September 2025 briefing book

September 2025 Council Meeting

A. Call to Order

• REVISED A.4 Agenda September 2025 Detailed Agenda & QR
• A.5 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. Habitat Issues

• C.1 Situation Summary: Current Habitat Issues
  • C.1a Supplemental HC Report 1: HC Report on Habitat Issues
  • C.1.b Supplemental ONMS Report 1: Follow-up to PFMC Questions and Comments on ONMS Report
  • C.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

D. Highly Migratory Species Management

• D.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • D.1.a NMFS Report 1: NMFS Report on Highly Migratory Species Activities
  • D.1.a Supplemental NMFS Report 2: 2025 Marine Mammal Protection Act Comparability Finding Determinations for Harvesting Nations
  • D.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

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

E. Pacific Halibut Management

• E.1 Situation Summary: 2026 Commercial and Recreational Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Regulations – Preliminary
  • E.1 Attachment 1 REVISED: Area 2A 2025 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan
  • E.1 Attachment 2: 2025 2A Fishery Allocation Calculations
  • E.1.a NMFS Report 1: NMFS Report on 2025 Area 2A Pacific Halibut Fisheries and Inseason Update
  • E.1.a ODFW Report 1: ODFW Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2026 Fishery
  • E.1.a Supplemental WDFW Report 1: WDFW Report on proposed changes to the Catch Sharing Plan
  • E.1.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Pacific Halibut 2026 Commercial and Recreational Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Regulations – Preliminary
  • E.1.a Supplemental SAS Report 1: SAS Report on 2026 Commercial and Recreational Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Regulations – Preliminary
  • E.1.a Supplemental Staff Report 1: Staff Report on Corrections to 2025 Catch Sharing Plan
  • E.1.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

F. Salmon Management

• F.1 Situation Summary: Methodology Review – Final Topic Selection
  • F.1.a SRWG REVISED Report 1: SRWG Report on Salmon Methodology Review – Final Topic Selection
  • F.1.a Supplemental ODFW Report 1: ODFW Letter to Chair Hassemer
  • F.1.a Supplemental SAS Report 1: SAS Report on Methodology Review – Final Topic Selection
  • F.1.a Supplemental STT Report 1: STT Report on Salmon Methodology Review – Final Topic Selection
  • F.1.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Methodology Review – Final Topic Selection
  • F.1.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

