WCPFC7 Media Advisory / Briefing Invitation

  WCPFC7 MEDIA ADVISORY / BRIEFING INVITATION

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) is convening its 7th Regular
Session, December 6 to 10, 2010, at the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort, Oahu, Hawaii. This regional
fishery management organization will address international conservation and management
measures for Pacific bigeye tuna and striped marlin, non-compliance by member and cooperating
non-member countries, and the listing of illegal, unregulated and unauthorized (IUU) vessels,
which are prohibited from fishing in the WCPFC Convention Area. The WCPFC celebrates its
10th anniversary of the Convention on Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central
Pacific Ocean, which was signed September 5, 2000, in Honolulu.

What: Media are invited to participate in a briefing and question-and-answer
opportunity on the 7th Regular Session WCPFC.

Who: Media are invited to participate in the briefing by

• WCPFC Chair Satya Nandan
• Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Committee Chair Sylvester Pokajam
• United States Head of Delegation Charles Karnella
• Japan Head of Delegation Masanori Miyahara
• People’s Republic of China Head of Delegation Liu Xiaobing

When: 1:00 p.m.., Friday, December 10, 2010

Where: Hokulani Ballroom, JW Marriott Ihilani Resort, 92-1001 Olani Street, Ko Olina,
Oahu, Hawaii 96707; phone (808) 679-0079

Registration: Media are required to register with the WCPFC Secretariat in the Ocean
Ballroom prior to the media conference.

Members: Australia, China, Canada, Cook Islands, European Union, Federated States of
Micronesia, Fiji, France, Japan, Kiribati, Korea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Nauru, New
Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Chinese Taipei,
Tonga, Tuvalu, United States of America, Vanuatu.

Participating Territories: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
French Polynesia, Guam, New Caledonia, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna.

Cooperating Non-members: Belize, Indonesia, Senegal, Mexico, El Salvador, Ecuador, Vietnam.

For more information, visit www.wcpfc.int or contact Sylvia Spalding, communications officer,
Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, at (808) 383-1069 or
sylvia.spalding@noaa.gov or WCPFC Executive Director Glenn Hurry at hurry@wcpfc.int.