Members of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council celebrate their 30th anniversary and NOAA's 200th anniversary

Members of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council celebrate their 30th anniversary and NOAA’s 200th anniversary. The council has promoted environmentally responsible fishing by banning trawls, drift gillnets, and other destructive fishing gears and has employed side-setting circle hooks and other methods to reduce protected species interactions.

Photo Location: Hawaii, Honolulu