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 OUR LIVING OCEANS 



Tagging a blue shark off 

 southern California. 



current agency resources. 



For central-western Pacific tunas, informal in- 

 ternational scientific meetings are annually con- 

 vened by the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency 

 to assemble fisheries statistics, evaluate fishery de- 

 velopments and assess the condition of the stocks. 

 For tuna and tuna-like species in the North Pa- 

 cific, the Interim Scientific Committee has been 

 established, and initial meetings have been held 

 regarding some species and fishery statistics. For 

 many central and South Pacific fisheries, multi- 

 lateral treaty discussions may eventually lead to 

 needed management arrangements. 



K4anagement ot the domestic hsheries has been 

 successlul in eliminating gear conflicts among 

 longline, troll, and handline fisheries. Limited 

 entry and area closures in the Hawaii-based 

 longline fishery have limited the growth ol the hsh- 

 ery and reduced nearshore longline catches ol tuna, 

 billfish, and other pelagic species important to troll 

 and handline fsheries, thus reducing the poten- 

 tial tor fishery interaction. At the same time, the 

 total yield of the Hawaii-based longline fishery has 

 increased during the 1990's due to an expansion 

 ot fishing elhirt, modifications ot the seasonal lim- 

 its of the area closures, and changes in areas of 

 operations. Area closures implemented in the 

 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to prevent inter- 

 action of the longline fleet with the endangered 

 Hawaiian monk seal have been fullv successful. 



FOR FURTHER READING 



C;hilders, J., and F. R. Miller. 1997, Summary of the 

 U.S. North and South Pacific albacore troll fisheries, 

 la jolla Lab.. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Na- 

 tion.il Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, La Jolla, CA 

 92038-0271. Southwest Fisheries Science Center 

 Administrtive Report LJ-97-07, '^G p. 



Food and Agriculture Organization. 1998. FAO year- 

 book ot fishery statistics — capture production, 1 996. 

 FAO Fisheries Series volume 82. Food and Agricul- 

 ture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 682 



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Inter-American Tropical luna (!ommission, 1998. 

 Annual report of the Inter-American IVopical Tuna 

 Commission, 1996. Inter-American Tropical Tuna 

 Commission, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 

 I,a jolla, California 920,^7-1 "^08, .M)6 p. 



Ito, R. Y., and W. A. Machado. 1996. Annual report of 

 the Hawaii-based longline fishery for 1995. Hono- 

 lulu Laboratory, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Honolulu, 

 HI 96822-2396. Southwest Fisheries Science Center 

 Administrative Report H-96-12, 45 p. 



ho, R. Y., and W. A. Machado. 1 997. Annual report of 

 the Hawaii-based longline fishery for 1996. Hono- 

 lulu Laboratory, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 1 lonoluiu, 

 HI 96822-2396. Southwest Fisheries Science C^enter 

 Administrative Report H-97-12, 48 p. 



Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Ocean Fisher- 

 ies Programme. 1998. Report of the Seventh Meet- 

 ing of the Western Pacific Yellowfln luna Research 

 Group, Nadi, Fiji, June 18-19, 1997. Southwest Fish- 

 eries Science Center, Naticmal Marine Fisheries Ser- 

 vice, NOAA, La Jolla, c:A 92038-0271, 101 p. 



Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Coun- 

 cil. 1997. Pelagic fisheries of" the western Pacific re- 

 gion, 19')(. .inmi.il report. Western Pacific Regional 

 I-ishery Management (Council, 1164 Pishop Street, 

 Honolulu, HI 96813, 217 p. 



Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management (~oun- 

 cil. I9')H. Pelagic fisheries of the western Pacific re- 

 gion, 1997 annual report. Western Pacific Regional 

 Fishery Management Council, 1164 Bishop Street, 

 Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI 96813. 



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