Briefing Book Archive: September 2011 Briefing Book

September 2011 Briefing Book

The Council meeting proposed agendas, agenda item situation summaries, and attachments, for the September 2011 Council Meeting are found below.

• A. Call to Order
• B. Enforcement Issues
• C. Marine Protected Areas
• D. Habitat
• E. Highly Migratory Species Management
• F. Administrative Matters
• G. Groundfish Management
• H. Salmon Management
• I. Pacific Halibut Management
• Informational Reports
• Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)
• Open Comment Period (Written Only)
• General Information
• Roster

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.5: Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, September 12-19, 2011

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B. Enforcement

• Agenda Item B.1: Current Enforcement Issues
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental CDFG Enforcement Report (PowerPoint With Embedded Video)

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C. Marine Protected Areas

• Agenda Item C.1: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Proposed Ecosystem Based Management Initiative
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Attachment 1: Letter from Sanctuary Superintendant Paul Michel regarding the MBNMS EBM Initiative
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Attachment 2: Fact Sheet on the MBNMS EBM Initiative
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental MBNMS PowerPoint
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental Tribal Statement
  • Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item C.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2

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D. Habitat

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

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E. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item E.1: NMFS Report on HMS
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1: NMFS HMS Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 2: Kobe III Recommendations
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 3: Report of the Eleventh Meeting of the International Scientific Committee For Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Northern Committee Seventh Regular Session, Sapporo, Japan; 6-9 September 2011
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: NMFS Report on Proposed Rule to Implement IATTC Resolutions Adopted in 2011
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Attachment 1: Stock Assessment of Albacore Tuna In The North Pacific Ocean in 2011
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC ISC PowerPoint (Kohin
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC Economics PowerPoint (Stohs)
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental EC Report
• Agenda Item E.2: Swordfish Management Workshop Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental Swordfish Workshop PowerPoint (Helvey)
  • Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Oceana)
  • Agenda Item E.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint 2 (TNC)

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F. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item F.1: Legislative Matters
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1: September 2011 Staff Summary of Federal Legislation in the 112th U.S. Congress
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 2: July 5, 2011 formal request for Council comments on H.R. 1837 from U.S. Congresswoman Grace Napolitano
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 3: H.R. 1837, the San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental LC Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item F.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item F.2: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1: Draft Minutes: 209th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (June 2011)
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 2: Draft Minutes: 205th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (September 2010)
• Agenda Item F.3: Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental BC Report
• Agenda Item F.4: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: Quinault Tribal Sardine Allocation Request
• Agenda Item F.5: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: “Preliminary Year at a Glance Summary”
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Attachment 2: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 1-7, 2011, Costa Mesa, California
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 1-7, 2011 Costa Mesa, California
  • Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report

