The council is the policy making organization for the managment of fisheries iin the exclusive economic zone (EEZ, generally 3-200 miles from shore) around the Territory of American Samoa and Guam, State of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and U.S. Pacific island possessions - an area of nearly 1.5 million square miles. The council is tasked with maintaining opportunities for domestic fishing while preventing adverse impacts to stocks, habitat, protected species and ecosystem resources.
As seen Issues of Pacific Magazine
March-April 2007
* Marine Educators Form Network to Protect Resources of the Pacific
* Scientists Rebut Claims of Oceanic Fish Extinction
May/June 2007
* U.S. Pacific Islands Celebrate 30 Years of Fisheries Management
September/October 2007
* Pacific Island Longline Fisheries Benefit from U.S. Management Model, Canneries
November/December 2007
* 'Come Back Leatherback' Seeks Long-Term Recovery of the Pacific Sea Turtle
May/June 2008
* Hawaii Initiative Provides Model For Mainstreaming Traditional Knowledge
* Hawaii Aha Moku Council System: A Model For Equitable Sharing
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