Environment Hawaii

Volume 16, Number 1 -- July 2005

To Protect Bigeye Tuna, Council Favors Expanding Federal License Requirements

“We’ve gotta smoke ’em out.”

So said Kitty Simonds, executive di rector of the Western Pacific Fishery Man agemen Council, in the moments following the council’s approval last month of a range of measures intended to address overfishing of bigeye tuna.

-- Patricia Tummons

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	*Volume 16, Number 1 -- July 2005* To Protect Bigeye Tuna, Council Favors Expanding Federal License Requirements “We’ve gotta smoke ’em out.” So said Kitty Simonds, executive di rector of the Western Pacific Fishery Man agemen Council, in the moments following the council’s approval last month of a range of measures intended to address overfishing of bigeye tuna. -- *Patricia Tummons* To read the full article click here. Article Keywords hawaii environment western pacific fishery management council wespac kitty simonds bigeye tuna license requirements overfishing longline handline troll permit yellowfin ahi recreational fishers control date peter young department land natural resources paul dalzell roy morioka national marine fisheries service magnuson stevens foreign IATTC interamerican tropical tuna commission bottomfish main hawaiian islands onaga opakapaka northwestern penguin banks record hooks set paul ortiz southwest region guam ryosho maru japanese vespiras dalloran shark finning pago pago
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