Briefing Book Archive: November 2012 Briefing Book

November 2012 Briefing Book

The Council meeting proposed agendas, agenda item situation summaries, and attachments, for the November 2012 Council Meeting are found below.

• A. Call to Order
• B. Open Comment Period
• C. Salmon Management
• D. Habitat
• E. Pacific Halibut Management
• F. Administrative Matters
• G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
• H. Enforcement Issues
• I. Groundfish Management
• J. Highly Migratory Species Management
• K. Ecosystem Based Management
• Informational Reports
• Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)
• Committee Memos
• General Information
• Roster
• Listen to the Live Audio Stream Starting on Saturday, November 3 at 8 a.m. Pacific time

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 1: Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries Conference 3 Flyer
• Agenda Item A.4: Proposed Agenda for the November 3-7, 2012 Council Meeting

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B. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1, Open Comment Period: Lenfest Ocean Program Presentation on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 7 p.m., Balboa Bay 2 Room (PRESENTATION CANCELLED)
• Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 2: Highly Migratory Species, Proposed Drift Gillnet Expansion Letter From Oceana (With Signatories, Website Only)
• Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 3: Letters From American Cetacean Society Regarding Forage Fish
• Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 4: Letters Regarding California-Based Drift Gillnet Fishery
• Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 5: Oceana – The Swordfish Fishery and Our Blue Serengeti

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C. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item C.1: NMFS Report (Salmon)
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, NMFS Report: Evaluating the Effects of Salmon Fisheries on Southern Resident Killer Whales: A Bilateral Workshop Process Co-Sponsored by NOAA Fisheries and Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: 2012 West Coast Salmon GSI Sampling
• Agenda Item C.2: Preseason Salmon Management Schedule for 2013
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Fishery Management Council Schedule and Process for Developing 2013 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
• Agenda Item C.3: 2012 Salmon Methodology Review
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 1: Implementation and Assessment of Proposed Bias-Correction Methods for Mark-Selective Fisheries into Fishery Regulation Assessment Model (FRAM) for Coho
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 2: Impacts of Mark-Selective Ocean Recreational Fisheries on Washington Coast Coho Stocks
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 3: Technical Revision to the Oregon Coastal Natural (OCN) Coho Work Group Harvest Matrix
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 4: Comparison of Two Methods for Estimating Coho Salmon Encounters and Release Mortalities in the Ocean Mark-selective Fishery
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 5: Review of Modifications to Chinook FRAM Size Limit Algorithms Implemented to Allow Evaluation of Size Limit Changes
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, STT Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental MEW Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental PSMFC Report

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D. Habitat

• Agenda Item D.1: Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1: Council Letter to the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental HC Report

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E. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item E.1: 2013 Pacific Halibut Regulations
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1: 2012 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan For Area 2A
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 2: Fall 2012 Newsletter Excerpt
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: IPHC News Release, October 9, 2012, Changes to the IPHC Interim and Annual Meetings
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: IPHC Information Bulletin #70, New Format for IPHC Staff Harvest Advice
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, NMFS Report: Report on the 2012 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Catch Sharing Plan and 2013 Annual Regulations
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2013 Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental IPHC Report 1: Pacific Halibut Management Catch Sharing Plan
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report

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F. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item F.1: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
  • Agenda Item Cancelled
• Agenda Item F.2: Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental Budget Committee Report
• Agenda Item F.3: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 1: Letter from the Quinault Indian Nation Requesting a Seat on the CPSMT and Nominating Mr. Alan Sarich to That Seat
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 2: Complete Listing of Nominations for the 2013-2015 Advisory Body Term
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Nominations or Support Letters for Advisory Body Members Received After the Initial Deadline (10/11/12)
• 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, March 5-11, 2013 in Tacoma, Washington
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, March 6-11, 2013 in Tacoma, Washington
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, CPSMT Report: Workshop to Re-Evaluate Parameters of the Harvest Control Rule for Pacific Sardine
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item F.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2

