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.
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
The primary purpose of May 4, 2010 Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS) work session was to review and comment on a draft report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council on initial stages of developing an Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan. Download the Summary Meeting Minutes.
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
The spring issue of the Pacific Council News is now online! We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please send them to pfmc.comments@noaa.gov.
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
NMFS Announces that the Pacific Fishery Management Council has Submitted Amendments 20 and 21 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan to the Secretary of Commerce. View the Federal Register notice published May 12, 2010.
That draft fishery management plan language submitted to the Secretary of Commerce has been posted to the Council’s website.
Visit the Groundfish Amendment 20 webpage and the Groundfish Amendment 21 webpage to download that language.
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
The Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel will be meeting on May 4 at the Council office in Portland. The agenda is now available here. They will be reviewing a draft report (available here), prepared by the Ecosystem Plan Development Team, on developing an ecosystem fishery management plan. The draft discusses the purpose and need for the plan, initial goals and objectives, options for the plan’s geographic range and regulatory scope, and which species should be managed under the plan. Members of the Plan Development Team will be there to review the report and respond to questions. The final report will be presented to the Council at its June 2010 meeting in Foster City, California. Please note that this is not a public hearing, but a work session for the Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel.
For further information, contact Mike Burner at 503-820-2280 ext. 414, or toll free 1-866-806-7204.
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Public Comments received on Groundfish Amendment 21 DEIS are now available. Visit the Groundfish Amendment 21 DEIS webpage.
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Preaseason Report III Analysis of Council Adopted Management Measures for 2010 Ocean Salmon Fisheries, published April 2010, is available on the Council’s website. Visit the Preseason Report III webpage.
