🎣Public Meeting Notice
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.
Learn More🐟Pacific Fishery Management Council Public Meetings Announcement
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and its advisory bodies will meet September 17-24, 2025 in Spokane, Washington and via webinar. The Pacific Council meeting will be live streamed with the opportunity to provide public comment remotely. The following groups will meet in person in Spokane: Pacific Council, Scientific and Statistical Committee's Groundfish Subcommittee, Scientific and Statistical Committee, and Budget Committee. The following groups will meet online: Groundfish Management Team, Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, and Enforcement Consultants.
Learn More🎣Upcoming Pacific Fishery Management Council Public Meetings
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council, Council) will convene webinar meetings of its Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP), Groundfish Management Team (GMT), Ecosystem Working Group (EWG), Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS), Salmon Technical Team (STT), Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS), Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS), Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT), Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS), Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT), Habitat Committee (HC), and the Fisheries Innovation Workgroup (FIW) (hereafter "advisory bodies") to discuss items on the Pacific Council's September Council meeting agenda as detailed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. The FIW will also discuss items related to the Pacific Council's November Council meeting agenda. These meetings are open to the public.
Learn More🎣Key Public Meetings on 2025 Fisheries Management Assessments Announced
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will convene an in-person meeting to review 2025 groundfish stock assessments. The full SSC will convene an advance virtual meeting to review the recommendations of the SSC Groundfish Subcommittee for a subset of 2025 groundfish stock assessments, in addition to those reviewed during the September Pacific Council meeting. Both the full SSC and the SSC Groundfish Subcommittee meetings are open to the public with a web broadcast that provides the opportunity for remote listening and public comment.
Learn More🐟Public Meetings on Trawl Catch Share Program Review
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene three public hearings regarding the trawl catch share program review.
Learn More🎣Upcoming Public Meetings of the Pacific Fishery Management Council
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and its advisory bodies will meet Wednesday, June 11, 2025, through Monday, June 16, 2025, in Rohnert Park, California and via webinar. The document listed on the agenda, under the heading, Schedule of Ancillary Meetings, for Day 1, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, that the Scientific and Statistical Committee Groundfish Subcommittee, 10 a.m., are meeting, but this meeting has been cancelled. The agenda for the meetings has removed this topic and are corrected as set out in this document.
Learn More🎣Pacific Fishery Management Council Public Meeting Announcement
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad Hoc Sacramento River Fall Chinook (SRFC) Workgroup will hold a two-day online meeting.
Learn More🎣Public Meeting on Highly Migratory Species Fisheries Innovation
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.
Learn More🐟Notice of Public Meeting by Pacific Fishery Management Council
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene an online meeting of its Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG), which is open to the public.
Learn More🐟NOAA Announces Public Meeting for Pacific Fishery Management Council
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) will hold a webinar, which is open to the public.
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