Briefing Book Archive: April 2012 Briefing Book
April 2012 Briefing Book
The Council meeting proposed agendas, agenda item situation summaries, and attachments, for the April 2012 Council Meeting are found below.
- A. Call to Order
- B. Open Comment
- C. Habitat
- D. Enforcement
- E. Salmon Management
- F. Pacific Halibut Management
- G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
- H. Administrative Matters
- I. Groundfish Management
- Informational Reports
- Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)
- General Information
- Salmon Management Documents
- Roster
- Listen to the Live Audio Stream Starting on Sunday, April 1, at 10 a.m.
A. Call to Order
- Agenda Item A.4: April 2012 Council Meeting Agenda
B. Open Comment
- Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment: Comments on CROOS Program (Finley)
C. Habitat
- Agenda Item C.1: Current Habitat Issues
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 1: Letter on Levee Vegetation
- Agenda Item C.1.a, REVISED Supplemental Attachment 2: Letter on Klamath Water
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 3: Letter from Humboldt County on Klamath Water
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental SAS Report
D. Enforcement
- Agenda Item D.1: Current Enforcement Issues
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental USCG Report: PowerPoint
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental USCG Report 2: Letter and Information Regarding Fishing Vessel Safety
E. Salmon Management
- Agenda Item E.1: National Marine Fisheries Report on Salmon Management
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: NOAA Fisheries / Fisheries and Oceans Canada Workshops to Examine the Effects of Salmon Fisheries on Southern Resident Killer Whales
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Letter to Chair Wolford Regarding Printed Salmon Regulation Booklets
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 3: Federal Register Notice, April 2, 2012 Regarding NMFS 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Chinook Salmon in the Upper Klamath and Trinity Rivers Basin as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act
- Agenda Item E.2: Tentative Adoption of 2012 Ocean Salmon Management Measures for Analysis
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 1: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 2: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 3: Salmon Technical Team Proposed Rebuilding Plan for Sacramento River Fall Chinook
- Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 1: Westport, WA
- Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 2: Coos Bay, OR
- Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 3: Eureka, CA
- Agenda Item E.2.d, Supplemental PSC Report
- Agenda Item E.2.f, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item E.2.f, Supplemental Tribal Report: CRITFC Report and Slides
- Agenda Item E.2.f, Supplemental Comments of Hoopa Valley Tribe
- Agenda Item E.2.f, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item E.2.g, Public Comment
- Agenda Item E.2.g, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item E.2.h, Supplemental Tribal Motion
- Agenda Item E.3: Sacramento Winter Run Chinook Impact Specifications
- Agenda Item E.4: Methodology Review Process and Preliminary Topic Selection for 2012
- Agenda Item E.5: Clarify Council Direction on 2012 Management Measures
- Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental STT Report: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2012 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures; April 13, 2012
- Agenda Item E.6: Southern Oregon-Northern California Coast Coho Recovery Plan
- Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 1: Southern Oregon Northern California Coast Coho Salmon Recovery Plan (Full Document Available on CD and Online Only; 53.4 MB)
- Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 2: Council Staff Comments on the Public Review Draft SONCC Coho Recovery Plan
- Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint (J. Weeder)
- Agenda Item E.6.c, HC Report: Draft Letter to NMFS Recovery Coordinator Julie Weeder
- Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental HC Report 2
- Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item E.7: Final Action on 2012 Management Measures
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental Tribal Report: Statement of the Columbia River Treaty Tribes
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Comments of the Hoopa Valley Tribe
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental STT Report
- Agenda Item E.7.d, Supplemental Tribal Motion
F. Pacific Halibut Management
- Agenda Item F.1: Final Incidental Catch Regulations for the 2012 Salmon Troll and Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
- Agenda Item G.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on CPS Management
- This Agenda Item Was Cancelled (No report)
- Agenda Item G.2: Exempted Fishing Permit for 2012 Northwest Aerial Sardine Survey
- Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1: West Coast Aerial Sardine Survey 2012 Application for Exempted Fishing Permit, Revised
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
H. Administrative Matters
- Agenda Item H.1: Coastal Marine Spatial Planning Update
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1: Draft National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan (on Briefing Book Website and CD Only)
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 2: Draft National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan Power Point Briefing to the Councils Coordination Committee
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 3 (Handout Version of H.1.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint)
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: National Ocean Policy — Update (Stein)
- Agenda Item H.2: Legislative Matters
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 1: April 2012 Staff Summary of Federal Legislation in the 112th U.S. Congress
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 2: H.R. 1837, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 3: Congressional Research Service Report on H.R. 1837, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 4: Comparison of CVPIA and H.R. 1837 as Amended
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 5: List of Groups Opposed to H.R. 1837 Including the Council
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 6: July 5, 2011 Formal Request for Council comments on H.R. 1837 from U.S. Congresswoman Grace Napolitano
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 7: Draft Council Staff Report on H.R. 1837
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental LC Report
- Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item H.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment
- Agenda Item H.3: DRAFT Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Migratory Birds
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 1: Memo from Samuel Rauch to the Pacific Fishery Management Council
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 2 (Electronic Only): Executive Order 13186
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 3: Draft MOU between the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item H.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment
- Agenda Item H.4: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- Agenda Item H.4.a, Attachment 1: March 2012 Council Meeting Motion Establishing an Amendment 24 Ad Hoc Workgroup
- Agenda Item H.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Ad Hoc South of Humbug Pacific Halibut Workgroup Draft Objectives and Duties
- Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental CDFG Report
- Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.5: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 2: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 21-26, 2012 in San Mateo, California