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G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item G.1: NMFS Report (CPS)
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Vetter)
• Agenda Item G.2: Exempted Fishing Permit Process
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1: Draft Council Operating Procedure 23
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
• Agenda Item G.3: Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment and Management for 2013, Including Preliminary EFP Proposals and Tribal Set-Aside
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1: Letter from Ed Johnstone, Quinault Fisheries Policy Spokesperson, Regarding the Quinault Indian Nation’s Intent to Establish a Tribal Allocation and to Participate in the 2013 Pacific Sardine Fishery
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 2: Notice of Intent to conduct EFP research, from Northwest Sardine Survey, LLC
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 3: Final EFP proposal for 2012 activities, from Northwest Sardine Survey, LLC. (Available Electronically on CD and the Briefing Book Website Only)
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 4: West Coast Vancouver Island (WCVI) Swept Area Trawl Survey Methodology. (Available Electronically on CD and the Briefing Book Website Only)
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 5: WCVI Methodology Review Panel Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 6: Northwest Aerial Sardine Survey – Sampling Results in 2012. (Available Electronically on CD and the Briefing Book Website Only)
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Assessment Report: Executive Summary, Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2012 for U.S. Management in 2013
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental Assessment Report 2: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2012 for U.S. Management in 2013 (Available Electronically Below):
    • Main Document
    • Figures
    • Appendix A: Acoustic-Trawl Estimates of Sardine Biomass off California During Spring 2012
    • Appendix B: Acoustic-Trawl Estimates of Sardine Biomass off the Coasts of the United States of America and Canada During Summer 2012
    • Appendix C: SS Files for Update Model X6e
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Hill)
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item G.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item G.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment 4 (Shester PowerPoint)

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H. Enforcement Issues

• Agenda Item H.1: Current Enforcement Issues
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1: December 14, 2011 Letter to OLE from Executive Director Don McIsaac on Enforcement Priorities for 2012
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report

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I. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item I.1: NMFS Report (Groundfish)
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Attachment 1: Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Attachment 2: Estimated Discard and Catch of Groundfish Species in the 2011 US West Coast Fisheries (Available Electronically on CD and the Briefing Book Website Only)
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, REVISED Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint (McClure/Stein)
  • Agenda Item I.1.d, Supplemental SSC Report
• Agenda Item I.2: Amendment 24 (Improvements to the Groundfish Management Process)
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 1: Amendment 24 Workgroup Report on Proposed Changes to the Groundfish Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Process
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental Staff Overview PowerPoint: Amendment 24 Workgroup Recommendations, Improvements to the Groundfish Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Process
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item I.3: Progress Report on Using Descending Devices to Mitigate Barotrauma in Recreational Fisheries
  • Agenda Item I.3.b, GMT Report: Groundfish Management Team Progress Report on Developing Mortality Rates for Rockfish Released Using Descending Devices
  • Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental GMT Presentation: GMT Progress Report on Developing Mortality Rates for Rockfish Released Using Descending Devices (PowerPoint)
  • Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental RecFIN Technical Committee Letter: Regarding GMT Progress Report on Descending Devices for Rockfish Discards
  • Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item I.4: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
  • Agenda Item I.4.b, ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Inseason Recreational Fishery Yelloweye Rockfish Impacts
  • Agenda Item I.4.b, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Inseason Adjustments for 2013
  • Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: IFQ Fishery Catch Update
  • Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item I.5: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions and Updates
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental Staff Agenda Item Overview Presentation (Seger)
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 1: Trailing Actions, Status Of Trailing Actions And Calendar
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 2: Chafing Gear ES, Chafing Gear Draft Environmental Assessment Executive Summary
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 3: Chafing Gear EA, Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions: Chafing Gear Draft Environmental Assessment (Available Electronically on CD and the Briefing Book Website Only)
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 4: Gear Workshop, Trawl Gear Regulation Change Proposals Developed at Trawl Fishery Gear Workshop
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 5: Lender Issues, Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions Issue: Lenders. Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 6: Whiting Season, Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions Issue: Whiting Season and Southern Allocation, Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 7: Widow Reallocation, Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions Issue: Widow Rockfish QS Reallocation, Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 8: Whiting Carryover. Pacific Whiting Carryover Implementation
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 9: Electronic Monitoring, Possible Regulation Amendment Process for Consideration of Electronic Monitoring as a Replacement for the 100% Observer Coverage Requirement
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 10: PowerPoint Presentation From the Shorebased Whiting Carryover Workshop, November 2, 2012
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 11: Excertps from the 2006 Biological Opinion on Salmon Regarding the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7 Consultation – Supplemental Biological Opinion Consultation Number: 2006/00754
  • Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: Summary of Adaptive Management Program
  • Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental NOAA Presentation: Computational Vision-based Monitoring, Current Agency Collaborative Research Efforts (Brady)
  • Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental PSMFC Report: Electronic Monitoring Update
  • Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental US Advisory Panel Draft Minutes: DRAFT US Canada Whiting Treaty, October 22, 2012 Advisory Panel U.S. Delegation Minutes
  • Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental Workshop Report: Summary of the November 2, 2012 Pacific Whiting Carryover Workshop
  • Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.5.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item I.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item I.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item I.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
  • Agenda Item I.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5 (MTC PowerPoint)

