Open Access Fishery Limitation
Information on the Proposed Action
Type of action: Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Amendment
Type of NEPA Document: EIS
Date of expected Council final action: September 2008
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Summary
Transitioning the current open access groundfish fishery into one where participation is limited by a federal permit is an important Pacific Council objective. As outlined in the Council's Groundfish Strategic Plan, the objective is to bring “the current open access participants … into the limited entry program and the number of participants reduced to those who are most dependent on and committed to the fishery.” (Open access participants are those landing groundfish without a groundfish limited entry permit. Endorsements on these permits confer certain privileges, for example the right to use of trawl gear to target groundfish and specified higher landing limits for trawl and fixed gear.) While this has been an important Council objective discussed at several Council meetings, there have been more urgent objectives that have taken precedence over open access limitation and little progress has been made to date. Key steps in this process that have been made are the setting of a control date of November 5, 1999, which may be used to decide eligibility requirements for a new limited entry program (i.e., catch history after this date may not be considered for deciding permit eligibility), and the new requirement to install a vessel monitoring system (VMS) for those West Coast open access fishermen who want to land groundfish starting in 2007.
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For more information:
Contact:
John DeVore
Groundfish Staff Officer
Pacific Fishery Management Council
(503) 820-2280
John.DeVore@noaa.gov
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Recent briefing materials (may include document drafts)
March 2008
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Agenda Item F.4 Amendment 22: Open Access License Limitation
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Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 1 Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment for Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment 22: Conversion of the Open Access Fishery to Federal Permit Management
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Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 2 Proposed Open Access Groundfish Fishery Conversion to Limited Entry and Permit Implementation Schedule
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Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3 Errata Table ES-3 to the Preliminary Draft EA for Groundfish Amendment 22
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Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 4 Amendment 22: Open Access License Limitation PowerPoint by Mr. LB Boydstun
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Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GAC Report on FMP Amendment 22
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Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental WDFW and ODFW Joint Report
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Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
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Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
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Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
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Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental EC Report
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Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
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Agenda Item F.4.c, Public Comments
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Agenda Item F.4.c, Supplemental Public Comments
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Agenda Item F.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
June 2007
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Agenda Item E.4 Amendment 22: Limiting Entry in the Open Access Groundfish Fishery
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Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 1 Proposed Open Access Groundfish Fishery Conversion to Limited Entry and Permit Implementation Schedule
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Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 2 Review and Update of Open Access Groundfish Fishery Permitting Issue and Possible Range of Alternatives for Issuance of B and C Limited Entry Permits
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Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 2 - PowerPoint Presentation
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Agenda Item E.4.a, NMFS Report NMFS Report on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Analysis Needs For a License Limitation Program for the Groundfish Open Access Fisheries
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Agenda Item E.4.c, Supplemental WDFW Report
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Agenda Item E.4.c, Supplemental GMT Report
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Agenda Item E.4.c, Supplemental EC Report
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Agenda Item E.4.c, Supplemental GAP Report
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Agenda Item E.4.d, Public Comment
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Agenda Item E.4.d, Supplemental Public Comment
September 2006
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Agenda Item C.4 Open Access Fishery Limitation: Planning for a Possible Fishery Management Plan Amendment
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