Briefing Book Archive: March 2011 Briefing Book
March 2011 Briefing Book
The Council meeting proposed agendas, agenda item situation summaries, attachments, and supplemental materials for the March 2011 Council Meeting are found below.
- A. Call to Order
- B. Open Comment Period
- C. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
- D. Marine Protected Areas
- E. Habitat
- F. Pacific Halibut Management
- G. Salmon Management
- H. Groundfish Management
- I. Enforcement Issues
- J. Ecosystem Based Management
- K. Administrative Matters
- Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)
- General Information
- Roster
- Salmon Management Documents
- NEW – Link to Groundfish FEIS (Amendment 16-5) (Link is to PFMC Webpage for convenience)
A. Call to Order
- Agenda Item A.3: Executive Director’s Report
- Agenda Item A.3, Attachment 1: Council Coordination Committee Interim Meeting Agenda, January 11-13, 2011
- Agenda Item A.4: Proposed Council Meeting Agenda; March 4-10, 2011 Council Meeting; 207th Session
B. Open Comment Period
- Agenda Item B.1: Open Comment 1 (FVOA)
- Agenda Item B.1: Supplemental Open Comment 2 (MBNMS)
- Agenda Item B.1: Supplemental Open Comment 3 (City of Monterey)
C. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
- Agenda Item C.1: Exempted Fishing Permits for 2011
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 1: Northwest Aerial Sardine Survey 2011 Application for Exempted Fishing Permit
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Estimated NWSS EFP Project Budget – 2011 (Draft)
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment
D. Marine Protected Areas
- Agenda Item D.1: Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan Review
- Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1: OCNMS Draft Management Plan. and Draft Environmental Assessment (Full Document Available Electronically Only)
- Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 2: OCNMS Proposed Rule FR Notice
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental OCNMS PowerPoint
- Agenda Item D.1.c, Draft Letter from PFMC to OCNMS
- Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item D.1.d, Public Comment
E. Habitat
- Agenda Item E.1: Current Habitat Issues
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1: Reply from Mr. Eric Schwaab to the Council’s Letter of Recommendation on NMFS’ Habitat Assessment Improvement Plan
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
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: 2011 Area 2A Pacific Halibut Allocations
- Agenda Item F.1.b, Meeting Summary: Summary of International Pacific Halibut Commission Meeting
- Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental IPHC PowerPoint
- Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
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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 Revised REVISED SAS Report
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item F.3: Preliminary Alternatives for Incidental Catch Retention of Pacific Halibut in the Limited Entry and Open Access Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
- Agenda Item F.3.b, ODFW Report: Initial Consideration of Proposed Changes to Pacific Halibut Allocation for Bycatch and Catch Sharing in the Groundfish Fisheries
- Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental ODFW Report 2
- Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental ODFW PowerPoint
- Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental IPHC Letter
- Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item F.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment
G. Salmon Management
- Agenda Item G.1: Review of 2010 Fisheries and Summary of 2011 Stock Abundance Forecasts
- Review of 2010 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
- Supplemental – Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis and Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2011 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
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Agenda Item G.2: Identification of Stocks Not Meeting Conservation Objectives
- Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1: Excerpt from the Pacific Coast Salmon Plan – § 3.2. Overfishing Criteria
- Agenda Item G.2.b Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item G.3: Sacramento River Fall Chinook Overfishing Assessment
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1: Excerpt from the Pacific Coast Salmon Plan
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental SRFC Stock Assessment: Assessment of Factors Affecting Escapement Shortfalls of Sacramento River Fall Chinook Salmon in 2007-2009
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item G.3.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint
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Agenda Item G.4: Identification of Management Objectives and Preliminary Definition of 2011 Salmon Management Alternatives
- Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 1: Guidance for Alternative 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 Recommendations
- Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental NMFS Report: Overview of Current NMFS Ocean Fishery Management Guidance for Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook
- Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental SAS Report: Proposed Initial Salmon Management Alternatives for 2011 Non-Indian Ocean Fisheries
- Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Recommendations
- Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Tribal Report
- Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Preliminary Definitions of 2011 Management Options to the PFMC, March 6, 2011
- Agenda Item G.4.d: Public Comment
- Agenda Item G.4.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item G.4.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item G.5: Council Recommendations for 2011 Management Alternative Analysis
- Agenda Item G.6: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Salmon)
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Regulation Booklet Proposal: Proposal to Transition From Printed Salmon Regulations Booklets to Online Booklets and Updates
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Klamath Chinook Petition: Petition to List Klamath River Spring Chinook Under the Endangered Species Act
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental Amendment 16 Update: NMFS Report Update on Salmon FMP Amendment 16
- Agenda Item G.6.b, GSI Report
- Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental Attachment to GSI Report: Figures 4 and 5
- Agenda Item G.6.b Supplemental GSI PowerPoint (Lawson/O’Farrell)
- Agenda Item G.7: Further Council Direction for 2011 Management Alternatives
- Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental STT Report: Initial Analysis of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2011 Ocean Fisheries
- Agenda Item G.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment
- Agenda Item G.8: Adoption of 2011 Management Alternatives for Public Review
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Agenda Item G.9: Salmon Hearings Officers
- Agenda Item G.9.a, Attachment 1: Schedule of Salmon Fishery Management Alternative Hearings
H. Groundfish Management
- Agenda Item H.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Groundfish)
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Attachment 1: NMFS Letter Regarding the Partial Disapproval of Amendment 23 and Full Disapproval of Amendment 16-5
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Attachment 2: Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental Attachment 2: NMFS Letter Regarding Specific Issues in the Shorebased IFQ Program Associated With Observer Monitoring Requirements
