November 2017 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.3: Executive Director’s Report
  • Agenda Item A.3, Attachment 1: Council Coordination Committee Conference Call Agenda
  • Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 2: Guidance for Developing EBFM Road Map Implementation Plans September 15, 2017
  • Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 3: Council Coordination Committee Summary Report
  • Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 4: U.S. Regional Fishery Management Council’s Two-Page Educational Flyer
  • Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 5: Regulatory Reform Comments/Spreadsheet
• Agenda Item A.4: Proposed November 14-20, 2017 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Public Comment 1: Letter from John McManus Regarding Oroville Dam Relicensing
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2: West Coast Businesses depend on Anchovy and other Marine Wildlife petition
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: California Least Tern

C. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item C.1: NMFS Report (CPS)
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC Presentation 1: NMFS Report SWFSC Activities, Coastal Pelagic Species (DiNardo)
• Agenda Item C.2: 2018 Exempted Fishing Permits Notice of Intent
  • Agenda Item C.2, Attachment 1: California Wetfish Producers Association EFP Proposal
  • Agenda Item C.2, Attachment 2: West Coast Pelagic Conservation Group EFP Proposal (Full proposal electronic only)
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item C.2.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Pleschner-Steele)
• Agenda Item C.3: Methodology Review Preliminary Topic Selection (agenda item removed)

D. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item D.1: NMFS Report (Salmon)
  • Agenda Item D.1, Attachment 1: October 11, 2017 Letter from Barry Thom, NMFS Regional Administrator, to Phil Anderson, Council Chair, regarding determinations on status changes of Pacific salmon managed under the Council’s salmon Fishery Management Plan
• Agenda Item D.2: Methodology Review – Final Approval
  • Agenda Item D.2, Attachment 1: 2017 Technical Revision to the Marine Survival Forecast of the Oregon Coastal Natural Coho (OCN) Work Group Harvest Matrix
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, STT Report 1
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
• Agenda Item D.3: Sacramento River Winter Chinook Control Rule, Final Recommendations
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, SRWCW Report 1: Further Evaluation of Sacramento River Winter Chinook Salmon Control Rules: Addendum to Ad Hoc SRWC Workgroup (2017)
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Supplemental SRWCW Presentation 1: Ad hoc SRWCW working group report (O’Farrell)
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
• Agenda Item D.4: 2018 Preseason Management Schedule
  • Agenda Item D.4, Attachment 1: Pacific Fishery Management Council Proposed Schedule and Process for Developing 2018 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item D.4.b, Public Comment 1

E. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item E.1: Final Annual Regulation and 2A Catch Sharing Plan Changes
  • Agenda Item E.1, Attachment 1: 2017 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
  • Agenda Item E.1, Attachment 2: Visual Representation of the 2017 Area 2A Catch Sharing Plan for Pacific Halibut
  • Agenda Item E.1, Attachment 3: Non-Indian Directed Pacific Halibut Fishery Management- Scoping Exercise
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Report on the 2017 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, WDFW Report 1: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Catch Sharing Plan and 2018 Annual Regulations
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, ODFW Report 1: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2018 Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Recreational Pacific Halibut Catch Estimates
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3

F. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item F.1: NMFS Report (Groundfish)
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Groundfish and Halibut Federal Register Notices
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, NMFS Report 2: Rulemaking Plan for 2017, Groundfish
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, NMFS Report 3: Progress Report on Project to Clarify Confidentiality of Certain State and PacFIN Data
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 4: Federal Register notice dated October 30, 2017: Proposed rule; request for comments: proposed rule for Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP Amendment 21-3; interim measures to change the management of the Pacific whiting at-sea sectors’ (i.e.,the Mothership and Catcher/Processor sectors) allocations for darkblotched rockfish and Pacific ocean perch
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental NWFSC Presentation 1: Groundfish Science Report (McClure)
  • Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 1 (Oregon Congressional Letter)
  • Agenda Item F.1.d, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Gonzalez video link)
• Agenda Item F.2: Trawl Catch Share Review – Final Report Adoption and Preliminary Range of Alternatives for Follow-On Actions
  •  Agenda Item F.2, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1: Agenda Item Overview (Seger)
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 1: Calendars for Trawl Catch Share and Intersector Allocation Reviews
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 2: West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program Five-year Review, Executive Summary
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 3: West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program Five-year Review (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 4: West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program Five-year Review –Sections 4.0, 5.0., September 2017
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 5: Proposed Replacement for Section 4.0 of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program Five-year Review
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 6: Follow-on Actions—Issues, Alternatives, and Analysis
  • Agenda Item F.2, Supplemental Attachment 7: Development of Sablefish Area Management and Gear Switching Alternatives
  • Agenda Item F.2, Supplemental Attachment 8: Summary of Sablefish Area Management and Gear Switching Alternatives
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Catch Shares 5-Year Review – Preliminary ROA for Follow-On Actions
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental CAB Report 1:  CAB Report on Trawl Catch Share Review – Final Report Adoption and Preliminary Range of Alternatives for Follow-On Actions
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 4
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 5
• Agenda Item F.3: Essential Fish Habitat – Rockfish Conservation Area Amendment, Informational Update
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental EFH/RCA Project Team Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item F.4: Final Stock Assessments and Rebuilding Analyses
  • Agenda Item F.4, Attachment 1: Executive Summary of “Status of Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus) along the U.S. west coast in 2017”
  • Agenda Item F.4, Attachment 1: Full Version of “Status of Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus) along the U.S. west coast in 2017” (Full Version Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.4, Attachment 2: Rebuilding analysis for yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) based on the 2017 stock assessment
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
• Agenda Item F.5: Mid-Biennium Harvest Specifications Adjustments, Final Action
  • Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 1: Considerations for Frameworking a Mid-Biennium Harvest Specifications Adjustments Process
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Mid-Biennium Harvest Specifications Adjustments
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
• Agenda Item F.6: Biennial Harvest Specifications for 2019-2020
  • Agenda Item F.6, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: 2019 and 2020 Groundfish Harvest Specifications
  • Agenda Item F.6, Attachment 2: Depletion-Based Stock Reduction Analysis estimates of sustainable yield for cabezon (Scorpaenichtys marmoratus) in waters off Washington state
  • Agenda Item F.6, Attachment 3: Depletion-Based Stock Reduction Analysis (DB-SRA) for Starry Flounder (Platichthys stellatus) in U.S. Waters off California, Oregon and Washington
  • Agenda Item F.6, Attachment 4: Executive Summary of “2017 Lingcod Stock Assessment”
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, WDFW Report 1: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Biennial Harvest Specifications for 2019-2020
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Biennial Harvest Specifications for 2019-2020
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
• Agenda Item F.7: Endangered Species Act Consultations on Salmon and Seabirds
  • Agenda Item F.7, Attachment 1: Biological Opinion Regarding the Effects of the Continued Operation of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery as Governed by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan and Implementing Regulations at 50 CFR Part 660 by the National Marine Fisheries Service on California Least Tern (Sterna antillaruin browni), Southern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis), Bull trout (Salvelinus cojifluentus), Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus), and Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus), and Accompanying Incidental Take Statement
  • Agenda Item F.7.a, Supplemental USFWS Presentation 1: Biological Opinion West Coast Groundfish Fishery for Short-tailed Albatross (Todd)
  • Agenda Item F.7.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Update on the ongoing development of a new biological opinion and incidental take statement for salmon taken in the groundfish fishery
  • Agenda Item F.7.b, REVISED Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.7.b, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
• Agenda Item F.8: Preliminary EFP Approval for 2019-2020
  • Agenda Item F.8, Attachment 1: Council Operating Procedure 19, Protocol for Consideration of Exempted Fishing Permits for Groundfish Fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.8, Attachment 2: Application for Exempted Fishing Permit for Yellowtail Rockfish Jig Fishing for the 2019-2020 Fishing Season (San Francisco Community Fishing Association and Dan Platt)
  • Agenda Item F.8, Attachment 3: Interim Report: Exempted Fishing Permit Testing Commercial Jig Fishing Gear Targeting Yellowtail Rockfish for 2017-2018 Groundfish Fisheries (San Francisco Community Fishing Association and Dan Platt)
  • Agenda Item F.8, Attachment 4: Groundfish Exempted Fishing Permit Proposal: Commercial Midwater Hook and Line Rockfish Fishing in the RCA off the Oregon Coast (Scott Cook and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife)
  • Agenda Item F.8, Attachment 5: Chilipepper/Yellowtail Long Leader Exempted Fishing Permit (Tom Mattusch)
  • Agenda Item F.8, Attachment 6: The Nature Conservancy Letter Regarding the Issuance of the 2017-2018 Exempted Fishing Permit
  • Agenda Item F.8, Supplemental Attachment 7: Monterey Bay Fishermen Exempted Fishing Permit; Chilipepper Rockfish
  • Agenda Item F.8, Supplemental Attachment 8: Chilipepper/Yellowtail Long Leader Exempted Fishing Permit – Addendum to Attachment 5
  • Agenda Item F.8.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.8.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.8.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.8.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item F.8.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item F.8.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3
• Agenda Item F.9: Biennial Management Measures for 2019-2020
  • Agenda Item F.9, Attachment 1: Action Item Checklist
  • Agenda Item F.9, Attachment 2: Recent Year Allocations Relevant to Deciding a Range of 2019-2020 Allocations
  • Agenda Item F.9, Supplemental Attachment 3: Considerations for Implementing a Carryover Provision in Groundfish Management
  • Agenda Item F.9.a, WDFW Report 1: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Biennial Management Measures for 2019-2020
  • Agenda Item F.9.a, GMT Report 1: New and Routine Management Measures Scoping
  • Agenda Item F.9.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2:  Off the Top Deductions to the ACLs
  • Agenda Item F.9.a, Supplemental GMT Report 3:  Routine Management Measure Adjustments
  • Agenda Item F.9.a, Supplemental GMT Report 4:  New Management Measure Recommendations
  • Agenda Item F.9.a, Supplemental GMT Report 5:  Revised Tables for Supplemental Report 3
  • Agenda Item F.9.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: NMFS Report on Management Measures for the 2019-20 Biennial Harvest Specifications
  • Agenda Item F.9.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1: Research Set-Asides for 2019-2020 Biennial Harvest Specifications
  • Agenda Item F.9.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.9.a, REVISED Supplemental Tribal Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.9.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.9.b, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item F.9.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item F.9.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3
• Agenda Item F.10: Off-Year Science and Stock Assessment Methodology Review – Final Topic Selection
  • Agenda Item F.10.a, ODFW Report 1: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Stock Assessment Methodology Review
  • Agenda Item F.10.a, CDFW Report 1: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Off-Year Science and Stock Assessment Methodology Review Topic Selection
  • Agenda Item F.10.a, NMFS NWFSC Report 1: Northwest Fisheries Science Center Statement on Off-Year Science and Stock Assessment Methodology Review
  • Agenda Item F.10.a, Supplemental NMFS NWFSC Presentation 1: NWFSC Comments on Off-year (2018) Science and Stock Assessment Methodology Reviews
  • Agenda Item F.10.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.10.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
• Agenda Item F.11: Electronic Monitoring – Final Pacific Halibut Discard Mortality Rates, Discard Species Lists, and Third-Party Review
  • Agenda Item F.11.a, GMT Report 1: Proposed Pacific Halibut Electronic Monitoring Discard Mortality Rates for Bottom Trawl Vessels
  • Agenda Item F.11.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.11.a, NMFS Report 1: Discard Species List Changes
  • Agenda Item F.11.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Final Action on Electronic Monitoring Regulations for Groundfish Bottom Trawl and Non-whiting Midwater Trawl Vessels
  • Agenda Item F.11.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1:  NMFS Report on EM (Hooper)
  • Agenda Item F.11.a, GEMPAC/TAC Supplemental Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.11.a, Supplemental IPHC Report 1: Letter to PFMC re: Pacific Halibut Discard Mortality Rates for Bottom Trawls Using Electronic Monitoring
  • Agenda Item F.11.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.11.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.11.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
• Agenda Item F.12: Cost Recovery Update
  • Agenda Item F.12, Attachment 1: Trawl Rationalization Program Cost Recovery Annual Report
  • Agenda Item F.12, Attachment 2: Excerpt From: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report On Trawl Catch Shares, Intersector Allocation Progress Reports And Cost Recovery Report (Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report, April 2017)
  • Agenda Item F.12.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Report Regarding Recoverable Tasks in the Trawl Rationalization Cost Recovery Program
  • Agenda Item F.12.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
• Agenda Item F.13: Final Action on Inseason Adjustments for 2017 and 2018
  • Agenda Item F.13, Attachment 1: Historical Mortality of Pacific Whiting in Research and Pink Shrimp
  • Agenda Item F.13.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.13.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.13.a, Supplemental REVISED GMT Report 1 (updated 11/20/17)
  • Agenda Item F.13.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1

G. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item G.1: Legislative Matters
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 2: HR 23: Gaining Responsibility on Water Act (Electronic only)
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 3: Huffman request for comment
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 4: Golden Gate Salmon Association analysis of HR 23
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 5: Panetta request for comment
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 6: HR 3916: FISH Act
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 7: Huffman discussion draft (Electronic only)
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 8: Summary of Huffman discussion draft
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 9: Staff comparison of MSA Bills
  • Agenda Item G.1, Supplemental Attachment 10: DRAFT Letter to Representatives Huffman and Thompson re: HR 23, the Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017
  • Agenda Item G.1, Supplemental Attachment 11: DRAFT Letter to Representatives Calvert and Panetta re: HR 3916, the FISH Act
  • Agenda Item G.1, Supplemental Attachment 12: Letter from James Unsworth, WDFW, to the Washington Congressional Delegation re: S. 1520
  • Agenda Item G.1, Supplemental Attachment 13: Letter to Senator Dan Sullivan from the NPFMC re: MSA comments
  • Agenda Item G.1, Supplemental Attachment 14: Draft S. Bill on Driftnet Fishing
  • Agenda Item G.1, Supplemental Attachment 15: Draft Letter to Representatives Calvert and Panetta re: HR3916
  • Agenda Item G.1, Supplemental Attachment 16: Draft Letter to Representatives Huffman and Thompson re: HR 23
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental Legislative Committee Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report 2
• Agenda Item G.2: Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item G.2 Supplemental Attachment 1: Executive Director’s Report to the Budget Committee
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental Budget Committee Report 1
• Agenda Item G.3: Approval of Council Meeting Record
  • Agenda Item G.3, Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record: 241st Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (September 11-18, 2017)
• Agenda Item G.4: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item G.4, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item G.5: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item G.5, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item G.5, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, March 7-14, 2018 in Rohnert Park, California
  • Agenda Item G.5, Attachment 3: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 5-11, 2018 in Portland, Oregon
  • Agenda Item G.5, Attachment 4: Groundfish Workload Priorities
  • Agenda Item G.5, Supplemental Attachment 5: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary (dated 11/19/17; 15:29)
  • Agenda Item G.5, Supplemental Attachment 6: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, March 7-14, 2018 in Rohnert Park, California (dated 11/20/2017)
  • Agenda Item G.5, Supplemental Attachment 7: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 5-11, 2018 in Portland, Oregon (dated 11/20/17)
  • Agenda Item G.5, Supplemental Attachment 8: Groundfish Workload Priorities (dated 11/20/17)
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1

H. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item H.1: NMFS Report (HMS)
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Report on Highly Migratory Species Activities
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: HMS Activities
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 3
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Advances in Fishing Methods to Reduce Bycatch (Swimmer)
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 2: Dynamic Oceans and Dynamic Ecosystems (Elliott Hazen)
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, CDFW Report 1: Use of Hook and Line Gear to Target Swordfish
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental CDFW Report 2: CDFW’s comments on HMS FMP Amendment 5 and proposed rule for implementation of a federal limited entry drift gillnet permit
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental CFGC Report 1: Letter to Chris Oliver re: resolution from CFGC disagreeing with the NMFS withdrawal of the hard caps rule for the California drift gillnet swordfish fishery; support for a delay in the federalization of drift gillnet permits
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item H.2: Recommendations for International Management Activities
  • Agenda Item H.2, Attachment 1: Provisional Annotated Agenda for the Fourteenth Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Supplemental MSE Workshop Presentation 1: 3RD ISC Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) Workshop; Dahl
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental WCFPC PAC Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: International HMS Activities
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Proposed Rule for Fishing Restrictions for Tropical Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean for 2018-2020
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental CDFW Report 1: Update on Landings of Tuna, Swordfish, and Other Pelagics
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental CDFW Presentation 1: HMS Landings Update
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item H.3: Proposed Deep-Set Buoy Gear Exempted Fishing Permits
  • Agenda Item H.3, Attachment 1: Council September 2017 Recommendations on Deep-Set Buoy Gear Exempted Fishing Permit Issuance
  • Agenda Item H.3, Attachment 2: Summary of Deep-Set Buoy Gear Exempted Fishing Permit Applications Submitted for the November 2017 Council Meeting
  • Agenda Item H.3, Attachment 3: DSBG EFP Application from Stephen Mintz
  • Agenda Item H.3, Attachment 4: DSBG EFP Application from Donald Brockman
  • Agenda Item H.3, Attachment 5: DSBG EFP Application from Thomas Carson
  • Agenda Item H.3, Attachment 6: DSBG EFP Application from Christopher Ekstrom
  • Agenda Item H.3, Attachment 7: DSBG EFP Application from John Foster
  • Agenda Item H.3, Attachment 8: DSBG EFP Application from Stephen Greyshock
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: DSBG EFP Applications
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Updates on the Status of DSBG EFP Applications ; Federal Register notice dated November 16, 2017
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, REVISED Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental HMSMT Presentation 1 (Hellmers)
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.3.c, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Public Comment 1

