The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Pacific Fishery Management Council are organizing an online pre-assessment workshop to review data and models for a stock assessment of yellowtail rockfish, planned for 2025. This meeting, which is public, aims to discuss the best approaches for assessing the fish stock and will occur on January 30, 2025. Workshop participants will not make management decisions but will develop recommendations for stock assessment teams. The results will later be reviewed at a meeting in Spokane, WA, in September 2025. Special accommodations are available for attendees who request them in advance.
Simple Explanation
The folks who help keep our oceans healthy are having an online meeting to plan how they'll check on a special type of fish called yellowtail rockfish. They won't make big decisions yet, but they will share ideas to do the check-up better, and anyone can listen in!