November 2025 briefing book

November 2025 Council Meeting

A. Call to Order

• REVISED: A.3 Agenda November 2025 Detailed Agenda & QR
• A.4 Executive Director’s Report
• A.4 Supplemental Executive Directors Report

B. Open Comment Period

• B.1 Situation Summary: Comments on Non Agenda Items
  • B.1.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

C. Administrative Matters

• C.1 Situation Summary: Council Coordination Committee Meeting Report: – CANCELLED
  • C.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.2 Situation Summary: Fiscal Matters
  • C.2 Supplemental Attachment 1: Budget Committee Agenda
  • C.2 Supplemental Attachment 2: Executive Director’s Report to the Budget Committee
  • C.2 Supplemental BC Report 1: Report of the Budget Committee
  • C.2.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.3 Situation Summary: Legislative Matters – CANCELLED
  • C.3.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.4 Situation Summary: Approve Council Meeting Record
  • C.4 Attachment 1: DRAFT Council Meeting Record, September 17-24, 2025

• C.5 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • C.5.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.6 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.6 Attachment 1: Year at a Glance (YAG)
  • C.6 Attachment 2: March Quick Reference (QR)
  • C.6 Attachment 3: April Quick Reference (QR)
  • C.6 Supplemental Attachment 4: Year at a Glance (YAG)
  • C.6 Supplemental Attachment 5: March 2026 Quick Reference (QR)
  • C.6 Supplemental Attachment 6: April 2026 Quick Reference (QR)
  • C.6.a Supplemental SAS Report 1: SAS Report on Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.6.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.6.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel Report on Future Council Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.6.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.6.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.6.a Supplemental CPSMT Report 1: CPSMT Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.6.a Supplemental Executive Director’s Report
  • C.6.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

D. Cross Fishery Management Plan

• D.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service 2025 Accomplishments and 2026 Priorities
  • D.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• D.2 Situation Summary: Council and NMFS Workload – Capacity Alignment

• D.3 Situation Summary: Marine Planning
  • D.3.a Supplemental MPC Report 1: MPC Report on Marine Planning Issues
  • D.3.a Supplemental MPC PPT 1: Marine Planning Committee Presentation
  • D.3.b Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Marine Planning
  • D.3.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• D.4 Situation Summary: Council Operations and Priorities
  • D.4 Supplemental Attachment 1: Summary of Council Recommendations, Timelines, Status, and Next Steps
  • D.4 Supplemental Attachment 2: Council Guidance to Date and Request for Additional Feedback
  • D.4 Supplemental Attachment 3: Summary of Potential Efficiencies Raised under Adaptive Management and Flexibility
  • D.4.a Supplemental CPSMT Report 1: CPSMT Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • D.4.a Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • D.4.a Supplemental HMSMT Report 1: Highly Migratory Species Management Team Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • D.4.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • D.4.a Supplemental GAP and GMT Report 1: Joint GAP and GMT Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • D.4.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

E. Habitat Issues

• E.1 Situation Summary: Current Habitat Issues
  • E.1.a Supplemental HC Report 1: HC Report on Habitat Issues
  • E.1.a Supplemental HC Report 2: HC Report on Habitat Issues
  • E.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