G. Groundfish Management

• G.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • G.1.a Supplemental NMFS Report 1: NMFS Report on Recently Published Groundfish Rulemaking & Workload
  • G.1.b NWFSC Report 1: Estimated Discard and Catch of Groundfish Species in the 2024 U.S. West Coast Fisheries
  • G.1.b NWFSC Report 2: Groundfish Mortality Table (Excel File)
  • G.1.b Supplemental NMFS Science Center Report: Science Center Activities
  • G.1.c Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • G.1.d Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.2 Situation Summary: Phase 2 Stock Definitions – Final Action
  • G.2 Attachment 1: DRAFT Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis/MSA Analysis for Proposed Amendment to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
  • G.2 Attachment 2: Proposed Amendment language for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
  • G.2 Attachment 3: Phase 2 Stock Definitions: Summary of Decision Points for September 2025
  • G.2.a ODFW Report 1: ODFW Report on Stock Definitions Final Preferred Alternative
  • G.2 Supplemental Staff Presentation: Phase 2 Stock Definitions – Final Action
  • G.2.a Supplemental WDFW Report 1: WDFW Report on Stock Definitions
  • G.2.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Phase 2 Stock Definitions
  • G.2.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Phase 2 Stock Definitions – Final Action
  • G.2.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Phase 2 Stock Definitions – Final Action
  • G.2.a REVISED Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Phase 2 Stock Definitions – Final Action
  • G.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.3 Situation Summary: Adopt Stock Assessments
  • G.3 Attachment 1: Status of the Yellowtail Rockfish Stock off the U.S. West Coast North of 40 10 in 2025
  • G.3 Attachment 2: Status of the Quillback Rockfish in U.S. Waters off California in 2025
  • G.3 Attachment 3: Status of Chilipepper Rockfish in U.S. Waters off California, Oregon, and Washington in 2025
  • G.3 REVISED Attachment 4: Status of the Rougheye and Blackspotted Rockfishes stock off the U.S. West Coast in 2025
  • G.3 Attachment 5: Status of the Sablefish off U.S. West Coast in 2025
  • G.3 Attachment 6: Status of Yelloweye Rockfish off the U.S. West Coast in 2025
  • G.3 Attachment 7: Status of Widow Rockfish stock off the U.S. West Coast in 2025
  • G.3 Attachment 8: Yellowtail Rockfish North of 40 10 N. Lat. Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report
  • G.3 Attachment 9: Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel for Quillback Rockfish off California
  • G.3 Attachment 10: Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel for Chilipepper Rockfish
  • G.3 Attachment 11: Rougheye/Blackspotted Rockfishes Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report
  • G.3 Attachment 12: Sablefish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report
  • G.3 Attachment 13: Catch Only Projection for Petrale Sole
  • G.3 Attachment 14: Catch Only Projection for Canary Rockfish
  • G.3 Attachment 15: Catch Only Projection for Shortspine Thornyhead
  • G.3 Attachment 16: Catch Only Projection for Darkblotched Rockfish
  • G.3 Revised Attachment 17: 2025 Catch Only Projection of Black Rockfish in State and Federal Waters off Oregon
  • G.3 Revised Attachment 18: Catch Only Projection for Bocaccio in 2025
  • G.3.a Supplemental NWFSC/SWFSC Report 1: 2025 West Coast Groundfish Stock Assessment At-A-Glance
  • G.3.a Supplemental NWFSC/SWFSC Report 2: Alternative Decision Tables with Overfishing Limits
  • G.3.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: SSC Report on Groundfish Management – Adopt Stock Assessments
  • G.3.a Supplemental SSC Report 2: SSC Report on Adopt Stock Assessments
  • G.3.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Adopt Stock Assessments
  • G.3.a Supplemental GAP Report 2: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Adopt Stock Assessments
  • G.3.a Supplemental EWG Report 1: Ecosystem Workgroup Report on Adopt Stock Assessments
  • G.3.a Supplemental EAS Report 1: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report on Adopt Stock Assessments
  • G.3.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Adopt Stock Assessments – New Proposed Sigma Approach
  • G.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.4 Situation Summary: Stock Assessment Methodology Review Topic Selection – Final Topics
  • G.4.a Supplemental NWFSC Report 1: Proposal for Methodology Review of Commerical Fishery-Dependent Index Standardization
  • G.4.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Stock Assessment Methodology Review Topic Selection – Final Topics
  • G.4.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Stock Assessment Methodology Review – Final Topics
  • G.4.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.5 Situation Summary: Trawl Catch Share Program Review – Preliminary
  • G.5 Attachment 1: Review of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program
  • G.5 Trawl Catch Share Presentation: Review of the Trawl Catch Share Program
  • G.5.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Trawl Catch Share Program Review – Preliminary
  • G.5.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Trawl Catch Share Program Review – Preliminary
  • G.5.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.6 Situation Summary: Initial Harvest Specifications and Management Measure Actions for 2027-28
  • G.6 Supplemental Attachment 1: 2027 and 2028 Groundfish Harvest Specifications Under Default Harvest Control Rules
  • G.6 Supplemental REVISED Attachment 2: Harvest Specification Projections for Select West Coast Groundfish Stocks in 2027 and Beyond
  • G.6 Supplemental REVISED Attachment 3: DRAFT Distribution of 2027-28 Annual Catch Limits to the Groundfish Fishery based on Default Harvest Control Rules
  • G.6.a GMT Report 1: GMT Report on the History of Canary Rockfish Allocations
  • G.6.a GMT Report 2: GMT Report on Initial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Actions for 2027-28
  • G.6.a Supplemental GMT Report 3: Groundfish Management Team Report on Initial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Actions for 2027-28 Management
  • G.6.a Supplemental WDFW Report 1: WDFW Report on Canary Rockfish and the 2027-2028 Initial Harvest Specification and Management Measure Actions for 2027-2028
  • G.6.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1: CDFW Report on Initial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2027-2028
  • G.6.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Initial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Actions for 2027-2028
  • G.6.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Initial Harvest Specifications and Management Measure Actions for 2027-28
  • G.6.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.7 Situation Summary: Inseason Management – Final Action
  • G.7 Attachment 1: Catch Only Projection for Petrale Sole
  • G.7 Attachment 2: Catch Only Projection for Canary Rockfish
  • G.7 Attachment 3: Catch Only Projection for Shortspine Thornyhead
  • G.7.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1: CDFW Report on Recreational and Commercial Inseason Adjustments for 2025
  • G.7.a Supplemental CDFW Report 2: CDFW Report on 2025 Groundfish Harvest in California
  • G.7.a Supplemental ODFW Report 1: ODFW Report on the Status of 2025 Fisheries
  • G.7.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • G.7.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • G.7.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Inseason Management – Final Action
  • G.7.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.8 Situation Summary: Emergency Action: Revised 2026 Specifications and Measures for Canary Rockfish, Shortspine Thornyhead, and Petrale Sole – Final Action
  • G.8 Supplemental Attachment 1: Federal Register Notice Policy Guidelines
  • G.8 Supplemental Attachment 2: Catch Only Projection for Shortspine Thornyhead
  • G.8 Supplemental Attachment 3: Catch Only Projection for Petrale Sole
  • G.8 Supplemental Attachment 4: Catch Only Projection for Canary Rockfish
  • G.8 Supplemental Attachment 5: Staff Report on Proposed Changes to 2026 Harvest Specifications and Allocations for Shortspine Thornyhead, Petrale Sole, and Canary Rockfish
  • G.8.a Supplemental Attachment 6: Evaluation of Emergency Rule Criteria for Proposed Emergency Rule to Change 2026 Harvest Specifications
  • G.8.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Emergency Rule
  • G.8.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: SSC Report on Emergency Action: Revised 2026 Specifications and Measures for Canary Rockfish, Shortspine Thornyhead, and Petrale Sole – Final Action
  • G.8.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Emergency Action: Revised 2026 Specifications and Measures for Canary Rockfish, Shortspine Thornyhead and Petrale Sole – Final Action
  • G.8.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

