Pacific Hake/Whiting Treaty Meeting Notice: Scientific Review Group, February 14-17, 2022

The Scientific Review Group (SRG) will hold its annual meeting on February 14-17, 2022, to review and provide a report on the draft 2022 stock assessment authored by the Treaty’s Joint Technical Committee (JTC), and related hake science.  

Preliminary agenda items include: an overview of the 2021 Pacific hake/whiting acoustic-trawl survey, 2021 fisheries, presentation and review of the 2022 draft stock assessment, the ongoing Management Strategy Evaluation, 2022 research planned by the hake Survey Team, and discussion of other recent and planned hake research projects. This meeting is open to the public and opportunity for public comment will be provided every day.

The meeting details are attached below.

Meeting Dates & Planned Times*: 

Monday, February 14: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 15: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 16: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 17: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m, if needed.

* Please note: Daily ending times are tentative, and may be altered, depending on agenda progress. Thursday's session is planned as an opportunity for SRG report review and editing, if that is needed. No science presentations are planned for Thursday.

Meeting Location: Online webinar meeting

Additional Information

Information about the Pacific hake/whiting treaty and the 2020-2021 treaty meeting schedule can be found at NOAA Fisheries website:

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/laws-and-policies/pacific-hake-whiting-treaty