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Sustainable Fisheries Division
Compliance Guides and Regulation Summaries
Understanding Rules
These guides are designed to provide information to fishermen and the general public on how to comply with and understand recent rules.
Regulations are subject to change so these guides may become out of date.
Details on how to access a complete set of the official rules can be found in each guide, as well as related contact information.
Regulations are subject to change so these guides may become out of date.
- January 2013. Hawaii longline regulation summary (pdf 220 kB)
- December 2012. WCPFC transshipping, bunkering, reporting and purse seine discard compliance guide (pdf 448.65 kB)
- November 2012. False Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan compliance guide (pdf 447 kB)
- October 2012. Squid jig compliance guide (pdf 96 kB)
- September 2012. Bigeye tuna catch limit in U.S. longline fisheries for 2012 (pdf 228 kB)
- August 2012. Western Pacific general longline regulation summary (pdf 472 kB)
- August 2012. American Samoa longline regulation summary (pdf 393 kB)
- June 2012. CNMI commercial bottomfish compliance guide (pdf 743 kB)
- June 2012. Deepwater shrimp compliance guide (pdf 65 kB)
- June 2012. Vessel identification compliance guide (pdf 750 kB)
- November 2011. Fishing restrictions for vessels targeting highly migratory species in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Convention Area (pdf 128 kB)
- July 2011. Hawaii bottomfish compliance guide (pdf 79 kB)
For more information, click here. - August 2010. Sea turtle compliance guide (pdf 107 kB)
- July 2010. Guam large vessel bottomfish compliance guide (pdf 117 kB)
- July 2010. Seabird compliance guide (pdf 158 kB)
- January 2010 (updated January 2013). Initial implementation of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention (pdf 544 kB)
