Briefing Book Archive: March 2013 Briefing Book

March 2013 Briefing Book

The Council meeting proposed agendas, agenda item situation summaries, and attachments, for the March 2013 Council Meeting are found below.

• A. Call to Order
• Council Informational Session
• B. Open Comment
• C. Salmon Management
• D. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
• E. Habitat
• F. Administrative Matters
• G. Pacific Halibut Management
• H. Groundfish Management
• I. Highly Migratory Species Management
• J. Enforcement Issues
• Informational Reports
• Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)
• Committee and Advisory Body Memos
• General Information
• Salmon Management Documents
• Roster
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A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 1: February 2013 Council Coordination Committee Agenda
• Agenda Item A.4: March 2013 Council Meeting Agenda

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Council Informational Session

• Groundfish Amendment 24 Informational Briefing (Thursday, March 7); This informal briefing is provided by staff to help with understanding various issues and objectives associated with developing a new management process for groundfish fisheries under Amendment 24
• View the Amendment 24 Slide Presentation (Dr. Dahl)

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B. Open Comment

• Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Comment: Testimony of Jeff Lackey
• Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Comment 2: Midwater Trawlers Cooperative (Heather Mann)

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C. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item C.1: Review of 2012 Fisheries and Summary of 2013 Stock Abundance Forecasts
  • Review of 2012 Ocean Salmon Fisheries (Published February 2013)
  • Supplemental Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis and Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2013 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations (Regulation Identifier Number 0648-XC438)
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 1: Excerpts from Chapter 3 of the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan Updated Through Amendment 17
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
• Agenda Item C.2: Identification of Management Objectives and Preliminary Definition of 2013 Salmon Management Alternatives
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Attachment 1: Guidance for Alternative Development and Assessment
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Attachment 2: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Attachment 3: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental NMFS Report: Letter Summarizing NOAA Fisheries’ Consultation Standards and Guidance Regarding the Potential Effects of the 2013 Season on Listed Salmonid Species
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Recommendations
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental CRITFC Tribal Report
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental Coastal Tribal Recommendations
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental SAS Report: Proposed Initial Salmon Management Alternatives for 2013 Non-Indian Ocean Fisheries
• Agenda Item C.3: NMFS Report (Salmon)
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 1: December 11, 2012 letter from NMFS Assistant Regional Administrator Barry Thom regarding long-term salmon and steelhead recovery in the Columbia Basin
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 2: February 5, 2013 letter from NMFS Regional Administrator William W. Stelle, Jr. to Council Chair Dan Wolford approving Amendment 17 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental Attachment 3: NOAA Technical Memorandum – California Coastal Chinook Salmon: Status, Data, and Feasibility of Alternative Fishery Management Strategies, Published December 2012
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental Attachment 4: Letter to Dan Wolford from Rodney McInnis, Stating the SOC has Determined that the Sacramento River Fall Chinook Salmon Stock is Rebuilt
  • Agenda Item C.3.c, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint (Lawson)
  • Agenda Item C.3.c Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint 2 (Fresh)
  • Agenda Item C.3.d, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.d, Supplemental HC Report
• Agenda Item C.4: Council Recommendations for 2013 Management Alternative Analysis
  • Agenda Item C.4.b, Supplemental STT Report
• Agenda Item C.5: Further Council Direction for 2013 Management Alternatives
  • Agenda Item C.5.b, Supplemental STT Report: Initial Analysis of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2013 Ocean Fisheries
• Agenda Item C.6: Adoption of 2013 Management Alternatives for Public Review
  • Agenda Item C.6.b, Supplemental STT Report: Analysis of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2013 Ocean Fisheries (March 11, 2013)
  • Agenda Item C.6.b, Supplemental Tribal Report: Testimony of the Columbia River Tribes
  • Agenda Item C.6.d, Supplemental Tribal Motion
• Agenda Item C.7: Salmon Hearings Officers
  • Agenda Item C.7.a, Attachment 1: Schedule of Salmon Fishery Management Alternative Hearings

