Spex Flex: Pacific Fishery Management Council Faces Uncertainty Brought by Climate Change — Part 2
The concept of flexibility has been discussed in the Council process since its beginning, but the “spex flex” idea arose from the drastic cuts in canary, shortspine, and quillback mentioned above, as well as from existing initiatives coming together in the spring of 2025.
Several ideas for increasing flexibility had been circulating in the Council process. In March, the Council was discussing an adaptive management project when Executive Director Merrick Burden noted that although the concept had originally focused on climate as the driver of change...
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