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December 9, 2025 – December 11, 2025 all-day
Pacific/Honolulu Timezone
2025-12-09T00:00:00-10:00
2025-12-12T00:00:00-10:00
158th Meeting of the Scientific and Statistical Committee
December 9-11, 2025; 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (HST), 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (SST)
December 10-12, 2025; 7 a.m. – 1 p.m. (ChST)
Virtual Meeting via Webex: https://wprfmc.webex.com/wprfmc/j.php?MTID=mf82c13c13c13a67104d3ac0e1b3cad58
(https://tinyurl.com/158SSCMtg)
Event number: 2631 573 5583
Event password: SSC158mtg (77215869 from phones)
DRAFT 158 SSC WEB agenda
Federal Register Notice
DRAFT AGENDA
Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. HST
| Time | No. | Agenda Item |
| 11:00 AM | 1 | Introductions 01.(1)_rev1 Council Family List-Part 1 PUBLIC_12-1-25 |
| 11:10 AM | 2 | Approval of Draft Agenda and Assignment of Rapporteurs |
| 11:15 AM | 3 | Status of the 157th SSC Meeting Recommendations 03.(1) 157SSC Final Report_wAppendices |
| 11:20 AM | 4 | PIFSC Director’s Report |
| 5 Program Planning and Research | ||
| 11:30 AM | 5.A | Multi-species Stock Assessment Strategies Process – Phase I Status Update |
| 5.B | SSC Special Projects Working Group (WG) Reports | |
| 12:00 PM | 5.B.1 | BMUS Multispecies Complex WG next steps |
| 12:15 PM | 5.B.2 | Protected Species WG Report |
| 12:45 PM | 5.B.3 | Electronic Monitoring WG Update |
| 1:00 PM | 5.B.4 | Review of Special Projects List for 2026 |
| BREAK 1:15-1:45 p.m. HST | ||
| 5.C | Monument Actions | |
| 1:45PM | 5.C.1 | Options for removing federal fishing prohibitions in the Marianas Trench, Rose Atoll, and Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Action Item) 05.C.1(1) 205CM Draft Options for Commercial Fishing Regulations in Other Pacific Monuments |
| 2:15 PM | 5.C.2 | State of Knowledge of Open Ocean MPAs and Impacts in Western Pacific Region 05.C.2(1) Hilborn-Fitchett-Hampton-Ovando Spillover Rebuttal Hawaii 2025 05.C.2(2) Medhoff et al 2022 – Spillover benefits from the world’s largest fully protected MPA 05.C.2(3) Chan 2020 – Economic impacts of Papahanaumokuakea MNM expansion 05.C.2(4) Gilman et al 2020 – Ecological responses to blue water MPAs 05.C.2(5) Blanluet et al 2025 – Use of DFADs for oceanic MPAs |
| 5.D | Council IRA Project Updates | |
| 3:00 PM | 5.D.1 | Scenario Planning for the American Samoa Longline Fishery |
| 3:20 PM | 5.D.2 | Updates on the Protected Species, Regulatory Review, and Community Engagement Projects |
| 3:40 PM | 5.E | Public Comment |
| 3:50 PM | 5.F | SSC Discussion and Recommendations |
Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. HST
| 6 Protected Species | ||
| 6.A | False Killer Whales Abundance Estimates Update | |
| 11:00 AM | 6.A.1 | MHI Insular Population Abundance Estimates [no presentation; SSC discussion only] 06.A.1(1) Badger etal (2025) – IFKW decline in MHI 06.A.1(2) Harnish et al (2024) – IFKW & fishery intraction evidence from mouthline and dorsal fin injuries |
| 6.A.2 | [CANCELLED] Pelagic Abundance Estimates based on the 2023 HICEAS Survey | |
| 11:30 AM | 6.B | DSLL ESA Reconsultation for Oceanic Whitetip Shark and Leatherback Turtles |
| 6.C | [CANCELLED] Kaneohe Green Sea Turtle Nesting Genetics | |
| 11:45 AM | 6.D | Public Comment |
| 11:50 AM | 6.E | SSC Discussion and Recommendations |
| 7 Pelagic & International Fisheries | ||
| 12:00 PM | 7.A | Electronic Monitoring Updates 07.A(1) VMP Template and Discussion for EM with fishermen |
| 12:45 PM | 7.B | Outcomes of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission 22nd Regular Session 07.B(1) WCPFC Annotated Agenda with Document Links 07.B(2) WPRFMC Draft Priorities and PAC Recs for WCPFC22 07.B(3) HLA PAC recomendations on WCPFC22 priorities |
| 1:00 PM | 7.C | Public Comment |
| 1:05 PM | 7.D | SSC Discussion and Recommendations |
BREAK 1:15 – 2 p.m. HST
| 8 Island Fisheries | ||
| 2:00 PM | 8.A | Territorial Coral Reef Life History |
| 2:30 PM | 8.B | Marine Recreational Information Program |
| 3:00 PM | 8.C | Public Comment |
| 3:05 PM | 8.D | SSC Discussion and Recommendations |
3:15 PM – 5 PM: Reserved for Rapporteur work sessions / SSC Special Projects WG (as needed)
Thursday, December 11, 2025, 11 a.m. –2 p.m. HST
| 9 Other Business | ||
| 9.A | SSC Meeting Schedule and Potential Working Groups | |
| 10 Summary of SSC Recommendations to the Council | ||