Regulation Summaries and Compliance Guides for Pacific Islands Fisheries
Documents that help commercial fishermen understand and comply with federal fishing requirements.
Note: Regulations are subject to change so these guides may become outdated.
Bottomfish Fishing
- Main Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Fishing
- Guam Bottomfish Fishing–Large Vessel Prohibited Area, Permits, and Reporting
- Bottomfish Fishing in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Crustacean Fishing
Coral Harvesting
Marine National Monument Fishing
Pelagic/Highly Migratory Species Fishing
General Requirements
- Billfish Conservation Act–Frequently Asked Questions
- Dolphin-safe Tuna–Requirements to Support Labeling on Tuna Products (April 2018)
- IMO number–How to Obtain an International Maritime Organization Number [WCPFC] (May 2023)
- Mobulid Rays–Fishing Restrictions for U.S. Vessels [WCPFC] (May 2023)
- Observers–Safeguarding Observers and Pre-trip Notifications [WCPFC] (July 2021)
- Overlap Area of Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission–Regulations for U.S. Vessels (July 2020)
- Sharks–Fishing Restrictions Related to Sharks [WCPFC] (May 2023)
- Squid Jig Fishing in the Pacific Islands Region (July 2014)
- Transshipping, Bunkering, Catch Retention and Discard [WCPFC] (October 2021)
- Vessel Identification Requirements [WCPFC] (May 2018)
- WCPFC–Regulations for Convention Implementation (December 2018)
Protected Species Interactions
- Handling, Resuscitation, and Release of Sea Turtles (March 2018)
- Longline Fishing Requirements to Reduce Take of False Killer Whale (March 2018)
- Mobulid Rays–Fishing Restrictions for U.S. Vessels [WCPFC] (May 2023)
- Compliance Guide: Reducing and Mitigating Interactions Between Seabirds and Hawaiʻi-Based Longline Vessels (March 2024)
- Sharks–Fishing Restrictions Related to Sharks [WCPFC] (May 2023)
Longline
- American Samoa–Longline Requirements (July 2022)
- Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits in U.S. Longline Fisheries [WCPFC] (July 2018)
- Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits for Longline Vessels Greater Than 24 Meters [IATTC] (February 2021)
- Hawai‘i Longline Requirements (July 2022)
- Sea Turtle Limits in the Hawai‘i Shallow-Set Longline Fishery (September 2020)
- Marianas and Pacific Remote Island Areas–Western Pacific General Longline Requirements (November 2018)