The same industry backers are reappointed to Wespac for term after term while people who lean toward conservation are soon replaced.

The longtime leader of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has always done things her own way, for better or for worse.

The council’s leaders have done everything they can to stop presidents from creating monuments in the Pacific. Members of Congress have put forward a way to curb the lobbying.

From paying people to attend meetings to pushing legislation and even publishing a book, the federal fisheries panel spent years trying to influence state policy.

A Civil Beat investigation into the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council shows its longtime director and loyal council members have for decades used questionable strategies to help commercial fishermen.

The United Nations Conference of Biological Diversity will likely be the stage for pledges to create new marine protected areas.

Hawaiian spinner dolphins are nocturnal. A new ban on getting close to the animals aims to protect them from harassment and disturbance.

Coast Guard cutter Oliver Berry has spent September patrolling Samoan waters after the Pacific nation’s fleet was left underpowered.

The transition was supposed to be done by July. Now, expect it done by the end of the year, an industry leader says.

Groups are challenging the Board of Land and Natural Resources’ decision to accept the latest environmental review of the area’s capability to allow the collection of aquatic life.