Notice 24 Feb 2025 compliance, public meeting, fishing, seafood industry, fishery management, western pacific

🎣Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Public Meetings Overview

The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold its 155th Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), Hawaii Archipelago and Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA) Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) Advisory Panel (AP), and American Samoa Archipelago FEP AP to discuss and make recommendations on fishery management issues in the Western Pacific Region.

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Notice 12 Feb 2025 regulatory compliance, economic development, fishing, seafood industry, public meetings, atlantic sea scallop

🐚New England Fishery Management Council

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is holding four regional workshops to hear and discuss feedback from the public on their vision of the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery. Workshop summaries will be presented at a future Council meeting.

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Notice 12 Feb 2025 regulatory compliance, seafood industry, noaa, public meetings, south atlantic, fishery management

🎣South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Public Meetings Overview

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold meetings of the following: Snapper Grouper Commercial Sub- Committee; Habitat & Ecosystem Committee; Joint Habitat & Ecosystem and Shrimp Committee; Snapper Grouper Committee, Mackerel Cobia Committee, and the Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) Committee. The meeting week will also include a formal public comment session and meetings of the Full Council.

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Committee Participation, Regulatory Requirements 21 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, advisory committee, nominations, seafood industry, fisheries

🎣Nominations Open for Western Central Pacific Fisheries Advisory Committee

NMFS is soliciting nominations (which may include self- nominations) to the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the Permanent Advisory Committee (PAC) as established under the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention (WCPFC) Implementation Act (Act). The PAC, composed of individuals from groups concerned with the fisheries covered by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention (Convention), provides recommendations to the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (Commission) regarding the deliberations and decisions of the Commission.

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