Briefing Book Archive: November 2011 Briefing Book
November 2011 Briefing Book
The Council meeting proposed agendas, agenda item situation summaries, and attachments, for the November 2011 Council Meeting are found below.
- A. Call to Order
- B. Open Comment
- C. Salmon Management
- D. Pacific Halibut Management
- E. Groundfish Management
- F. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
- G. Habitat
- H. Ecosystem Based Management
- I. Highly Migratory Species Management
- J. Administrative Matters
- Informational Reports
- Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)
- General Information
- Roster
- Listen to the Meeting via Internet Starting With Open Session, Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 9:30 a.m.
A. Call to Order
- Agenda Item A.4: November 2011 Council Meeting Agenda
B. Open Comment
- Open Comment 1: A Bilateral Scientific Workshop Process to Evaluate Effects of Salmon Fisheries on Southern Resident Killer Whales
- Open Comment 2: Letter to Dr. McIsaac from Bruce Buckson Regarding NMFS Office of Law Enforcement Seeking Comments on Setting Annual Enforcement Priorities
- Supplemental Open Comment 3: Letter from Oceana Regarding West Coast Swordfish Fishery
- Supplemental Open Comment 4: Letter to Dan Basta from the Hoh Indian Tribe, Makah Tribe, Quileute Tribe, and the Quinault Indian Nation Regarding Initiatives Under Development in at Least Two Sanctuaries
- Supplemental Open Comment 5: Forage Fish, Feeding the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem (Oceana)
- Supplemental Open Comment 6: Jeff Miles, Ocean Frontiers, the Dawn of a New Era in Ocean Stewardship
C. Salmon Management
- Agenda Item C.1: 2011 Salmon Methodology Review
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 1: Exploration of Abundance-Based Management Approaches for Lower Columbia River Tule Chinook
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 2: Sacramento River Winter Chinook Cohort Reconstruction: Analysis of Ocean Fishery Impacts
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 3: The Winter-Run Harvest Model (WRHM)
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 4: Application of Bias-corrected Methods for Estimating Mortality in Mark-Selective Fisheries to Coho FRAM
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 5: Causes and Effects of Bias in Anticipated Mark Rates in Mark-Selective Fisheries for Coho Salmon
- Agenda Item C.1.b, STT Report
- Agenda Item C.1.b, MEW Report
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental TCW Report (PowerPoint)
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item C.2: Preseason Salmon Management Schedule for 2012
- Agenda Item C.2.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Fishery Management Council Schedule and Process for Developing 2012 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
- Agenda Item C.2.b, STT Report: Salmon Technical Team Statement on the Preseason Management Schedule for 2012
D. Pacific Halibut Management
- Agenda Item D.1: 2012 Pacific Halibut Regulations
- Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1: 2011 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan For Area 2A
- Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 2: Fall 2011 Newsletter Excerpt
- Agenda Item D.1.b, NMFS Report: Report on the 2011 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A
- Agenda Item D.1.b, ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2012 Fishery
- Agenda Item D.1.b, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Area 2A Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan and 2012 Annual Regulations
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental IPHC Report
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental CDFG Report
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental ODFW Report 2
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item D.1.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
E. Groundfish Management
- Agenda Item E.1: Stock Assessments for 2013-2014 Groundfish Fisheries
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1: Status of bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, in the Conception, Monterey and Eureka INPFC areas as Updated for 2011 (Full document electronic format only)
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 2: Status and Future Prospects for the Darkblotched Rockfish Resource in Waters off Washington, Oregon, and California in 2011 (Full document electronic format only)
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 3: Status of the Widow Rockfish Resource in 2011 (Full document electronic format only)
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 4: Scientific and Statistical Committee Groundfish Subcommittee Report on Stock Assessments and Rebuilding Analyses for 2013-2014 Groundfish Fisheries
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 5: Rebuilding Analysis for Bocaccio, Based on the 2011 Stock Assessment
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 6: Rebuilding Analysis for Canary Rockfish Based on the 2011 Updated Stock Assessment
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 7: Rebuilding Analysis for Darkblotched Rockfish in 2011
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 8: Rebuilding Analysis for Pacific Ocean Perch in 2011
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 9: Draft 2011 Petrale Sole Rebuilding Analysis
