Briefing Book Archive: June 2011 Briefing Book
June 2011 Briefing Book
The Council meeting proposed agendas, agenda item situation summaries, and attachments, for the June 2011 Council Meeting are found below.
- A. Call to Order
- B. Open Comment Period
- C. Salmon Management
- D. Highly Migratory Species Management
- E. Groundfish Management
- F. Administrative Matters
- G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
- H. Ecosystem Based Management
- I. Habitat
- Informational Reports
- Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)
- General Information
- Roster
A. Call to Order
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 1: Fisheries Leadership & Sustainability Forum; East Coast Forum Agenda (May 10-13, 2011)
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 2: Agenda From June 2, 2011 West Coast Government Agreement on Ocean Health Meeting
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 3: Council Coordination Committee May 3-5, 2011 Agenda
- Agenda Item A.4: June 6-13, 2011 Proposed Detailed Council Meeting Agenda
B. Open Comment Period
- None Received at Time of Briefing Book Mailing
C. Salmon Management
- Agenda Item C.1: Fishery Management Plan Amendment 16, Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: Salmon FMP Amendment 16: Public Review Draft Description of Alternatives
- Agenda Item C.1.b, SAC Report 1: Public Review Draft Environmental Assessment for Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan Amendment 16: Classifying Stocks, Revising Status Determination Criteria, Establishing Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures, and De Minimis Fishing Provisions
- Agenda Item C.1.b, SAC Report 2: Appendices A-G to Amendment 16 Public Review Draft Environmental Assessment
- Agenda Item C.1.b, SAC Report 3: Appendix H to Amendment 16 Public Review Draft Environmental Assessment; Draft Proposed FMP Language implementing Amendment 16
- Agenda Item C.1.b, U.S. v. Oregon Letter
- Agenda Item C.1.b, STT Report
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental STT Report 2
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Letter to Mark Cedergreen from Will Stelle Regarding Klamath River Fall Chinook
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Summary of Issues and Preliminary Recommendations for Salmon Plan Amendment 16 (Peter Dygert, May 31, 2011)
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Report 1: Letter to Council on the Draft EA for Pacific Coast Salmon Amendment 16 From Northern Coastal Tribes
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Report 2: Letter to Council Regarding DRAFT EA for Pacific Coast Salmon From NWIFC
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental Yurok Tribal Report
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental Comments of Hoopa Valley Tribe
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental SAC PowerPoint
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item C.1.c Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item C.1.d, Supplemental NMFS Motions
- Agenda Item C.1.d, Supplemental Motions for De Minimis Fishing (With Amendments, as Displayed)
- Agenda Item C.1.d, Supplemental Motion 7 Graphic (S. Williams)
- Agenda Item C.1.d, Supplemental Motion 7 Graphic 2
D. Highly Migratory Species Management
- Agenda Item D.1: North Pacific Albacore Tuna Fisheries Economic Analysis
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Attachment 1: West Coast U.S. Commercial Albacore Fishery Economic Analysis
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental LWC PowerPoint
- Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental HMSMT Report
- Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report
- Agenda Item D.2: Recommendations to International Fisheries Organizations
- Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Regional Fishery Management Organization Meetings in 2011
- Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 2: Summary Report of Recent IATTC Committee Meetings and Upcoming Kobe III Meeting
- Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 3: 2010 IATTC Stock Assessments (Partial Extracts; Full Document on Web and CD Only)
- Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 4: WCPFC Conservation and Management Measure 2010-04 for Pacific Bluefin Tuna
- Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 5: Guidance from the Executive Director to the HMSAS and HMSMT
- Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
- Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
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.b, Supplemental NWFSC Economic Data Collection PowerPoint
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental NWFSC Groundfish Science PowerPoint
- Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental Quileute Letter
- Agenda Item E.2: Stock Assessments for 2013-2014 Groundfish Fisheries
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 1: Status of Bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, in the Conception, Monterey and Eureka INPFC Areas as Updated for 2011 (Full Document; Electronic Only)
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 2: Status Update of the U.S. Canary Rockfish Resource in 2011 (Full Document; Electronic Only)
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 3: Cowcod Status Report
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 4: Status and Future Prospects for the Darkblotched Rockfish Resource in Waters off Washington, Oregon, and California as Updated in 2011; (Full Document; Electronic Only)
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 5: Status of the U.S. Yelloweye Rockfish Resource in 2011 (Update of 2009 Assessment Model); Full Document; Electronic Only
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 6: Assessment Methods for Data-limited Stocks – Report of the Review Panel Meeting
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item E.3: Groundfish Amendment 16-5 and 2012 Harvest Specifications and Measures
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 1: December 27, 2010 Letter From Mr. William Stelle to Chairman Mark Cedergreen Concerning the NMFS Decision to Disapprove Amendment 16-5
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 2: April 5, 2011 Letter from Dr. Donald McIsaac to Mr. William Stelle Concerning Pacific Council Recommendations on the National Marine Fisheries Service Final Decision on the 2011-12 Groundfish Fishery Specifications and Management Measures
