June 2009 Briefing Book

The Council meeting proposed agendas, agenda item situation summaries, and attachments available at the time of Briefing Book mailing, June 3, 2009, for the June 2009 Council Meeting are found below.

Materials received at the Council Office by 11:59 pm June 8 will be posted to this webpage prior to the first day of the meeting; all such material will be prefaced by the word “Supplemental”. After June 8, materials distributed to the Council Members during the meeting will be posted no later than June 25, close of business. Again, any such material will be prefaced by the word “Supplemental”.

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A.  Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.4  June 11-18 Council Meeting Agenda

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B.  Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1  Open Comment Period
• Agenda Item B.1  Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item B.1  Supplemental Open Public Comment 3
• Agenda Item B.1  Supplemental Open Comment Period 4

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C.  Habitat

• Agenda Item C.1  Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental HC Report

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D.  Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item D.1  Proposed Procedures for Estimating Pacific Halibut Bycatch in the Groundfish Setline Fisheries
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, NWFSC Report  Letter Regarding Mortality of Pacific Halibut in the Fixed Gear Fishery
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint (Hastie)
  • Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental IPHC Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.d, Public Comment

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E.  Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item E.1  Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Modifications
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1  EFHRC Terms of Reference
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 2  Proposal to Modify the Northeast Boundary of the Eel River EFH No-trawl Area
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 3  Proposal to the Pacific Fishery Management Council to Modify Groundfish EFH Conservation Areas - Juan De Fuca Coral Canyons and Grays Canyon Sponge Reefs Important Ecological Areas
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, EFHRC Report  EFHRC Evaluation of Proposals to Modify Areas Closed to Bottom Trawl Fishing Gear
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental Tribal Comment
  • Agenda Item E.1.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item E.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item E.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 4



• Agenda Item E.2  Proposed Process and Schedule for Developing 2011-2012 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 1  Pacific Fishery Management Council and National Marine Fisheries Service Schedule and Process for Developing 2011-2012 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 2  Scoping Matrix for 2001-2012 Groundfish Biennial Specifications and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment



• Agenda Item E.3  Fishery Management Plan Amendment 22 -- Open Access Fishery Limitation
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 1  March 2009 Draft Meeting Minutes: Council Action on Open Access License Limitation
  • Agenda Item E.3.a., Attachment 2  EA Description and Analysis of Alternative 2
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 3  April 2009 Preliminary Initial Draft Meeting Minutes: Open Access Fishery Discussion
  • Agenda Item E.3.b  NMFS Report on March 2009 Adopted Motion on Fishery Management Plan Amendment  22: Open Access License Limitation
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.c, Public Comment



• Agenda Item E.4  Fishery Management Plan Amendment 23 -- Implementing Annual Catch Limit Requirements
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 1  The Report of the NMFS Vulnerability Evaluation Working Group Entitled, “Use of Productivity and Susceptibility Indices to Determine the Vulnerability of a Stock: With Example Applications to Six U.S. Fisheries”
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 2  Table of West Coast Groundfish Species That are Candidate “Ecosystem Component” Species
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report



• Agenda Item E.5  National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Attachment 1  Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
  • Agenda Item E.5.c, Supplemental EC Report



• Agenda Item E.6  Stock Assessments for 2011-2012 Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 1  Executive Summary of “Draft Status of the U.S. Petrale Sole Resource in 2008”
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 2  Petrale Sole STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 3  May 27 Letter from Frank Lockhart to Don McIsaac Regarding SSC Considerations for Managing Petrale Sole
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 4  Executive Summary of “Status of the U.S. Splitnose Rockfish (Sebastes diploproa) resource in 2009”
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 5  Splitnose Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 6  Executive Summary of “Status of the U.S. Canary Rockfish Resource in 2009 (Update of the 2007 Assessment Model)”
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 7  Executive Summary of “Updated Status of Cowcod, Sebastes levis, in the Southern California Bight”
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 8  Executive Summary of “Status and Future Prospects for the Darkblotched Rockfish Resource in Waters off Washington, Oregon, and California as Updated in 2009”
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 9  Executive Summary of “Status and Future Prospects for the Pacific Ocean Perch Resource in Waters off Washington and Oregon as Updated in 2009”
  • Stock Assessments (Full Versions Available on CD and Web Only)
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental Petrale PowerPoint Presentation (Allan Hicks)
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental Splitnose PowerPoint Presentation (Vladlena Gertseva)
  • Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.6.d, Supplemental GMT Report



