September 2009 Briefing Book

The Council meeting proposed agendas, agenda item situation summaries, and attachments available at the time of Briefing Book mailing, September 2, 2009, for the September 2009 Council Meeting are found below.

Materials received at the Council Office by 11:59 pm September 4 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 September 4, materials distributed to the Council Members during the meeting will be posted as they are received electronically. Again, any such material will be prefaced by the word “Supplemental”.

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A.  Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.4  Supplemental Attachement 1  Council Member Training Invitation From the Fisheries Leadership and Sustainability Forum
• Agenda Item A.5  September 11-17 Council Meeting Agenda

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B.  Habitat

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



• Agenda Item B.2  Ocean Acidification and Sea Level Rise
  • Agenda Item B.2.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint (Stein)



• Agenda Item B.3  Proposed Offshore Aquaculture Demonstration Project
  • Agenda Item B.3.b, Supplemental Hubbs Sea World PowerPoint (Kent)
  • Agenda Item B.3.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item B.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Ocean Conservancy)

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C.  Marine Protected Areas

• Agenda Item C.1  Marine Resources Public Opinion Polls
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Attachment 1  Compendium of Three Reports Regarding the Monterey Bay Area Fisheries, Data from Five Surveys Conducted 2007-2009 (Full document is on the September Briefing Book CD and Website Only)
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental PowerPoint on Poll Results (Fosmark, Jones)
  • Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item C.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2



• Agenda Item C.2  Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Marine Protected Areas
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Attachment 1  July 29, 2008 Letter from Executive Director McIsaac Providing Council Input to the Sanctuary on the Process of Considering MPAs
  • Agenda Item C.2.b, Attachment 1  August 26, 2009 Letter from Superintendent Paul Michel to the Council, Re: An Update on the Sanctuary's Plans for Considering MPAs
  • Agenda Item C.2.b, Supplemental MBNMS PowerPoint
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item C.2.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item C.2.d, Public Comment 2



• Agenda Item C.3  National System of Marine Protected Areas
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 1  Framework for the National System of Marine Protected Areas of the United States of America (Full document is on the September Briefing Book CD, the Briefing Book Website and at http://mpa.gov/ only)
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 2  Benefits of a National System of Marine Protected Areas
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 3  Joining the National System of MPAs, FAQs
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 4  Implementing the National System, Nomination Process
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 5  NMFS Policy Directive 01-114, Regional Fishery Management Council Consultation in MPA Nomination Process
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 6  August 14, 2009 Letter and List of Potential MPA Sites from Mr. Barry Thom to the Council
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 7  February 13, 2007 Letter from Dr. Donald McIsaac to Mr. Joseph Uravitch Re: Council Comments on the Draft Framework
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 8   April 30, 2009 Letter from Dr. Mark Hixon, Providing FAC Recommendations on Assessing Ecological Resilience and Conservation Gaps
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental MPA PowerPoint (Wahle)
  • Agenda Item C.3.c, Supplemental WDFW Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.d  Public Comment
  • Agenda Item C.3.d  Supplement Public Comment 2

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D.  Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item D.1  National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1  Southwest Region NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report on the Northern Committee, Fifth Regular Session, Nagasaki, Japan
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Attachment 1  NMFS Southwest Science Center Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Shoffler)

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E.  Groundfish Management

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



• Agenda Item E.2  Part II of Stock Assessments for 2011-2012 Groundfish Fisheries
  Full Stock Assessments and STAR Panel Reports on the CD and Website
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 1  Entire Report “Draft Status of the U.S. Petrale Sole Resource in 2008”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 2  Petrale Sole STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 3  Entire Report “2009 Petrale Sole Stock Assessment Addendum: SSC Requests”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 4  Entire Report “Status of Bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, in the Conception, Monterey, and Eureka INPFC Areas in 2009”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 5  Bocaccio Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 6  Entire Report “Draft Status of the Widow Rockfish Resource in 2009”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 7  Widow Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 8  Entire Report “Draft Status and Future Prospects for Lingcod in Waters off Washington, Oregon, and California as Assessed in 2009”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 9  Lingcod STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 10  Entire Report “Draft Status of Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) in California and Oregon Waters as Assessed in 2009”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 11  Cabezon STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 12  Entire Report “Status of the U.S. Yelloweye Rockfish Resource in 2009”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 13  Yelloweye Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 14  Entire Report “Draft Status of Greenstriped Rockfish (Sebastes elongatus) Along the Outer Coast of California, Oregon, and Washington”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 15  Greenstriped Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental SSC PowerPoint (Ralston)
  • Agenda Item E.2.d, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.d, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.e, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Pettinger)