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D. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item D.1: Exempted Fishing Permit for 2013 Northwest Aerial Sardine Survey
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1: Notice of Intent to Conduct EFP Activities
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 2: West Coast Aerial Sardine Survey 2012 Application for Exempted Fishing Permit
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 3: Addendum to West Coast Aerial Sardine Survey 2012 Application for Exempted Fishing Permit
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Northwest Aerial Sardine Survey Tables 6 and 7
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report

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E. Habitat

• Agenda Item E.1: Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental HC Report

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F. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item F.1: Research Planning
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1: Research and Data Needs, Public Review Draft, 2013
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item F.2: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1: Draft Minutes: 214th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (June 2012)
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 2: Draft Minutes: 215th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (September 2012)
• Agenda Item F.3: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 1: IPHC Management Strategy Evaluation Framework
• Agenda Item F.4: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 2: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 5-11, 2013 in Portland, Oregon
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-At-A-Glance Summary (as of March 2013)
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Preliminary Proposed Pacific Council Meeting Agenda, April 5-11, 2013, Portland, OR
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment

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G. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item G.1: Report on the International Pacific Halibut Commission Meeting
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 1: IPHC News Release
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 2: 2013 Area 2A Pacific Halibut Allocations
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, IPHC Meeting Summary: Report on the 2013 International Pacific Halibut Commission Annual Meeting
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental IPHC PowerPoint
• Agenda Item G.2: Pacific Halibut Management South of Humbug Mountain
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Attachment 1: Summary of the South of Humbug Pacific Halibut Policy Committee Meeting
• Agenda Item G.3: Incidental Catch Recommendations for the Salmon Troll and Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1: Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, NMFS Report: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Changes to Incidental Halibut Retention in the Salmon Troll and Sablefish Primary Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Incidental Catch Recommendations for the Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental SAS Report

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H. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item H.1: National Marine Fisheries Report (Groundfish)
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Attachment 1: Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental Attachment 2: Federal Register Notice Dated March 5, 2013 Regarding Proposed Rule for 2013 Tribal Fishery For Pacific Whiting
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental NMFS Science Center PowerPoint
• Agenda Item H.2: Status Determination Criteria for Data-Moderate Stocks
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 1: Draft Summary Minutes of the Data-Moderate Status Determination Webinar
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint (Hastie)
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.d, Supplemental WDFW Motion
• Agenda Item H.3: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments, Including Carryover
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.c, Public Comment
• Agenda Item H.4: Amendment 24 – Improvements to the Groundfish Management Process
  • Groundfish Amendment 24 Informational Briefing (Thursday, March 7); This informal briefing is provided by staff to help with understanding various issues and objectives associated with developing a new management process for groundfish fisheries under Amendment 24
  • Agenda Item H.4.a, Attachment 1: Groundfish Biennial Process Improvements, Including Amendment 24 (Summary Table)
  • Agenda Item H.4.a, Attachment 2: Initial Proposal (Proposed Action & Alternatives) for a 10-year (2015-2024) NEPA Evaluation of Establishing and Adjusting Groundfish Harvest Specifications (“Tier 1” NEPA Document), Council Staff White Paper
  • Agenda Item H.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Recent History of Harvest Control Rules for Setting Annual Catch Limits/Optimum Yields and Considerations for Developing Default Harvest Control Rules
  • Agenda Item H.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Amendment 24 Informational Briefing Presentation With Speakers Notes (Dr. Dahl)
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental Ad Hoc Amendment 24 Workgroup Report
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report