F. Groundfish Management

• F.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • F.1.b NWFSC Report 1: Pacific Halibut Bycatch in U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries 2002-2024
  • F.1.b NWFSC Report 2: Pacific Halibut Bycatch (Excel File)
  • F.1.d Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.2 Situation Summary: Adopt Stock Assessments
  • F.2 Attachment 1: 2025 Catch Only Projection of Black Rockfish in State and Federal Waters Off Oregon
  • F.2. Attachment 2: Catch Only Projection for Bocaccio in 2025
  • F.2 Attachment 3: Proposed New Widow Rockfish Base Model and Changes From August 2025
  • F.2.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Groundfish Management – Adopt Stock Assessments
  • F.2.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Adopt Stock Assessments
  • F.2.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Adopt Stock Assessments
  • F.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.3 Situation Summary: Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2027-2028 – Part 1
  • F.3 Attachment 1: DRAFT Harvest Specifications Sections of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 2027-2028 Harvest Specification and Management Measures
  • F.3 Attachment 2: Harvest Specification Projections for Select West Coast Groundfish Stocks in 2027 and Beyond
  • F.3 Attachment 3: Catch Only Projection for Shortspine Thornyhead
  • F.3 Supplemental Staff Presentation: Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2027-2028 – Part 1
  • F.3.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2027-2028 Part 1
  • F.3.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Biennial Harvest Specifications for 2027-28 Including Overfishing Limits and Acceptable Biological Catches
  • F.3.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2027-2028 – Part 1
  • F.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.4 Situation Summary: Exempted Fishing Permits
  • F.4 Attachment 1: CDFW 2027-2028 Exempted Fishing Permit Application and 2025 Interim Report
  • F.4 Attachment 2: Whiting Exempted Fishing Permit Application
  • F.4 Attachment 3: Midwater Rockfish Exempted Fishing Permit Report
  • F.4 Supplemental Attachment 4: Yurok Tribe EFP Letter
  • F.4 Supplemental EC Report 1: EC Report on Exempted Fishing Permits
  • F.4.a Supplemental SAS Report 1: SAS Report on Groundfish Exempted Fishing Permits
  • F.4.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1: CDFW Report on Application to Process Whiting at Sea Off Northern California
  • F.4.a Supplemental STT Report 1: STT Report on Groundfish Exempted Fishing Permits
  • F.4.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Groundfish Exempted Fishing Permits
  • F.4.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Groundfish Exempted Fishing Permits
  • F.4.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.5 Situation Summary: Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Flexibility
  • F.5 Supplemental Staff Presentation: Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • F.5 Attachment 1: Harvest Specifications Flexibility Analytical Document
  • F.5 Attachment 2: Summary of Action Items, Alternatives, and Options for Harvest Specifications Flexibility
  • F.5 Supplemental Attachment 3: Synthesis of Harvest Specifications Flexibility Alternatives
  • F.5.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Flexibility
  • F.5.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Flexibility
  • F.5.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: SSC Report on Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Flexibility
  • F.5.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.6 Situation Summary: Inseason Adjustments for 2025-26 Including Pacific Whiting off-the-top Bycatch Deductions – Final Action
  • F.6 Attachment 1: Historical Mortality of Pacific Whiting in Research and Pink Shrimp Fisheries
  • F.6.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1: CDFW Report on 2025 Groundfish Harvest in California
  • F.6.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • F.6.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Inseason Adjustments for 2025-2026, Including Pacific Whiting Off-the-Top Bycatch Deductions – Final Action
  • F.6.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.7 Situation Summary: Trawl Catch Share Program Review
  • F.7 Attachment 1: Review of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program
  • F.7 Attachment 2: Project Team Responses to September 2025 Council Meeting Recommendations
  • F.7 Supplemental Presentation: Review of the Trawl Catch Share Program
  • F.7.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Trawl Catch Share Program Review
  • F.7.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Trawl Catch Share Program Review
  • F.7.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Trawl Catch Share Program Review
  • F.7.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.8 Situation Summary: Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2027-28 – Part 2
  • F.8 Attachment 1: DRAFT Action Item Checklist: 2027-28 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • F.8 Supplemental Attachment 2: DRAFT Distribution of 2027-28 Annual Catch Limits to the Groundfish Fishery Sectors
  • F.8.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Biennial Management Measures for 2027-2028: Area Management Measures and Off-the-Top Deductions
  • F.8.a Supplemental GMT Report 2: GMT Report on Biennial Management Measures for 2027-2028 Annual Catch Targets, Allocations, Harvest Guidelines, Shares, and At-Sea Set-Asides
  • F.8.a Supplemental GMT Report 3: GMT Report on Biennial Management Measures for 20270-28: Trip Limits, Bag Limits, Size Limits, and Season Structures
  • F.8.a Supplemental GMT Report 4: GMT Report on Revisions to Reports 1 and 3 Regarding Off-The-Top Deductions and Adjustments to Trip Limits, Bag Limits, and Other Routine Measures
  • F.8.a Supplemental GMT Presentation Part 1: Action Items 2-4
  • F.8.a Supplemental GMT Presentation Part 2: Action Items 5-11
  • F.8.a Supplemental GMT Presentation Part 3: Action Items 12-19
  • F.8.a Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Preliminary 2027-2028 Tribal Management Measures
  • F.8.a Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Letter to WCR Administrator Jennifer Quan
  • F.8.a Supplemental WDFW Report 1: WDFW Report on Increased Flexibility in Sharing of Canary Rockfish in Planning of the Management Measure Actions for 2027-2028
  • F.8.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2027-2028 – Part 2
  • F.8.a Supplemental GAP Report 2: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2027-2028 – Part 2
  • F.8.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.9 Situation Summary: Marine Mammal Take Reduction Team Update
  • F.9 Supplemental Attachment 1: FR Notice
  • F.9 Supplemental Attachment 2: West Coast Take Reduction Team Meeting Agenda
  • F.9.b Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Marine Mammal Take Reduction Team Update
  • F.9.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

