American Samoa hosts the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council March 11-14, 2013

The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council will convene its 156th meeting next week at the Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium. Sam Rauch, NOAA Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, will be attending the meeting. The Scientific Statistical Committee, which advises the Council, says the “determination tool” used to indicate listing or not is flawed and recommends that the council suggests that the National Marine Fishery Services, which is reviewing the listing proposal, consider an alternative determination tool. Read more   156th Council Meeting  March 11-14, 2013 Pago Pago, American Samoa. WPFMC info here

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