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Committee signals support for a template quick‑response letter and sets MPC report timeline

Pacific Fishery Management Council ad hoc Marine Planning Committee · May 1, 2026

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The committee discussed drafting a template letter to speed council responses to short public‑comment windows and agreed on a timetable for the MPC report (draft sections due in about a week; target briefing‑book date May 13). Habitat Committee members will review the template and chairs will coordinate next steps.

Jessica and Arlene described a draft template to enable quick council responses to short comment windows (for example, 30‑day turnarounds). Arlene said the template would provide boilerplate council authority language, a short statement of the council's high‑level concerns (fisheries impacts, benthic habitat, water‑column…

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