November 2007 Briefing Book

The Council meeting proposed agendas, agenda item situation summaries, attachments, and supplemental materials from the November 2007 Council Meeting are found below.

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A.  Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.4  Council Meeting Agenda

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B.  Open Public Comment

• Agenda Item B.1.a  Open Public Comment 1 (Deach)
• Agenda Item B.1.a  Open Public Comment 2 (Law)
• Agenda Item B.1.a  Supplemental Open Public Comment 3 (FISH; Flournoy)
• Agenda Item B.1.a  Supplemental Open Public Comment 4 (SAS)

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C.  Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item C.1  Future Council Meeting Agenda Planning
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 1  Council Meeting Decision Points for Groundfish Trawl Rationalization, Intersector Allocation, and 2009-2010 Biennial Specifications Endeavors
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 2  Preliminary Draft Three-Meeting Outlook for the Pacific Council
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 3  Preliminary Draft March Council Meeting Agenda, March 10-14, 2008, Sacramento, California



• Agenda Item C.2  West Coast Governors' Agreement (WCGA) on Ocean Health
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Attachment 1  Draft WCGA Action Plan
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 2  Preliminary Staff Review of the WCGA Draft Action Plan
  • Agenda Item C.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Comments
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report



• Agenda Item C.3  Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization Implementation
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 1  Second Draft of Revisions to Council Operating Procedure 4 – Scientific and Statistical Committee
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 2  Draft Revisions to Council Operating Procedure 12 – Update and Communication of Research and Data Needs and West Coast Economic Data Plan
  • Agenda Item C.3.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.c, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item C.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2



• Agenda Item C.4  Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item C.4.b, Supplemental Budget Committee Report



• Agenda Item C.5  Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures (COP)
  Note: Some attachments are derived from other agenda items and provided below, and some attachments are under closed session
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 1  Second Draft of Revisions to Council Operating Procedure 4 – Scientific and Statistical Committee
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 2  Draft Revisions to Council Operating Procedure 12 – Update and Communication of Research and Data Needs and West Coast Economic Data Plan
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 2  Draft Council Operating Procedure 15, Salmon Estimation Methodology Updates and Review



• Agenda Item C.6  Future Council Meeting Agenda Planning and Workload Priorities
  • Agenda Item C.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 1  Proposed Preliminary Three-Meeting Outlook for the Pacific Council
  • Agenda Item C.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 2  FRONTLOADED Preliminary Draft Council Meeting Agenda, March 8-14, 2008 Sacramento, California
  • Agenda Item C.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 2B  BACKLOADED Preliminary Draft Council Meeting Agenda, April 7-12, 2008 Seattle, Washington
  • Agenda Item C.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 3  Council Workload Priorities November 10, 2007 through April 11, 2008
  • Agenda Item C.6.b, Supplemental CDFG Report
  • Agenda Item C.6.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item C.6.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item C.6.b Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item C.6.b, Supplemental GMT Report

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D.  Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item D.1  NMFS Report on Groundfish
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1  Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting



• Agenda Item D.2  Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs) for 2008
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 1  Application for Issuance of an Exempted Fishing Permit to Test a Sustainable Hook and Line Fishery for Chilipepper Rockfish Outside the Non Trawl RCA in Central California (40°10’ N Lat.-34°27’ N Lat.)
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 2  Exempted Fishing Permit – Chilipepper Rockfish
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 3  Application for Issuance of an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) to Fish Trawl Permits with Longline, Trap, Pot, and Hook-and-Line Gear In a Community Based Fishing Association off the Central California Coast
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 4  RFA/GGFA Exempted Fishery Permit Proposal for 2008: Recreational Rockfish Catch Composition in the Area Seaward of Rockfish Conservation Area
  • Agenda Item D.2.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item D.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item D.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item D.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment 4



• Agenda Item D.3  Stock Assessments and Rebuilding Analyses for 2009-2010 Groundfish Fisheries (Note: Web and CD Contain Assessments, STAR Panel Reports, and Rebuilding Analyses in Their Entirety)
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 1 Full Assessment “The Status of Black Rockfish off Oregon and California in 2007”
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 2  Southern Black Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 3  Executive Summary “Assessment of Blue Rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) in California”
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 4  Blue Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 5  September 4, 2007 Memorandum Entitled, “Requested Rebuilding Analyses for Overfished Groundfish”
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 6  Bocaccio Rebuilding Analysis for 2007
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 7  Rebuilding Analysis for Canary Rockfish Based on the 2007 Stock Assessment
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 8  Cowcod Rebuilding Analysis
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 9  2007 Darkblotched Rockfish Rebuilding Analysis
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 10  Rebuilding Update for Pacific Ocean Perch
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 11  Rebuilding Analysis for Widow Rockfish in 2007 - An Update
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 12  Updated Rebuilding Analysis for Yelloweye Rockfish Based on the Stock Assessment Update in 2007
  • Agenda Item D.3.c, SSC GF Subcommittee Report  SSC Groundfish Subcommittee Report on Rebuilding Analyses for Overfished Rockfish
  • Supplemental Full Assessment:  2007 Assessment of Blue Rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) in California
  • Agenda Item D.3.c, Supplemental SSC Report



