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. The meeting is open to the public, and will be held Monday, March 20 and Tuesday, March 21, 2023 beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing until 1 p.m. Pacific Daylight 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.
Purpose of the meeting
The purpose of the SSC CPS Subcommittee’s meeting is to (a) review proposed changes to the habitat model for the northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine, (b) review how the habitat model is used to assign catches of Pacific sardine to the northern subpopulation, (c) review how the habitat model is used to define the area covered by the CPS survey that pertains to the northern subpopulation, and (d) review methods for analyzing and using the 2022 CPS survey data given disruptions. Members of the Pacific Council’s CPS advisory bodies are encouraged to attend.
Meeting Materials
DRAFT Update model of potential habitat for Northern Stock pacific Sardine
Report from the Pacific Sardine Stock Structure Workshop – November 2022 – UPDATED April 6, 2023
Presentation – Sardine Stock Structure Report Out