Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is the policy-making organization for the management of fisheries around the Territory of American Samoa, Territory of Guam, State of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and US Pacific island possessions--an area of nearly 1.5 million square miles. The main task of the Council is to protect fishery resources while maintaining opportunities for domestic fishing at sustainable levels of effort and yield. To accomplish this, the Council monitors fisheries within its region and prepares and modifies fishery management plans as needed.

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