Spex Flex: Pacific Fishery Management Council Faces Uncertainty Brought by Climate Change — Part 3

At the same meeting, the Council added an emergency agenda item to consider a change in the 2026 harvest specifications for canary rockfish, shortspine thornyhead, and petrale sole.
The reduced harvest specifications for these species had led to unusually negative impacts on fishing communities and businesses. At the same time, industry representatives reported that on-the-water observations were not matching the results of the 2023 stock assessments, which were used to set the 2025-26 harvest specifications and management measures...
To Read Full Story Login Below.