Yelloweye Rockfish Survey Design Workshop

Workshop Date: December 1, 2009

For the past few years, the Washington and Oregon Departments of Fish and Wildlife have provided funds to the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) to extend their annual Pacific halibut longline survey to areas where yelloweye rockfish occur. Catch per unit effort data collected in the extended yelloweye rockfish survey is intended to inform an index of abundance of yelloweye rockfish for use in assessment. The IPHC survey index was used for the first time in the 2009 yelloweye rockfish assessment. Critical evaluation of that survey during the stock assessment review panel meeting for the 2009 yelloweye rockfish assessment led to a recommendation to redesign the survey to better index yelloweye abundance. A yelloweye rockfish survey design workshop is therefore scheduled to improve this survey.

Workshop Date and Location

The IPHC Yelloweye Rockfish Survey Design Workshop is scheduled for December 1, 2009 starting at 10 a.m. and continuing until business is completed.

The IPHC Yelloweye Rockfish Survey Design Workshop will be held at the following location:

Pacific Fishery Management Council
Large Conference Room
7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101
Portland, Oregon 97220-1384
Phone:  503-820-2280
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Agenda

Additional 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 December 1, 2009, IPHC Yelloweye Rockfish Survey Design Workshop, please contact Mr. John DeVore at (503) 820-2280 ext. 413, or toll free 1-866-806-7204.

PFMC
11/25/09