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I. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item I.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Highly Migratory Species)
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Attachment 1: NMFS Southwest Regional Office Update on Legal and Regulatory Activities
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, Attachment 1: NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Vetter)
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint 2, (Chugey Sepulveda; with Video)
  • Agenda Item I.1.d, Supplemental HMSAS Report
• Agenda Item I.2: Swordfish Management Report on Potential Changes to the Turtle Conservation Area and Take Limits
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 1: PacFIN Landings Data Relevant to Proposed Pacific Leatherback Conservation Area (PLCA) Modification
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Letter to Assemblymember Paul Fong (CA) from Rod McInnis Regarding Proposals to Modify the PLCA; North Pacific Swordfish Fact Sheet
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report 3
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental HMSMT PowerPoint
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.c, Public Comment (Full Version, Available on CD/Website Only)
  • Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
  • Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5
  • Agenda Item I.2.c Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Oceana)
  • Agenda Item I.2.d Supplemental Motion In Writing: To Provide Guidance on Potential Changes in the Boundaries and Timing of the Pacific Leatherback Turtle Conservation Area and Incidental Sea Turtle Take Limits for the Drift Gillnet Fishery
• Agenda Item I.3: Recommendations for International Management Activities
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 1: December 18, 2012, letter From Regional Administrator Michael Tosatto to Council Chair Dan Wolford
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 2: November 20, 2012, letter from Executive Director Donald McIsaac to Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Ocean and International Scientific Affairs, Department of State, and Eric Schwab, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 3: December 11, 2012, letter from Assistant Secretary Kerri-Ann Jones to Dr. McIsaac
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 4: December 26, 2012 letter from Acting Assistant Administrator Samuel Rauch III to Dr, McIsaac
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 5: January 21, 2013, letter from Canadian Consul General Denis Stevens to Dr. McIsaac
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 6: Report of the 2012 Intercessional Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean Plenary Session, December 19-21 2012 Webinar
  • Agenda Item I.3.a Supplemental Attachment 7: Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council on the Canada-United States Pacific Albacore Treaty Negotiations, February 13-14, 2013, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 8: Letter to Eric Schwaab and Kerri-Ann Jones, Dated June 26, 2012, Regarding U.S. – Canada Albacore Treaty Annex C Negotiations
  • Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental NMFS SWFSC PowerPoint: Activities of the ISC and Summary of the Pacific Bluefin Tuna Stock Assessment (Kohin)
  • Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item I.3.c, Public Comment: Washington Trollers Association, American Albacore Fishing Association, Kyle and Kathryn Vanderpool
  • Agenda Item I.3.c, Public Comment 2: American Albacore Fishermen and Stakeholders
  • Agenda Item I.3.c Supplemental Public Comment 3 (Chip Bissell, Includes Graphs)
  • Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comments 4 thru 18

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J. Enforcement Issues

• Agenda Item J.1: Current Enforcement Issues
  • Agenda Item J.1.b, USCG Report: January 16, 2013 Letter from Captain McAvoy
  • Agenda Item J.1.b, Supplemental USCG Report 2: Update on U.S. Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Requirements
  • Agenda Item J.1.b, Supplemental USCG PowerPoint
  • Agenda Item J.1.c, NMFS Report: Division Enforcement Priorities for 2013-Draft
  • Agenda Item J.1.c, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item J.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report

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Informational Reports

• Supplemental Informational Report 1: California Fish and Game Commission Notice of Findings – White Shark

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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
• Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) Agenda
• Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) Agenda
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
  • DRAFT November 2012 SSC Minutes
• SSC Economic Subcommittee Agenda
• SSC Groundfish Subcommittee Agenda
• Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda

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Committee and Advisory Body Memos

• Coastal Pelagic Species Memo: Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team, Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel, and Interested Persons
• Enforcement Consultants Memo: Enforcement Consultants
• Groundfish Memo: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, Groundfish Management Team, and Groundfish Interested Persons
• Highly Migratory Species Memo: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, Highly Migratory Species Management Team, and Interested Persons
• Salmon Memo: Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Salmon Technical Team, Model Evaluation Workgroup, and Interested Persons
• SSC Memo: Scientific and Statistical Committee

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General Information

• General Information: Chair’s Reception, Driving Directions, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information, Tax Exempt Form

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Salmon Management Documents

• Review of 2012 Ocean Salmon Fisheries (Published February 2013)
• Supplemental Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis and Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2013 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations (Regulation Identifier Number 0648-XC438)

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Roster

• Roster (Dated February 8, 2013); for the March 2013 Briefing Book

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