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The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee (MPC) will hold a public online meeting.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Salmon Technical Team (STT) and Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW) will hold a joint meeting on July 20, 2022 in preparation for the September 2022 Pacific Council meeting.  The meeting is open to the public.  The online meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., Pacific Time, or until business in completed.

June 9-14, 2022  Council Meeting Decision Summary Documents are highlights of significant decisions made at Council meetings.  Results of agenda items that do not reach a level of highlight significance are typically not described in the Decision Summary Document.  For a more detailed account of Council meeting discussions, see the Council meeting record and transcripts.  […]

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. They may use short-hand language or abbreviations that may not be clear without the context of verbal comments and clarifications made during their development at the meeting, or may contain inadvertent transposition errors. They have not been approved by the Council to represent the final official record of Council action. The final official record will be posted on the Council website after the Council approves the full meeting record at a future Council meeting.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council is seeking candidates to serve as its next Deputy Director.  The application period is open now through May 30, 2022.  More information is provided in the Deputy Director recruitment packet, which consists of a recruitment announcement and a position description. The Pacific Fishery Management Council is committed to the principle […]

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee (MPC) will hold an online meeting that is open to the public.

The Groundfish Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council’s) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a workshop to develop methods for constructing abundance indices based on hook-and-line surveys.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) is holding an online meeting, which is open to the public.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene a webinar meeting of its Groundfish Management Team (GMT) to complete analyses identified by the Pacific Council at their April 2022 meeting as potential 2023-2024 groundfish management measures and to discuss items on the Pacific Council’s June 2022 meeting agenda.