Seventh National SCS Workshop (2022)

Adapting Fisheries Management to a Changing Ecosystem

August 15-17, 2022 — Sitka, Alaska

The 7th national meeting of the Scientific Coordination Subcommittee (SCS7) was hosted by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council on August 15-17, 2022 in Sitka, Alaska. The overarching focus of SCS7 was “Adapting Fisheries Management to a Changing Ecosystem.” Participants in SCS7 discussed three primary foci:

  1. How to incorporate ecosystem indicators into the stock assessment process?

  2. Developing information to support management of interacting species in consideration of EBFM.

  3. How to assess and develop fishing level recommendations for species exhibiting distributional changes?

Additional information is available at the links below and on the NPFMC Meeting Page.

Workshop Proceedings

Agenda and Workshop Materials

General

Session 1: How to incorporate ecosystem indicators into the stock assessment process? Keynotes and Case Studies

Session 2: Developing information to support management of interacting species in consideration of EBFM. Keynotes and Case Studies

Session 3: How to assess and develop fishing level recommendations for species exhibiting distributional changes? Keynotes and Case Studies

Key findings and next steps