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 10: Rebuilding Analysis for Yelloweye Rockfish Based on the 2011 Update Stock Assessment (Full document electronic format only)
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 11: An Alternative View of Widow Rockfish Productivity
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item E.2: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Groundfish
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Attachment 1: Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
- Agenda Item E.2.c, NWFSC Report: Estimated Discard and Catch of Groundfish Species in the 2010 US West Coast Fisheries (Provided in electronic format only)
- Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Science Centers PowerPoint
- Agenda Item E.3: Review of Exempted Fishing Permits for 2013-2014 Groundfish Fisheries
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 1: Evaluation of an epibenthic trolled longline to selectively catch chilipepper rockfish (Sebastes goodei) off California
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 2: Groundfish EFP Proposal: Yellowtail Rockfish Jig Fishing off California
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 3: Supporting a Spatial Analysis of the Distribution and Size of Rebuilding Stocks in the Rockfish Conservation Area Through Directed Surveys
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Electronic Monitoring Proposal for the IFQ Trawl Rationalization Program
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: Oregon Recreational Yellowtail Rockfish EFP, 2009 & 2011 Combined Final Report
- Agenda Item E.3.b, NMS Letter
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item E.3.c, Public Comments
- Agenda Item E.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item E.4: Biennial Management Process for 2013-2014 Groundfish Fisheries — Part I
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental P* Informational Briefing PowerPoint: An Overview of Scientific Uncertainty Buffers and Acceptable Biological Catch Specifications (DeVore)
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 1: 2012 OFLs (mt) and Recommended 2013 and 2014 OFLs (mt) for West Coast Groundfish Stocks
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 2: Relationship between P* and the percent reduction of the OFL for deciding the 2013 and 2014 ABCs for Category 1, Widow Rockfish, Category 2, and Category 3 Stocks Based on Sigma Values of 0.36, 0.41, 0.72, and 1.44, Respectively
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 3: 2012 ABCs and ACLs (mt) and Presumptive 2013 and 2014 ABCs (mt) for West Coast Groundfish Stocks Assuming the Status Quo P* and Stock Category Values Do Not Change
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 4: Estimated Time to Rebuild and Spawning Potential Ratio Harvest Rate Relative to Alternative 2013-2014 ACLs for Overfished West Coast Groundfish Stocks
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 5: Historical Landings and Revenue in Groundfish Fisheries
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 6: Landings and Revenue Tables
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 7: Table 5. 2013 OFLs (mt) and a Range of Alternative 2013 ABCs (mt) Varied by the Probability of Overfishing (P*) for West Coast Groundfish Stocks
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 8: Table 6. 2014 OFLs (mt) and a Range of Alternative 2014 ABCs (mt) Varied by the Probability of Overfishing (P*) for West Coast Groundfish Stocks
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 9: Final Preferred 2013 and 2014 OFLs (mt) and ABCs (mt) and Presumptive 2013 and 2014 ACLs (mt) for Non-Overfished West Coast Groundfish Stocks Assuming the Status Quo Basis for Deciding the ACLs
- Agenda Item E.4.b, GMT Report: The Groundfish Management Team Report on the Suggested Range of Annual Catch Limit and Annual Catch Target Alternatives for Rebuilding Stocks
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report 3
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental Tribal Report
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental Tribal Report 2
- Agenda Item E.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment
- Agenda Item E.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item E.5: Further Direction on Biennial Management Specifications for 2013-2014 Groundfish Fisheries – Part 1 (If Needed)
- Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report 1: Recommendations for Off-The-Top Deductions (Set-Asides)
- Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2: Option 1, Council Requested Tables with 2012 Allocations and Allocation Percentages, Applied to the Council’s PPAs for 2013 and 2014 ACL Alternatives
- Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report 3: Report on Biennial Management Specifications for 2013-14, Part II — Stock Complex Evaluation
- Agenda Item E.6: Status Reports on the Rationalized Trawl Fishery
- Agenda Item E.6.b, NMFS Report 1: Current IFQ Catch Data Snapshot
- Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: PRELIMINARY Report for 2011 At-Sea and Tribal Pacific Whiting Fisheries (Report Not Generated For This Briefing Book)
- Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental Mothership Co-op Report: An Amendment 20 Mothership Catcher Vessel Cooperative Preliminary WMC Report on the Current Year Pacific Whiting Fishery
- Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental Mothership Co-Op Report 2: Data From Sea State, Inc.
- Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental Whiting Mothership Cooperative PowerPoint
- Agenda Item E.6.c, Catcher-Processor Co-op Report
- Agenda Item E.6.d, Supplemental REVISED EC Report (PowerPoint)
- Agenda Item E.7: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions
- Agenda Item E.7.a, Supplemental PowerPoint
- Agenda Item E.7.a, Attachment 1: Trailing Action Priorities And Status
- Agenda Item E.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Policy and Regulation on Allocations Upon Rebuilding That Affect Widow Rockfish Allocations
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: NMFS’ Preliminary Determinations on the Appropriate Level of NEPA for Trailing Actions
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental TRREC Report: Trawl Rationalization Regulatory Evaluation Committee Report on Trailing Actions
- 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.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item E.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
- Agenda Item E.8: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments for 2011 and 2012 Fisheries
- Agenda Item E.8.b, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report: WDFW Report on Inseason Adjustments for 2012
- Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item E.9: Biennial Management Specifications Process for 2013-2014 Groundfish Fisheries — Part 2
- Agenda Item E.9.a, Attachment 1: Recent Year Catch Estimates Relevant to Deciding a Range of 2013-2014 Allocations
- Agenda Item E.9.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Table 1. Final preferred 2013 and 2014 OFLs (mt) and ABCs (mt) and preliminary preferred 2013 and 2014 ACLs (mt) for non-overfished west coast groundfish stocks and stock complexes (stocks with new assessments in bold; stocks without a preliminary preferred alternative identified have TBD in the 2013 and 2014 PPA ACL cells)
- Agenda Item E.9.b, NMFS Report: NMFS Advice on the Preliminary List of Management Measures for 2013-14 Groundfish Fisheries
- Agenda Item E.9.b, GMT Report: GMT Report on Off the Top Deductions (Set-Asides) for 2013-14
- Agenda Item E.9.b, GMT Report 2: GMT Report on Preliminary Management Measures for 2013-14
- Agenda Item E.9.b, Supplemental GMT Report 3
- Agenda Item E.9.b, Supplemental GMT Report 4
- Agenda Item E.9.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item E.9.b, Supplemental Tribal Report
- Agenda Item E.9.b, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item E.9.b, CDFG Report: Preliminary Range of Management Measures for California’s 2013-2014 Commercial and Recreational Groundfish Fisheries
- Agenda Item E.9.b, Supplemental CDFG Report 2: Retention of Shelf Rockfish in the Cowcod Conservation Area in 2013-14
- Agenda Item E.9.b, Supplemental Joint ODFW/CDFG Report: Joint Proposal on Management Measures for 2013-2014 Fisheries
- Agenda Item E.9.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item E.9.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
F. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
- Agenda Item F.1: NMFS Report on Coastal Pelagic Species Management
- Agenda Item F.2: Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment and Coastal Pelagic Species Management Measures for 2012
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1: August 31, 2011 Letter From Ed Johnstone, Quinault Fisheries Policy Spokesperson, Regarding the Quinault Indian Nation’s Intent to Establish a Tribal Allocation and to Enter the 2012 Pacific Sardine Fishery
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 2: Management Questions and Relevant CPS FMP Excerpt Regarding the Quinault Indian Nation’s Intents for 2012
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Attachment 1: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2011 for U.S. Management in 2012, Executive Summary
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Attachment 2: Southwest Fisheries Science Center’s Daily Egg Production Model Survey Report (Electronic only)
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Attachment 3: Northwest Aerial Sardine Survey – Sampling Results in 2011 (Electronic only)
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Attachment 4: SWFSC’s Acoustic-Trawl Survey Report, 2011 (Electronic only)
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Attachment 5: 2011 Pacific Sardine STAR Panel Report
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Attachment 6: Proposal to Review Canadian Swept Area Trawl Survey Methodology
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental Attachment 7: CIE Independent STAR Panel Report
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental (Electronic Only) Attachment 8: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2011 for U.S. Management in 2012
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental Survey and Assessment PowerPoint (Hill)
- Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental WDFW Report
- Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental ODFW Report
- Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item F.2.d, Public Comment
- Agenda Item F.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment
- Agenda Item F.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item F.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item F.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint
G. Habitat
- Agenda Item G.1: Current Habitat Issues
- Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 1: Draft Letter on Klamath Dam Removal
- Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 2: Draft Letter on a Columbia Basin Stakeholder Forum
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental SAS Report
H. Ecosystem Based Management
- Agenda Item H.1: Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Attachment 1: Discussion Document: Development of an Annual Report on Conditions in the California Current Ecosystem (Complete document in electronic format only)
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental IEA PowerPoint (Werner/Stein)
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental EPDT Report
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental EAS Report
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item H.2: Development of a Council Fishery Ecosystem Plan
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 1: Draft Pacific Coast Fishery Ecosystem Plan
- Agenda Item H.2.b Supplemental EPDT PowerPoint
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental EPDT Report
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental EAS Report
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item H.2.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Oceana)
I. Highly Migratory Species Management
- Agenda Item I.1: Council Recommendations on International Highly Migratory Species Management
- Agenda Item I.1.a, Attachment 1: Canada-U.S. Treaty on Pacific Albacore Tuna Vessels and Port Privileges, Including Annex Amendments
- Agenda Item I.1.a, Attachment 2: Canadian Albacore Landings at Selected U.S. West Coast Ports
- Agenda Item I.1.a, Attachment 3: WCPFC Circular 2011-24, Discussion of a Possible Way Forward in the Development of a Conservation and Management Measure for Bigeye, Yellowfin, and Skipjack Tuna in the WCPFC Convention Area
- Agenda Item I.1.a, Attachment 4: WCPFC-TCC7-2011-DP/17, Japan’s Comments on WCPFC Circular 2011-24
- Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: WCPFC Circular 2011/30; Conservation and Management of Skipjack, Bigeye, and Yellowfin Tuna
- Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
- Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
- Agenda Item I.1.c, Public Comment: Letter from the Western Fishboat Owners Association
- Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment
- Agenda Item I.2: Consideration of Pacific Bluefin Tuna Overfishing Status
- Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Bluefin Tuna Overfishing Overview, including annexes
- Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
- Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
J. Administrative Matters
- Agenda Item J.1: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
- Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: Draft Minutes: 210th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (September 2011 Meeting)
- Agenda Item J.2: Fiscal Matters
- Agenda Item J.3: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- Agenda Item J.4: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- Agenda Item J.4.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year at a Glance Summary
- Agenda Item J.4.a, Attachment 2: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, March 2-7, 2012, Sacramento, California
- Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning; Year-at-a-Glance
- Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, March 1-7, 2012 in Sacramento, CA
- Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: Proposed Workshops and SSC Subcommittee Meetings for 2011; Tentative – Depended on Funding; Dates Subject to Change
- Agenda Item J.4.b, GMT Report: Suggested Issues and Questions on Rebuilding for the Scientific and Statistical Committee
- Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2: Report on SSC’s Suggested Approach for Addressing Issues and Questions on Rebuilding
- Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
Informational Reports
- Informational Report 1: Status Report of the 2011 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California; Preliminary Data Through September 30, 2011
Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)
- Committee Room Locations Map
- Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) Agenda
- Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) Agenda
- Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS) 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)
- Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
- Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
- DRAFT September 2011 SSC Minutes
General Information
- General Information: (Driving Directions, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information)
- Annual Banquet: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 6 p.m. (Honoring Mark Cedergreen, Jerry Mallet, and Rod Moore)
- Committee Room Locations Map
- Tax Exempt Form: Hilton Hotel Orange County/Costa Mesa (Must Show Proper I.D.)
Roster
- Membership Roster (Dated October 7, 2011)