• Agenda Item E.3  Off-Year Science Improvements
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 1  Recommendations for Off-year Science Improvements
  • Agenda Item E.3.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.c, Supplemental GAP Report



• Agenda Item E.4  Inseason Adjustments to 2009 and 2010 Groundfish Fisheries - Part I
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, NMFS Report  Draft Environmental Assessment - Proposed Interim 2009 and 2010 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for Petrale Sole and Canary Rockfish off the Pacific Coast
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2  Federal Register Notice Announcing Proposed Rule to Revise the 2010 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for Petrale Sole and Canary Rockfish
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental REVISED GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report



• Agenda Item E.5  Fishery Management Plan Amendment 23 - Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Attachment 1  Table of West Coast Groundfish Species That are Candidate for “Ecosystem Component” Species
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental SSC PowerPoint (Ralston)
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report



• Agenda Item E.6  Fishery Management Plan Amendment 20 - Trawl Rationalization Regulation Language Review and Miscellaneous Implementation Matters
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 1  Appendix D Council Preferred Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Alternative
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, NMFS Report on Amendment 20 and 21 -- Deeming Round 1
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2 (Federal Register Notice on NMFS Proposed Rule to Collect Data to Support Implementation of a Future Trawl Rationalization Program)
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint - Amendment 20 & 21 (TIQ & ISA) Deeming - Round 1
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint (TIQC Observer Planning Cusick/Clarke)



• Agenda Item E.7  Inseason Adjustments to 2009 and 2010 Groundfish Fisheries - Part II
  • Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental GMT Report (Updated Scorecard)



• Agenda Item E.8  Report on Catch of Unidentified Rockfish Species in the Recreational Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, ODFW Report  Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Unidentified Rockfish from the Recreational Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental CDFG Report  California Department of Fish and Game Report on Unidentified Rockfish in the California Recreational Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental WDFW Report  Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Unidentified Rockfish in the Recreational Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report

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F.  Enforcement Issues

• Agenda Item F.1  Oregon State Police Fisheries Enforcement Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental OSP PowerPoint (Lt. Samuels)
  • Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental NMFS Report (SWR Enforcement Actions)

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G.  Salmon Management

• Agenda Item G.1  Fishery Management Plan Amendment 16 -- Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 1  National Standard 1 Guidelines
  • Agenda Item G.1.b SAC Report  Report of the Salmon Amendment Committee - Overview of Scoping Considerations for Salmon Fishery Management Plan Amendment 16
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SAC PowerPoint
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report



• Agenda Item G.2  2009 Salmon Methodology Review
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1  Email to the Agencies from Chuck Tracy, Dated July 13, 2009
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental MEW Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SAS Report



• Agenda Item G.3  Central Valley Endangered Species Act Biological Opinion and Sacramento River Fall Chinook Stock Collapse
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1  News Release Regarding the Biological Opinion on the Long-Term Central Valley Project and State Water Project Operations Criteria and Plan
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 2  Executive Summary of the Biological Opinion on the Long-Term Central Valley Project and State Water Project Operations Criteria and Plan
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 3  Essential Fish Habitat Conservation Consultation
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 4  Biological Opinion on the Long-Term Central Valley Project and State Water Project Operations Criteria and Plan (on CD and Website only)
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 5  Letter to Dr. Jane Lubchenco Recommending Steps to Optimize California Salmon Production
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 6  Letter from Dr. Jane Lubchenco to Dr. McIsaac Regarding Request to Establish a Forum to Improve West Coast Salmon Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint  2009 Biological Opinion on the California's Central Valley Water Project
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental SAS Report



• Agenda Item G.4  National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Salmon Management
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Handout (Klamath River Basin 2009 Report to Congress)
  • Supplemental Informational Report 3  Lower Columbia River Tule Fall Chinook Life-Cycle Analysis; DRAFT

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H.  Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item H.1  2010 Pacific Halibut Fishery Regulations
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1  2009 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, WDFW Report  Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to Catch Sharing Plan and 2010 Annual Regulations
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, ODFW Report  Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2010 Fishery
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report



• Agenda Item H.2  Proposed Procedures for Estimating Pacific Halibut Bycatch in the Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item H.2.d  Public Comment
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Report  Pacific Halibut Bycatch in IPHC Area 2A in the 2008 Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2  Observed and Estimated Total Discard of Pacific Halibut in the 2002-2008 U.S. West Coast Groundfish Non-Nearshore Fixed Gear Fishery
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint (Hastie)
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental GMT Report

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I.  Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report (Comments on “Air Clearing Session”)
• Agenda Item I.1.b  Open Comment Period
• Agenda Item I.1.b  Open Comment Period 2
• Agenda Item I.1.b  Open Comment Period 3
• Agenda Item I.1.b  Open Comment Period 4
• Agenda Item I.1.b  Open Comment Period 5

