Reference Desk

• Mailing lists
• Contact Information
• Telephone Numbers for Regulatory Information
• Useful Websites

Mailing Lists

To sign up to be on a mailing list, call (866) 806-7204 or email Kimberly.Merydith@noaa.gov. We prefer to distribute meeting notices and other information via email in order to save on paper and mailing costs, so please let us know if this is an option for you. The Council maintains the following mailing lists:

• Council newsletter
• Council meeting notices
• Coastal pelagic species
• Groundfish
• Habitat
• Halibut
• Highly migratory species
• Marine protected areas
• Salmon

Contact Information

Pacific Fishery Management Council
7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101
Portland, Oregon 97220-1384
Telephone: (503) 820-2280
Toll-free number: (866) 806-7204
Fax: (503) 820-2299

Email your comments:  pfmc.comments@noaa.gov

Council Staff

All staff may be reached at (503) 820-2280 or toll-free at (866) 806-7204, or at their email addresses.

For current staff information, see the following websites:

• Visit the “Meet the staff” webpage (bios, background)
• Visit the Staff Directory by Subject webpage (contact phone by subject)

Telephone Numbers for Regulatory Information

• Federal ocean salmon hotline 800-662-9825 or 206-526-6667. Recorded message summarizes inseason changes to date.
• Washington fishing hotline: 360-902-2500
• Oregon fishing hotline: 503-947-6001
• California ocean salmon hotline: 707-576-3429
• California recreational groundfish fishing regulations hotline: 831-649-2801

Useful Websites

Guide to the Council Process:
http://www.pcouncil.org/guide/Guide-intropage.html

Fact sheets on fishery management topics:
http://www.pcouncil.org/pfmcfacts.html

Council meeting minutes:
http://www.pcouncil.org/minutes/cminutes.html

Council-related National Environmental Policy Act information:
http://www.pcouncil.org/nepa/nepatrack.html

Council rosters:
http://www.pcouncil.org/operations/rosters.html

Newsletter archives:
http://www.pcouncil.org/newsletters/archivenews.html

Current events:
http://www.pcouncil.org/events/csevents.html

Archives of Council meeting decisions:
http://www.pcouncil.org/decisions/archivedecisions.html

Current Council briefing book:
http://www.pcouncil.org/bb/bb.html