• Biological Opinions and Assessments
• Compliance Guides
• Environmental Impact Statements
• Federal Register Notices
• Observer Quarterly and Annual Reports
• Records of Decision

Biological Opinions and Assessments

• Biological Opinion on Amendment 18 to Pelagic FMP (management modifications to HI shallow-set longline fishery) (Oct 2008, pdf 1.1 MB)
• Amendment 18 and DSEIS - Biological Assessment (August 2008) (Aug 2008, pdf 6.04 MB)
• Biological Opinion on the Implementation of Bottomfish Fishing Regulations within Federal Waters of the Main Hawaiian Islands (Mar 2008, pdf 472kB)
• Biological Opinion on the Effects of the U.S. tuna purse seine fishery in the western and central Pacific Ocean on listed sea turtles and marine mammals (Nov 2006, pdf 1.14 MB)
• Biological Opinion on the Effects of the Hawaii-Based Pelagic, Deep-Set Longline Fishery on Listed Species (Oct 2005, pdf 1139kB)
  • Background Sheet (Oct 2005, pdf 76kB)
• Biological Opinion on the Effects of the Shallow-set Sector of the Hawaii Longline Fishery on the Short-tailed Albatross (Oct 2004, pdf 5,479kB)
• Biological Opinion On the Authorization of Pelagic Fisheries Under the Fishery Management Plan for the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (Feb 2004, pdf kB)
• Biological Opinion for the Effects of the Hawaii-based Longline Fleet on the Short-tailed Albatross (Nov 2002, pdf 611kB)

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Environmental Impact Statements

• Draft
• Final
  • Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement;
    Towards an Ecosystem Approach for the Western Pacific Region with Appendices A-F (Sep 24, 2009, pdf 10.6 MB)
    • Appendix G: FEP American Samoa (pdf 2.1 MB)
    • Appendix G: FEP Hawaii (pdf 2.4 MB)
    • Appendix G: FEP Marianas (pdf 2.3 MB)
    • Appendix G: FEP Pelagic (pdf 2.1 MB)
    • Appendix G: FEP PRIA (pdf 1.9 MB)
      
      
  • Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Amendment 18 to the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific FMP; Management Modifications for the Hawaii-based Shallow-set Longline Swordfish Fishery that Would Remove Effort Limits, Eliminate the Set Certificate Program, and Implement New Sea Turtle Interaction Caps. (March 10, 2009; pdf 3.5 MB)
    • Appendix I (pdf 6.6 MB)
    • Appendices II - VI (pdf 2.1 MB)
    • Appendix VII (pdf 5.6 MB)
  • Amendment 14 and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (Dec 2007, pdf 4.8 MB)
  • Final Environmental Impact Statement; Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (May 2005)
  • Final Environmental Impact Statement; Seabird Interaction Avoidance Methods and Pelagic Squid Fishery Management (Apr 2005)
  • Management Measures to Implement New Technologies for the Western pacific Pelagic Longline Fisheries, with FSEIS, FRFA, and RIR (Feb 2004)
  • Final Environmental Impact Statement; Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries (Mar 2001)

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Observer Quarterly and Annual Reports

• Hawaii Longline Deep Set Quarterly and Annual Status Reports (2002 - 2007)
• Hawaii Longline Shallow Set Quarterly and Annual Status Reports (2004 - 2007)
• Hawaii Longline Quarterly and Annual Status Reports (1994 - 2001)
• American Samoa Quarterly and Annual Status Reports (2006)
• Hawaii Bottomfish Quarterly and Annual Status Reports (2003 - 2005)

Records of Decision

• December 2005 Record Of Decision For Seabird Avoidance Under The Fishery Management Plan For The Pelagic Fisheries Of The Western Pacific Region (Dec 2005, pdf 537kB)
• Record of Decision Regulatory Amendment and Additional Regulatory Adjustments Under the Fishery Management Plan For The Pelagic Fisheries Of The Western Pacific Ocean (Mar 2004, pdf 113kB)

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