Category: News & events

Recordings available for ecosystem status report and initiative workplan briefings

Briefing on the 2022-2023 California Current Ecosystem Status Report Briefing on the Workplan for the Ecosystem and Climate Information Initiative
Notice of availability: Preseason Report I – Stock Abundance Analysis and Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2023 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations

Preseason Report I is the second report in an annual series of four reports prepared by the Salmon Technical Team of the Pacific Fishery Management Council to document and help guide ocean fishery salmon management off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. The report focuses on Chinook, coho, and pink salmon stocks that have been important in determining Council fisheries…
Highly Migratory Species Management Team to hold online meeting March 27, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) will hold an online meeting, which is open to the public. The meeting will be held Monday, March 27, 2023, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time. This meeting is being conducted remotely with a web broadcast that provides the opportunity…
Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel to hold online meeting March 30, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel will hold an online meeting, which is open to the public. The meeting will be held Thursday, March 30, 2023 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time or until business for the day has been completed. This meeting is being conducted…
March 2023 briefing book
Groundfish Management Team to hold online meeting March 27, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene a one-day webinar meeting of its Groundfish Management Team (GMT) to discuss items on the Pacific Council’s April 2023 meeting agenda. This meeting is open to the public. The online meeting will be held on Monday, March 27, 2023, starting at 1 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time and…
Winter/spring 2023 newsletter available!

The Pacific Council’s first newsletter of 2023 is available online! A lot has happened since we last assembled a newsletter in 2021. You may find our newsletter by visiting the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s 2023 newsletters webpage.
Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team to hold online meeting March 23, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team will hold an online public meeting. This meeting will be held Thursday, March 23, 2023 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time or until business for the day has been completed. This meeting is being conducted remotely with a web broadcast…
Pacific Mackerel Stock Assessment Review Panel meeting April 11-13, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene a Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel meeting to review the 2023 Pacific mackerel stock assessment.
Pre-Assessment Workshop for Shortspine Thornyhead, Rex Sole, and Petrale Sole to be held online March 20, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and the National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Fisheries Science Center will convene an online pre-assessment workshop to review proposed data and modeling approaches to inform groundfish stock assessments for shortspine thornyhead, rex sole, and petrale sole, scheduled for assessment during 2023. The workshop is open to the public…
March 2023 Council meeting and agenda available online
Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel to hold online meeting March 3, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel will hold an online meeting, which is open to the public.
Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team to hold online meeting March 2, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team will hold an online meeting which is open to the public. The meeting will be held Thursday, March 2, 2023 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Standard Time or until business for the day has been completed. This meeting is being conducted…
Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee to hold online meeting February 23, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee (MPC) will hold an online public meeting.
Groundfish Management Team to hold online meeting February 22, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene a one-day webinar meeting of its Groundfish Management Team (GMT) to discuss items on the Pacific Council’s March 2023 meeting agenda.
Briefing on the Workplan for the Ecosystem and Climate Information Initiative

The Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG) will brief Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) advisory body members and interested public on the work plan it is developing for the Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative on Ecosystem and Climate Information for Species, Fisheries, and Fishery Management Plans.
Briefing on the 2022-2023 California Current Ecosystem Status Report

Members of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team will brief Pacific Fishery Management Council advisory body members and interested public on the contents of the 2022-2023 California Current Ecosystem Status Report.
Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee to hold online meeting February 2, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee (MPC) will hold an online public meeting.
Coastal Pelagic Species Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee to hold online meeting March 20-21, 2023

The Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council’s) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold an online meeting to review revisions to the habitat model for the northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine and methods for analyzing and using the 2022 CPS survey.
Notice of availability for HMS FMP Amendment 6 Authorizing Deep-set Buoy Gear

NOAA Fisheries has announced a public comment period, through March 10, 2023, on the Council’s proposed Amendment 6 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (HMS) to authorize deep-set buoy gear (DSBG) as an additional gear type for catching swordfish and other HMS in federal waters off…
Pre-Assessment Workshop for Copper, Canary, and Black Rockfish to be held online January 31 & February 1, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and the National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest and Southwest Fisheries Science Centers will convene an online pre-assessment workshop to review proposed data and modeling approaches to inform groundfish stock assessments for copper rockfish, canary rockfish, and black rockfish, scheduled for assessment during 2023.
2022: EM Regulatory Development

The Council is continuing to examine the EM Program to reduce costs to the industry and ensure the overall program is effective and efficient for all participants when the program goes into effect January 1, 2024 In February 2022 the Council began scoping several issues brought forth by the industry via the Council’s Ad Hoc…
Highly Migratory Species Management Team to hold online meeting January 10, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) is holding an online meeting, which is open to the public.
Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team to hold meeting January 24-26, 2023

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) is holding a meeting, which is open to the public located at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pacific Room, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive in La Jolla, California 92037.