Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene a public meeting of the Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) and the Scientific and Statistical Committee’s subcommittee on coastal pelagic species. Please note, this is not a public hearing, it is a meeting to review the 2010 stock assessment update for Pacific sardine.
The CPSMT will meet on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 and Wednesday, October 6, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or until business for each day is completed; and again on Thursday October 7, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. or until business for that day is completed.
The meetings will be held at the following location:
National Marine Fisheries Service
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Green Room
8604 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
Telephone: 858-546-7000
In addition to reviewing the updated Pacific sardine stock assessment, other issues relevant to Coastal Pelagic Species fisheries management and science may be addressed as time permits.
If you have additional questions regarding this meeting, please contact Mr. Kerry Griffin at 503-820-2280, ext. 409; or toll free 1-866-806-7204.
Posted in Coastal Pelagic Species, Coastal pelagic species
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
NOAA Fisheries has issued a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) that will inform Columbia River basin hatchery operations and funding of Mitchell Act hatchery program.
NOAA Fisheries is holding three public meetings on the Mitchell Act Hatchery DEIS, to be held at the following locations:
September 20, 2010; 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Clark Regional Wastewater District
8000 NE 52nd Crt.
Vancouver, WA 98665
September 24, 2010; 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Kennewick Public Library
1620 S. Union St.
Kennewick, WA 99338
September 30, 2010; 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Columbia River Maritime Museum
1792 Marine Dr.
Astoria, OR 97103
For further information, and to download the DEIS, please visit the NOAA Fisheries Mitchell Act Hatchery website.
Posted in Salmon
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
The Briefing Book for the September 2010 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.
Posted in Council Meetings, Groundfish, Hot topics
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Council) Salmon Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a joint work session with the Salmon Technical Team (STT) and Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW), which will be open to the public.
The work session will be held October 19-20, 2010. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 19 and 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 20.
The purpose of the work session is to brief the STT and SSC Salmon Subcommittee on:
- Oregon coastal natural coho abundance predictor
- Evaluation of indicator stock tag groups for Columbia River summer Chinook
- A progress report on abundance‐based management framework for Lower Columbia River tule fall Chinook
- An update and revision of natural production information in the Lower Columbia River natural coho harvest management matrix
- Review and evaluation of mark‐selective fishery reports
- An update on methods to forecast ocean abundance of Columbia River fall Chinook
- An analysis of bias in Chinook and Coho Fishery Regulation Assessment Models due to multiple encounters in mark-selective fisheries
- Proposed changes to the conservation objectives for Puget Sound coho
The work session will be held at the following location:
Hyatt Place Hotel Portland Airport
9750 NE Cascades Parkway, Rooms 3 and 4
Portland, OR 97220
Telephone: 503-288-2808
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter at 503-820-2280 at least five days prior to the meeting date.
Posted in Salmon, Salmon
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Council) Tule Chinook Workgroup (TCW) will hold a meeting to discuss issues and make assignments relative to developing an abundance-based harvest management approach for Columbia River natural tule Chinook. This meeting of the TCW is open to the public.
This first meeting of the TCW will be primarily an organizational meeting. Eventually, TCW work products will be reviewed by the Council, and if approved, would be submitted to NMFS for possible consideration in the next Lower Columbia River tule biological opinion for ocean salmon seasons in 2012 and beyond, and distributed to State and Federal recovery planning processes. In the event a usable approach emerges from this process, the Council may consider an FMP amendment process beginning after November 2011 to adopt the approach as a formal conservation objective in the Salmon FMP.
The meeting will be held Thursday, September 30, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the following location:
Pacific Fishery Management Council
Large Conference Room
7700 NE Ambassador Place
Portland, OR 97220-1384
Telephone: 503-820-2280
Driving Directions
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter at 503-820-2280, at least five days prior to the meeting date.
Posted in Salmon, Salmon
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
The Pacific Fishery Management Council and its advisory bodies will meet September 10-16 in Boise, Idaho, to address issues related to salmon, Pacific halibut, groundfish, coastal pelagic species, highly migratory species, habitat matters, and marine protected areas. Visit the Current Council Meeting webpage for more details. Please note, some advisory bodies will begin meeting on September 10, Council session begins September 11.
Posted in Council Meetings, Groundfish, Hot topics
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Council) Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) and Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) will hold a joint meeting by telephone conference to review and develop statements on draft Terms of Reference (TOR) for potential new CPS survey methodologies and for the upcoming Stock Assessment Review Panel process.
The primary purpose of the meeting is to review and discuss the two draft TOR documents, and develop statements to the Pacific Fishery Management Council for its meeting September 10-16 in Boise, Idaho. The CPSAS and CPSMT are not scheduled to meet during the September Council meeting.
The telephone conference will be held Thursday, September 2, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., or when business for the day is completed.
A public listening station will be available at the following location:
Pacific Fishery Management Council Office
Small Conference Room
7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101
Portland, Oregon 97220
Telephone: 503-820-2280
Driving Directions
For further information, please contact Mr. Kerry Griffin at (503) 820-2280 or 1-866-806-7204.
Posted in Coastal Pelagic Species, Coastal pelagic species
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
The next Council meeting will be held September 11-16, 2010, at the Doubletree Hotel Boise – Riverside in Boise, Idaho. Comments received by 11:59 p.m. on August 25 will be included in the briefing books mailed to Council members prior to the September meeting. Comments received by 11:59 p.m. on September 6 will be distributed to Council members at the onset of the September meeting (Supplemental Public Comment).
Posted in Council Meetings
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
The next Council meeting will be held September 11-16, 2010, at the Doubletree Hotel Boise – Riverside in Boise, Idaho. Comments received by 11:59 p.m. on August 25 will be included in the briefing books mailed to Council members prior to the September meeting. Comments received by 11:59 p.m. on September 2 will be distributed to Council members at the onset of the September meeting.
Posted in Council Meetings
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
This notice announces that through rulemaking in the Federal Register the directed harvest/fishing of Pacific sardine off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California will be closed effective 12:01 AM, Thursday morning, July 22, 2010. Fishing vessels with Pacific sardine on board taken in the directed harvest fishery must be at shore/dock and in the process of offloading at the time of closure.
Please download the Pacific Sardine Directed Fishing Closure Notice for all of the details.
Posted in Coastal Pelagic Species, Coastal pelagic species
