Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene an online joint meeting of the Ecosystem-Based Management Subcommittee (EBM) and the Economics Subcommittee...
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY:
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene an online joint meeting of the Ecosystem-Based Management Subcommittee (EBM) and the Economics Subcommittee (ES) of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), which is open to the public.
DATES:
The online meeting will be held Tuesday, September 29, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pacific Time, or until business for the day is completed.
ADDRESSES:
This meeting will be held online. Specific meeting information, including directions on how to join the meeting and system requirements, will be provided in the meeting announcement on the Pacific Council's website (see
www.pcouncil.org). You may send an email to Mr. Hayden York (
hayden.york@pcouncil.org) or contact him at (503) 820-2424 for technical assistance.
Council address:
Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.
The SSC EBM and SSC ES will meet via webinar to review ecosystem science topics identified by the Pacific Council for potential incorporation in the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team's Ecosystem Status Report (ESR). These topics include (a) Review of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) index and its utility as an ecosystem indicator; (b) Revisiting indicators to support management of groundfish stocks; and (c) Review of changes to fishery diversification
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indices. This review of science topics may potentially inform future annual reports to the Pacific Council on the state of the California Current Ecosystem. The SSC EBM and SSC ES joint meeting is open to the public. A detailed meeting agenda will be available on the Pacific Council's website prior to the meeting.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after publication of this document that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Hayden York (
hayden.york@pcouncil.org;
(503) 820-2424) at least 10 days prior to the meeting date.
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16 U.S.C. 1801