Council prioritizes pilot work on IF/THEN rules, local knowledge tools and targeted EFP process fixes
Council members directed staff to prioritize work on integrating local and indigenous knowledge (on‑the‑water observation tools and pilot fishery performance reports), to review IF/THEN frameworks and task advisory bodies to explore IF/THEN and inseason tools (HMS and groundfish first), and to scope targeted EFP process improvements and checkpoints for future rulemaking.
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The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to prioritize short‑term work on three strands of a new “adaptive management and flexibility” initiative: (1) better ways to collect and use local and indigenous knowledge, (2) review and careful pilot of IF/THEN and inseason regulatory triggers, and (3) targeted improvements to exempted fishing permit (EFP) procedures.
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