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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.
What's Hot Now
NOAA Fisheries has four 2013 federal funding opportunities now open for applications:
- Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
- Marine Education and Training Mini Grant Program
- Pacific Islands Region Marine National Monument Program
- Pacific Islands Region Marine Turtle Management Program
- Partnerships for the Marine Mammal Response and Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Program
These programs offer great opportunities for furthering the conservation, protection, management, research and education of various marine resources, species and issues throughout the region. The request for proposals all close mid-March, so don't miss this opportunity to apply for these grants!
Direct links to these opportunities can be found on the Federal Programs Office website located here.
Keith Bigelow, Fishery Biologist with the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), has been named NOAA Employee of the Month for December 2012. Keith received this award because of his work with the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) that resulted in protection for whitetip sharks. We congratulate Keith on this recognition and for his many contributions to the PIFSC and WCPFC. More information concerning his nomination can be found here.
NOAA publishes final rule to establish WCPFC transshipping, bunkering, reporting and purse seine discard requirements. This final rule becomes effective January 2, 2013. Please see the International Fisheries Division Proposed and Final Rules web page for more information here. View the Federal Register notice and supporting documentation here.
A copy of the Compliance Guide for the 2012 WCPFC transshipping, bunkering, reporting and purse siene discard requirements is available on our website here.
NOAA Fisheries is proposing Endangered Species Act (ESA) listings for 66 coral species: 59 in the Pacific and seven in the Caribbean.
- In the Pacific, seven species would be listed as endangered and 52 as threatened.
- In the Caribbean, five would be listed as endangered and two as threatened.
In addition, we are proposing that two Caribbean species—elkhorn and staghorn corals—already listed under the ESA be reclassified from threatened to endangered. For more information please click here.
For a news release announcing the final rules, please click here.
Community input sought on potential cultural impacts and effects on historic properties from NOAA's proposed Hawaiian Monk Seal recovery actions. For more information, please click here.
NOAA Fisheries publishes a final rule revising the annual interaction limits for leatherback and North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles in the Hawaii shallow-set longline fishery (77 FR 60637). This rule is effective on November 5, 2012. Please see the Sustainable Fisheries Division Recent and Final Rules and Notices web page for more information here.
Pacific Islands longline and receiving vessel permits expire March 3, 2013.
Click here for renewal information.
Schedule of Public Hearings for NOAA's Proposed ESA Listing Determinations for 82 Species of Corals
Hilo on the Big Island, Hawaii
Tuesday 1/22/13 - Mokupapapa Discovery Center
Time: Town hall: 5-6:30 pm/ Official public hearing: 6:30-9:30 pm
Address: 308 Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720
Kailua Kona on the Big Island, Hawaii
Thursday 1/24/13. - Kahakai Elementary School
Time: Town hall: 5-6:30 pm/ Official public hearing: 6:30-9:30 pm
Address: 76147 Royal Poinciana Drive, Kailua Kona, HI 96740
Kaunakakai on Molokai, Hawaii
Monday 1/28/13. Mitchell Pauole Center
Time: Town hall: 5-6:30 pm/ Official public hearing: 6:30-9:30 pm
Address: 90 Ainoa Street Kaunakakai, Molokai, HI 96748
Wailuku on Maui, Hawaii
Wednesday 1/30/13. - J. Walter Cameron Center
Time: Town hall: 5-6:30 pm/ Official public hearing: 6:30-9:30 pm
Address: 95 Mahalani Street, Wailuku, HI. 96796
Lihue on Kauai, Hawaii
Monday 2/4/13. - Kauai Veteran's Center
Time: Town hall: 5-6:30 pm/ Official public hearing: 6:30-9:30 pm
Address: 3125 Kapule Highway Lihue, HI 96766
Honolulu, Hawaii
Thursday 2/7/13. - Tokai University
Time: Town hall: 5-6:30 pm/ Official public hearing: 6:30-9:30 pm
Address: 2241 Kapiolani Boulevard Honolulu, HI 96826
Hagatna, Guam
Monday 2/11/13 - Guam Hilton
Time: Town hall: 5-6:30 pm/ Official public hearing: 6:30-9:30 pm
Address: 202 Hilton Road, Tumon Bay, Guam 96913
Saipan
Tuesday 2/12/13 - Multipurpose Center on Beach Road, Susupe
Time: Town hall: 5-6:30 pm/ Official public hearing: 6:30-9:30 pm
Address: Beach Road, Susupe, Saipan, MP 96950
Pago Pago
Wednesday 2/13/13 - Sadie's by the Sea
Time: Town hall: 5-6:30/ Official public hearing: 6:30-9:30 pm
Address: Main Rd, Pago Pago, Tutuila 96799, American Samoa
Tinian
Wednesday 2/13/13 - Fleming Hotel
Time: Town hall: 5-6:30/ Official public hearing: 6:30-9:30 pm
Address: P.O. Box 68 Tinian, MP 96952
Rota
Friday 2/15/13 - Mayor's Office
Time: Town hall: 5-6:30/ Official public hearing: 6:30-9:30 pm
Address: Tatachog Road, Rota, CNMI 96951
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