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G. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item G.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 1: Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 2: Federal Register: Notice of Availability for Amendment 21-1
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Federal Register Notice, Proposed Rule: Trawl Rationalization Program Improvement and Enhancement Rule
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: NMFS Solicits Public Comment on the Trawl Rationalization Proposed Rule and Notice of Availability for Amendment 21-1
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 5: Letter from Will Stelle Regarding the Trawl Rationalization Program
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 6: Risk Assessment of U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries to Threatened and Endangered Seabirds
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 7: Surplus Quota Pounds Carryover Issue
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report: PRELIMINARY Report for 2011 At-Sea and Tribal Pacific Whiting Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental NW & SW Fisheries Science Centers PowerPoint (Stein/McClure/Werner)
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental GMT Report 3
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.d, Public Comment: Washington Sea Grant: Bringing Albatross Conservation to West Coast Groundfish Fisheries: Progress on Outreach Efforts in the Longline Fleet
  • Agenda Item G.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item G.2: Update and Joint NMFS/PFMC Hearing on the Proposed Secretarial Amendment for Groundfish Amendment 16-5 and 2012 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP, Appendix F: Overfished Species Rebuilding Plan
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Letter to Don McIsaac Regarding Transmittal of Secretarial Amendment 1 to the Groundfish FMP
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Groundfish FMP as Amended Through Amendment 23 INCLUDING Secretarial Amendment 1 (Redline/Strikeout Chapter 4 Version)
• Agenda Item G.3: Review of Exempted Fishing Permits for 2012 Groundfish Fisheries
• Agenda Item G.4: Stock Assessments for 2013-2014 Groundfish Fisheries (Full Stock Assessment Documents Available on Website and CD Only)
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 1: Stock Assessment of Pacific Ocean Perch in Waters off of the U.S. West Coast in 2011
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Pacific Ocean Perch STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 3: Status of the U.S. Petrale Sole Resource in 2010
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 4: Petrale Sole STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 5: Status of the Widow Rockfish Report in 2011
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 6: Widow Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 7: Status of the Spiny Dogfish Shark Resource off the Continental U.S. Pacific Coast in 2011
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 8: Spiny Dogfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 9: Status of the U.S. Sablefish Resource in 2011
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 10: Sablefish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 11: The Status of Dover Sole off the U.S. West Coast in 2011
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 12: Dover Sole STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 13: Status of the Blackgill Rockfish, Sebastes melanostomus, in the Conception and Monterey INPFC Areas for 2011
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 14: Blackgill Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 15: Status of Greenspotted Rockfish, Sebastes chlorostictus, in U.S. Waters off California
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 16: Greenspotted Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item G.5: Biennial Management Process for 2013-2014 Groundfish — Part 1
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 1: Schedule for Developing 2013-14 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 2: 2012 OFLs (mt) and Recommended 2013 and 2014 OFLs (mt) for West Coast Groundfish Stocks
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 3: Relationship Between P* and the Percent Reduction of the OFL for Deciding the 2013 and 2014 ABCs for Category 1, 2, and 3 Stocks Based on Sigma Values of 0.36, 0.72, and 1.44, Respectively
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 4: 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 G.5.a, Attachment 5: Report of GMT Subgroup and Council Staff on Analysis of Stock Vulnerability and Configuration of Stock Complexes
  • Agenda Item G.5.a SUPPLEMENTAL PowerPoint for Attachment 5
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 6: The Commercial Fisheries Landings Distribution Model
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 7: APPENDIX L: Catch-Based Allocation of the Overfishing Limit (OFL) for Greenspotted Rockfish (Sebastes chlorostictus) in Northern California, and a Yield Estimate for U.S. Waters off Oregon and Washington
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 8: Revisions to OFL Contributions for Category 3 Stocks
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item G.6: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Attachment 1: Summary of Council Direction on Safe Harbors from June 2011
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Attachment 2: Excerpts from: Trawl Rationalization Regulatory Amendments: Control Limit Safe Harbors for Community Fishing Associations and Risk Pools, Draft Environmental Assessment, May 2011
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental Agenda Item Overview PowerPoint (Seger)
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, CRC Report: Report of the Cost Recovery Committee
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Proposed Cost Recovery Program Structure
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: NMFS Options for Ensuring Payment of the Cost Recovery Fee
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint (Lockhart)
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item G.6.c, Public Comment
• Agenda Item G.7: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments — Part I
  • Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental ODFW Report: ODFW Report on Shorebased Individual Fishing Quota Program off Oregon
  • Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item G.8: Emerging Issues Under Trawl Rationalization and Intersector Allocation
  • Agenda Item G.8.a, Attachment 1: Potential Trailing Actions on Trawl Rationalization and Intersector Allocation
  • Agenda Item G.8.a, Supplemental PowerPoint (Seger)
  • Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Additional Potential Trailing Actions from NMFS
  • Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: NMFS Preliminary List of Priorities
  • Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 3: Regulatory History on Chafing Gear
  • Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.8.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.8.d, Supplemental WDFW Motion in Writing
• Agenda Item G.9: Biennial Management Process for 2013-2014 Groundfish Fisheries – Part 2
  • Agenda Item G.9.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.9.b, Supplemental CDFG Report
  • Agenda Item G.9.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.9.b, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item G.9.c, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item G.10: Science Improvements for the Next Groundfish Management Cycle
  • Agenda Item G.10.a, Attachment 1: Recommendations for Off-Year Science Improvements
  • Agenda Item G.10.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint (McClure)
  • Agenda Item G.10.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.10.c, Supplementary SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.10.c, Supplemental GMT Report
• Agenda Item G.11: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments — Part II, If Necessary
  • Agenda Item G.11.b, Supplemental GMT Report

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H. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item H.1: Progress Reports on Columbia River Tule and Sacramento Winter Run Chinook Management Issues
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, TCW Report: Exploration of Abundance-Based Management Approaches for Lower Columbia River Tule Chinook
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental TCW PowerPoint
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: Progress Report on the Sacramento Winter Run Biological Opinion Reasonable and Prudent Alternative and Development of a New Management Framework
  • Agenda Item H.1.d, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.d, Supplemental SAS Report
• Agenda Item H.2: 2011 Salmon Methodology Review
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental MEW Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental Tribal Comments

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I. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item I.1: 2012 Pacific Halibut Fishery Regulations
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Attachment 1: 2011 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, NMFS Report: Report on the 2011 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, IPHC Report: Letter to Dan Wolford from Bruce Leaman
  • Agenda Item I.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 I.1.b, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to Catch Sharing Plan and 2012 Annual Regulations
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item I.2: Proposed Procedures for Estimating Pacific Halibut Bycatch in the Groundfish Fishery
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, NMFS Report: Pacific Halibut Bycatch in the U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fishery from 2002 through 2010
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: ERRATA for I.2.b, NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint (Jannot, Bellman, Majewski)
  • Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report

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Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1: Active West Coast Hydrokinetic Projects (Dated August 17, 2011)
• Informational Report 2: Letter to Bureau of Reclamation From San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority Regarding Biological Opinion on Central Valley Project and California State Water Project Operations
• Supplemental Informational Report 3: Status Report of the 2011 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California. (Preliminary Data Through August 31, 2011)

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Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)

• Budget Committee (BC) 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
• Legislative Committee (LC) Agenda
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
• SSC DRAFT June 2011 Summary Minutes
• SSC Economic Subcommittee Agenda

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Open Comment Period (Written Only)

• Open Comment: Letter From the PEW Environment Group Regarding Council Directed Task to Ecosystem Plan Development Team
• Open Comment 2: Letter From Steve Bodnar Regarding Sablefish Stock Assessment
• Supplemental Open Comment 3: Letter from Ella Renell, et al.
• Supplemental Open Comment 4: Campaign Letter Regarding Forage Fish (Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan)
• Supplemental Open Comment 5: Letter to Michael Connor from San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and California State Water Contractors
• Supplemental Open Comment 6: Letter from Quinault Indian Nation Regarding Treaty Right to Enter Pacific Sardine Fishery in 2012

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General Information

• General Information: Driving Directions, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information
• Revised Council Seating Chart
• Chairs’ Reception: Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 6 p.m.
• Tax Exempt Form: Marriott San Mateo, San Mateo, CA (Must Show Proper I.D.)

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Roster

• Membership Roster (Dated August 26, 2011)

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