Ad-hoc committees are created to serve special needs. Ad-hoc committees that currently exist are listed below with month/year they were formed:

• Cost Recovery Committee (June 2011)
• Ecosystem Workgroup (June 2013)
• Groundfish Electronic Monitory Policy Advisory Committee (June 2013)
• Groundfish Electronic Monitory Technical Advisory Committee (June 2013)
• Marine Planning Committee (June 2021)
• Equity and Environmental Justice Committee (April 2023)
• Klamath River Fall Chinook Workgroup (June 2023)
• Sacramento River Fall Chinook Workgroup (June 2023)