April 2015 briefing book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.3: Executive Director’s Report
  • Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record, 228th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council, March 6-12, 2015
• Agenda Item A.4: April 2015 Proposed Council Meeting Agenda (Includes Ancillary meetings, hotel meeting room map, and quick reference)

B. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1.b, Open Public Comment 1: Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara; Re: Opposition to Proposed Nomination of New Central California National Marine Sanctuary
• Agenda Item B.1.b, Open Public Comment 2: Rob Seitz; Re: AMP implemented in 2011
• Agenda Item B.1.b, Open Public Comment 3: Oceana; Re: Request for Immediate Emergency Action to Close the 2014-15 Pacific Sardine Fishery
• Agenda Item B.1.b, Open Public Comment 4: Martin Steitz; Re: Concern about the significant number of California sea lion pups washing up on California beaches dead and dying
• Agenda Item B.1.b, Open Public Comment 5: L.E. MacCarter; Re: Concern with preserving the California Central Coast fleet of small family owned fishing boats
• Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Public Comment 6: PEW; Re: March Final Action on Unmanaged Forage Fish Initiative
• Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Public Comment 7: Croonquist; Adjusting the sport halibut season structure in Washington Waters
• Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Public Comment 8: (Lackey) Comments on a review of the 2/11/2015 draft of the WCR Strategic Plan
• Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Public Comment 9: (Rose Canyon Fisheries) Aquaculture Project
• Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Public Comment 10: Oceana; Request for Emergency Action to Close the Directed Sardine Fishery
• Agenda Item B.1.c. Supplemental Procedural Slides: Agenda Item B.1: Request for Emergency Closure of Current Sardine Fishery

C. Habitat

• Agenda Item C.1: Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.c, Public Comment

D. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item D.1: Tentative Adoption of 2015 Ocean Salmon Management Measures for Analysis
  • Preseason Report II: Proposed Alternatives and Environmental Assessment – Part 2 for 2015 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations
  • Agenda Item D.1, Attachment 1: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
  • Agenda Item D.1, Attachment 2: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 1: Westport, Washington, Public Hearing Summary
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 2: Coos Bay, Oregon, Public Hearing Summary
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 3: Fort Bragg, California, Public Hearing Summary
  • Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental NMFS Report: Letter to Charles Swanton, ADFG, Regarding Chinook Model Calibration
  • Agenda Item D.1.e, NMFS Report 1: March 19, 2015 NMFS Memo from Michael O’Farrell to Bob Turner on Potential Sacramento Winter Chinook Impact Rates in 2016 Fisheries
  • Agenda Item D.1.e, NMFS Report 2: Incidence of Age-2 Sacramento River Winter Chinook in Ocean Fisheries
  • Agenda Item D.1.e, Supplemental CDFW Report: CDFW approach to ocean salmon alternatives
  • Agenda Item D.1.e Supplemental CDFW Report 2: Age composition of scales collected at-sea by California Genetic Stock Identification Collaboration in 2010
  • Agenda Item D.1.e Supplemental CDFW Report 3: Sacramento River Winter Chinook Historical and Current Management
  • Agenda Item D.1.e, Supplemental CDFW Report 4: Recommendations on Additional Winter-Run Protections in 2015 Ocean Fisheries
  • Agenda Item D.1.e, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.e, Supplemental SAS Report: Proposed 2015 Salmon Management Measures for Tentative Adoption
  • Agenda Item D.1.e, Supplemental Tribal Report (CRITFC)
  • Agenda Item D.1.f, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item D.1.f, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item D.1.f, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item D.1.f, Supplemental Public Comment 4
• Agenda Item D.2: Methodology Review Preliminary Topic Selection
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Methodology Reviews for 2015
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental MEW Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental CDFW Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental SAS Report
• Agenda Item D.3: Clarify Council Direction on 2015 Ocean Salmon Management Measures
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Supplemental STT Report: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2015 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
• Agenda Item D.4: Additional Council Direction on 2015 Ocean Salmon Management Measures
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Supplemental STT Report: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2015 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
• Agenda Item D.5: Final Action on 2015 Ocean Salmon Management Measures
  • Agenda Item D.5.a, Supplemental Tribal Report (CRITFC)
  • Agenda Item D.5.a, Supplemental ADFG Report
  • Agenda Item D.5.a, Supplemental STT Report: STT Analysis of Tentative 2015 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures

E. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item E.1: NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, NMFS Report 2: Rulemaking Plan for 2015, Groundfish and Halibut
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 3: TRAT Compliance Summary, 2015 (Presentation)
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental Science Center PowerPoint: Groundfish Science Report, John Stein and Michelle McClure, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
• Agenda Item E.2: Trawl Cost Recovery Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, NMFS Report: Trawl Rationalization Program Cost Recovery Annual Report Fee Calculation for 2015 and Fishing Year 2014 Payments
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: 2014-2015 Cost Recovery Annual Report Trawl Rationalization Program
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item E.3: Salmon Endangered Species Act Reconsultation Update
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Estimates of Chinook salmon stock composition in bycatch associated with the 2009 and 2010 US West Coast At-Sea Pacific hake fishery
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report
• Agenda Item E.4: Finalize Methodology Review Process Council Opereating Procedure
  • Agenda Item E.4, Attachment 1: Proposed Draft of Council Operating Procedure 25
  • Agenda Item E.4.a Supplemental SSC Report (Electronic Version Includes Attachment)
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item E.5: Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Amendment Scoping, Including Rockfish Conservation Area and Area Adjustments
  • Agenda Item E.5, Attachment 1: Scoping for Essential Fish Habitat and Area Modification Actions
  • Agenda Item E.5, Supplemental Attachment 2: Selected rockfish conservation area figures for the areas north of 48°10′ N. latitude and south of 40°10′ N. latitude including information on essential fish habitat conservation areas and substrate types
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, National Marine Sanctuaries Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental Tribal/WDFW Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental Tribal Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.5.b Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Full Version Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment 4 (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment 5 (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item E.6: Final Action on Widow Rockfish Reallocation and Divestiture Issues
  • Agenda Item E.6, Supplemental PPT Presentation: Final Action on Widow Rockfish Reallocation and Divestiture Issues (Updated, Jim Seger)
  • Agenda Item E.6, Attachment 1: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions: Widow Rockfish Reallocation, Divestiture Deferment and Forfeiture Methodology, Magnuson Stevens Act Analysis and Draft Environmental Assessment
  • Agenda Item E.6, Attachment 2: Guidance for Making Allocation Decisions Related to Catch Shares
  • Agenda Item E.6, Supplemental Attachment 3: Additional Analysis – Widow QS Reallocation and Divestiture
  • Agenda Item E.6, Supplemental Attachment 4: Detailed Description of Reallocation Alternatives
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, NMFS Report: NMFS widow rockfish reallocation considerations; including an overview of the range of reallocation alternatives, the individual widow QS control limit, aggregate non-whiting control limit, and divestiture considerations
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3
• Agenda Item E.7: Blackgill and Slope Rockfish Reallocation
  • Agenda Item E.7, Attachment 1: Preliminary Draft Analytical Document: Allocation of Harvest Opportunity Between Sectors of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery of Blackgill Rockfish and Other Species Managed in the Slope Rockfish Complex South of 40°10′ N. Latitude
  • Agenda Item E.7.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.7.a, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item E.8: Inseason Adjustments Including Carryover and Regulatory Amendment to Manage Set-Asides
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 1: Flexible Management of Set-Asides
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on State Management of Nearshore Rockfish Complex Species
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, NMFS Letter: Amendment 24 Approval and Ecosystem Component Considerations
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, REVISED GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Overfished Species Mortality
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, GMT Report 2: Groundfish Management Team Report on Big Skate Catch and the Ecosystem Component Species Designation
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report 3
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report 4
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, REVISED Supplemental GMT Report 5
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report 6
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.8.a Supplemental NMFS Report: West Coast Groundfish, Shorebased IFQ Program First Look at 2014
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Supplemental CDFW Report
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item E.9: Final Action to Implement the 2015 Pacific Whiting Fishery Under the U.S.-Canada Pacific Whiting Agreement
  • Agenda Item E.9, Attachment 1: Status of the Pacific Hake (Whiting) Stock in U.S. and Canadian Waters in 2015. (Full Version Available Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.9, Attachment 2: Table 1. Estimates of Pacific whiting mortality from 2007-2013 for Research and the Pink Shrimp Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.9.b, Supplemental GAP Report

F. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item F.1: Seabird Protection Update
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Sea Grant PowerPoint: Preventing Albatross Bycatch in the West Coast Sablefish Longline Fishery
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item F.2: Prepare Comments on Proposed Changes to National Standard Guidelines 1, 3, and 7
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 1: Proposed Chhttps://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2015/04/sdfs-2.pdfanges to the National Standard Guidelines
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 2: Council Letter to NMFS re: NS-1 Guideline Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report: Proposed Revisions to the Magnuson-Stevens Act National Standard 1, 3, & 7 Guidelines (Wes Patrick Presentation)
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item F.3: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
  • Agenda Item F.3, Supplemental Attachment 1: Draft Minutes: 225th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (September 2014)
• Agenda Item F.4: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item F.4, Attachment 1: Draft COP 3
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, WDFW Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental PSMFC Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report
• Agenda Item F.5: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 12-17, 2015 in Spokane, Washington
  • Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 3: Groundfish Workload Priorities
  • Agenda Item F.5, Supplemental Attachment 4: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary, dated 04/16/15
  • Agenda Item F.5, Supplemental Attachment 5: Draft Proposed Pacific Council Meeting Agenda, June 10-16, 2015 in Spokane, Washington (version dated 04/16/2015)
  • Agenda Item F.5, Supplemental Attachment 6: Groundfish Workload Priorities
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental SAS Report

