WPRFMC Reveals Agenda for Sept. 18-20 Meeting in Honolulu
Officials with the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) have scheduled final action on the 2023 US Territorial Bigeye Tuna Catch Limit and allocation specification for their Sept. 18-20 meeting in Honolulu.
Bigeye tuna comprises a Pacific-wide population that is internationally managed and assessed as separate stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) and Eastern Pacific Ocean by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, respectively. The most recent stock assessment conducted in 2023 for the WCPO indicate the bigeye tuna stock is not subject to overfishing, nor overfished.
The council is expected to consider taking final action on the specification of the 2023 U.S. territoria...