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J. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item J.1: Council Recommendations on International Highly Migratory Species Management
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 1: Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission 84th Meeting (Extraordinary), La Jolla, California (USA) 24 – 25 October 2012; Provisional Agenda
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 2: Review of the Implementation and Effectiveness of CMM 2008-01, WCPFC-SC8-2012/ SC8-WCPFC8-01
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 3: Conservation and Management Measure for Bigeye, Yellowfin and Skipjack Tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean; Paper prepared by the WCPFC Chair and WCPFC Vice-Chair
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 4: Excerpt from Report of the Twelfth Meeting Of The International Scientific Committee For Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean Plenary Session 18-23 July 2012, Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 5: Draft Conservation and Management Measure for Pacific Bluefin Tuna (Northern Committee Eighth Regular Session, September 3-6, 2012)
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: WCPFC Ninth Regular Session, Provisional Agenda (2-6 December 2012, Manila Philippines)
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 7: WCPFC Overlap Area Considerations by IATTC
  • Agenda Item J.1.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item J.1.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item J.1.c, Public Comment: Letter from the American Albacore Fishing Association
  • Agenda Item J.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item J.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3

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K. Ecosystem Based Management

• Agenda Item K.1: Council Fishery Ecosystem Development
  • Agenda Item K.1.a, Attachment 1: Draft Pacific Coast Fishery Ecosystem Plan
  • Agenda Item K.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Final Motion From June 2012
  • Agenda Item K.1.b, Supplemental EPDT Presentation
  • Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental EAS Report
  • Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental EAS Presentation
  • Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item K.1.c Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item K.1.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item K.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (With Signatories, Website Only)
  • Agenda Item K.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item K.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 4
  • Agenda Item K.1.e, Supplemental WDFW Motion
• Agenda Item K.2: Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Implementation Report
  • Agenda Item K.2.b, NWFSC and SWFSC Report
  • Agenda Item K.2.b, Supplemental NWFSC and SWFSC Presentation
  • Agenda Item K.2.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item K.2.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item K.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item K.2.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item K.2.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item K.2.c, Supplemental EAS Report
• Agenda Item K.3: California Current Ecosystem Report
  • Agenda Item K.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: Draft Annual State of the California Current Ecosystem Report
  • Agenda Item K.3.b, Supplemental EPDT Presentation
  • Agenda Item K.3.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item K.3.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item K.3.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item K.3.c, Supplemental EAS Report

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Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1: Federal Register Notice Dated September 28, 2012, 90-Day Finding on Petitions to List the Northeastern Pacific Ocean Distinct Population Segment of Great White Shark as Threatened or Endangered Under the ESA
• Informational Report 2: DRAFT Terms of Reference for the Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review Process for 2013-2014 (Dated October 2012)
• Informational Report 3: Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative Amendment 20 Catcher/Processor Cooperative Preliminary Annual Report 2012 (Dated October 2012)
• Informational Report 4: H.R. 2706, Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 (January 3, 2012)
• Supplemental Informational Report 5: Whiting Mothership Cooperative; an Amendment 20 Mothership Catcher Vessel Cooperative Preliminary Report on the 2012 Pacific Whiting Fishery
• Supplemental Informational Report 6: Status Report of the 2012 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California

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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
• 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
• Pacific Whiting Carryover Workshop Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
• SSC DRAFT Summary Minutes (from their September 13-14, 2012 meeting)

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Committee Memos

• Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team, Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel
• Ecosystem Plan Development Team, Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel
• Enforcement Consultants
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, Groundfish Management Team
• Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, Highly Migratory Species Management Team
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Salmon Technical Team, and Model Evaluation Workgroup
• Scientific and Statistical Committee Memo

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General Information

• General Information: Annual Banquet (Dr. John Coon, Deputy Chief Mike Cenci are the honorees), Driving Directions, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information, Tax Exempt Form

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Roster

• Membership Roster (Dated October 11, 2012)

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