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Overview Western Pacific Council Overview The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (WPFMC) is one of eight regional fishery management councils created by the 1976 Magnuson Fisheries Conservation and Management Act, renamed Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act in 1996, to manage living marine resources within that area. The WPFMC is responsible for the creation of management plans for fishery resources (FMPs) in Federal waters off the coasts of American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, the Northern Mariana Islands and other US Pacific islands. These FMPs are for: Western Pacific crustaceans; Western Pacific precious corals; bottomfish and seamount groundfish; Western Pacific pelagics; and coral reef ecosystems. The EFH descriptions and identifications for the Western Pacific's FMPs were approved on February 3, 1999, except for coral reef ecosystems, which were approves on June 14, 2002. This website is designed to inform viewers about these Western Pacific EFH descriptions and identifications. Contact the WPFMC: Tel: 808.522.8220 About the WPFMC
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| EFH Descriptions and Identifications | ||||
| Western Pacific Council FMP Documents (includes EFH Descriptions in text) | ||||
Council Habitat Type and EFH Maps (geographical extent of EFH) |
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| EFH National Information Home | ||||
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Life history information used to describe and identify EFH for species by the Western Pacific Council is accessible by using the jump bar below. General text and more species specific tabular descriptions of these federally managed species is available upon selecting a species from the Managed Species bar and clicking "Go".
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