The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will hold an online 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 online meeting will be held Wednesday, May 28, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 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 discussion of the HMS Roadmap, the HMS exempted fishing permit (EFP) process, potential modifications to Pacific Council Operating Procedure 20, and acceptable levels of bycatch in HMS. The FIW may develop a supplemental report for consideration at the June Pacific Council meeting.
Meeting materials
To attend the online meeting
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.
If you have additional questions regarding the meeting, please contact Kerry Griffin at 503-820-2409; toll free 1-866-806-7204, extension 409.