Scientific and Statistical Committee's Salmon Subcommittee, Salmon Technical Team, and Model Evaluation Workgroup to Hold Joint Work Session

Work Session Date: October 15, 2008

The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Salmon Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a joint work session with the Salmon Technical Team (STT) and Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW), which will be open to the public. The work session will be held October 15, 2008, beginning at 9 a.m.

The purpose of the work session is to brief the STT and SSC Salmon Subcommittee on:

• Sensitivity of Chinook and Coho Fishery Regulation Assessment Models to major assumptions, including parameters related to mark-selective fisheries.
• Development of a new stock abundance index for Sacramento River fall Chinook.
• Development of the Sacramento Harvest Model, a new harvest model for Sacramento River fall Chinook.

Work session location

The work session will be held at the following location:

Marriott Courtyard Portland Airport
Columbia Ballroom
11550 NE Airport Way
Portland, OR, 97220
Telephone:  503-252-3200

For further information

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-2280 at least five days prior to the meeting date.

For more information on the October 15, 2008, work session of the SSC's Salmon Subcommittee, Salmon Technical Team, and Model Evaluation Workgroup, please contact Mr. Chuck Tracy at (503) 820-2280 ext. 415 or toll free 1-866-806-7204.

PFMC
09/23/08