The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will hold an in-person meeting of its Ad Hoc Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fisheries Innovation Workgroup (FIW) to discuss procedures to facilitate the development of new HMS gears and achieve the goals of the HMS Roadmap. This meeting is open to the public. The meeting will be held Thursday, June 18, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 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.
Purpose of the meeting
The purpose of this meeting is to continue implementation of the Pacific Council’s HMS Roadmap, with the goal of facilitating development of innovative fishing gears and methods while minimizing bycatch to the extent practicable. At its June 18 meeting, the FIW will continue developing bycatch and economic benchmarks for use in evaluating HMS exempted fishing permit (EFP) fishing. The FIW is scheduled to provide a final report and recommendations at the November 2026 Pacific Council meeting.
Meeting materials
A detailed agenda will be made available prior to the start of the meeting.
If you have additional questions regarding the meeting, please contact Kerry Griffin at 503-820-2409; toll free 1-866-806-7204, extension 409.