. 21-27
Technical Committee, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
Sept. 28
FAD Management, Working Group,
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
Oct. 4-6
124th Scientific and Statistical Committee, Honolulu
Oct. 6-7
Permanent Advisory Committee to US
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commissio Commissioners, Honolulu
Oct. 11-14
168th Meeting of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, Honolulu
Oct. 13
Fishers Forum, Honolulu
Oct. 18-20
Rare Events Bycatch Workshop, Honolulu
Oct. 25-27
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Technical Meeting on Dorado, Panama City, Panama
Oct. 25-28
False Killer Whale Recovery Planning Threats Workshop, Honolulu
Nov. 3-8
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Turtle
Workshop, Honolulu
Dec. 5-9
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission 13th Regular Session, Nadi, Fiji
For more information and agendas for upcoming meetings, visit
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Welcome to the Summer 2016 edition of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council's
Pacific Islands Fishery News! Click
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U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii, 1990-2013)
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Prominent Native Hawaiians and Politicians Ask
In early 2016, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and seven native Hawaiians asked President Obama to expand the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM) using his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906....
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Will NWHI Monument Expansion Benefit Protected Species?
Proponents of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM) expansion argue that the existing boundary around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) does not allow for proper care and management of protected species, including migratory
birds, marine mammals and sea turtles....
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Will lines Drawn in NWHI Offshore Waters Mitigate Climate Change, Help Coral Reefs?
Proponents for expanding the no-take Papahanaumokua kea Marine
National Monument (PMNM) to engulf the entire offshore waters surrounding the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) claim the action would help mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration....
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Do Offshore Marine Reserves Protect Highly Migratory Species?
There seems to be an ongoing competition, primed principally by environmental non-government organizations (ENGOs) to establish the largest marine reserves on the planet. Most of these area closures permit little to no fishing, particularly commercial fishing...
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Would a NWHI Monument Expansion Undermine Marine Planning Executive Order?
With the proposal on the table to expand the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM) under the Antiquities Act of 1906, the time is ripe to examine how President Obama's previous executive order (EO) would conflict with the expansion...
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M
arine National Monuments - The Human Dimension
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In their excellent 1995 tome
A New Century for Natural
Resources Management, Knight and Bates and their co-authors illustrate why and how "out of sight"
no longer equates to
"out of mind."... Read More
NWHI Monument- How it Began
Rewind the clock back prior to the efforts to close the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) to fishing and you'll find a well-managed and sustainable fishery providing healthy local seafood to Hawai'i's communities....Read More
No Fisheries, Enforcement Benefits from Expanded Pacific Remote Islands Monument
In September 2014, President Obama expanded the Pacific Remote
Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) from 86,888 square miles to 490,000 square miles, which is about three times the size of California...Read More
Rose Atoll Monument, Refuge, Sanctuary and Restricted Fishing Area
The atoll of Muliava was designated as the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument (MNM) on Jan. 6, 2009, by President George W. Bush, effectively closing 10,156 square nautical miles (nm, or 13,451 square miles) of emergent and submerged lands and waters of and around Rose Atoll in American Samoa to fishing... Read More
Broken Promises: Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
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Indigenous anti-monument protesters awaited the arrival of James Connaughton, President Bush's Council on Environmental Quality chairman, to Saipan, CNMI, in October 2008. |
President George W. Bush designated the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (MNM) on Jan. 6, 2009, using his authority under the Antiquities Act through Proclamation 8335... Read More
Are Marine National Monuments
Grass Roots of Pew Driven?
The Expand Papahanaumokuakea
Marine National Monument (PMNM)
promotes itself as a "community-driven,
marine conservation effort." But is the
Pew Charitable Trusts the real driver?
Does the Government Care about Island Communities?
In 2006, native Hawaiian fisherman Leo Ohai approached the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council for support to enhance the multi-gear, multi-species training he was providing to young fishermen from his native Hawaiian community... Read More
Fishery Council Asks for Transparent Analysis of Proposed Marine Monument Expansion
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council at its 167th meeting held by teleconference on Aug. 3, 2016, agreed to a
resolution that asks the US government to address a suite of concerns before acting on the proposed expansion on the
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (MNM) in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands...Read More
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COUNCIL UPDATES, RECIPE & CALENDAR
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POSTCARDS FROM THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION
1: Capt. Calistro Reyes (in white shirt) of Padre De Familia with wife
Bernice, other family members, anglers and Saipan Fishermen Association officials with the winning trophy during the banquet for the 32nd Saipan International Fishing Tournament...Read more
In Memoriam
US Rep. Mark Takai (D-Hawaii), a strong supporter of the Hawai'i fishing community, passed away on July 20...Read more
New Outreach Materials
Fishermen Code of Conduct: Based on native Hawaiian traditional knowledge and cultural values, the code has had universal appeal throughout the Western Pacific Region. By request, the code has been translated into Samoan, Chamorro, Refaluwasch, Chuukese and, most recently, Korean and Chinese. A display featuring all
of the translations was exhibited at the Council's booth at the
Festival of the Pacific Arts, May 22 to June 4, 2016, in Guam.
...Click here to view Posters
 Pacific Islands Fishery Monographs: Protected Species Conservation by the Western Pacific Regional
Fishery Management Council. This fourth monograph in the series provides an overview of the many
actions that the Council has taken since its establishment in 1976 to minimize fishery impacts on
protected species. Click
here
to view Monograph
COUNCIL FAMILY UPDATES
Council Members: The Secretary of Commerce announced the appointment of three new members of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council. Their three-year terms began on Aug. 11...Read More
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