G. Salmon Management

• G.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • G.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.2 Situation Summary: Final 2026 Preseason Management Schedule
  • G.2 Attachment 1: PFMC Proposed Schedule and Process for Developing 2026 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
  • G.2.a Supplemental SAS Report 1: SAS Report on Final 2026 Preseason Management Schedule
  • G.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.3 Situation Summary: Methodology Review Results
  • G.3 Attachment 1: Modification to the Oregon Production Index Hatchery Coho Salmon Forecast Methodology
  • G.3 Attachment 2: 2025 Technical Revision to the Marine Survival Forecast on the OCN Coho Work Group Harvest Matrix
  • G.3.a Supplemental SAS Report 1: SAS Report on 2025 Salmon Methodology Review Results
  • G.3.a Supplemental STT Report 1: STT Report on 2025 Salmon Methodology Review Results
  • G.3.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: SSC Report on Methodology Review Results
  • G.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.4 Situation Summary: Sacramento River Fall Chinook Fishery Management Plan Amendment – Workgroup Report, Initial Scoping
  • G.4 Attachment 1: Staff Report on Sacramento River Fall Chinook Fishery Management Plan Amendment Development
  • G.4 Attachment 2: Tentative Timeline for a Sacramento River Fall Chinook Fishery Management Plan Amendment
  • G.4 SRWG Report 1: Sacramento River Fall Chinook Workgroup Progress Report
  • G.4 SRWG Report 2: Sacramento River Fall Chinook Workgroup Progress Report Appendices
  • G.4 Supplemental Staff Presentation: Sacramento River Fall Chinook FMP Amendment Planning
  • G.4.b Supplemental CDFW Report 1: CDFW Recommendations for the Sacramento River Fall Chinook Fishery Management Plan Amendment Process
  • G.4.b Supplemental SSC Report 1: SSC Report on SRFC Fishery Management Plan Amendment – Workgroup Report, Initial Scoping
  • G.4.b Supplemental SAS Report 1: SAS Report on SRFC Fishery Management Plan Amendment – Workgroup Report, Initial Scoping
  • G.4.b Supplemental STT Report 1: STT Report on Sacramento Fall Chinook Fishery Management Plan Amendment – Workgroup Report, Initial Scoping
  • G.4.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.5 Situation Summary: Klamath River Fall Chinook Workgroup Progress Report
  • G.5.a KRWG Report 1: Klamath River Fall Chinook Workgroup Progress Report
  • G.5.b Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Hoopa Valley Tribal Comments
  • G.5.b Supplemental SAS Report 1: SAS Report on Klamath River Fall Chinook Workgroup Progress Report
  • G.5.b Supplemental STT Report 1: STT Report on Klamath River Fall Chinook Workgroup Progress Report
  • G.5.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

H. Pacific Halibut Management

• H.1 Situation Summary: 2026 Commercial and Recreational Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Regulations – Final Action
  • H.1 Attachment 1: Area 2A 2025 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan
  • H.1 Attachment 2: 2025 2A Fishery Allocation Calculations
  • H.1. Supplemental Attachment 3: DRAFT Area 2A 2026 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan – Track Changes
  • H.1 Supplemental Attachment 4: DRAFT Area 2A 2026 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan
  • H.1.a Supplemental ODFW Report 1: ODFW Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2026 Fishery
  • H.1.a Supplemental REVISED WDFW Report 1: WDFW Report on Proposed Changes to the Catch Sharing Plan
  • H.1.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on 2026 Commercial and Recreational Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Regulations – Final Action
  • H.1.a Supplemental SAS Report 1: SAS Report on 2026 Commercial and Recreational Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Regulations – Final
  • H.1.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