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Final Motion on an Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan From the June 2011 Council Meeting
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 21-26, 2012 in San Mateo, California
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: Salmon Workload Assessment
- Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental CDFG Report
- Agenda Item H.5.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
I. Groundfish Management
- Agenda Item I.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Groundfish
- Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: Groundfish and Halibut Notices, 2/13/12 through 3/16/12
- Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental NWFSC Report: Shelf Rockfish Hook and Line Survey
- Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint (McClure/Stein)
- Agenda Item I.2: Implementation of the 2012 Pacific Whiting Fishery Under the U.S.-Canada Pacific Whiting Agreement
- Agenda Item I.3: Tentative Adoption of 2013-2014 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 1: Anticipated Council Actions and References Relevant to Decision-Making
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 2: Preferred 2013 and 2014 Overfishing Limits (OFLs in mt) and Acceptable Biological Catches (ABCs in mt) and Preliminary Preferred 2013 and 2014 Annual Catch Limits for West Coast Groundfish Stocks and Stock Complexes
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 3: Estimated Time to Rebuild and Spawning Potential Ratio Harvest Rate Relative to Alternative 2013-2014 ACLs for Overfished West Coast Groundfish Stocks
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 4: Summary of the Management Measures Analysis
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 5: Excerpts from the Preliminary DEIS (Available on Briefing Book Website and CD Only)
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: Projected Mortality and Allocations Under the Preferred Alternative and a Summary of Longnose Skate and Dogfish Shark Management Measures
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 7: Appendix D – Detailed Management Measures Analysis; 2013-2014 Groundfish Harvest Specifications Preliminary DEIS (Available on Briefing Book Website Only)
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental PowerPoint (Ames/Seger)
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental FWS Report: Proposed Seabird Conservation Measures to Mitigate and Track Expected Impacts on Short-tailed Albatross
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental CDFG Report: Comments on 2013-14 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental CDFG Report 2: Allocations for Blackgill Rockfish and Cowcod South of 40°10′ N Latitude
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental Tribal Report
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Public Comments
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5
- Agenda Item I.4: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions
- Agenda Item I.4.a, Attachment 1: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions: Descriptions And Next Steps
- Agenda Item I.4.a, Attachment 2: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions: Whiting Season Opening Date and Southern Allocation, Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
- Agenda Item I.4.a, Attachment 3: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions: Chafing Gear, Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
- Agenda Item I.4.b, NMFS Electronic Monitoring: 2012 Electronic Monitoring Feasibility Plan
- Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: Meeting Monitoring Priorities in U.S. Fisheries (Mark C. Holliday, Ph.D.)
- Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental PSMFC Report: Electronic Monitoring
- Agenda Item I.4.c, NMFS Draft Rulemaking Plan: Draft Rulemaking Plan
- Agenda Item I.4.c, NMFS Trailing Actions: NMFS List of Trailing Actions
- Agenda Item I.4.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item I.4.c, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item I.4.c, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item I.4.d, Supplemental Public Comment
- Agenda Item I.4.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item I.4.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item I.5: Reconsideration of Initial Individual Fishery Quotas in the Mothership and Shoreside Pacific Whiting Trawl Fisheries
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 1: February 29, 2012 Letter from Frank Lockhart
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 2: March 16, 2012 Letter from Frank Lockhart
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Guidance for Making Allocation Decisions Related to Catch Shares
- Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental NMFS Report ANPR: Proposed Rulemaking Regarding the Reconsideration of the Allocation of Whiting
- Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item I.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment
- Agenda Item I.6: Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Review
- Agenda Item I.7: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
- Agenda Item I.8: Adoption of 2013-2014 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- Agenda Item I.8.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: Options for Routine Management of Unused Harvest Set-Asides
- Agenda Item I.8.b, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item I.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item I.8.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item I.8.c, Supplemental Public Comment
Informational Reports
- Informational Report 1: FWS Columbia River 2012 Chinook Mass Marking
- Informational Report 2: Groundfish Informational Briefing
- For reference materials, please see: Agenda Item I.3: Tentative Adoption of 2013-2014 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- Informational Report 2, Supplemental Attachment 1 (PowerPoint): 2013-14 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Advance Informational Briefing (Larger View Slides)
- Informational Report 2 Supplemental Slide Handouts (“Talking Points”) These are the same as the above slides, but include the main “talking points” (Smaller View Slides)
- Supplemental Informational Report 3: Letters from IPHC to State Directors (OR, WA, CA) Regarding Request to Develop and Implement Necessary Date Collection Programs to Permit Estimation of Discard Mortality, Starting With 2012 Recreational Fisheries
- Supplemental Informational Report 4: 7 P.M. Tuesday, Boren Room, Presentation on Fisheries Observing Using Video-Based Electronic Monitoring
- Supplemental Informational Report 5: The West Coast Salmon Genetic Stock Identification Collaboration Annual Report, 2011
Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)
- Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
- Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
- Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
- Habitat Committee (HC) Agenda
- Legislative Committee (LC) Agenda
- Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW) Agenda
- Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
- Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
- Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
- SSC Economic and Groundfish Subcommittee Agenda
- DRAFT March 2012 SSC Minutes
General Information
- General Information: Driving Directions, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, Transportation Options from Airport to the Sheraton, Restaurant Information
- Chair’s Reception, Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 6 p.m.
- Tax Exempt Form, Sheraton Seattle Hotel (Must Show Proper I.D)
Salmon Management Documents
- Preseason Report II: Proposed Alternatives and Environmental Assessment Part 2 for 2012 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations; Regulation Identifier Number 0648-XA921 (March 2012)
Roster
- Supplemental: Membership Roster (Dated March 27, 2012)