National Marine Fisheries Service - Pacific Islands Regional Office
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pulled from site's meta descriptionNOAA Fisheries - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Regional Office; science-based conservation of living marine resources and biodiversity, socially and economically viable fisheries, reduction of human caused threats to protected marine mammals and seabirds, healthy living marine resource habitats, NMFS Permits, ocean, A branch of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service responsible for Federal research on the natural marine resources of the Pacific
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Categories:
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- National Marine Fisheries Service
- Pacific Islands Region
- NMFS
- NOAA Fisheries
- NMFS Hawaii
- Western Pacific fisheries
- fisheries
- commercial fisheries
- turtles
- pacific fishery management
- fish
- regulations
- seabird bycatch
- habitat
- NOAA
- fisheries research
- fish faq
- fisheries historical
- ocean
- fisheries regulations
- Hawaii
- American Samoa
- bottomfish
- observer
- observer program
- observers
- sea turtle
- seabird
- sea bird
- marine mammal
- loggerhead
- green sea turtle
- olive ridley
- leatherback
- hawksbill
- laysan albatross
- black-footed albatross
- short-tailed albatross
- red-footed booby
- brown booby
- masked booby
- false killer whale
- fin whale
- spotted dolphin
- spinner dolphin
- bottlenose dolphin
- common dolphin
- blue shark
- oceanic whitetip shark
- shortfin mako shark
- longfin mako shark
- mako shark
- silky shark
- bigeye thresher shark
- common thresher shark
- pelagic thresher shark
- crocodile shark
- dolphinfish
- mahi-mahi
- pompano
- sickle pomfret
- brama pomfret
- rough pomfret
- dagger pomfret
- lustrous pomfret
- monchong
- escolar
- Smith's escolar
- longfin escolar
- roudi's escolar
- common mola
- sharptail mola
- slender mola
- oceanic sunfish
- mola mola
- opah
- moonfish
- wahoo
- ono
- oilfish
- snake mackerel
- longnose lancetfish
- lancetfish
- barracuda
- crestfish
- hammerjaw
- driftfish
- ribbonfish
- tapertail ribbonfish
- scalloped ribbonfish
- razorback ribbonfish
- longline fishing
- observer requirements
- observer training
- observer duties
- observer contractor
- fisheries management
- bigeye tuna
- yellowfin tuna
- albacore tuna
- skipjack tuna
- ahi
- swordfish
- blue marlin
- striped marlin
- black marlin
- shortbill spearfish
- sailfish
- swordfishing
- tuna fishing
- observer safety
- fisheries observer
- scientific sampling
- protected resources
- endangered seabirds
- observer data
- sea sampling
- protected species
- longline vessel
- longline data
- shallow set
- deep set
- Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
- quarterly report
- WCPFC
- western central pacific fisheries commission
- western central pacific fisheries
- international fisheries
- recreational fisheries
- western central pacific oean
- WCPO
- SPTT
- Multi-lateral tuna treaty
- IATTC
- SPRFMO
- license(s)
- permit(s)
- purse
- seine(ing)
- longline(ing)
- troll(ing)
- treaty(ies)
- international agreement
- international arrangement
- western Pacific
- western and central Pacific
- south Pacific
- tuna(s)
- billfish
- highly migratory
- straddling
- HMS
- endangered species
- endangered species act
- marine mammals
- stranding
- entanglement
- protected species recovery
- endangered species recovery
- cetaceans
- monk seal
- hawaiian monk seal
- environmental volunteer
- Species of Concern
- Endangered Species Act
- Humphead Wrasse
- Bumphead parrotfish
- Hawaiian reef coral
- Honu Guardian
- Monk Seal Response Team
- Marine mammal stranding network
- Marine mammal strandings
- EIS rulemaking
- Marine Mammal Protection Act
- MMPA
- ESA
- humpback whale
- ship strike
- take reduction
- list of fisheries
- marine mammal stranding hotline
- viewing guideline
- Recovery plan
- marine turtle
- responsible wildlife viewing
- Marine mammal and sea turtle viewing
- protected species management
- onu
- Nai'a
- Kohola
- `Ili holo I ka uaua
- `ea
- Honu`ea
- EFH
- HCD
- LAS
- HAPC
- habitat conservation
- habitat mapping
- benthic mapping
- coral reef ecosystem
- essential fish habitat