I. Highly Migratory Species Management

• I.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • I.1.a Supplemental SWFSC Powerpoint 1: Highly Migratory Species Research Update
  • I.1.d Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.2 Situation Summary: International Management Activities
  • I.2.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: HMSAS Report on International Management Activities
  • I.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.3 Situation Summary: Exempted Fishing Permits – Preliminary or Final Action
  • I.3 Attachment 1: EFP Application – Hemstreet
  • I.3 Attachment 2: DRAFT EFP Application Multi-Species Extended Link Buoy Gear
  • I.3 Supplemental Attachment 3: DRAFT EFP Application Hookless Deep-Set Ring EFP
  • I.3.a Supplemental HMSMT Report 1: HMSMT Report on EFPs – Preliminary or Final Action
  • I.3.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: HMSAS Report on EFPs – Preliminary or Final Action
  • I.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.4 Situation Summary: HMS Roadmap: Exempted Fishing Permits Goals and Metrics
  • I.4 Attachment 1: PFMC HMS Roadmap
  • I.4.a FIW Report 1: Ad Hoc Fisheries Innovation Workgroup Report on HMS Roadmap
  • I.4.a Supplemental FIW Report 2: FIW Report on HMS Roadmap – Exempted Fishing Permits Goals and Metrics
  • I.4.a Supplemental FIW Presentation 1: HMS Roadmap – Exempted Fishing Permits Goals and Metrics
  • I.4.b Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: HMSAS Report on HMS Roadmap – Exempted Fishing Permits Goals and Metrics
  • I.4.b Supplemental HMSMT Report 1: HMSMT Report on Roadmap Exempted Fishing Permits Goals and Metrics
  • I.4.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

J. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• J.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • J.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• J.2 Situation Summary: Methodology Review
  • J.2 Attachment 1: Proposed Terms of Reference
  • J.2.a NMFS Report 1: Request for Methodology Review of Net Change in Acoustic-Trawl Method Survey for Data used in CPS Stock Assessments
  • J.2.b REVISED Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Methodology Review
  • J.2.b Supplemental CPSMT Report 1: CPSMT Report on Methodology Review
  • J.2.b Supplemental CPSAS Report 1: CPSAS Report on Methodology Review
  • J.2.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• J.3 REVISED Situation Summary: Pacific Sardine Stock Definitions
  • J.3 Staff Presentation: Pacific Sardine Stock Definitions
  • J.3 Attachment 1: Reviewing the Fishery Management Unit in the CPS Management Plan and its Stock Definitions for Sardine off the U.S. West Coast
  • J.3.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Pacific Sardine Stock Definitions
  • J.3.a Supplemental CPSAS Report 1: CPSAS Report on Pacific Sardine Stock Definitions
  • J.3.a Supplemental CPSMT Report 1: CPSMT Report on Pacific Sardine Stock Definitions
  • J.3.bPublic Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

Advisory body and committee agendas

• Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) Agenda
• Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) Agenda
• Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
• Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) Agenda
• Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) Agenda
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda

Scientific and Statistical Committee Materials

• SSC September 2025 DRAFT Minutes
• SSC Salmon Subcommittee Report 2025 Salmon Methodology Review
• Supplemental Review Panel Report for Widow Rockfish

Advisory body and committee memos

• Coastal Pelagic Species Memo
• Enforcement Consultants Memo
• Groundfish Memo
• Highly Migratory Species Memo
• Salmon Memo
• Scientific and Statistical Committee Memo

Informational reports

• Informational Report 1: Letter of Intent EFP Renewal – California Wetfish Producers Association
• Informational Report 2: California Pelagic Fisheries Association Comments on Seafood EO
• Informational Report 3: Oregon Trawl Commission Comments on Seafood EO
• Informational Report 4: ODFW Letter regarding SRKW
• Supplemental Informational Report 5: Washington Fishermen’s Conference Flyer

General Information and Membership Roster

• Annual Banquet Flyer
• Council Meeting Schedule
• Hotel Map
• Council Seating Diagram
• Illness Protocols
• Roster (as of October 17, 2025)