Coastal Pelagic Species Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee to hold online meeting February 24, 2027

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. The meeting is open to the public, and will be held Wednesday, February 24, 2027, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and continuing until 12 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 an outage occurs or technical issues arise that impact the experience of remote attendees, we will attempt to resolve them but ultimately we cannot guarantee that they will be resolved satisfactorily.

Meeting Materials

A detailed agenda will be made available prior to the start of the meeting.

Purpose of the meeting

The Subcommittee will review the draft update stock assessment for Pacific mackerel in preparation for full SSC and Council review at the April 2027 Pacific Council meeting.   

Review of the update assessment will be completed by members of the CPS subcommittee, per the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review Process 

Terms of Reference for the Costal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review Process (June 2026) 

Additional information

Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Hayden York at 503-820-2424 at least ten business days prior to the meeting date.

For further information about the work session, please contact Katrina Bernaus at 503-820-2420; toll-free 1-866-806-7204, extension 420.