June 2026 briefing book

June 2026 Council Meeting

A. Call to Order

B. Open Comment Period

B.1 Situation Summary: Comments on Non Agenda Items
- B.1.a Supplemental Presentation 1: Latest Oceanographic Conditions: El Niño and the Marine Heatwaves
- B.1.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

C. Administrative Matters

C.1 Situation Summary: Council Coordination Committee Meeting Update
- C.1 Attachment 1: Council Coordination Meeting Agenda
- C.1 Supplemental Attachment 2: DRAFT Summary of the May 2026 Council Coordination Committee Meeting
- C.1.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)
C.2 Situation Summary: Fiscal Matters
- C.2 Supplemental Attachment 1: Budget Committee Agenda
- C.2.a Supplemental Attachment 2: Executive Director’s Presentation
- C.2.a Supplemental BC Report 1: Report of the Budget Committee
- C.2.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)
C.3 Situation Summary: Approve Council Meeting Records
- C.3 Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record March 3-9, 2026
- C.3 Attachment 2: Draft Council Meeting Record April 6-12, 2026
C.4 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- C.4 Attachment 1: Revised Sacramento River Fall Chinook Workgroup Terms of Reference
- C.4 Attachment 2: Council Operating Procedure 20: Protocol for Consideration of Exempted Fishing Permits for Highly Migratory Species Fisheries (Revised)
- C.4 Attachment 3: Proposed Revisions to Council Operating Procedure 20: Protocol for Consideration of Exempted Fishing Permits for Highly Migratory Species Fisheries (Strikethrough)
- C.4.a SRWG Report 1: Sacramento River Fall Chinook Workgroup Report on Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- C.4.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: SSC Report on Membership Appointments
- C.4.a Supplemental Joint EC, HMSAS & HMSMT Report 1: Joint report on Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- C.4.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)
C.5 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- C.5 Attachment 1: Year-At-A-Glance (YAG)
- C.5 Attachment 2: September 2026 Quick Reference (QR)
- C.5 Attachment 3: November 2026 Quick Reference (QR)
- C.5 Supplemental Attachment 4: Year-At-A-Glance (YAG)
- C.5 Supplemental Attachment 5: September 2026 Quick Reference (QR)
- C.5 Supplemental Executive Directors Report 1: ED Report on Staff Capacity
- C.5 Supplemental Attachment 6: November 2026 Quick Reference (QR)
- C.5.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: SSC Report on Future Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- C.5.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- C.5.a Supplemental EWG Report 1: EWG Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- C.5.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- C.5.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

D. Cross Fishery Management Plan

D.1 Situation Summary: National Ocean Service Briefing – Deep Sea Mineral Mining
- D.1.a Supplemental NOS Presentation: Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA) Exploration License and Commercial Recovery Permits
- D.1.b Supplemental HC Report: HC Report on National Ocean Service Briefing – Deep Seabed hard Minerals Resource Act
- D.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)
D.2 Situation Summary: Marine Planning
- D.2.a MPC Report 1: Marine Planning Committee Report on Marine Planning
- D.2.a Supplemental MPC Presentation
- D.2.b Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Marine Planning
- D.2.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)
D.3 Situation Summary: Special Project 2: Socioeconomic Framework
- D.3 Attachment 1: Community Resilience Decision Tool: Synthesis of Information & Gap Analysis
- D.3 Attachment 2: Community Resilience Decision Tool Methodology (Draft)
- D.3.a Supplemental Presentation 1: Community Resilience Decision
- D.3.b Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Special Project 2: Socioeconomic Framework
- D.3.b Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Special Project 2: Socioeconomic Framework
- D.3.b Supplemental EAS Report 1: EAS Report on Special Project 2: Socioeconomic Framework
- D.3.b Supplemental EWG Report 1: EWG Report on Special Project 2: Socioeconomic Framework
- D.3.b Supplemental SSC Report 1: SSC Report on Special Project 2: Socioeconomic Framework
- D.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)
D.4 Situation Summary: Council and National Marine Fisheries Service Workload – Capacity Alignment
- D.4.a Supplemental Council and NMFS Leadership Report 1: Council and NMFS Leadership Report on Capacity Alignment
- D.4.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