H. Cross Fishery Management Plan (FMP)

• H.1 Situation Summary: Adaptive Management and Flexibility – Scoping
  • H.1 Attachment 1: PFMC Staff Report on Council Special Project 1: Adaptive Management and Flexibility
  • H.1 Supplemental Attachment 2: PFMC Report on Council Special Project 1: Adaptive Management and Flexibility
  • H.1 Supplemental Staff Presentation 1: Adaptive Management Project – Scoping
  • H.1.a Supplemental CPSAS Report 1: CPSAS Report on Adaptive Management and Flexibility – Scoping
  • H.1.a Supplemental HC Report 1: HC Report on Adaptive Management and Flexibility – Scoping
  • H.1.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Adaptive Management and Flexibility – Scoping
  • H.1.a Supplemental EAS Report 1: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report on Adaptive Management and Flexibility – Scoping
  • H.1.a Supplemental EWG Report 1: Ecosystem Workgroup Report on Adaptive Management and Flexibility – Scoping
  • H.1.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.2 Situation Summary: Council Response to Executive Orders and Administration Updates
  • H.2 Attachment 1: Executive Order 14276 Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness
  • H.2 Attachment 2: Executive Order 13921 Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth
  • H.2 Attachment 3: NMFS Guidance to Executive Directors on Executive Orders
  • H.2 Attachment 4: DRAFT Letter to Mr. Soler, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
  • H.2 Attachment 5: Matrix Response to Executive Orders
  • H.2 Supplemental Attachment 6: Restoring America’s Seafood Competitiveness
  • H.2.a Council Member Report 1: Addendum to Pacific Fishery Management Council Response to EO 14276
  • H.2.a Supplemental CPSAS Report 1: CPSAS Report on Council Reponses to Executive Orders and Administrative Updates
  • H.2.a Supplemental SAS Report 1: SAS Report on Council Response to Executive Orders and Administration Updates
  • H.2.a Supplemental HC Report 1: HC Report on Council Response to Executive Orders and Administration Updates
  • H.2.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: HMSAS Report on Council Response to Executive Orders and Administration Updates
  • H.2.a Supplemental EAS Report 1: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report on Executive Orders and Administrative Updates
  • H.2.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Council Response to Executive Orders and Administration Updates
  • H.2.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Council Response to Executive Orders and Administrative Updates
  • H.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