• Agenda Item E.7  Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
  • Agenda Item E.7.a, Attachment 1  Fishery Management Plan Language on Inseason Adjustments to ABCs and OYs
  • Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.7.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item E.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3



• Agenda Item E.8  Preliminary Review of Exempted Fishing Permits for 2010
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 1  Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit Sponsored by Steve Fosmark Entitled, “Evaluation of an Epibenthic Trolled Longline to Selectively Catch Chilipepper Rockfish (Sebastes goodei)”
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 2  Application for Issuance of an Exempted Fishing Permit 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 E.8.a, Attachment 3  Testing a Community-Based Fishing Association: Report on Implementation of the 2008 Morro Bay/Port San Luis Exempted Fishing Permit
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 4  Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit sponsored by the Recreational Fishing Alliance Entitled, “Oregon Recreational Yellowtail Rockfish EFP”
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 5  Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit sponsored by the Recreational Fishing Alliance and the Golden Gate Fishermen's Association Entitled, “Recreational Rockfish Catch Composition Seaward of the Rockfish Conservation Area”
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 6  Report on Implementation of the 2008 Exempted Fishing Permit Activities (“Recreational Rockfish Catch Composition Seaward of the Rockfish Conservation Area”) Sponsored by the Recreational Fishing Alliance and the Golden Gate Fishermen's Association
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 7  Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit sponsored by the San Francisco Fishermen's Cooperative Entitled, “Evaluation of Modified Vertical Hook and Line Gear to Avoid Depressed Rockfish Species While Fishing in Certain Parts of the Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA)”
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 8  Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit sponsored by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Entitled, “Application to the Pacific Fishery Management Council for an Exempted Fishing Permit to Collect Biological Information from Yelloweye Rockfish Encountered in the Oregon Sport Charter Fishery”
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental GAP Report



• Agenda Item E.9  Final Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
  • Agenda Item E.9.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.9.b, Supplemental GAP Report



• Agenda Item E.10  FMP Amendments 20 and 21 -- Trawl Rationalization and Intersector Allocation - Regulatory Overview and Final Action on Miscellaneous Outstanding Issues and FMP Language
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Attachment 1  Calendar of Activities for Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendments 20 and 21
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Attachment 2  Pacific Council Recommendations For Groundfish Trawl Rationalization, Updated With Trailing Actions Through April 2009
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Attachment 3  Staff Recommendation on Amending the Groundfish FMP to Incorporate the Trawl Rationalization Program
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Attachment 4  Miscellaneous Remaining Issues
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Attachment 5  Intersector Allocation (Amendment 21) Description of Final Council Action, April 2009
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Supplemental Attachment 6  Proposed Modifications to Recommendations on Amending the Groundfish FMP to Incorporate the Trawl Rationalization Program
  • Agenda Item E.10.b, NMFS NWR Report on Miscellaneous Clarifications for Amendment 20: Trawl Rationalization
  • Agenda Item E.10.b, NMFS NWFSC Report  Letter from Northwest Fisheries Science Center on Monitoring Halibut Mortality, May 26, 2009
  • Agenda Item E.10.b, GAC Report on Trawl Rationalization
  • Agenda Item E.10.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.10.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.10.b, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item E.10.c, Supplemental Public Comment (IPHC)
  • Agenda Item E.10.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (EDF)
  • Agenda Item E.10.d, Supplemental WDFW Motion in Writing



• Agenda Item E.11  FMP Amendment 20 - Trawl Rationalization - Final Action on Accumulation Limits and Divestiture
  • Agenda Item E.11.a, Attachment 1  Issue Summary and Analysis: Accumulation Limits, Divestiture and Related Provisions
  • Agenda Item E.11.a, Supplemental Attachment 1 Replacement Table 7
  • Agenda Item E.11.a, Supplemental Staff PowerPoint (Seger)
  • Agenda Item E.11.b, GAC Report  GAC Recommendations on Accumulation Limits, Divestiture and Related Matters
  • Agenda Item E.11.b, GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.11.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.11.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.11.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.11.b, Supplemental ODFW Report
  • Agenda Item E.11.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.11.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item E.11.d, Supplemental Side by Side Control Limits
  • Agenda Item E.11.d, Supplemental Motion in Writing (CDFG)
  • Agenda Item E.11.d, Supplemental Motions on Accumulation Limits



