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235 Id.
236 d.
237 Id.
238 Id.
239 Authorized use of and access to VMS data is
governed by the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 50 CFR
600.405- 425; also see NOAA Administrative Order
216-100.
240 NMFS Policy Directive 06-101, June 17, 2006: VMS
Data Access and Dissemination Policy, at www.
nmfs.noaa.gov/directives. VMS data is subject to
the confidentiality provisions of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act, § 402(b); see also NOAA Administrative
Order 216-100.
241 Id.
242 Id.
243 Id.
244 NOAA/NMFS Pacific Islands Division letter to
Eric Kingma, Wespac, March 1, 2007, regarding
enforcement issues with the various options to end
overfishing in the MHI.
245 Eric Kingma, Report on the Small Vessel Tracking
System Pilot Project, Wespac meeting, March 2007.
246 Id.
247 Id.
248 Letter from M.S. Young, Acting Chief, U.S. Coast
Guard Enforcement Branch, Honolulu, to Sean
Martin, chair Wespac, March 5, 2007, regarding
options for ending bottomfish overfishing in the
MHI.
249 Wespac March 2007 council meeting, general
comments by councilmembers.
250 Id.
251 NOAA Fisheries Service/PIRO report to the
Wespac, February 2007, p. 8
252 NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office, Pacific
Islands Region Bycatch Reduction Implementation
Plan FY04-FY05, p. 17, at http://www.nmfs.noaa.
gov/by_catch/PIRfinal_bycatchplanII.pdf; and
citing Magnuson- Stevens Act Definitions and
Required Provisions. See Wespac, Amendment
6 to the Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish
Fisheries Management Plan; Amendment 8 to the
Pelagic Fisheries Management Plan; Amendment
10 to the Crustaceans Fisheries Management Plan;
Amendment 4 to the Precious Corals Fisheries
Management Plan, www.wpcouncil.org; also see
NOAA/NMFS, Managing the Nation’s Bycatch
(1998) and Evaluating Bycatch: a National
Approach to Standardized Bycatch Monitoring
Programs ( 2003).
253 Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.
(1973), at http://www.fws.gov/endangered/esaall.
pdf or http://www.fws.gov/endangered/esa.html.
254 Marine Mammal Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 1361,
et seq. (1972), at http://www.fws.gov/laws/laws_
digest//marmam.html.
255 Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 16 U.S.C. 703, et seq.
(1918), at http://www.fws.gov/laws/laws_digest//
migtrea.html.
256 NOAA, Marine Mammal Species under the ESA,
at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/esa/
mammals.htm.
257 NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office, Pacific
Islands Region Bycatch Reduction Implementation
Plan FY04-FY05, p. 9.
258 Wespac, Side Setting: A Win-Win for Hawai‘i’s
Longline Fishery, Pacific Islands Fishery News, Fall
2006, p. 2.
259 Id.
260 Id.
261 Id.
262 Bob Endreson, William Aila, Linda Paul, with the
assistance of Hawai‘i DAR, Destructive Fishing
Methods: Lay Gillnets (2002), a Pacific Fisheries
Coalition whitepaper, at http://www.pacfish.org/
wpapers/gillnets.html.
263 NMFS Fisheries Statistics Division, annual landings
by species, at http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/
commercial/landings/gc_runc.html. Also see David
C. Hamm, Nathan T. S. Chan, and Craig J. Graham,
“Fisheries Statistics of the Western Pacific (2005),”
Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish.
Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396. Pacific
Islands Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H- 07-03,
at http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/adminrpts/2000-
present/PIFSC_Admin_Rep_07-03.pdf, p. 155.
264 Joseph M. O’Malley and Samuel G. Pooley,
“Economic and Operational Characteristics of the
Hawai‘i-Based Longline Fleet in 2000,” at http://
www.nmfs.hawaii.edu/library/pubs/OMalley_
Pooley_SOEST_03-01.pdf, pp. 5-14, citing Ito and
Machado, 2001.
265 The Value of the Fisheries in the Western Pacific
Fisheries Management Council’s Area (1999), at
www.wpcouncil.org; also see Hawai‘i Seafood
Market for Pelagic Fish, at http://www.wpcouncil.
org/documents/pel_mrkt.pdf.
266 Kitty Simonds, Wespac executive director,
“Managing Marine Fisheries of Hawai‘i and the U.S.
Pacific Islands –
Past, Present, and Future,” p. 2.
267 Kitty Simonds, Wespac executive director,
“Managing Marine Fisheries of Hawai‘i and the U.S.
Pacific Islands – Past, Present, and Future,” p. 6.
268 DLNR/DAR, Hawai‘i Fisheries Plan (1985).
269 Samuel G. Pooley, “Hawai‘i’s Marine Fisheries:
Some History, Long-term Trends, and Recent
Developments,” Fisheries Review 55(2) (1993).
270 Wespac “The Value of the Fisheries in the Western
Pacific Fisheries Management Council’s Area”
(1999), at www.wpcouncil.org.
271 Samuel G. Pooley, “Hawai‘i’s Marine Fisheries:
Some History, Long-term Trends, and Recent
Developments,” Fisheries Review 55(2) (1993).
272 Kitty Simonds, Wespac executive director,
“Managing Marine Fisheries of Hawai‘i and the U.S.
Pacific Islands –
Past, Present, and Future,” p. 6.
273 PIFSC, Hawai‘i-based longline logbook summary
report, October-December 2006; see www.pifsc.
noaa.gov/fmsd/reports.php.
274 Kitty Simonds, Wespac executive director,
“Managing Marine Fisheries of Hawai‘i and the U.S.
Pacific Islands –
Past, Present, and Future,” p. 6.
275 NOAA/NMFS Office of Science and Technology,
Fisheries Statistics Division, at http://www.st.nmfs.
gov/st1/index.html.
276 Cai, PingSun Leung, Minling Pan, Sam Pooley,
“Economic Linkage Impacts of Hawai‘i’s Longline
Fishing Regulations,” (2004), citing Center of
Marine Conservation v. NMFS (D.Haw) Civ. No.
99-00152 DAE. See also Will Hoover, “Longliners
set to resume fishing: New rules may test fleet’s
ability to prosper,” Honolulu Advertiser,
March 14, 2004.
277 Kitty Simonds, Wespac executive director,
“Managing Marine Fisheries of Hawai‘i and the U.S.
Pacific Islands –
Past, Present, and Future,” p. 6.
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