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NOAA LOGO Updates on the abandoned Hawaiian monk seal pup found on Kauai. more....
NOAA LOGO NOAA’s Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of persons poaching endangered sea turtles in the Territory of Guam and in the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands. more.... (pdf 84kB)
NOAA LOGO Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 bottomfish season now open. Track MHI bottomfish TAC landings here. Information and application form for the non-commercial bottomfish permit are available here.
NOAA LOGO October 15, 2008 Biological Opinion on Amendment 18 to Pelagic FMP (management modifications to HI shallow-set longline fishery) more.... (pdf 1.1MB)
NOAA LOGO June 27, 2008 Seven Stocks Removed From Overfishing List, None Added (pdf 44kB)
NOAA LOGO 6th International Fisheries Observer & Monitoring Conference is a premier international forum for fisheries monitoring and observer program issues. more....
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The Pacific Islands Regional Office of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Pacific Islands Regional Office manages programs that support both domestic and international conservation and management of living marine resources within the Pacific. The Pacific Islands Region is comprised of American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, the Northern Mariana Islands, and other U.S. Pacific islands. To learn more about the Pacific Islands Regional Office. more...

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