E. Groundfish Management

E.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
- E.1.a Supplemental NMFS Report 1: NMFS Report on Recently Published Groundfish Rulemakings & Workload
- E.1.b Supplemental NWFSC Report 1: Marine Mammal, Seabird and Sea Turtle Bycatch in the U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries 2002-2024
- E.1.b Supplemental NWFSC Report 2: MMSBT Tables (Excel File)
- E.1.b Supplemental NWFSC Presentation 1: Science Center Activities
- E.1.c Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on NMFS Report
- E.1.d Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)
E.2 Situation Summary: Inseason Management – Final Action
- E.2.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1: CDFW Report on 2026 Groundfish Harvest in California
- E.2.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Inseason Management – Final Action
- E.2.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
- E.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)
E.3 Situation Summary: Stock Assessment Process Review and Proposed Revisions
- E.3 Attachment 1: Evaluation of the Pacific Fishery Management Council Stock Assessment Review Process – Revised Final Report
- E.3 Attachment 2: Stock Assessment Review Action Table (E.3 Attachment 2: Excel Version)
- E.3 Attachment 3: Overview of Stock Assessment PFMC Processes
- E.3.a Supplemental Lynker Presentation 1: Evaluation of the PFMC Stock Assessment Review Process
- E.3.b Supplemental Staff Presentation: Overview of PFMC Stock Assessment Process
- E.3.c Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Initial NMFS Response to the Evaluation of PFMC Stock Assessment Review Process
- E.3.c Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Stock Assessment Process Review and Proposed Process Revisions
- E.3.c Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Stock Assessment Process Review and Proposed Process Revisions
- E.3.c Supplemental SSC Report 1: SSC Report on Stock Assessment Process Review and Proposed Process Revisions
- E.3.d Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)
E.4 Situation Summary: Final Stock Assessment Plan for 2027, Preliminary Priorities for 2029 and Beyond
- E.4 Attachment 1: Groundfish Stock Assessment Considerations and Planning for 2027, 2029, and Beyond
- E.4 Attachment 2: Summary of Available Data to Support Assessments of U.S. West Coast Groundfish Stocks
- E.4 a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Final Stock Assessment Plan for 2027, Preliminary Priorities for 2029 and Beyond
- E.4.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Final Stock Assessment Plan for 2027, Preliminary Priorities for 2029 and Beyond
- E.4.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: SSC Report on Final Stock Assessment Plan for 2027, Preliminary Priorities for 2029 and Beyond
- E.4.a Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Groundfish Stock Assessment Considerations and Planning for 2027, 2029, and beyond
- E.4.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)
E.5 Situation Summary: Moving Trawl Gear EFP into Regulations; Updating Declaration Requirements; Removing Duplicative Recreational Regulations
- E.5 REVISED Attachment 1: Analytical Document to Support Council Decision-Making for Moving the Midwater Trawl Gear Exempted Fishing Permit into Regulations; Updating Declaration Requirements; and Removing Duplicative Recreational Regulations
- E.5 Attachment 2: Projecting Impacts on Chinook Salmon Bycatch: Potential Transfer of Exemptions to Regulation, in Two West Coast Groundfish Trawl Fishery Sectors (DRAFT)
- E.5 REVISED Supplemental Presentation 1: Midwater Trawl Gear EFP
- E.5.a REVISED Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Moving Trawl Gear EFP Into Regulations
- E.5.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Moving Trawl Gear EFT into Regulation
- E.5.a Supplemental EC Report 1: EC Report on Moving Trawl Gear EFP Into Regulations
- E.5.a Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Projecting Impacts on Chinook Salmon Bycatch
- E.5.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)
E.6 Situation Summary: 2027-28 Harvest Specifications, Management Measures, and Exempted Fishing Permits – Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Amendment
- E.6 Supplemental Attachment 1: DRAFT Action Item Checklist: 2027-28 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- E.6 Attachment 2: Draft 2027-28 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Analysis of the Management Measures under the Preliminary Preferred Alternative
- E.6 Attachment 3: Initial Review Draft: Amendment 38 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, 2027-8 Harvest Specifications, and Management Measures
- E.6 Attachment 4: Analysis of Annual Catch Limit Alternatives for Widow Rockfish as Requested by the PFMC in April 2026
- E.6 Attachment 5: California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2027-2028 Exempted Fishing Permit Application
- E.6 Supplemental REVISED Attachment 6: Draft Language for Amendment 38 to Support Removal of Yelloweye and California Quillback Rockfishes Rebuilding Plans from the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
- E.6 Supplemental Attachment 7: DRAFT Socioeconomic Analyses for the 2027-28 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- E.6 Supplemental REVISED Attachment 8: Errata June 2026
- E.6 Supplemental Attachment 9: Year-Round Trawl Gear (Midwater Rockfish) EFP
- E.6.a CDFW Report 1: CDFW Report on Final Preferred Alternatives for 2027-28 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- E.6.a Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Final 2027-2028 Tribal Management Measures
- E.6.a Supplemental ODFW Report 1: ODFW Report on 2027-28 Biennial Management Measures for the Oregon Recreational Fishery
- E.6.a Supplemental WDFW Report 1: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on 2027 and 2028 Groundfish Management Measures
- E.6.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: SSC Report on 2027-28 Harvest Specifications, Management Measures, and EFP FMP Amendment – Final Action
- E.6.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on 2027-28 Harvest Specifications, Management Measures, and EFP FMP Amendment
- E.6.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on 2027-28 Harvest Specifications
- E.6.a Supplemental GMT Presentation 1: Action Items #1-21
- E.6.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)
E.7 Situation Summary: Stock Assessment Terms of Reference for 2027-28
- E.7 Attachment 1: DRAFT Proposed Outline Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Stock Assessment Review Process
- E.7 Attachment 2: Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Stock Assessment Review Process for 2025-2026
- E.7 Attachment 3: NOAA Stock Assessment Report Guidelines
- E.7 Supplemental Presentation 1: Groundfish Terms of Reference
- E.7.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Stock Assessment Terms of Reference for 2027-28
- E.7.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Stock Assessment Terms of Reference for 2027-28
- E.7.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Stock Assessment Terms of Reference for 2027-28
- E.7.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