• Agenda Item D.4  Management Recommendations for 2009-2010 Groundfish Fisheries -- Part I
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Attachment 1  TABLE 2-1(a-c). DRAFT GMT-recommended Alternatives for Acceptable Biological Catches (ABCs) and Total Catch Optimum Yields (OYs) (mt) for 2009 and 2010
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Attachment 2  TABLE 2-2. Basis for the 2009-2010 Optimum Yield Alternatives Recommended by the GMT for Analysis
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Attachment 3  TABLE 2-3. Estimated Time to Rebuild Relative to Alternative 2009-2010 OYs for Depleted West Coast Groundfish Species
  • Agenda Item D.4.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
  • Agenda Item D.4.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.4.d, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.4.d, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item D.4.e, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item D.4.e, Supplemental Public Comment 2



• Agenda Item D.5  Amendment 21: Intersector Allocation
  • Agenda Item D.5.a, Attachment 1  Preliminary Intersector Allocation Alternatives Recommended by the Council in June 2007
  • Agenda Item D.5.a, Attachment 2  Tables Summarizing Historical Catch Data by Fishing Sector Relevant to the Intersector Allocation Process
  • Agenda Item D.5.a, Attachment 3  Tables Displaying Sector Catch Percentages of Trawl-Dominant Overfished Species
  • Agenda Item D.5.a, Attachment 4  Managing Yields in a Groundfish Management Regime of Individual Fishing Quotas, Intersector Allocations, and Stringent Rebuilding Requirements: Potential Mechanisms Designed to Avoid Overharvest and Optimize Sector Fishing Opportunities
  • Agenda Item D.5.c, GAC Report  GAC Report on Intersector Allocation: Draft Summary Minutes of the September 25-27, 2007 Groundfish Allocation Committee Meeting
  • Agenda Item D.5.d, Supplemental TIQC Report
  • Agenda Item D.5.d, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.5.d, Supplemental GAP Report



• Agenda Item D.6  Consideration of Inseason Adjustments to 2007 and 2008 Fisheries, Including Pacific Whiting Fishery Opening Dates
  • Agenda Item D.6.b  GMT Report: 2007 Groundfish Bycatch Scorecard After September 2007 Council Action
  • Agenda Item D.6.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item D.6.c  CDFG Report: Possible Changes to the 2008 California Recreational Groundfish Fishery Regulatory Specifications
  • Agenda Item D.6.c  ODFW/NWFSC Report: Effectiveness of Selective Flatfish Trawl in the 2005 U.S. West Coast Groundfish Trawl Fishery
  • Agenda Item D.6.d, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item D.6.e  Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item D.6.e  Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Items Received at the Meeting)



• Agenda Item D.7  Amendment 20:  Trawl Rationalization Alternatives (Trawl Individual Quotas and Cooperatives)
  • Agenda Item D.7.a, Attachment 1  Outstanding Trawl Rationalization Issues
  • Agenda Item D.7.b, Attachment 1  Components Discussion Paper
  • Agenda Item D.7.b, Attachment 2  Trawl Rationalization Alternatives (Rev 9/17/2007)
  • Agenda Item D.7.b, Attachment 3  Restatement of the Mothership and Shoreside Co-op Programs
  • Agenda Item D.7.b, Attachment 4  Approach and Methods for Analysis
  • Agenda Item D.7.b, Supplemental Attachment 5  Supplemental Analysis and Errata
  • Agenda Item D.7.b, Monday Evening PowerPoint Presentations (Supplemental)
  • Agenda Item D.7.b, Supplemental Thursday PowerPoint Presentation
  • Agenda Item D.7.c, Supplemental NOAA General Counsel Comments
  • Agenda Item D.7.d, NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item D.7.e, GAC Report
  • Agenda Item D.7.g, GMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.7.g, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item D.7.g, Supplemental TIQC Report
  • Agenda Item D.7.g, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.7.g, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item D.7.g, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item D.7.h, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item D.7.h, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item D.7.h, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item D.7.h, Supplemental Public Comment 4
  • Agenda Item D.7.h, Supplemental Public Comment 5
  • Agenda Item D.7.h, Supplemental Public Comment 6
  • Agenda Item D.7.h, Supplemental Public Comment 7
  • Agenda Item D.7.h, Supplemental Public Comment 8
  • Agenda Item D.7.h, Supplemental Public Comment 9
  • Agenda Item D.7.i, Supplemental Attachment 1



