March 2026 PFMC Council Meeting 03/06/26

Pacific Fishery Management Council · March 7, 2026

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Call to order, openings and chairing changes

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Chair opened day two, welcomed participants and passed the gavel to Vice Chair Smith to start the session; announced John Ugoretz would join virtually and invited the Executive Director to offer remarks.

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Pacific Fishery Management Council, day 2: the council received the 2025 California Current Ecosystem Status Report, heard advisory-body recommendations, adopted preliminary salmon management alternatives for 2026 and took final action on process changes for nearshore groundfish stock definitions; it also opened discussion on alternative harvest-control rules for widow rockfish and requested additional SSC/NWFSC analysis.

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