Western Pacific Fishery Management Council

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is the policy-making organization for the management of fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ, generally 3 to 200 miles offshore) around the Territory of American Samoa, Territory of Guam, State of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and US Pacific island possessions an area of nearly 1.5 million square miles.

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Keywords: WESTERN PACIFIC, FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, MARINE POLICY, WESTERN PACIFIC, SAMOA, GUAM, MARIANAS, HAWAII

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Related Topics: Island Ecosystems, Ecosystem Approaches to Management, Ecosystem Approaches to Governance, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Islands, Pacific islands, Western Pacific, The ecosystem approach to fisheries management

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