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Pacific Fishery Management Council finalizes Phase 2 stock definitions, splits dozens of nearshore species between federal and state management
Summary
After multi-year work and weeks of meetings, the Pacific Fishery Management Council adopted preferred stock-definition alternatives for most Phase 2 species, keeping some species in the federal groundfish FMP, moving others to state management or to ecosystem-component status, and directed staff to develop checkpoints and implementation plans.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Sept. 15 adopted a suite of Phase 2 stock-definition decisions that reassign how more than 40 nearshore and shelf species will be managed.
Council staff said the action, part of agenda item G2, is meant to identify which stocks are “in need of conservation and management” in the Exclusive Economic Zone and to revise the groundfish Fishery Management Plan where appropriate. Katrina, the lead analyst, told members the council would adopt final preferred alternatives for 42 species and prepare necessary FMP language.
Lynn Mattis, who led the motions on the floor, told the council that the package was the product of lengthy interagency coordination and multiple advisory-body reviews. The council adopted ODFW’s Motion 1 to retain…
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