CFMC Meetings

The Council meets three times each year. Before taking any management action, the Council involves the public through scoping meetings, public hearings, and soliciting public input at Council meetings. Members of the public can provide feedback to the Council in person during the specified public comment period, or online. The online public comment period for each meeting opens when the briefing material for the meeting is posted and ends on the last day of the meeting. There are opportunities for the public to provide input at all other open meetings the Council conducts. These include advisory panel meetings and meetings of the Scientific and Statistical Committee. Similarly, members of the public can provide comments in person or online. The comment period duration is the same as for Council meetings. Most Council meetings are broadcast via YouTube allowing the public to tune in over the web and listen in to discussions. Verbatim transcripts are available upon request or can be downloaded from the corresponding meeting web page. Below, we include the meeting dates and documents divided by Council, advisory panel or committee. We invite you to explore it and obtain information from past meetings.