The World Aquaculture Society’s annual meeting brings together experts in traditional knowledge, fish and aquaculture science, along with industry leaders at the Hawai‘i Convention Center in Honolulu.
The Joint Management Committee will meet to review the advice of the Joint Technical Committee, the Scientific Review Group, and the Advisory Panel and recommend the overall total allowable catch (TAC) for 2020.
Members of the Joint Management Committee will be briefed by members of the Joint Technical Committee regarding the 2020 draft stock assessment for Pacific hake/whiting.
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.
The reviewers will evaluate a method developed to help people understand and mitigate the relative risk of North Atlantic right whale entanglement in fishing gear in different geographic locations off the northeastern United States.