As part of the Pacific Whiting Treaty, meetings are held to discuss stock assessments, total allowable catch limits, and other information for the effective and optimal management of Pacific Whiting. Learn more about these meetings, from 2017 to present.
The Pacific Whiting Treaty is a bilateral agreement between the United States and Canada and responsible for the management of the coastal stock of Pacific whiting. As part of the Agreement, committees and panels conduct meetings to review stock assessments, total allowable catch limits, and other information for the effective and optimal management of Pacific Whiting.
AP: Advisory Panel; JMC: Joint Management Committee; JTC: Joint Technical Committee; SRG: Scientific Review Group.
Meeting information available here (pdf).
The Joint Management Committee meets to plan for the 2021 Pacific Hake/Whiting Treaty meetings and discuss the ongoing Management Strategy Evaluation.
The JMC determined that, due to extraordinary circumstances, closed session meetings were needed.
The Joint Management Committee meets 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. The meeting was scheduled to take place in person but was moved to an online format. In addition, the meeting was extended to include an additional day (March 13).
The Scientific Review Group meets to review the draft Pacific hake (whiting) stock assessment.
The Joint Technical Committee (JTC) meets to prepare for the upcoming stock assessment process.
The Joint Management Committee meets to provide feedback and next steps on the ongoing Management Strategy Evaluation.
Learn more about the Joint Management Committee Meeting – Management Strategy Workshop
The Joint Management Committee reviews advice from the stock assessment, Joint Technical Committee, Advisory Panel, and Scientific Review Group and then recommends a total allowable catch, or TAC.
Joint Management Committee Meeting for Pacific Hake/Whiting Agenda (PDF, 2 pages)
A written technical report by the bilateral Scientific Review Group of the stock assessment and its scientific advice on annual potential yield
The bilateral Scientific Review Group reviews the draft stock assessment criteria, methods, and survey methodologies used by the Joint Technical Committee.
An oceanic whitetip shark swims near the surface of the water. Photo courtesy of John Carlson.
Dense beds of small Atlantic sea scallops photographed on the ocean floor in the Mid-Atlantic in 2015. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.
A Petrale sole flatfish. Photo courtesy of Positively Groundfish.
