Briefing Book Archive: March 2010 Briefing Book

March 2010 Briefing Book

The Council meeting proposed agendas, agenda item situation summaries, attachments, and supplemental materials for the March 2010 Council Meeting are found below.

• A. Call to Order
• B. Open Comment Period
• C. Habitat
• D. Administrative Matters
• E. Groundfish
• F. Pacific Halibut
• G. Salmon
• H. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
• Ancillary Meeting Agendas
• General Information
• Informational Reports
• Salmon Management Documents
• Roster

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 1: Council Coordination Committee Agenda, January 13-14, 2010
• Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Executive Director’s PowerPoint on “A Healthy, Sustainable Salmon Fishery off California and Oregon: Ideas for Bringing It Back”
• Agenda Item A.4: Proposed Council Meeting Agenda

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B. Open Comment Period

None received at time of briefing book mailing

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C. Habitat

• Agenda Item C.1: Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: Draft Letter on the Columbia Basin Biological Opinion
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 1: Letter to Secretary Locke (Original)
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 2: Letter from BOR to NMFS on EFH Conservation Recommendations for the Central Valley Water Project
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: 2nd DRAFT Letter to Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental Habitat Committee Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.d, Public Comment

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D. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item D.1: NOAA Report on Activities of the Ocean Policy Task Force and Catch Shares Task Force
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1: NMFS Briefing Presentation on the Ocean Policy Task Force Process
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 2: Draft NOAA Catch Share Policy
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Letter to Dr. Lubchenco Regarding Catch Share Policy
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 3; Letter to Dr. Lubchenco

• Agenda Item D.2: Council Comments on Proposed Revisions to National Standard 2 Guidelines–Scientific Information
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 1: Proposed Rule Regarding Revised Guidelines for National Standard 2 – Scientific Information (74 FR 65724)
  • Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report

• Agenda Item D.3: Legislative Matters
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation in the 111th U.S. Congress of Particular Interest to the Pacific Fishery Management Council
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 2: April 29, 2009 Letter From Council Executive Director, Dr. Donald McIsaac to U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 3: Substitute Senate Bill 6350
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Letter From Members of Congress to Hon. Dianne Feinstein on Draft “Emergency Temporary Water Supply Amendment”
  • Agenda Item D.3.b, Supplemental LC Report

• Agenda Item D.4: Council Meeting Minutes
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: DRAFT June 2009 Council Meeting Minutes

• Agenda Item D.5: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures

• Agenda Item D.6: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: “Preliminary Year at a Glance Summary”
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, Attachment 2: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 8-15, 2010, Portland, Oregon
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Proposed May Groundfish Allocation Committee Meeting
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Revised Year at a Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Proposed April 8-15, 2010 Council Meeting Agenda
  • Agenda Item D.6.b, Supplemental HC Report on Agenda and Workload Planning

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E. Groundfish Fishery Management

• Agenda Item E.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Groundfish
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1: Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 2: Letter from Frank Lockhart Declaring Petrale Sole Overfished
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report: Pacific Whiting Fishery Summary, All Sectors, 2009

• Agenda Item E.2: Stock Assessment Planning for 2013-2014 Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 1: Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Stock Assessment and Review Process for 2009-2010
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 2: Terms of Reference for Groundfish Rebuilding Analyses
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Draft Summary Minutes, Yelloweye Rockfish Survey Design Workshop
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: DRAFT Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Stock Assessment and Review Process for 2011-2012
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, NMFS Report: Possible Schedule for West Coast Groundfish Assessments in 2011 and Beyond
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, GMT Report: GMT Report on Assigning Vulnerability Scores to All Species in the Groundfish FMP
  • 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: Pacific Whiting Harvest Specifications for 2010
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 1: Executive Summary of Assessment and Management Advice for Pacific Hake in U.S. and Canadian Waters in 2010
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 2: Stock Assessment of Pacific Hake, Merluccius productus, (a.k.a. Whiting) in U.S. and Canadian Waters in 2010 (full version on web/cd only)
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 3: Pacific Whiting – The Joint U.S.-Canada STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Tribal Report 1

• Agenda Item E.4: Fishery Management Plan Amendment 23 – Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 1: A Brief Overview of Harvest Specifications Under the Current FMP Framework Compared With Those Contemplated Under Amendment 23
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 2: Draft Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendatory Language Proposed Under Amendment 23
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 3: Options For Defining The 40-10 Control Rule Under The Amendment 23 Framework
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 4: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Current Groundfish Management System To Prevent Overfishing in Consideration of the Annual Catch Target Specification Under Amendment 23
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 5: Table 2-1. Specified 2009 and 2010 ABCs (mt) and Projected 2011 and 2012 OFLs (mt) for Assessed stocks and Initial FMP Species Categorizations
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental GMT SLIDE
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report 1: “An Approach to Quantifying Scientific Uncertainty in West Coast Stock Assessments”
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report 2 on FMP 23 – ACLs and AMs
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report

• Agenda Item E.5: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments (Including Pacific Whiting Management Measures and Bycatch Limits)
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental WDFW Informational Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment

