The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Groundfish Management Team (GMT) will hold a five day online work session split over the course of two weeks that is open to the public. The purpose of the meeting is to prepare materials for the 2027-28 harvest specifications and management measures and discuss other items on the Pacific Council’s November 2025 meeting agenda. The online meeting will be held Monday October 20, 2025 from 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time until business for the day has been completed. The GMT will reconvene on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time until business for the day has been completed. The GMT will reconvene on Monday, October 27 from 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time until business for the day has been completed. The GMT will reconvene on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time through Wednesday, October 29, 2025 until business for each day has been completed until business for each 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 primary purpose of the GMT meeting is to develop recommendations on the development of the 2027-28 harvest specifications and management measures for consideration by the Pacific Council at its November 2025 meeting. If proposed by the Pacific Council, the GMT will also scope new management measures.
Meeting materials
Additional information
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Hayden York at 503-280-2424 at least ten business days prior to the meeting date.
If you have additional questions regarding the meeting, please contact Todd Phillips at 503-820-2426; toll free 1-866-806-7204, extension 426.