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 3: April 29, 2011 Letter from Mr. Frank Lockhart to Chairman Mark Cedergreen Concerning the NMFS Final Decision on 2011 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 4: Comparison of the Target Year and Harvest Control Rule for Overfished Species Under the Current Regulations, the Council Preferred Alternative, and the NMFS Preferred Alternative
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 5: May 19, 2011 Letter From Mr. Frank Lockhart to Chairman Mark Cedergreen Concerning the Secretarial Amendment Process
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 6: Draft Schedule for 2012 Specifications and Revised FMP Amendment Under a Secretarial Amendment Process
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item E.4: Final Schedule for Completing the 2013-14 Specifications and Management Measures and Considerations for Solving Biennial Cycle Process Issues
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 1: Preliminary Preferred Schedule for Developing 2013-14 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Changes to Council Operating Procedure 19 for Groundfish Exempted Fishing Permits
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3 (Not Handed Out, Please See Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 7)
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 4: Programmatic Approaches to the Groundfish Harvest Specifications National Environmental Policy Act Process
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 5: Possible Schedules for Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment Considerations
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: Council Staff and NMFS Project Team Report
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 7: Report on the Intended Analysis in Consideration for Restructuring Groundfish Stock Complexes
- Agenda Item E.4.b, GMT Report: Groundfish Management Team Clarification on a Suggested Review of the Conservation Performance of the Council’s Rebuilding Plans
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item E.5: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments – Part I
- Agenda Item E.6: Trawl Rationalization and Associated General Groundfish Fishery Issues Slated for Final Action, Including Those in the Program Improvements and Enhancement Rule
- Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 1: Trailing Action Calendar and Status
- Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 2: Intersector Allocation Issue: Recommended FMP and Regulatory Amendatory Language That Complies with the Council’s Intent Regarding Superseding Amendment 6 Allocations with Amendment 21 Allocations
- Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 3: Intersector Allocation Issue: Recommended FMP and Regulatory Amendatory Language That Complies with the Council’s Intent Regarding Annual Management of Fishery Set-Asides
- Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 4: Intersector Allocation Issue: Groundfish Trawl Pacific Halibut Bycatch Mortality Allocation, Council Decision Document
- Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 5: Trawl Rationalization Issue: Severability of Whiting Mothership Catcher Vessel Endorsements/Catch History
- Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 6: Trawl Rationalization Issue: Adaptive Management Program Quota Pound Pass-Through, Council Decision Document
- Agenda Item E.6.b, NMFS Report 1: PIE Rule – Part 1, NMFS Items Unchanged from April
- Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: PIE Rule – Part 2, New or Changed NMFS Items from April
- Agenda Item E.6.b, NMFS Report 3: Draft Rulemaking Plan
- Agenda Item E.6.b, NMFS Report 4: NMFS’ Preliminary Determinations on the Appropriate Level of NEPA for Trailing Actions
- Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 5: NMFS Questions on Severability of Mothership Catcher Vessel Endorsement and Catch History Assignment from the Limited Entry Trawl Permit
- Agenda Item E.6.b, ODFW Letter (Excerpt)
- Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental IPHC Letter
- Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item E.6.b, REVISED Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item E.7: Priority Trailing Actions Under Trawl Rationalization Slated for Preliminary Action
- Agenda Item E.7.a, Attachment 1: Trawl Rationalization Regulatory Amendments: Control Limit Safe Harbors for Community Fishing Associations and Risk Pools, Draft Environmental Assessment, May 2011
- Agenda Item E.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Inserts for Control Limit Safe Harbor Environmental Assessment
- Agenda Item E.7.a Supplemental Attachment 3: Decision Tree for Use by Council at June 2011 Meeting Re: Preliminary Preferred Alternative for Designated CFAs
- Agenda Item E.7.b, NMFS Report 1: Cost Recovery Program Options, Part One
- Agenda Item E.7.b, WDFW Letter: April 27, 2011 Letter to Mr. Frank Lockhart From Mr. Phil Anderson
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Cost Recovery Program Options, Part Two
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 3: Estimates West Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program (NMFS NWR, NWFSC, and OLE Implementation Costs)
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental REVISED NMFS Report 4: PowerPoint – Cost Recovery: Preliminary Program Options
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental ODFW Report: Letter to Frank Lockhart Regarding Oregon’s Current Groundfish Management, Monitoring, and Enforcement Programs in Relation to the TIQ ($Costs)
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental CDFG Report: Letter to Frank Lockhart Regarding CDFG Enforcement and Monitoring Costs for Implementing the TIQ Program
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item E.7.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item E.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item E.8: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments – Part II, If Necessary
- Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report: June 2011 Scorecard. Allocations and Projected Mortality Impacts (mt) of Overfished Groundfish Species for 2011
F. Administrative Matters
- Agenda Item F.1: Legislative Matters