F. Habitat Issues

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

G. Highly Migratory Species Management

G.1 REVISED Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
- G.1.a NMFS Report 1: NMFS Report on Highly Migratory Species Activities
- G.1.b Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: HMSAS Report on NMFS Report
- G.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)
G.2 Situation Summary: International Management Activities
- G.2 Supplemental Attachment 1: Summary of a U.S. Stakeholder Meeting on North Pacific Swordfish Management April 22, 2026 Virtual
- G.2.a NMFS Report 1: NMFS Report on International Highly Migratory Species Activities
- G.2.a Supplemental NMFS Report 2: NMFS Report on International Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Activities
- G.2.a Supplemental Attachment 2: Summary of U.S. Stakeholder Meeting on North Pacific Albacore Management
- G.2.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: HMSAS Report on International Management Activities
- G.2.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 2: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel Report on International Management Activities
- G.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

Advisory body and committee agendas

Scientific and Statistical Committee Materials

Advisory body and committee memos

Informational reports

Informational Report 1: USDA Office of Seafood
Informational Report 2: Highly Migratory Species Drift Gillnet Bycatch Performance Report
Informational Report 3: CDFW Pop-Up Gear in the 2026 Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery
Supplemental Informational Report 4: PIER HMS EFP Report
Supplemental Informational Report 5: Shearwater HMS EFP Report
Supplemental Informational Report 6: West Coast Take Reduction Team March 30-APril 2, 2026 Meeting Summary

June 2026 Council Meeting

A. Call to Order

B. Open Comment Period

C. Administrative Matters

D. Cross Fishery Management Plan

E. Groundfish Management

F. Habitat Issues

G. Highly Migratory Species Management

Advisory body and committee agendas

Scientific and Statistical Committee Materials

Advisory body and committee memos

Informational reports

General Information and Membership Roster

Recent reports