Thursday, December 8th, 2011
The Winter issue of the Pacific Council News is now available. Please visit the Council’s Newsletters webpage for details.
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November 2011 Council Meeting Decisions
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) met November 2-7, 2011 in Costa Mesa, California. The November 2011 Council Meeting Decision Document summarizes the decisions made during that meeting.
- Download the November 2011 Council Decisions Document (PDF)
- For previous decisions, visit the Council Meeting Decisions Archives Webpage
November 2011 Briefing Book Available on Website
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
The Briefing Book for the November 2011 Council meeting has been posted to the Council’s website on the “Current Briefing Book” webpage. The Briefing Book contains “situation summaries” (brief summaries that provide background for each agenda item), reports and materials for each agenda item, and written public comment.
November 1-7, 2011 Council Meeting Notice and Agenda Available
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory bodies will meet November 1-7, 2011 in Costa Mesa, California to address issues related to salmon, Pacific halibut, groundfish, coastal pelagic species, highly migratory species, habitat matters, and ecosystem based management. Please visit the “Current Council Meeting” webpage for the meeting notice and agenda details.
September 2011 Council Meeting Decisions
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) met September 14-19, 2011 in San Mateo, California. The September 2011 Council Meeting Decision Document summarizes the decisions made during that meeting.
- Download the September 2011 Council Decision Document (PDF)
- For previous decisions, visit the Council Meeting Decisions Archives Webpage
Public Hearing Regarding Secretarial Amendment 1 (Previously 16-5) to the Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in cooperation with the Pacific Fishery Management Council will be holding a hearing regarding the Secretarial Amendment 1 (previously Amendment 16–5) to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan. Secretarial Amendment 1 proposes to establish one new rebuilding plan, modify seven existing plans, modify the default proxy values for FMSY and BMSY as they apply to the flatfish species, and the harvest control rule policies.
The hearing will be held on September 15, 2011, (in conjunction with the Council’s September 12-19, 2011 Council Meeting) to receive comments on the proposed Secretarial Amendment 1.
Background Materials and Secretarial Amendment 1 Documents Available
The Council has scheduled this matter at their September 2011 Council meeting, under Agenda Item G.2. View the background materials and Secretarial Amendment 1 documents available: Agenda Item G.2, September Briefing Book Materials).
For more information regarding this hearing, please see the Federal Register Notice (published September 7, 2011) announcing the September 15, 2011 Hearing on Proposed Secretarial Amendment 1.
If you have additional questions, please contact Ms. Sarah Williams, NMFS at 206–526–4646.
September 2011 Briefing Book Available on Website
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
The Briefing Book for the September 2011 Council meeting has been posted to the Council’s website on the “Current Briefing Book” webpage. The Briefing Book contains “situation summaries” (brief summaries that provide background for each agenda item), reports and materials for each agenda item, and written public comment.
September 12-19, 2011 Council Meeting Notice and Agenda Available
Friday, August 19th, 2011
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory bodies will meet September 12-19, 2011 in San Mateo, California to address issues related to groundfish, highly migratory species, salmon, Pacific halibut, and habitat matters. Please visit the “Current Council Meeting” webpage for the meeting notice and agenda details.
Notice of Availability: Draft EA, Trailing Actions for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
As published in the Federal Register on August 15, 2011, Amendment 21-1 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan is available on the Council’s website.
The proposed action is to implement trailing actions for the Pacific coast groundfish trawl rationalization program to further improve and refine the program. Two of the trailing actions require further NEPA analysis and are the subject of this EA:
- A trailing action to amend the groundfish FMP through Amendment 21-1 to change provisions related to the calculation of the amount of the halibut bycatch mortality for which the trawl fishery will be managed (called the “trawl bycatch mortality limit”) and
- A trailing action to to amend the regulations implementing the trawl rationalization program to provide an exemption from the prohibition on processing at-sea for select participants in the Shorebased IFQ Program (called the “exemption from prohibition on at sea processing”).
Please visit the Amendment 21-1 webpage for all the details and document downloads.
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