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Council asks SSC for supplemental review of widow rockfish assessment, requests ramp‑down options to protect stocks and fishing communities
Summary
The Pacific Fishery Management Council unanimously asked its Scientific and Statistical Committee to conduct a supplemental review of the 2025 widow rockfish assessment and to evaluate ramp‑down harvest scenarios (including Bayesian projections if feasible) aimed at keeping biomass at or above the B40 proxy while reducing near‑term economic impacts on fishing communities.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted unanimously to request a supplemental Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) review of the 2025 widow rockfish update assessment and to ask staff and agency scientists to develop ramp‑down harvest scenarios that keep the stock at or above the council’s B40 proxy.
The motion, moved by Council member Corey Niles and seconded by Corey Ridings, asked the SSC to identify the best scientific information available for management in 2026–2028, evaluate the feasibility of Bayesian projections to quantify the probability…
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