April 2017 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.4: Proposed April 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: Email addressed from Dr. James Morris Regarding Protected Species and Marine Aquaculture Interactions
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2 : Email from Lee Prouty re: drift gillnets along the California coast
  • Agenda Item B.1.b Supplemental Public Comment 3: Letter and Petition from Oceana – Opposition to Pelagic Longlines off the U.S. West Coast Full Version Electronic Only

C. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item C.1: Marine Planning Update
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: RPB Update (Strom)
• Agenda Item C.2: Legislative Matters
  • Agenda Item C.2, REVISED Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
  • Agenda Item C.2, Attachment 2: HR 200 (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item C.2, Attachment 3: Letter from the Council regarding HR 1335
  • Agenda Item C.2, Attachment 4: Proposed Changes to ACL rules in HR 200
  • Agenda Item C.2, Attachment 5: Draft Letter from the Council Coordination Committee on HR 200
  • Agenda Item C.2, Attachment 6: Letter from the Council to Senator Cantwell on the West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act
  • Agenda Item C.2, Supplemental Attachment 7: DRAFT Letter to The Honorable Jaime Herrera-Beutler re: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) reauthorization bill, HR 200, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Supplemental Legislative Committee Report
• Agenda Item C.3: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item C.3, Attachment 1: Public Review Draft revised COP 1 regarding supplemental public comment at Council meetings, Legislative Committee membership, and housekeeping updates
  • Agenda Item C.3, Attachment 2: Public Review Draft revised COP 20 regarding the deadline for submitting HMS EFP proposals
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item C.4: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item C.4, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item C.4, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 8-14, 2017 in Spokane, Washington
  • Agenda Item C.4, Attachment 3: Groundfish Workload Priorities
  • Agenda Item C.4, Supplemental Attachment 4: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Year-at-a-Glance Summary (Updated 04/11/2017)
  • Agenda Item C.4, Supplemental Attachment 5: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 8-14, 2017 in Spokane, Washington (Updated 04/11/2017)
  • Agenda Item C.4, Supplemental Attachment 6: Groundfish Workload Priorities, updated 04/11/2017
  • Agenda Item C.4, Supplemental Attachment 7: REVISED DRAFT Letter to The Honorable Jaime Herrera-Beutler re: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) reauthorization bill, HR 200, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental REVISED SSC Report
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item C.4.b, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item C.4.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2

D. Habitat

• Agenda Item D.1: Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item D.1, Attachment 1: Draft letter on Oroville Dam FERC relicensing
  • Agenda Item D.1, Attachment 2: Letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requesting a comment deadline extension for the Permit Renewal and Expansion of the Coast Seafoods project
  • Agenda Item D.1, Supplemental Attachment 3: Draft letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Permit Renewal and Expansion on the Coast Seafoods project (if extension is granted)
  • Agenda Item D.1, Supplemental Attachment 4: Report on EPA discharge rule
  • Agenda Item D.1, Supplemental Attachment 5: REVISED Draft letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Permit Renewal and Expansion on the Coast Seafoods project
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental CDFW Report

E. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item E.1: Sacramento River Winter Chinook Harvest Control Rule Review
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, SRWCW Report 1: Preliminary evaluation of alternative Sacramento River winter Chinook salmon control rules
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, SRWCW Report 2: Sacramento River winter Chinook management strategy evaluation: methods supplement
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental SRWCW PowerPoint: Winter Chinook Workgroup update (O’Farrell)
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report
• Agenda Item E.2: Methodology Review Preliminary Topic Selection
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental MEW Report
• Agenda Item E.3: Tentative Adoption of 2017 Ocean Salmon Management Measures for Analysis
  • Preseason Report II: Proposed Alternatives and Environmental Assessment – Part 2 for 2017 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.3, Attachment 1: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
  • Agenda Item E.3, Attachment 2: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 1: Westport, Washington
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 2: Coos Bay, Oregon
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 3: Fort Bragg, California
  • Agenda Item E.3.c, Supplemental PSC Report: PSC Technical Committee Memo re: AABM Fisheries Preseason Abundance Indices for 2017 and Post-Season Abundance Indices for 2016
  • Agenda Item E.3.e, Supplemental Yurok Tribe PowerPoint: Factors Contributing to Decline of Klamath Fall Chinook and Actions of Yurok Tribe to Minimize Future Risks (Hillemeier)
  • Agenda Item E.3.e, Supplemental Tribal Report (CRITFC)
  • Agenda Item E.3.e, Supplemental SAS Report: Proposed 2017 Ocean Salmon Management Measures For Tentative Adoption
  • Agenda Item E.3.f, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.3.f, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item E.3.f, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Helliwell)
• Agenda Item E.4: Clarify Council Direction on 2017 Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 1 (Upper Skagit)
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 2 (Sauk-Suiattle)
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental STT Report: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2017 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures (April 8, 2017)
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental STT Report 2: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2017 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures (April 9, 2017)
• Agenda Item E.5: Final Action on 2017 Salmon Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental STT Report: STT Analysis of Tentative 2017 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures (April 11, 2017)
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental Tribal Report (CRITFC)

F. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item F.1: National Marine Fisheries Service 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, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint: Groundfish Science Report (McClure); large file 46.43 mb
• Agenda Item F.2: Final Action on Electronic Monitoring of Non-Whiting Midwater and Bottom Trawl Fisheries Regulations and Update on Exempted Fishing Permit
  • Agenda Item F.2, Supplemental Agenda Item Overview PowerPoint (Wiedoff)
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 1: An Electronic Monitoring Program for the Bottom Trawl and Non-Whiting Midwater Trawl Fisheries Under the Shorebased IFQ Program (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1:  EFP Update
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Draft CFR-style Regulations
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: Electronic Monitoring EFP Update and Draft Regulations (Hooper)
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental GEMPAC Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental CDFW Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item F.3: Salmon Endangered Species Act Consultation Recommendations
  • Agenda Item F.3, Attachment 1: Summary of Scenarios for Salmon Bycatch Management in Fisheries Managed Under the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report: Influence of selective flatfish trawl gear on Chinook bycatch projections in the bottom trawl sector
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: Influence of Selective Flatfish Trawl gear on Chinook Bycatch Projections in the Bottom Trawl Sector (Mirick/Matson)
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Salmon Endangered Species Act Consultation: Recommendations
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report
• Agenda Item F.4: Trawl Catch Shares and Intersector Allocation Progress Reports and Cost Recovery Report
  • Agenda Item F.4. Supplemental Intersector Allocation PowerPoint: (DeVore)
  • Agenda Item F.4, Attachment 1: Catch Share Review Calendar
  • Agenda Item F.4, Attachment 2: Evaluating the Performance of Amendment 21 Allocations Since Implementation of the Trawl Catch Share Program
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, REVISED NMFS Report: Trawl Rationalization Program Cost Recovery Annual Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: 2016-2017 Cost Recovery Annual Report, Trawl Rationalization Program (Biegel)
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item F.5: Groundfish Non-Salmon Endangered Species Workgroup Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Groundfish Endangered Species Act Workgroup Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GESW PowerPoint (Duffy)
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, NMFS Report 1: Fishing Effort in the 2002-2015 U.S. Pacific Coast Groundfish Fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, NMFS Report 2: Humpback whale bycatch in 2014 – 2015 in the U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, NMFS Report 3: 2016 Leatherback Sea Turtle Estimated Bycatch Reporting Requirements As Set Out In The NMFS Biological Opinion For The Continuing Authorization Of The Pacific Coast Groundfish Fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, NMFS Report 4: Observed and Estimated Bycatch of Eulachon in 2002–2015 US West Coast Groundfish Fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, NMFS Report 5: Observed and Estimated Bycatch of Green Sturgeon in 2002–2015 US West Coast Groundfish Fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, NMFS Report 6: Observed and Estimated Bycatch of Short-tailed Albatross in U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries 2014-2015 (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item F.6: Final Action on Inseason Adjustments
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental CDFW Report
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item F.7: Updated Coordinates for the 125 Fathom Rockfish Conservation Area Line in California
  • Agenda Item F.7.a, CDFW Report: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Corrections to the 125 fathom RCA line between 40° 10′ and 34° 27′ N. Latitude
  • Agenda Item F.7.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.7.a, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item F.8: Sablefish Electronic Ticket Reporting Requirements
  • Agenda Item F.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.8.a, Supplemental EC PowerPoint: Sablefish Electronic Ticket Reporting Requirements (Matthews)
  • Agenda Item F.8.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.8.b, Public Comment

G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item G.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (CPS)
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC Report: NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-572; Distribution, Biomass and Demography of the Central-Stock of Northern Anchovy During Summer 2016, Estimated from Acoustic-Trawl Sampling
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint: (Gerard DiNardo)
• Agenda Item G.2: Central Subpopulation of Northern Anchovy Overfishing Limit Process
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, SSC/CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 4
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint 1:  (Pleschner-Steele)
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint 2: Anchovy in Monterey Bay Recently Observed by Neil Guglielmo
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint 3: (Oceana)
• Agenda Item G.3: Methodology Review Planning
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, SWFSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
• Agenda Item G.4: Small-Scale Fishery Management Final Action
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 3
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item G.5: Final Action on Sardine Assessment, Specifications, and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Stock Assessment Report: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2017 for U.S. Management in 2017-18 (Full document Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, STAR Panel Report: Pacific Sardine STAR Panel Meeting Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2017 for USA Management in 2017-18 (Hill)
  • Agenda Item G.5.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 2017-18 Pacific sardine fishery
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item G.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item G.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Shester)

H. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item H.1: Final Incidental Landing Restrictions for the 2017-2018 Salmon Troll Fishery
  • Agenda Item H.1, Attachment 1: Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report

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 Electronic Monitoring Policy Advisory and Technical Advisory Committees (GEMPAC/GEMTAC) Agenda
• Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
• Habitat Commmittee (HC) Agenda
• Legislative Commmittee (LC) Agenda
• Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW) Agenda
• Ad Hoc Sacramento River Winter Chinook Workgroup (SRWCW) Agenda
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
• SSC DRAFT March 2017 Summary Minutes

Advisory Body and Committee Memos

• CPS 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, Sacramento River Winter Chinook Workgroup and Interested Persons
• SSC Memo: Scientific and Statistical Committee

Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster

Informational Reports

• Supplemental Informational Report 1: Whiting Mothership Cooperative An Amendment 20 Mothership Catcher Vessel Cooperative Final Report on the 2016 Pacific Whiting Fishery
• Supplemental Informational Report 2: Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative Amendment 20 Catcher/Processor Cooperative Annual Report 2016
• Supplemental Informational Report 3: April 2017 Pacific Fishery Management Council Update – Regional Electronic Technology Implementation Plan; Upcoming Pacific Fishery Management Council and NMFS WCR Actions
• Supplemental Informational Report 4: Invitation for Sunday 9th April at 1 pm, at the Doubletree by Hilton Sacramento, Room: California Salon 3, for a presentation and discussion of the Seafood Watch Standard for Salmonid Fisheries

General Information and Membership Roster

• General Information: Chairs Reception, Tax Exempt Form, Seating Chart, and Hotel Information
• Membership Roster for April 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