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1: June 2011 Staff Summary of Federal Legislation in the 112th U.S. Congress
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 2: H.R. 946, the Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 3: May 5, 2011 Formal Request for Council comments on H.R. 946 from Congressman Hastings Via E-mail From Mr. Todd Ungerecht
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 4: April 9, 2011 Letter from Dr. Donald McIsaac to Ms. Susan Bunsick Regarding Council Comments on the Draft NOAA and DOC Aquaculture Policies
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: Letter to Jim Kellogg from Rodney McInnis Regarding NOAA’s Review of the Forage Species Conservation and Management Act
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: HR 1837, A Bill to Address Certain Water-Related Concerns on the San Joaquin River, and for Other Purposes
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 7: DRAFT Letter from Concerned Fishery Organizations to Honorable Tom McClintock Regarding Opposition to HR 1837
- Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental LC Report
- Agenda Item F.2: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1: DRAFT Minutes: 204th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: DRAFT Minutes: 207th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council
- Agenda Item F.3: Fiscal Matters
- Agenda Item F.4: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 1: Ad Hoc Committee Charge and Seats for the Trawl Rationalization Evaluation Committee
- Agenda Item F.5: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- Agenda Item F.5.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: “Preliminary Year at a Glance Summary”
- Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: DRAFT Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, September 12-19, 2011 San Mateo, CA
- Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload, Year At-A-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
- Agenda Item G.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental Pacific Sardine II Workshop Report: Workshop on Enhancing Stock Assessments of Pacific Sardine in the California Current through Coordinated Comparative Surveys (May 23-24, 2011)
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Crone)
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Ralston)
- Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item G.2: Pacific Mackerel Management for 2011-2012
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Attachment 1: Pacific Mackerel (Scomber japonicus) Stock Assessment for USA Management in the 2011-2012 Fishing Year
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Attachment 2: Pacific Mackerel STAR Panel Meeting Report
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Crone)
- Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
H. Ecosystem Based Management
- Agenda Item H.1: Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Electronic Attachment 1: September 2010 EPDT Report, Ecosystem-Based Management Planning for U.S. West Coast Fisheries; (Electronic Only)
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Electronic Attachment 2: March 2011 EPDT Report, Discussion Document: Assessing Ecosystem Policy Principles and Bringing Ecosystem Science into the Pacific Fishery Management Council Process; (Electronic Only)
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 3: Draft Purpose and Need Statement submitted by Oceana at the March 2011 Council Meeting
- Agenda Item H.1.b, EAS Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, SSC Ecosystem-Based Management Subcommittee Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, GMT Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, STT Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, SAS Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report 2
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental EPDT Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental Tribal Comment
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Oceana)
I. Habitat
- Agenda Item I.1: Current Habitat Issues
- Agenda Item I.1.a, Attachment 1: Draft Letter to Army Corps of Engineers
- Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
Informational Reports
- Informational Report 1: Letter from Michael Bell, TNC, and Report From Archipelago Marine Research Ltd., Regarding Electronic Monitoring Pilot Study Report for West Coast Groundfish Trawl ITQ Program
- Supplemental Informational Report 2: Letter from GoldenGate Salmon Association to the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan Coordinators
- Supplemental Informational Report 3: Memo from Pacific Coast Salmon EFH Review Oversight Panel to the Council Regarding Revisions to the Final Report on the 5-year Review of EFH for Pacific Coast Salmon
- Supplemental Informational Report 3, ELECTRONIC Attachment 1: Pacific Coast Salmon 5-Year Review of Essential Fish Habitat Final Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council, Revised May 25, 2011
- Supplemental Informational Report 4: Letter from RFMCs to Eric Schwaab Regarding NMFS Allocation Project
Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)
- Budget Committee (BC) Agenda
- Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) Agenda
- Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) Agenda
- Ecosystem Plan Development Team (EPDT) Agenda
- Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
- Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
- Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
- Habitat Committee (HC) Agenda
- Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) Agenda
- Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) Agenda
- Legislative Committee (LC) Agenda
- Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
- Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
- Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
- DRAFT April 2011 SSC Minutes
- SSC Groundfish Subcommittee Agenda
General Information
- General Information (Driving Directions, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information)
- Chairs’ Reception, Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 6 p.m.
- Tax Exempt Form: DoubleTree Hotel Spokane City Center, Spokane, WA (Must Show Proper I.D.)
Roster
- Membership Roster for June 2011 Briefing Book (Supplemental; Dated June 1, 2011)
