Briefing Book Archive: November 2010 Briefing Book
November 2010 Briefing Book
The Council meeting proposed agendas, agenda item situation summaries, attachments, and supplemental materials for the November 2010 Council Meeting are found below.
- A. Call to Order
- B. Open Comment Period
- C. Enforcement Issues
- D. Ecosystem Based Management
- E. Habitat
- F. Salmon Management
- G. Pacific Halibut Management
- H. Groundfish Management
- I. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
- J. Highly Migratory Species Management
- K. Administrative Matters
- Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)
- General Information
- Roster
- Informational Reports
A. Call to Order
- Agenda Item A.4: Proposed Council Meeting Agenda; November 3-9, 2010 Council Meeting; 206th Session
B. Open Comment Period
- Agenda Item B.1: Open Comment Period
- Agenda Item B.1: Supplemental Open Comment Period 2
- Agenda Item B.1. Supplemental Open Comment 3 Period PowerPoint (Dunn)
C. Enforcement Issues
- Agenda Item C.1: Enforcement Issues
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental USCG Report
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental WDFW PowerPoint (Anderson)
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental Proposed Penalty Schedule
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental EC Report 1
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental EC Report 2
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental NMFS Report: Letter From Alan Risenhoover Soliciting Comments on Setting Annual Priorities at the National and Regional Level
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report
D. Ecosystem Based Management
- Agenda Item D.1: Ecosystem Science Information Session
- Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1: Overview of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Aleutian Islands Fishery Ecosystem Plan
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental North Pacific PowerPoint (Livingston)
E. Habitat
- Agenda Item E.1: Current Habitat Issues
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1: Letter to Bureau of Reclamation
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item E.2: Deepwater Coral Information Report
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 1: West Coast Deep-Sea Coral Workshop Report
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 2: Report to Congress on Implementation of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (Available on Website and CD Only)
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 3: NOAA Strategic Plan for Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems (Available on Website and CD Only)
- Agenda Item E.2.b: NMFS Report on 2010 Deep-Sea Corals Research off the U.S. West Coast
- Agenda Item E.2.b Supplemental NOAA PowerPoint (Clarke)
- Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item E.2.c Supplemental Tribal Comment
- Agenda Item E.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment 1
F. Salmon Management
- Agenda Item F.1: Preseason Salmon Management Schedule for 2011
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Fishery Management Council Schedule and Process for Developing 2011 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
- Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental STT Report
- Agenda Item F.2: Fishery Management Plan Amendment 16, Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1: Salmon FMP Amendment 16: Tentative Range of Alternatives for Public Review
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 2: Letter to Co-Managers Regarding Status Determination Criteria for Washington Coastal and Puget Sound Coho Stocks
- Agenda Item F.2.b, SAC Report: Salmon Amendment Committee Issue Paper Regarding Alternative for Amendment 16 to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental SAC PowerPoint
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental Tribal Comments
- Agenda Item F.2.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item F.3: Progress Report on Sacramento River Fall Chinook Overfishing Assessment
- Agenda Item F.4: Mitchell Act Hatchery Draft Environmental Impact Statement
- Mitchell Act DEIS Available Online at: http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Salmon-Harvest-Hatcheries/Hatcheries/MA-EIS.cfm
- Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 1: List of Questions for Consideration in Preparing Comments on Mitchell Act Hatchery Draft Environmental Impact Statement
- Agenda Item F.4.b: Management Entity Response to Council Questions Concerning Preparation of Comments on the MA DEIS
- Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental STT Report
- Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental MAC Report (Includes DRAFT Letter)
- Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental Management Entity Comments
- Agenda Item F.4.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item F.5: 2010 Salmon Methodology Review
- Agenda Item F.5.a, Attachment 1: Bias in the Estimation of Impacts of Simultaneous Mark-Selective and Non-selective Fisheries on Ocean Salmon-Sep 23 2010 Draft
- Agenda Item F.5.a, Attachment 2: Bias-corrected Estimates of Mortality in Mark-selective Fisheries for Coho Salmon
- Agenda Item F.5.a, Attachment 3: Forecast Models for Oregon Coastal Natural Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Adult Recruitment
- Agenda Item F.5.a, Attachment 4: Salmon Methodology Review: Coded-Wire Tag Representation for Columbia River Summer Chinook in FRAM
- Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental MEW Report
- Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental TCW Report
- Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental STT Report
- Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental SAS Report
G. Pacific Halibut Management
- Agenda Item G.1: 2011 Pacific Halibut Regulations
- Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 1: 2010 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan For Area 2A
- Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 2: Fall 2010 Newsletter Excerpt
- Agenda Item G.1.b, NMFS Report: Report on the 2010 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A
- Agenda Item G.1.b, ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2011 Fishery
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: NMFS Proposed Changes to Federal Regulations and the 2011 Pacific Halibut CSP for Area 2A
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report
H. Groundfish Management
- Agenda Item H.1: Initial Consideration of Revisions to the Groundfish Biennial Management Process
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1: Relevant Excerpts from the Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Initial Consideration of Revisions to the Groundfish Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Process
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.2: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Groundfish)
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 1: Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint (Lockhart)
- Agenda Item H.2.b Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Mortality Report (Website Distribution Only)
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Pacific Halibut Bycatch Report (Website Distribution Only)
- Agenda Item H.3: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments — Part 1
- Agenda Item H.4: Final Review of Exempted Fishing Permits for 2011
- Agenda Item H.4.a, Attachment 1: Application to the Pacific Fishery Management Council for an EFP to Collect Biological Information From Yelloweye Rockfish Encountered in the Oregon Sport Charter Fishery
- Agenda Item H.4.a, Attachment 2: Morro Bay/Port San Luis Exempted Fishing Permit Progress Report for the Pacific Fishery Management Council
- Agenda Item H.4.a, Attachment 3: Morro Bay/Port San Luis Exempted Fishing Permit Electronic Monitoring Pilot Project Progress Report for the Pacific Fisheries Management Council
- Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.5: Implementation Update for Amendment 20 (Trawl Rationalization) and Amendment 21 (Intersector Allocation) as Well as Scoping of Prioritized Trailing Amendments
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 1: Fall 2010 Scoping Information on Trailing Actions for the Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Community Fishing Association Hearing Summaries
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 3: Historic Data on Trawl Bycatch of Pacific Halibut and Hindcast Allocations
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 4: Calendar for Trailing Actions on Trawl Catch Shares
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: PCFFA Lawsuit
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: Pacific Dawn et. al Lawsuit
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 7: NOAA Catch Share Policy
- Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: Background Documents for Council Cost Recovery Discussion
- Agenda Item H.5.c, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on the Calculation of Halibut Individual Bycatch Quota for the Trawl Rationalization Program
- Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental WDFW Report 2: Letter from Honorable Christine Gregoire, Washington Governor to Honorable Gary Lock, Secretary of Commerce
- Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental Tribal Comment
- Agenda Item H.5.d, Public Comment
- Agenda Item H.5.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item H.5.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item H.5.d, Supplemental Attachment 1: Template for Council Action
- Agenda Item H.6: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments — Part II, If Necessary
I. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
- Agenda Item I.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Coastal Pelagic Species)
- Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental NMFS SWR PowerPoint (Helvey)
- Agenda Item I.1.b, Attachment 1: Workshop on Enhancing Stock Assessments of Pacific Sardine in the California Current through Cooperative Surveys
- Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental NMFS SWFSC PowerPoint (Sakagawa)
- Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental NMFS SWFSC PowerPoint (Vetter)
- Agenda Item I.2: Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment and Coastal Pelagic Species Management Measures for 2011
- Agenda Item I.2.b, Attachment 1: West Coast Aerial Sardine Survey Sampling Results in 2010
- Agenda Item I.2.b, Attachment 2: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2010 for U.S. Management in 2011 (Full Document Available on Website and CD Only)
- Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental Aerial Sardine PowerPoint (Jagielo)
- Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Hill)
- Agenda Item I.2.c, CPSMT Report 1: Management Measures for Monitored Stocks
- Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1 Addendum
- Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report 2
- Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item I.2.d, Public Comment
- Agenda Item I.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Oceana)
- Agenda Item I.3: Terms of Reference for Stock Assessment and Methodology Review Panels
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 1: Draft Terms of Reference for a Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review Process
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 2: Draft Terms of Reference for Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Methodology Review
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Thon)
- Agenda Item I.4: CPS Essential Fish Habitat Five Year Review
- Agenda Item I.4.a, Attachment 1: CPSMT Report on Review of Essential Fish Habitat for Coastal Pelagic Species
- Agenda Item I.4.a, Attachment 2: Appendix D to the CPS FMP (EFH Descriptions
- Agenda Item I.4.a, Attachment 3: Excerpt From Amendment 12 to the CPS FMP (EFH Description for Krill Species)
- Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report 2 (First CPSMT Report is under Agenda Item I.4.a, Attachment 1)
- Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental HC Report
J. Highly Migratory Species Management
- Agenda Item J.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Highly Migratory Species)
- Agenda Item J.2: Changes to Biennial Management Measures Beginning April 2011
- Agenda Item J.2.a, Attachment 1: Implement Trip Bag Limits for North Pacific Albacore Caught by Recreational Anglers in Federal Exclusive Economic Zone Waters Adjacent to Washington
- Agenda Item J.2.a, Attachment 2: Modify Federal Regulations for Swordfish Trip Limits the Deep-set Tuna Longline Fishery (Action Pursuant to Modification of Routine Management Measures under the Framework in the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species) November 2010 Briefing Book
- Agenda Item J.2.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
- Agenda Item J.2.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
- Agenda Item J.2.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
- Agenda Item J.2.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item J.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item J.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item J.3: Recommendations to Regional Fishery Management Organizations
- Agenda Item J.3.a, Attachment 1: 81st Meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Summary of Outcomes
- Agenda Item J.3.a, Attachment 2: Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Seventh Regular Session Provisional Annotated Agenda
- Agenda Item J.3.a, Attachment 3: Issues Arising at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Seventh Regular Session
- Agenda Item J.3.a, Attachment 4: Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Recommendations on Conservation and Management of Bigeye Tuna
- Agenda Item J.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: Recommendations of the WCPFC Technical and Compliance Committee
- Agenda Item J.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: WCPFC Advice and Recommendations on Conservation and Management Measures
- Agenda Item J.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 7: WCPFC FFA Members Proposed CMM for North Pacific Blue Striped Marlin
- Agenda Item J.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
- Agenda Item J.3.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
- Agenda Item J.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment
K. Administrative Matters
- Agenda Item K.1: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
- Agenda Item K.1.a, Attachment 1: Draft Minutes: 201st Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council
- Agenda Item K.2: Fiscal Matters
- Agenda Item K.3: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- Agenda Item K.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: Response to Final Rule for Regional Council Operations and 2010 Advisory Body Stipend Program
- Agenda Item K.3.b, Supplemental Tribal Report (Quileute)
- Agenda Item K.4: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- Agenda Item K.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: “Preliminary Year at a Glance Summary”
- Agenda Item K.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, March 4-10, 2011, Vancouver, Washington
- 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, March 4-10, 2011 in Vancouver, Washington
- Agenda Item K.4.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
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
- 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
- Mitchell Act Committee (MAC) Agenda
- Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
- Salmon Technical Team (STT) and Salmon Amendment Committee (SAC) Agenda
- Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
- SSC DRAFT September 2010 Minutes
General Information
- General Information (Driving Directions, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information)
- Annual Banquet, Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 6 p.m. (Honor of Eileen Cooney, Steve Ralston, and Usha Varanasi
- Tax Exempt Form: Hilton Hotel Orange County/Costa Mesa (Must Show Proper I.D.)
Roster
- Roster for November 2010 Briefing Book (Dated October 19, 2010)
Informational Reports
- Informational Report 1: West Coast Salmon Genetic Identification Collaboration, Project Summary as of October 15, 2010
- Supplemental Informational Report 2: Status Report of the 2010 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California