I. Enforcement Issues

• Agenda Item I.1: Tri-State Enforcement Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental Tri-State Enforcement Presentation 1 (Hosted on PFMC YouTube page)

Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas AND Committee Memos)

Ancillary Agendas

• Supplemental Budget Committee (BC) Agenda
• Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Policy Advisory and Technical Advisory Committees (GEMPAC/TAC) Agenda
• Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
• Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) Agenda
• Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) Agenda
• Legislative Committee (LC) Agenda
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
• SSC DRAFT September 2017 Minutes

Advisory Body and Committee Memos

• Enforcement Consultants Memo: Enforcement Consultants
• Groundfish Memo: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, Groundfish Management Team, and Groundfish Interested Persons
• Highly Migratory Species Memo: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, Highly Migratory Species Management Team, and Interested Persons
• Salmon Memo: Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Salmon Technical Team, Model Evaluation Workgroup, Sacramento River Winter Chinook Workgroup and Interested Persons
• Scientific and Statistical Committee Memo: Scientific and Statistical Committee

Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster

Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1: Managing Fisheries in a Changing Environment – Discussions from the 2017 Forum May 1-2, 2017, Monterey, California
• Informational Report 2: NOAA Report; Marine Recreational Information Program – Collaborating to Improve Recreational Fishing Estimates – Strategic Plan: 2017-2022
• Informational Report 3: Framework for Addressing the National Academies Recommendations
• Informational Report 4: Nominations Sought for Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC)
• Supplemental Informational Report 5: Status Report of the 2017 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California; preliminary data through October 31, 2017

General Information and Membership Roster

• General Information: Annual Banquet, Tax Exempt Form, Future Meeting Schedule, Seating Chart, and Hotel Information
• Membership Roster dated October 27, 2017 (for the November 2017 Briefing Book)

Protocol for Submitting Electronic Slide Presentation Materials at the Meeting

• Please see the Protocol Policy on submitting electronic slide presentation materials at the Council meetings for full direction, expectations, and equipment available for use during presentations