Pacific Whiting Treaty: Joint Technical Committee Meeting

The Joint Technical Committee (JTC) created under the Pacific Whiting Treaty between the Governments of the United States and Canada will meet on December 11, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to prepare for the upcoming stock assessment process. A preliminary agenda will be posted on this page when available.

About

The Joint Technical Committee (JTC) will hear and discuss reports from industry members on the 2019 fishery in Canada and the U.S., a report from the JTC on 2019 fishery data, an update on 2019 acoustic fishery survey and 2020 acoustic research plans, and an update on the ongoing Management Strategy Evaluation.

Background information and documents for this meeting can be found on the Pacific Whiting Treaty page.

Event Info

Date: December 11, 2019

Time: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm

Location:

SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Room 470, Hamber Foundation Boardroom
580 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5K3
Canada

Guest Rooms

Delta Hotels Vancouver Downtown Suites
550 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 1L6, Canada

A block of lodging rooms is available at the group rate of $179 CAD+ taxes/night. Reservations can be made online using this link. Rooms must be booked by November 12^th to guarantee group rate.

Remote Attendance

To join the GoToMeeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/623013157

For audio connection:

U.S. or Canada (toll free): 1-877-554-3487
Participant Code: 6006684#

Schedule

Day 1

Agenda

9:00 AM - Survey and Fisheries
1.   Call to order and Introductions
2.   Update on 2019 integrated acoustic and trawl survey
3.   Report from the U.S. Advisory Panel on the 2019 fishery
4.   Report from the Canadian Advisory panel on the 2019 fishery
5.   Report from the JTC on the 2019 fishery data
6.   Comments from the public

12:00 PM - Lunch

1:00 PM - Assessment and Management Strategy Evaluation
7.   Expectations for the 2020 stock assessment
8.   Status update on the Management Strategy Evaluation
9.   Update on acoustic and other related research
10.   Comments from the public
11.   Closing remarks

Last updated by West Coast Regional Office on 12/03/2019