G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item G.1: Final Action on Sardine Assessment, Specifications, and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Stock Assessment Report Executive Summary: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2015 for U.S.A Management in 2015-16
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Stock Assessment Report: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2015 for U.S. Management in 2015-16 (Full Report ELECTRONIC ONLY)
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental SWFSC-FRD PowerPoint: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2015 for USA Management in 2015-16
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Tribal Report: Letter from Ed Johnstone, Quinault Fisheries Policy Spokesperson, regarding the Quinault Indian Nation’s intent to establish a tribal allocation and to enter the 2015-16 Pacific sardine fishery
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Full Version Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4 (Powerpoint, Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item G.2: Finalize Methodology Review COP
  • Agenda Item G.2, Attachment 1: Draft Council Operating Procedure 26
  • Agenda Item G.2, Supplemental Attachment 2: COP 26, Methodology and Data Review Process for Coastal Pelagic Species
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report

H. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item H.1: Final Action on Incidental Landing Restrictions for the 2015-2016 Salmon Troll Fishery
  • Agenda Item H.1, Attachment 1: Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report

I. Enforcement Issues

• Agenda Item I.1: Regulations for Vessel Movement Monitoring
  • Agenda Item I.1, Supplemental Staff Overview Presentation (Wiedoff): Vessel Movement Monitoring –Scoping and Strawmen Alternatives
  • Agenda Item I.1, Attachment 1: Vessel Movement Monitoring Public Scoping Document
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, Public Comment: Athens Letter
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2: VMM

J. Considerations to Schedule Emergency Action to Close the 2014-2015 Pacific Sardine Directed Fishery

• Agenda Item J.1, Supplemental Situation Summary: Consideration to Schedule Emergency Action for changes to the 2014-2015 Pacific Sardine Fishery
  • Agenda Item J.1, Supplemental Attachment 1: Procedural Considerations for Emergency Council Action for Changes to the 2014-15 Pacific Sardine Fishery
  • Agenda Item J.1, Supplemental Attachment 2: Long-term Productivity of Pacific Sardines under Four Different Harvest Control Rules
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item J.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment (PowerPoint, Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item J.2, Supplemental Situation Summary: Emergency Inseason Action in the 2014-2015 Pacific Sardine Fishery
  • Agenda Item J.2.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item J.2.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report
• Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item J.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment (Electronic Only)

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

ANCILLARY AGENDAS

• Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) Agenda
• Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) Agenda
• Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
• Habitat Committee (HC) Agenda
• Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW) Agenda
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
• SSC DRAFT March 2015 Minutes

COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY BODY MEMOS

• Coastal Pelagics Memo: Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team, Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel, and Interested Persons
• Enforcement Memo: Enforcement Consultants
• Groundfish Memo: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, Groundfish Management Team, and Groundfish Interested Persons
• Salmon Memo: Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Salmon Technical Team, Model Evaluation Workgroup, and Interested Persons
• SSC Memo: Scientific and Statistical Committee

Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster

INFORMATIONAL REPORTS

• Informational Report 1: Letters and Responses RE: bycatch reduction in and the transition of the West Coast swordfish fishery from the use of drift gillnets
• Informational Report 2: Whiting Mothership Cooperative; An Amendment 20 Mothership Catcher Vessel Cooperative Final Report on the 2014 Pacific Whiting Fishery Prepared by: Dave Fraser, WMC Coop Manager
• Informational Report 3: Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative; Amendment 20 Catcher/Processor Cooperative; Final Annual Report 2014
• Informational Report 4: NMFS Report on Analysis of Seafloor Contact in Midwater Trawls Engaged in the US West Coast Pacific Hake Fishery
• Informational Report 5: NMFS Report – A Summit on the Role of Deep-Sea Corals and Sponges as Habitat for Managed Species off the West Coast and Alaska – Summary Outcomes
• Informational Report 6: Vessel Monitoring System Pink Shrimp Bottom Trawl Report Distribution North of 40° 10’ N. LAT., 2011-2013, and 2009-2013
• Informational Report 7: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Electronic Monitoring and Reporting Grant Program 2015 Request for Proposals
• Informational Report 8: Letter from NMFS dated March 23, 2015, approving Amendment 14 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan
• Supplemental Informational Report 9: Letters from the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, West Coast Region (Full Version Electronic Only)
• Supplemental Informational Report 10: MOU referenced in the letters from Members of Congress included in Informational Report 1; Morocco and the United States

GENERAL INFORMATION, BANQUET INFORMATION, MEMBERSHIP ROSTER

• General Information, April 2015: General Information, April 2015: Chair’s Reception, Hotel Information, Council Seating Chart, Membership Roster