The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fisheries Innovation Workgroup (FIW) is holding an online meeting. The online meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time. 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 provide recommendations to the Pacific Council for identifying new and/or innovative HMS fishing gears and methods. Topics will include improvements to the HMS exempted fishing permit (EFP) process, including potential modifications to Pacific Council Operating Procedure 20 and acceptable levels of bycatch in HMS; potential revisions to the draft HMS Roadmap, and consideration of a FIW Terms of Reference. The FIW intends to develop a report for the June Advanced Briefing Book, for Pacific Council consideration.
Meeting materials
To attend the online meeting
Additional information
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Kris Kleinschmidt at 503-820-2412 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.