Peer Review Panel to meet August 19-20, 2026

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Peer Review Panel to review methods for updating the Sacramento River Fall Chinook (SRFC) spawner abundance at maximum sustainable yield (S_MSY) value. This panel will hold an online meeting Wednesday, August 19, 2026 and Thursday, August 20, 2026, which is open to the public. The meeting will start each day at 8:30 a.m. and go until 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time or when business for the day concludes.  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 purpose of the Peer Review Panel (Panel) meetings are to conduct a comprehensive review of the Sacramento River fall Chinook Workgroup’s (SRWG’s) work related to updating the SRFC S_MSY value, develop a recommendation for consideration by the Pacific Council and its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) for an approach to update the S_MSY value, if applicable, and compare the scientific merits of the recommendation to the scientific basis of the status quo S_MSY value.

Additional information

Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Hayden York at 503-820-2412 at least ten business days prior to the meeting date.

For further information about the work session, please contact Angela Forristall at 503-820-2419; toll-free 1-866-806-7204, extension 419.