Council Creates Indigenous Committee to Strengthen Traditional Voices in Pacific Fisheries
Concluding its 200th meeting, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council established an Indigenous Committee to provide recommendations to federal authorities on cultural fishing rights and related issues.
Sub-panels for Hawai‘i, American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands will include members with expertise in traditional fishing practices and community ocean activities in their respective regions. The new committee will...
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