Council Family Updates

The U.S. Department of Commerce has appointed three new members to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council. Council members are appointed to both obligatory (state-specific) and at-large (regional) seats. Council members serve a three-year term and can be reappoin ted to serve three consecutive terms. The current term is from Aug. 11, 2021 to Aug. 10, 2024. The Council members are:

OBLIGATORY SEATS

• Manny Dueñas II (Guam)

• Matt Ramsey (Hawai‘i)

AT-LARGE SEAT

• Will Sword (American Samoa) Out-ofcycle appointment, term expires 2022.

At the 186th Council meeting, the Council supported the following advisory body changes:

• Appointed new members to the Non-Commercial Fishing Advisory Committee:

o Lee Alameida, Maui Cooperative Fishing Association

o Alex Castro, Jr., Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Public Works

o Wayne Pangelinan, CNMI Public School System Head Start/Early Head Start Program

o Leonard Yamada, Fisherman

o Brian Yoshikawa, Maui Sporting Goods

• Appointed Michael Lee, Garden & Valley Isle Seafood Inc., to the Fishing Industry Advisory Committee

• Appointed Cody Schrader, United Fishing Agency, as an alternate on the Hawai‘i Advisory Panel (AP) and Nate Ilaoa, Flying Fox Brewing Co., as an alternate on the American Samoa AP

• Appointed Lynn Rassel, National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Regional Office, to the Pelagic Plan Team