• Agenda Item D.8  Final Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
  • Agenda Item D.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report



• Agenda Item D.9  Management Recommendations for 2009-2010 Groundfish Fisheries -- Part II
  • Agenda Item D.9.a, Attachment 1  Issues to Consider in the 2009-2010 Groundfish Specifications and Management Measures Process
  • Agenda Item D.9.b, Supplemental CDFG Report
  • Agenda Item D.9.c, Supplemental GMT Report as corrected on the Council Floor
  • Agenda Item D.9.d, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item D.9.d, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item D.9.e  Public Comment

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E.  Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item E.1  Proposed Changes to the Catch Sharing Plan (CSP) and Annual Regulations
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1  Draft Proposed 2008 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan For Area 2A
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 2  Council Newsletter Article on Proposed Changes to the Area 2A Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, NMFS Report 1  NMFS Proposed Changes to the 2008 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, NMFS Report 2  Report on the 2007 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, WDFW Report  Proposed Changes to the CSP and 2008 Annual Regulations

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F.  Salmon Management

• Agenda Item F.1  Preseason Salmon Management Schedule for 2008
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1  Pacific Fishery Management Council Schedule and Process for Developing 2008 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures



• Agenda Item F.2  Salmon Methodology Review
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1  Strategies to Minimize Catch of Klamath River Chinook Salmon in West Coast Mixed Salmon Fisheries
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 2  Draft Council Operating Procedure 15, Salmon Estimation Methodology Updates and Review
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental Tribal Comments
  • Agenda Item F.2.d, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.d, Supplemental MEW Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.d, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.e, Supplemental Public Comment

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G.  Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item G.1  Pacific Sardine and Pacific Mackerel Management
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Attachment 1  Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2007 for U.S. Management in 2008 (Appendix II-SS2 Input files for Base Model J14 is included only with the electronic copy on Council Briefing Book CD and the Website for your download convenience)
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Attachment 2  Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment Review Panel Meeting Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Attachment 3  Pacific Mackerel Stock Assessment Review Panel Meeting Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint Presentation
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental CDFG Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Tribal Comment
  • Agenda Item G.1.d, Supplemental CPSMT Statement
  • Agenda Item G.1.d, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.d, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.e  Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.1.e, Supplemental Public Comment 2

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Ancillary Meeting Agendas

Various technical and administrative committees, advisory bodies, work groups, and state delegations will meet throughout the week.

• Ancillary A  Groundfish Management Team (GMT)


• Ancillary B  Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP)


• Ancillary C  Budget Committee (BC)


• Ancillary D  Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC)
  • Ancillary D  DRAFT September 2007 SSC Minutes


• Ancillary E  Enforcement Consultants (EC)


• Ancillaries F and G Combined  Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) and Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT)


• Ancillary H  Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS)


• Ancillary I  Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT)

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General Information

• General Information  driving directions, hotel information, restaurant information
• Annual Banquet Event Flyer (Wednesday, November 7th)
• Tax Exempt Form  (Must also show proper I.D.)
• PFMC Council Meeting Secretariat Handbook: A Guide Outlining the Purpose of the Secretariat and the Services Provided

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Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1  WCPFC Northern Committee Summary Minutes (September 11-13, 2007)
• Informational Report 2  October 11, 2007 article in the North County Times entitled, "Reaching the Point of No Return"
• Informational Report 3  Marine Recreational Information Project Initiative
• Informational Report 4  SSC Recommendations Regarding Content and Format of RecFIN Website
• Informational Report 5  Letter to the Honorable Condoleeza Rice from Senator Ted Stevens Regarding the Third Inter-Governmental Meeting on Management of High Seas Bottom Fisheries in the North Western Pacific Ocean
• Informational Report 6  Letter to Dr. Donald McIsaac from Ms. Kitty Simmonds, WPFMC, Regarding Scoping Comments on the Proposed DEIS for the Hawaii-Based Swordfish Shallow-Set Longline Fishery
• Supplemental Informational Report 7  Status Report of the 2007 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California
• Supplemental Informational Report 8  Letter Regarding Krill (CPS Amendment 12)

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  Roster

  • Council Roster (November 2007)

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