Western Pacific Council Wrestling with Cultural, Commercial Fishing Definitions in Monuments
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Honolulu Civil Beat] by Nathan Eagle - August 14, 2017
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is crafting new definitions that could allow more fishing in restricted waters around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa.
The Honolulu-based council, known as Wespac, and its scientific advisory committee must decide what “non-commercial fishing” should include in the expanded portion of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and what “cultural fishing” should mean in American Samoa.
Environmental groups, the territorial government of American Samoa and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs have ...
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