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Pacific Council updates advisory‑panel roster, dissolves four ad hoc committees and creates executive committee
Summary
The council appointed members to several advisory subpanels, directed staff to re‑advertise vacant seats, disbanded several ad hoc committees (including Equity & Environmental Justice and National Standard Guidelines committees) and established a standing Executive Committee with a charge to facilitate decision making between full meetings.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council on March 11 made several administrative appointments and reorganized advisory and ad hoc committees to reflect current workload and recent executive‑order constraints.
Why it matters: Advisory‑panel membership affects the council’s technical and public input. The council also dissolved ad hoc committees that staff and the council judged to have completed their charge or to present a legal or funding risk under a recent executive order. The new Executive Committee is intended to provide a small, council‑member body to facilitate urgent decision making between full council meetings.
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Advisory‑panel appointments The council appointed new members to the Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS) and Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) and confirmed appointments to the Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS).…
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