The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) will convene a Peer Review Panel to review methods for updating the Sacramento River Fall Chinook (SRFC) spawner abundance at maximum sustainable yield (SMSY) value. The Panel will online on Thursday, October 1, 2026 which is open to the public. The meeting will start at 10:00 a.m. and go until 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time or when business for the day concludes. A web broadcast will be provided 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
Materials hosted on the PAM Site
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 SMSY value, develop a recommendation for consideration by the Pacific Council and its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) for an approach to update the SMSY value, if applicable, and compare the scientific merits of the recommendation to the scientific basis of the status quo SMSY 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.