• Agenda Item E.12  FMP Amendment 20 - Trawl Rationalization - Final Action for Adaptive Management Program
  • Agenda Item E.12.a, Attachment 1  April 2009 Supplemental Motion in Writing
  • Agenda Item E.12.a, Attachment 2  GAC Report Excerpts
  • Agenda Item E.12.b, GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.12.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.12.b, Supplemental GMT PowerPoint
  • Agenda Item E.12.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.12.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.12.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.12.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (On Screen)

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F.  Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item F.1  Council Recommendations to International Regional Fishery Management Organizations
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1  Summary Report of the Fourth Regular Session of the Northern Committee, September 9-11, 2008, Tokyo, Japan (Main Report Only Available in Hard Copy, Full Report with Appendices on Web and CD-ROM)
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 2  Federal Register Notice: NMFS Proposes Regulations to Implement, in Part, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 3  Letter from WFOA to Mr. Bill Robinson, NMFS, Regarding Proposed Rule for WCPFC - Identifier #0648-AV63
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 4  WCPFC Northern Committee, Fifth Regular Session, 7-10 September 2009, Provisional Annotated Agenda
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report

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G.  Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item G.1  Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 1  Salmon Plan Amendment Committee



• Agenda Item G.2  Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Budget Committee Report



• Agenda Item G.3  Proposed Rule on Council Operations
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1  Staff Comments on Proposed Changes to Regulations That Address the Operations and Administration of Regional Fishery Management Councils
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 2  Federal Register Notice Proposing Changes in Council Operations and Administration (74 FR 13386, March 27, 2009)
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 3  Proposed Draft Reponse Letter to NMFS Regarding Council Operations
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 4  Stipend Payments to a Subset of Members on the SSC and Advisory Panels



• Agenda Item G.4  Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
  • Agenda Item G.4.a  Draft March 2009 Council Meeting Mnutes



• Agenda Item G.5  Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 1  Draft Preliminary “Year at a Glance Summary” of Council Meeting Agenda Topics and Council Floor Time Estimate
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 2  Draft Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, September 10-17, 2009, Foster City, California
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 3  Pacific Council Workload Planning: Year at a Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 4  Council Meeting Agenda Worksheet, September 10-17, 2009, Foster City, California
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.c, Public Comment

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H.  Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item H.1  Pacific Mackerel Management for 2009-2010
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental Electronic Attachment 1  Draft Status of the Pacific Coast Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery and Recommended Acceptable Biological Catches - Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation 2009 (electronic attachment, available on web site)
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Attachment 1  Pacific Mackerel (Scomber japonicus) Stock Assessment for U.S. Management in the 2009-2010 Season
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Attachment 2  Pacific Mackerel, STAR Panel Meeting Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental Pacific Mackerel PowerPoint (Crone)
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report



• Agenda Item H.2  Survey Methodology Review and Exempted Fishing Permit
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 1  West Coast Sardine Survey Application for Exempted Fishing Permit in 2009
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 2  Spawning Biomass of Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax) Off U.S. in 2008, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 3  STAR Panel Report, Aerial Survey Methods for Pacific Sardine, May 2009
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 4  STAR Panel Report, Daily Egg Production Methods for Pacific Sardine, May 2009
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 5  NMFS Proposed Rule, Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries, Annual Specifications Modification, (74FR20897)
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Public Comment

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Ancillary Meetings (links are to agendas)

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

• Ancillary A  Scientific and Statistical Committee Groundfish Subcomittee Agenda


• Ancillary B  Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda


• Ancillary C  Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda


• Ancillary D  Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
  • Ancillary D  DRAFT April 2009 SSC Minutes


• Ancillary E  Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) Agenda


• Ancillary F  Budget Committee (BC) Agenda


• Ancillary G  Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) Agenda


• Ancillary H  Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda


• Ancillary I  Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) Agenda


• Ancillary J  Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) Agenda

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General Information

• General Information  driving directions, hotel information, restaurant information
• Tax Exempt Form - DoubleTree  Must also show proper I.D.
• Chair's Reception

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Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1  Project CROOS (Collaborative Research on Oregon Ocean Salmon)
• Supplemental Informational Report 2  Council Coordination Committee, May 19-22, 2009 Agenda
• Supplemental Informational Report 3  Council Coordination Committee, Letters from RFMC Chairmen to NOAA Officials
• Supplemental Informational Report 4  Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2009 Agenda and PowerPoint Presentation (Dr. Donald O. McIsaac)
• Supplemental Informational Report 5  Letter and FR Notice, List of Fisheries for 2010

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Roster

• Council Roster  (June 2009)

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