Pacific Hake/Whiting Treaty: U.S. - Canada JMC and AP Meeting 2022

The Joint Management Committee (JMC) and Advisory Panel (AP) created under the Pacific Hake/Whiting Agreement will meet by webinar-only, March 1-3, 2022. The meeting is open to the public and there will be opportunity for public comment.

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About

The Joint Management Committee (JMC) and Advisory Panel (AP) created under the Pacific Hake/Whiting Agreement between the Governments of the United States and Canada will meet by webinar-only March 1-3, 2022. The meeting is open to the public and there will be opportunity for public comment.

The JMC will meet to review the advice by the Joint Technical Committee (JTC), Scientific Review Group (SRG), and AP; review updates of the Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE); and recommend the 2022 total allowable catch (TAC) for the United States and Canada, including each party's individual TAC and identifying adjustments as needed.

The AP will meet to review the advice of the JTC and SRG, review management of the U.S. and Canada fisheries in 2021, make recommendations to the JMC regarding the overall TAC, and provide the names of scientific experts as candidates for the JTC and the SRG.

Schedule

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Preliminary Agenda: Past experience has revealed that the agenda for this meeting tends to be very fluid with respect to timing and sometimes the order of events. In addition, the nature of remote meetings and possible technology issues may require additional flexibility. If changes are necessary, the Chairs will attempt to update attendees as soon as possible each day.

2022 JMC / AP Meeting; March 1, 2022
Time	JMC Main Meeting Room	Joint AP Meeting Room	Separate Delegation Meetings
8:00
8:30	Early Log-in to resolve connection issues
9:00	JMC Welcome and Call to Order • Welcome (P. Ryall and F. Lockhart) • Overview of remote meeting platform • Personnel and other administrative updates • Approve agenda
9:30	AP Chairs Report on the 2020 fisheries (D. Dawson and J. Bersch)
10:00	JTC Chairs Report on 2021 Stock Assessment (A. Berger and A. Edwards)
10:50	Break
11:00	SRG Chairs Report (J. Holmes and J. Hastie)
11:45	Public Comment
noon	JMC Recess for Lunch Break & Delegation Meetings	Lunch Break	Lunch Break
12:30			Delegation Meetings (12:30-14:00) • Discuss morning reports and TAC proposals • Discuss any additional analysis or questions for technical teams
13:00
13:30
14:00	JMC Discussion • Questions for JTC/SRG from delegation meetings
14:30	JMC Provide Initial Guidance to AP
15:00	JMC Recess	Joint AP Meets (15:00-17:00) • Initial discussion on TAC
15:30
16:00
16:30
17:00		Adjourn for the day

2022 JMC / AP Meeting; March 2, 2022
Time	JMC Main Meeting Room	Joint AP Meeting Room	Separate Delegation Meetings
8:00		Joint AP Meets (08:00-09:00) • Finalize initial report out to JMC
8:30
9:00	JMC Call to Order • revise agenda if needed
9:30	AP report out on discussions
10:00	MSE Updates (K. Marshall)
10:30	MSE Updates (K. Marshall)
11:00	Public Comments
11:30	JMC Recess for Lunch Break & Delegation Meetings	Lunch Break	Lunch Break
Noon			Delegation Meetings (12:00-13:30)
12:30
13:00
13:30	JMC Reconvenes • Provide additional guidance to AP
14:00	JMC Reconvenes • Provide additional guidance to AP
14:30	JMC Recess	Joint AP Meets (14:30-16:00) • Discussion on TAC after JMC guidance • Finalize report out to JMC
15:00
15:30
16:00
16:30	JMC Reconvenes • AP report out • Final JMC thoughts for the day
17:00	Adjourn
			Potential evening delegation meetings if needed

2022 JMC / AP Meeting; March 3, 2022
Time	JMC Main Meeting Room	Joint AP Meeting Room	Separate Delegation Meetings
8:00		Joint AP Meets (08:00-10:00) • Continues Discussions • Finalize report out to JMC
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00	JMC Reconvenes • AP report out • Questions for AP & Technical Teams
10:30
11:00	Public Comment
11:30	JMC Recess for Lunch Break & Delegation Meetings		Delegation Meetings & Lunch Break (11:30-13:30)
Noon
12:30
13:00
13:30	JMC Reconvenes • JMC Discussion on TAC & Final Decision on 2021 TAC
14:00			Potential Delegation Meetings (as needed)
14:30
15:00
15:30
16:00	Announce Final TAC
16:30	JMC Led-Discussion • Review MSE work & next steps • AP’s written report • Schedule next meetings • Other business
17:00	Closing thoughts & Adjourn

Last updated by West Coast Regional Office on 09/23/2026