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Council scopes IRA‑funded adaptive management project, adopts problem statement and priorities
Summary
The Pacific Fishery Management Council adopted a problem statement and directed staff to prepare time‑bound plans to develop in‑season/if‑then tools, improve EFP processes and better integrate fishery‑dependent and local or tribal observations using Inflation Reduction Act funding for an adaptive management project.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Tuesday adopted a problem statement describing a temporal mismatch between traditional council processes and rapid, climate‑driven change in the California Current ecosystem, and directed staff to develop time‑bound plans under the council’s Inflation Reduction Act special project for adaptive management and responsiveness.
What the council adopted: A motion — moved by Asia Shumulo and seconded by Corey Ridings and later amended to add "in‑season" to if/then actions — adopted this problem statement in abbreviated form: because council decisions often unfold over years, some actions lag changes in the marine environment; the council should improve processes and operating procedures so recommendations better match the speed and scope of environmental change.
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