The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will hold an online meeting of its Ad Hoc Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fisheries Innovation Workgroup (FIW) to discuss procedures to facilitate the development of new HMS gears and achieve the goals of the HMS Roadmap. This meeting is open to the public. The meeting will be held Monday, August 24, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time and Thursday August 27, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time, or until business for the day has been completed. This meeting is being conducted remotely with a web broadcast that provides the opportunity for remote public comment. In the event an outage occurs or technical issues arise that impact the experience of remote attendees, we will attempt to resolve them but ultimately we cannot guarantee that they will be resolved satisfactorily.
Purpose of the meeting
The primary purpose of this meeting is to review and discuss the draft exempted fishing permit (EFP) Evaluation Framework. The FIW will also continue discussing EFP bycatch and economic performance benchmarks and metrics. The FIW will provide final recommendations for evaluating HMS EFP performance at the November 2026 Pacific Council meeting in Garden Grove, California.
Meeting materials
A detailed agenda will be made available prior to the meeting.
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Technical information
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System requirements
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Additional information
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Hayden York at 503-280-2412 at least ten business days prior to the meeting date.
If you have additional questions regarding the meeting, please contact Kerry Griffin at 503-820-2409; toll free 1-866-806-7204, extension 409.