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J.  Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item J.1  Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item J.1.b, Supplemental Budget Committee Report



• Agenda Item J.2  Approval of Council Meeting Minutes



• Agenda Item J.3  Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item J.3.b, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item J.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report



• Agenda Item J.4  Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Attachment 1  Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year at a Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Attachment 2  Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, October 29 through November 5, 2009, Costa Mesa, California
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3  Council Meeting Worksheet, October 29-November 5, 2009, Costa Mesa, California
  • Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Agenda Request (Request for Ms. Monica Medina to Attend November Council Meeting)
  • Agenda Item J.4.d, Supplemental WDFW Motion (Regarding Groundfish FMP Amendment 20 and Adaptive Management Program

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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  Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda


• Ancillary B  Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
  • Ancillary B  Draft Summary Minutes, SSC June 12-14, 2009 Meeting


• Ancillary C  Habitat Committee (HC) Agenda


• Ancillary D  Budget Committee (BC) Agenda


• Ancillary F  Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda


• Ancillary G  Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda


• Ancillary H & J  Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) and SSC HMS Subcommittee Agenda


• Ancillary I  Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda


• Ancillary K  Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda


• Ancillary L & M  Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) and SSC CPS Subcommittee Agenda

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General Information

• General Information  driving directions, hotel information, restaurant information
• Chairman's Reception; Sunday, September 13 at 6 p.m.
• Tax Exempt Form - Crowne Plaza   Must also show proper I.D.

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Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1  West Coast Hydrokinetic Energy Projects
• Informational Report 2  Work Plan for the Five-Year Review of Essential Fish Habitat for Pacific Coast Salmon
• Supplemental Informational Report 3  Lower Columbia River Tule Fall Chinook Life-Cycle Analysis; DRAFT
• Supplemental Informational Report 4  Press Release, Obama Administration Officials to Hold Ocean Policy Task Force Public Meeting in San Francisco on September 17, 2009
• Supplemental Informational Report 5  Status Report of the 2009 Ocean Salmon Fisheries Off Washington, Oregon, and California - Preliminary Data Through August 31, 2009 (September 7 for KMZ)

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Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Special Session on Catch Share Allocation

A special session of the Groundfish Advisory Subpanel was held to address questions that were raised on quota share estimates provided to groundfish limited entry trawl permit holders after final action at the June Council meeting on the Trawl Rationalization Program. Below are the presentations and handouts (tables/graphs) provided by Council staff that facilitated the discussion:

• Agenda for the Special Open Session on Catch Share Allocation
• Presentation:  Review of Final Council Action on Quota Share (QS) Allocation Formulas
• Presentation:  Quota Pound Estimates Provided in Mailing to Permit Holders
• Presentation:  Comparison to Recent Years
• Presentation:  Review of Council Action on Overfished Species QS Initial Allocation Formula (for non-whiting)
• Handout (Tables) from the Open Session on Initial Allocation for Trawl Rationalization
• Handout (Graphs) from the Open Session on Initial Allocation for Trawl Rationalization
• Handout Allocating Overfished Species on a Bycatch Rate (Proxy Species)

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Groundfish Stock Assessment Briefing

An informational session on “Groundfish Stock Assessment Briefing” was held following Agenda Item A.5 on the Council floor. It was not a formal Council meeting agenda item. There was not a public comment period and no Council decision-making actions. It provided an opportunity for Council members to receive information and ask questions on the results of stock assessments for petrale sole, lingcod, and cabezon; and bocaccio, widow, yelloweye, and greenstriped rockfish. Focus was on those species which are likely to be most critical in establishing impact levels for the 2011-2012 groundfish fisheries. Further review and final action on approving these assessments occured under Council Agenda Item E.2.

• Status of the widow rockfish resource in 2009
• Status of bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, in the Conception, Monterey and Eureka INPFC areas for 2009
• Overview of the 2009 yelloweye rockfish stock assessment
• Status of Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) in California and Oregon Waters as Assessed in 2009
• Draft status of the U.S. petrale sole resource in 2008
• DRAFT Status of greenstriped rockfish along the outer coast of CA, OR, and WA

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Salmon Research Presentation

A special presentation was held to provide information on research into the relationship of ocean environmental factors to salmon growth, survival, and maturation. Dr. Brian Wells, NMFS SWFSC, presented this information on Monday, September 14, 2009 at 7 p.m. in the Council chambers. The presentation was not a formal Council meeting agenda item; there was not a public comment period and no Council decision-making actions. The information was was in the form of the powerpoint presentation below, followed by a question and answer period.

• Southwest Fisheries Science Center Presentation: Relationship of Ocean Environmental Factors to Salmon Growth, Survival, and Maturation

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Roster

• Council Roster (September 2009)

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