I. Administrative Matters

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

• I.2 Situation Summary: Approval of Council Meeting Record
  • I.2 Attachment 1: DRAFT Council Meeting Record

• I.3 REVISED Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • I.3 Attachment 1: Department of State Letter – Brinkman
  • I.3 Attachment 2: US Coast Guard Letter – Avanni
  • I.3 Attachment 3: Revisions to COP 20 HMS EFP Process
  • I.3 Attachment 4: Revisions to COP 27 Allocation Reviews
  • I.3.a Supplemental HMSMT Report 1: HMSMT Report on Membership Appointments & Council Operating Procedures
  • I.3.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: HMSAS Report on Membership Appointments & Council Operating Procedures
  • I.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.4 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • I.4 Attachment 1: Year at a Glance (YAG)
  • I.4 Attachment 2: November Quick Reference (QR)
  • I.4 Supplemental Attachment 3: Year at a Glance (YAG)
  • I.4 Supplemental Attachment 4: November Quick Reference (QR)
  • I.4.a Supplemental CPSMT Report 1: CPSMT Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • I.4.a Supplemental FIW Report 1: FIW Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • I.4.a Supplemental Report 1: HMSMT Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • I.4.a Supplemental CPSAS Report 1: CPSAS Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • I.4.a Supplemental HC Report 1: HC Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • I.4.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: HMSAS Report on Future Council Agenda and Workload Planning
  • I.4.a Supplemental EWG Report 1: Ecosystem Workgroup Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • I.4.a Supplemental EAS Report 1: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • I.4.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • I.4.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: SSC Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • I.4.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

Advisory body and committee agendas

• Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Groundfish Managment Team (GMT) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
• Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee Agenda

Scientific and Statistical Committee Materials

• SSC Draft June 2025 Meeting Minutes
• SSC Groundfish Subcommittee 2025 Groundfish Stock Assessment Report 1
• SSC Groundfish Subcommittee 2025 Groundfish Stock Assessment Report 2

Advisory body and committee memos

• Enforcement Consultants Memo
• Groundfish Memo
• Scientific and Statistical Committee Memo

Informational reports

• Informational Report 1: Staff Report on Updating the SRFC Management Framework
• Informational Report 2: EO 14276 Restoring America’s Seafood Competitiveness
• Supplemental Informational Report 3: Seattle Times Obituary on Joel Kawahara
• Supplemental Informational Report 4: West Coast Take Reduction Team
• Supplemental Informational Report 5: HMS Draft Gillnet Bycatch Performance Report
• Supplemental Informational Report 6: Southern California Aquaculture Opportunity Areas

General Information and Membership Roster

• Reception Flyer
• Council Meeting Schedule
• Hotel Map
• Council Seating Diagram
• Illness Protocols
• Roster (as of August 21, 2025)