Category: News & events

  • Habitat Committee to hold online meeting November 3-4, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Habitat Committee (HC) will hold an online public meeting. The online meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 3, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and continue Wednesday, November 4, from 8:30 p.m. to 5 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…

  • Scientific and Statistical Committee to hold a meeting November 10, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a virtual meeting to discuss matters relevant to the November 2026 Pacific Council meeting. This meeting is open to the public.

  • Highly Migratory Species Fisheries Innovation Workgroup to hold meeting October 22-23, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will hold an in-person meeting of its Ad Hoc Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fisheries Innovation Workgroup (FIW). This meeting is open to the public. The meeting will be held Thursday, October 22, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, and will continue on Friday, October 23, 2026…

  • September 2026 Decision Summary Document

    Council Meeting Decision Summary Documents are highlights of significant decisions made at Council meetings. Fishery policy decisions made by the Council are formally transmitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as recommendations and are not final until NMFS approval.  Results of agenda items that do not reach a level of highlight significance are typically not described…

  • Groundfish Management Team to hold hybrid meeting October 26-30, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene an in-person hybrid meeting of its Groundfish Management Team (GMT) that is open to the public. This meeting will be held on Monday, September 2, 2025 from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time. The GMT will reconvene Tuesday, October 27 through Friday, October 30, 2026 from…

  • All Advisory Body Briefing to be held online October 9, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene an online meeting of its Advisory Bodies; this meeting is open to the public. The online briefing will be held Friday, October 9, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) or until discussion is finished.

  • Preliminary DRAFT September 2026 Motions in Writing

    Cautionary Note — These preliminary motions do not represent the final official administrative record. The motions and amendments contained in this blog are as projected on the screen at the Council meeting at the time of the Council vote and often use expedited language and references without the benefit of any final editing or proofing.…

  • Peer Review Panel to meet October 1, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) will convene a Peer Review Panel to review methods for updating the Sacramento River Fall Chinook (SRFC) spawner abundance at maximum sustainable yield (SMSY) value. The Panel will online on Thursday, October 1, 2026 which is open to the public. The meeting will start at 10:00 a.m. and…

  • Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee to hold online meeting October 2, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee (MPC) will hold an online public meeting. This meeting will be held Friday, October 2, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time or until business for the day has been completed. This meeting is being conducted remotely with a web broadcast…

  • Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee to hold a meeting October 6 through October 8, 2026

    The Groundfish Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will convene to review the suitability of a standardization of fishery-dependent indices for midwater rockfishes and an eDNA-based index of abundance for application in groundfish stock assessments. The methodology review meeting is open to the public and being conducted…

  • Scientific and Statistical Committee Ecosystem-based Management Subcommittee and Economics Subcommittee to hold a meeting September 29, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Ecosystem-based Management Subcommittee and Economics Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 2 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…

  • Peer Review Panel to meet September 11, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) will convene a Peer Review Panel to review methods for updating the Sacramento River Fall Chinook (SRFC) spawner abundance at maximum sustainable yield (SMSY) value. The Panel will meet online on Friday, September 11, 2026 which is open to the public. The meeting will start at 8:30 a.m.…

  • Salmon Advisory Subpanel to hold online meeting September 14, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) will hold an online meeting and is open to the public. This SAS meeting will be held Monday, September 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Time, or until business is completed. This meeting is being conducted remotely with a web broadcast that provides the…

  • Salmon Technical Team to hold online meeting September 9, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Salmon Technical Team (STT) will hold an online meeting and is open to the public. This STT meeting will be held Wednesday, September 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Time, or until business is completed. This meeting is being conducted remotely with a web broadcast that provides the…

  • The Highly Migratory Species Management Team and Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel to hold online meetings online September 9, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) and Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) are holding individual online meetings. A portion of these meetings will be a joint online meeting. The meeting will be held Wednesday, September 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time. This meeting is being…

  • Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel to hold online meeting September 3, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS) will hold an online meeting, which is open to the public. The meeting will be held Thursday, September 3, 2026 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Time. This meeting is being conducted remotely with a web broadcast that provides the opportunity for remote…

  • Ecosystem Workgroup to hold online meeting Tuesday, September 15, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene an online meeting of its Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG), which is open to the public. The online meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. Pacific Time, or until business for the day is 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…

  • Groundfish Management Team & Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Joint Online Meeting Scheduled for September 11 and September 14-16, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene a joint webinar meeting of the Groundfish Management Team (GMT) and its Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP).

  • Highly Migratory Species Fisheries Innovation Workgroup to hold meeting August 24 and August 27, 2026

    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…

  • Joint Meeting to Review Management Provisions for Pacific Sardine

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene a meeting to review key management provisions for Pacific sardine in the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan (CPS FMP), including reference points and control rules. The joint meeting will be comprised of the Pacific Council’s CPS Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (CPSSC of the SSC), the Coastal Pelagic Species…

  • Sacramento River Fall Chinook Workgroup to meet August 6, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Sacramento River Fall Chinook Workgroup (SRWG) will hold an online meeting Thursday, August 6, 2026, which is open to the public. The meeting will start at 2pm and go until 4 p.m. Pacific Time or when business for the day concludes.  This meeting is being conducted remotely with a…

  • June 2026 Decision Summary Document

    Council Meeting Decision Summary Documents are highlights of significant decisions made at Council meetings. Fishery policy decisions made by the Council are formally transmitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as recommendations and are not final until NMFS approval.  Results of agenda items that do not reach a level of highlight significance are typically not described…

  • Peer Review Panel to meet August 19-20, 2026

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) will convene a Peer Review Panel to review methods for updating the Sacramento River Fall Chinook (SRFC) spawner abundance at maximum sustainable yield (SMSY) value. The Panel will meet in-person in Sacramento, CA on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 and Thursday, August 20, 2026, which is open to the…

  • Preliminary DRAFT June 2026 Motions in Writing

    Cautionary Note — These preliminary motions do not represent the final official administrative record. The motions and amendments contained in this blog are as projected on the screen at the Council meeting at the time of the Council vote and often use expedited language and references without the benefit of any final editing or proofing.…