Council Operations: Council Operating Procedures

The Council Operating Procedures were developed and adopted by the Pacific Fishery Management Council to guide the process for developing fishery management plans, plan amendments, and regulatory measures for ocean fisheries off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. They specify how the Council and its advisory entities run their meetings, lay out schedules for developing plan amendments and annual management measures, and describe other Council processes.

List of Procedures

    Administrative

  1. General Council Meeting Operations
  2. Advisory Subpanels
  3. Plan, Technical, and Management Teams
  4. Scientific and Statistical Committee
  5. Enforcement Consultants
  6. Habitat Committee
  7. Groundfish Allocation Committee
  8. Ad-Hoc Committees

    9. Process

  9. Management and Activity Cycles
  10. Preseason Salmon Management Process
  11. Plan Amendment Cycles
  12. Update and Communication of Research and Data Needs
  13. Confidentiality of Statistics
  14. Documentation of Outside Agreements
  15. Salmon Estimation Methodology Updates and Review
  16. Weather-related Adjustment to Salmon Fisheries
  17. Foreign Fishing Permit Review Procedure
  18. Protocol for Industry Sponsored Salmon Test Fishery Proposals
  19. Protocol for Consideration of Exempted Fishing Permits for Groundfish Fisheries
  20. Protocol for Consideration of Exempted Fishing Permits for Highly Migratory Species Fisheries
  21. Highly Migratory Species Management Recommendations to Regional Fishery Management Organizations
  22. Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Review and Modification
  23. Protocol for Consideration of Exempted Fishing Permits for Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries

Last modified: 12/11/2012