Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

The summer edition of the Pacific Council News is now available on our website.

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

This notice announces that through rulemaking in the Federal Register the directed harvest/fishing of Pacific sardine off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California will be closed effective 12:01 AM, Thursday morning, July 22, 2010. Fishing vessels with Pacific sardine on board taken in the directed harvest fishery must be at shore/dock and in the process of offloading at the time of closure.

Please download the Pacific Sardine Directed Fishing Closure Notice for all of the details.

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Amendment 20 Final EIS Released

On June 25, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency published a Notice of Availability for the “Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Rationalization of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Limited Entry Trawl Fishery”. A 30-day cooling off period commenced, ending July 26, 2010.

Visit the Amendment 20 webpage to get the FEIS document and to get more details.

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Amendment 21 Final EIS Released: June 2010; 30-Day Cooling Off Period Ends July 26, 2010

On June 25, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency published a Notice of Availability for the “Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Allocation of Harvest Opportunity between Sectors of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery”.

Visit the Amendment 21 webpage to view the document and to get more details.

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

The June 2010 Council Meeting Decision Document is now available. The Council Decision Document is a basic summary of decisions made at Council meetings.

• Download the June 2010 Council Decisions Document (PDF)
• For previous decisions, visit the Council Meeting Decisions Archives Webpage

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

The proposed measures to initiate implementation of Amendments 20 and 21 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan was published by the Office of the Federal Register on June 10, 2010. Visit the Council’s Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment 20 webpage to download the proposed measures to initiate implementation of Amendments 20 and 21.

The public comment period for the above amendment package will end on July 12, 2010. Instructions for submitting public comments are included in the Federal Register notice.

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

An updated version of the Council’s wave and tidal energy database has been posted here.  There have been no new projects added since the database was last posted in April, although some projects, like the Reedsport OPT project and the Humboldt WaveConnect project (PGE), are moving ahead.

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

The Briefing Book for the June 2010 Council meeting has been posted to the Council’s website on the “Current Briefing Book” webpage. The Briefing Book contains “situation summaries” (brief summaries that provide background for each agenda item), reports and materials for each agenda item, and written public comment.

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

The proposed initial allocation rule implementing Amendment 20 was made available from the Federal Register Public Inspection Desk (filed on June 1, 2010 at 4:15 p.m.) Visit the Council’s Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment 20 webpage to download the proposed initial allocation rule.

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

The Council has sent a letter to Donald R. Glaser, the Regional Director of the Mid-Pacific Region of the Bureau of Reclamation, on the use of 800,000 acre-feet
of Central Valley Project (CVP) water for rebuilding Central Valley salmon stocks. The letter is available here.