• Agenda Item E.6: Regulatory Deeming For Fishery Managements Amendment 20-Trawl Rationalization and Amendment 21-Intersector Allocation, and Planning for Community Fishery Associations
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 1: Trawl Rationalization Approval and Implementation Process
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 2: Council Preferred Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Alternative
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 3: Staff Draft Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendatory Language For Amendment 21
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Alternative Implementation Schedules
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: Council Staff Review of Draft NMFS Regulations
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: List of Reports
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental REVISED NMFS Report 1: Clarifications Requested of Council
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental REVISED NMFS Report 2: NMFS Interpretation of Council Intent
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental REVISED NMFS Report 4: Draft Proposed Regulations for Amendments 20 and 21
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, NMFS Report 1: NMFS Interpretations of Council Intent
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, NMFS Report 2: Clarifications Requested of Council
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, NMFS Report 3: Draft Regulatory Outline
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, NMFS Report 4: Draft Proposed Regulations for Amendments 20 and 21
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, NMFS Report 5: Mandatory Economic Data Collection Program Design For Groundfish Trawl Rationalization
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 6: Groundfish TIQ Schedule Options for Council Consideration
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint (Goen)
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint 2 (Lee)
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.6.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental PC PowerPoint (Burden)
  • Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
  • Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5
  • Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental Public Comment 6
  • Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental Public Comment 7
  • Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental Public Comment 8

• Agenda Item E.7: Informational Briefing on Environmental Impact Statement Development for the 2011-2012 Management Specifications and Measures

• Agenda Item E.8: Final Consideration of Inseason Adjustments – If Needed
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report

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F. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item F.1: Report on the International Pacific Halibut Commission Meeting
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1: IPHC News Release
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 2: 2010 Area 2A Pacific Halibut Allocations
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Meeting Summary: Summary of International Pacific Halibut Commission Meeting

• Agenda Item F.2: Incidental Catch Regulations in the Salmon Troll and Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1: Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report

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G. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item G.1: National Marine Fisheries Report on Salmon
  • Agenda Item G.1.a Supplemental NWR LCR PowerPoint (Dygert)
  • Agenda Item G.1.a Supplemental WC GSI PowerPoint (P. Lawson)
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental WDFW Report

• Agenda Item G.2: Review of 2009 Fisheries and Summary of 2010 Stock Abundance Forecasts
  • Review of 2009 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
  • Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis for 2010 Ocean Salmon Fisheries (Published February 2010)
  • Agenda Item G.2.b: Model Evaluation Workgroup Progress Report: FRAM Modifications to Address Mark-Selective Fisheries Bias
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Hoopa Valley Tribe

• Agenda Item G.3: Identification of Stocks Not Meeting Conservation Objectives
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1: Excerpt from the Pacific Coast Salmon Plan – § 3.2. Overfishing Criteria
  • Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis for 2010 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, STT Report 1: Salmon Technical Team Report on Queets Coho Overfishing Assessment
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, STT Report 2: Salmon Technical Team Report on Western Strait Juan de Fuca Coho Overfishing Assessment
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental STT Report on Identification of Stocks Not Meeting Conservation Objectives
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental Tribal Report (Quinault)

• Agenda Item G.4: Identification of Management Objectives and Preliminary Definition of 2010 Salmon Management Options
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 1: Guidance for Option Development and Assessment
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 2: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 3: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental NMFS Report: Guidance Letter
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental NMFS SWR PowerPoint “Sacramento River Winter Chinook:Approach to the 2010 Biological Opinion on the Ocean Salmon Fishery”
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Recommendations: 2010 Management Objectives for Puget Sound Chinook and Coho Salmon
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental SAS Report: Proposed Initial Salmon Management Options for 2010 Non-Indian Ocean Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Tribal Report (Columbia River Treaty Tribes)
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Preliminary Definition of 2010 Management Options
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Tribal Report 3: Hoopa Valley Tribe
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Tribal Report 4: Quileute and Hoh Tribes
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental STT (Dr. Michael O’Farrell Slide)
  • Agenda Item G.4.d, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.4.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2

• Agenda Item G.5: Council Recommendations for 2010 Management Option Analysis
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental STT Report

• Agenda Item G.6: Further Council Direction for 2010 Management Options
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental STT Report

• Agenda Item G.7: Adoption of 2010 Management Options for Public Review
  • Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental Tribal Report
  • Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental Tribal Report 2
  • Agenda Item G.7.d, Supplemental Tribal Motion

• Agenda Item G.8: Salmon Hearings Officers
  • Agenda Item G.8.a, Attachment 1: Schedule of Salmon Fishery Management Option Hearings

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H. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item H.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on CPS
  • Agenda Item H.1.a: NMFS Report (SWR)
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report

• Agenda Item H.2: Fishery Management Plan Amendment 13: Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 1: Preliminary Alternatives and Analyses for Amendment 13 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Document to Provide Clarity and Correct Errors in Attachment 1
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3

• Agenda Item H.3: Exempted Fishing Permits for 2010
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 1: West Coast Aerial Sardine Survey 2010 Application for Exempted Fishing Permit
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: West Coast Sardine Survey – 2010; Response to September 2009 STAR panel Research Recommendations
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item H.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item H.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3

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Ancillary Meeting Agendas

• Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) Agenda
• Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) Agenda
• Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda, March 2010 Briefing Book
• Habitat Committee (HC) Agenda
• Legislative Committee (LC) Agenda
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
  • Draft November 2009 SSC Minutes

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General Information

• General Information driving directions, seating chart, hotel information, restaurant information
• Chair’s Reception; Monday, March 8 at 6 p.m.
• Tax Exempt Form – DoubleTree Hotel Sacramento Must also show proper I.D.

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Informational Reports

• Informational Session on New Council Website
• Informational Report 1: Council Staff Activities and Comments Concerning Implementation of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program
• Supplemental Informational Report 2: Letter From Mr. David Cottingham on Proposed Rule to Revise Leatherback Sea Turtle Critical Habitat
• Supplemental Informational Report 3: Letter to Mr. William Michaels on NS2 Guidelines

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Salmon Management Documents

• Review of 2009 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
• Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis for 2010 Ocean Salmon Fisheries (Published February 2010)

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Roster

• Council Membership Roster, Published February 22, 2010

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