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental NMFS TIQ Team Slides
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint
- Agenda Item H.1.d, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item H.1.d: Quileute Tribal Council Letter Regarding Participation in the 2011 Pacific Whiting Fishery
- Agenda Item H.1.e, Supplemental Public Comment
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Agenda Item H.2: Process for Implementing the 2011-2012 Specifications and Management Measures
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 1: A Comparison of the Yelloweye Rockfish Allocations and Apportionments Between the Council’s 2011 Final Preferred Alternative and Actions Taken at the November 2010 Council Meeting
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Attachment 1: NMFS Letter Regarding the Partial Disapproval of Amendment 23 and Full Disapproval of Amendment 16-5
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
- Agenda Item H.2.c, WDFW Letter: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Public Comment Letter on the Proposed Rule to Implement the 2011-2012 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures and Amendments 16-5 and 23 (75FR67810)
- Agenda Item H.2.c, ODFW Letter 1: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Public Comment Letter on the Proposed Rule to Implement the 2011-2012 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures (75FR67810)
- Agenda Item H.2.c, ODFW Letter 2: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Public Comment Letter on the Proposed Rule to Implement the 2011-2012 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures (75FR67810)
- Agenda Item H.2.c, CDFG Letter: California Department of Fish and Game Public Comment Letter on the Proposed Rule to Implement the 2011-2012 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures (75FR67810)
- Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.2.d, Public Comment
- Agenda Item H.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item H.3: Pacific Whiting Harvest Specifications for 2011
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: Assessment and Management Advice for Pacific Hake in U.S. and Canadian Waters in 2011 (Full Assessment Available Online Only)
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Pacific Whiting – The Joint U.S.-Canada STAR Panel Report
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: The 2011 Pacific Whiting OFL, Depletion Rate, and Revised Decision Tables as Recommended by the SSC
- Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.4: Considerations of Inseason Adjustments — Part I
- Agenda Item H.5: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions and Allocation Amendments
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 1: Calendar for Trailing Amendments on Catch Shares
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 2: Superseding Amendment 6 Allocations With Those Decided Under Amendment 21
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 3: Trawl Catch Shares and Intersector Allocation Amendments, Issue: Groundfish Trawl Halibut Bycatch Mortality Allocation
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 4: Trawl Catch Shares and Intersector Allocation Amendments, Issue: Severability of Whiting Mothership Catcher Vessel Endorsements/ Catch History
- Agenda Item H.5, Supplemental Attachment 4 (2): Severability Table: Mothership Catcher Vessel Endorsement and Associated Whiting Catch History Assignments
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental Council Staff PowerPoint (Seger)
- Agenda Item H.5.b, Oregon Governor’s Letter
- Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental Press Release: Cantwell Secures Commitment from Obama Administration to Make Groundfish Program a “Top Priority” in Budget
- Agenda Item H.5.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item H.6: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments — Part II, If Necessary
I. Enforcement Issues
- Agenda Item I.1: Current Enforcement Issues
J. Ecosystem Based Management
- Agenda Item J.1: Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan
- Agenda Item J.1.b, Attachment 1: February 10, 2011 Cover Letter and IEA Executive Summary from Dr. John Stein and Dr. Cisco Werner
- Agenda Item J.1.b, Supplemental IEA PowerPoint (Stein/Werner)
- Agenda Item J.1.c, Attachment 1: Discussion Document: Assessing Ecosystem Policy Principles and Bringing Ecosystem Science into the Pacific Fishery Management Council Process
- Agenda Item J.1.c, Attachment 2: From the September 2010 EPDT Report: Ecosystem Fishery Management Planning for U.S West Coast Fisheries (Full Document Available Electronically Only)
- Agenda Item J.1.c, Supplemental EPDT Report
- Agenda Item J.1.c, Supplemental EPDT PowerPoint (deReynier)
- Agenda Item J.1.d, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item J.1.d, Supplemental EAS Report
- Agenda Item J.1.d, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item J.1.e, Public Comment
- Agenda Item J.1.e, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Includes Oceana PowerPoint)
K. Administrative Matters
- Agenda Item K.1: Legislative Matters
- Agenda Item K.1.a, Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation in the 112th U.S. Congress
- Agenda Item K.1.a, Attachment 2: Draft DOC Aquaculture Policy
- Agenda Item K.1.a, Attachment 3: Draft NOAA Aquaculture Policy
- Agenda Item K.1.a, Attachment 4: U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources Oversight Plan, January 2011
- Agenda Item K.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: An Act to Add Chapter 9 Forage Species to the California Department of Fish and Game Code
- Agenda Item K.1.b, Supplemental LC Report
- Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental HC Report
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Agenda Item K.2: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
- Agenda Item K.2.a, Attachment 1: Draft Minutes: 202nd Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council
- Agenda Item K.3: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- Agenda Item K.4: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- Agenda Item K.4.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: “Preliminary Year at a Glance Summary”
- Agenda Item K.4.a, Attachment 2: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 9-14, 2011, San Mateo, California
- Agenda Item K.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item K.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 8-14, 2011, San Mateo, California
- Agenda Item K.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item K.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment
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
- Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
- Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
- Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
- DRAFT November 2010 SSC Minutes
General Information
- General Information (Driving Directions, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information)
- Chairman’s Reception, Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 6 p.m.
- Tax Exempt Form: Hilton Vancouver, Washington USA (Must Show Proper I.D.)
Roster
- Roster for March 2011 Briefing Book (Dated February 14, 2011)
Salmon Management Documents
- Review of 2010 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
- Supplemental – Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis and Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2011 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations
