2025 Council Member Ongoing Development Workshop

The second Council Member Ongoing Development (CMOD) workshop was held April 30-May 1, 2025, in Vancouver, Washington. Hosted by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, the workshop focused on understanding vulnerabilities, risks, and uncertainties associated with climate-related variability and change. The workshop also included a skills focus on effectively communicating complex fishery management topics.

Meeting Materials

Regional Background Documents

These short background documents provide information about Councils’ climate related activities and include links to Council documents and other resources.

Presentations

Day 1 Sessions

Framing presentation: approaches for setting harvest limits

Frameworks for considering and communicating climate related uncertainty and risk

Responding to changes in productivity

Day 2 Sessions

Adapting management programs in response to change

Skills Sessions

Communicating complex fishery management topics

The 2025 CMOD Workshop included skills sessions focusing on effectively communicating complex fishery management topics. These sessions were led by COMPASS Science Communications.