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Council adopts five stock assessments, refers widow to supplemental review; time‑variance sigma discussion paused
Summary
The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Tuesday adopted several 2025 groundfish stock assessments for management use, referred the widow rockfish update for supplemental review, and asked the SSC to delay immediate implementation of a new time‑varying sigma formula until additional methodological review.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Tuesday adopted several 2025 groundfish stock assessments for use in the 2027 harvest specifications cycle and asked for additional review on 1 assessment flagged by advisory bodies.
What the council adopted: By unanimous vote the council adopted the SSC’s recommendations on 2025 assessments and their category/sigma designations for use in management. The motion, moved by Lynn Mattis (ODFW) and seconded by Caroline McKnight (CDFW), listed benchmark assessments (sablefish; rough‑eyed blackspotted rockfish; yellowtail rockfish North of 40°10; chili pepper rockfish; California quillback) and update/catch‑only projections (yelloweye, widow, petrale sole, canary rockfish, shortspine thornyhead, dark‑blotched rockfish and others) with the…
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