April 2018 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.3: Executive Director’s Report
  • Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 1: Rough Draft Agenda for the May 22-24, 2018 Council Coordination Committee Meeting
• Agenda Item A.4: Proposed Council Meeting Agenda April 5-11, 2018

B. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
  • Agenda Item B.1.a, Supplemental WDFW/ODFW Report 1: Comments Regarding the Joint Enforcement Agreements That the State Enforcement Agencies Have With NOAA
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Public Comment 1: Email from Ross Gibbs regarding ecosystem research on marine debris
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: Coastside Salmon Net Pen Acclimation Project (Wolford)

C. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item C.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (CPS)
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: CPS Activities
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC Presentation 1: NMFS Report SWFSC Activities Coastal Pelagic Species (Gerard DiNardo and Dale Sweetnam)
• Agenda Item C.2: 2018 Exempted Fishing Permits – Final Approval
  • Agenda Item C.2, Attachment 1: California Wetfish Producers Association Revised EFP Proposal
  • Agenda Item C.2, Attachment 2: West Coast Pelagic Conservation Group EFP Proposal
  • Agenda Item C.2, Supplemental Attachment 3: CWPA errata table
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.2.b, Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item C.3: Acoustic Trawl Survey Methodology Review – Final Approval
  • Agenda Item C.3, Attachment 1: ATM Synthesis Report
  • Agenda Item C.3, Attachment 2: Methodology Review Panel Report
  • Agenda Item C.3, Supplemental Attachment 3 (Electronic Only): Center for Independent Experts Independent Peer Review of the Acoustic Trawl Methodology
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, CDFW Report 1: CDFW–CWPA Coastal Pelagic Species Aerial Survey August 2017 Survey Results
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Supplemental CDFW Presentation 1: CDFW-CWPA Aerial Survey – 2017 (Lynn)
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Supplemental USFWS Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item C.3.b Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item C.4: Process for Review of Reference Points for Monitored Stocks
  • Agenda Item C.4, Attachment 1: A Bioeconomic Analysis of the Northern Anchovy
  • Agenda Item C.4, Attachment 2: Analysis for MSY Estimate
  • Agenda Item C.4, Attachment 3: SSC Report November 2010
  • Agenda Item C.4, Attachment 4: Potential Process for using Estimates of Biomass Directly in Management
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplmental USFWS Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.4.b, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item C.4.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Full Electronic Version)
  • Agenda Item C.4.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item C.4.b, Supplemental Public Comment 4
  • Agenda Item C.4.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: Heirs to Our Oceans (Subramanian)
  • No Presentation 2 or 3 (pulled by the presenters)
  • Agenda Item C.4.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 4: Importance of Forage Fish to West Coast Whales and the Tourism Economy (Spencer)
• Agenda Item C.5: Pacific Sardine Assessment, Harvest Specifications, and Management Measures – Final Action
  • Agenda Item C.5, Attachment 1: Stock Assessment Report: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2018 for U.S. Management in 2018-19 (Full document electronic only)
  • Agenda Item C.5.a, Tribal Report 1: Letter from Ed Johnstone, Quinault Fisheries Policy Spokesperson, regarding the Quinault Indian Nation’s intent to establish a tribal allocation and to enter the 2018-19 Pacific sardine fishery
  • Agenda Item C.5.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.5.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.5.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.5.b, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item C.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item C.5.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Hanson)
  • Agenda Item C.5.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 2 (Crooke)
  • Agenda Item C.5.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 3 (Enticknap)

D. Habitat

• Agenda Item D.1: Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1

E. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item E.1: Tentative Adoption of 2018 Management Measures for Analysis
  • Preseason Report II: Proposed Alternatives and Environmental Assessment – Part 2 for 2018 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations (Electronic Only; Amendment published March 29, 2018)
  • Agenda Item E.1, Attachment 1: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
  • Agenda Item E.1, Attachment 2: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Update of Estimates Impacts of March 2018 Alternatives for Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental STT Report 2: Investigation of Exploitation Rates on Rogue/Klamath Coho in Fisheries South of Cape Falcon
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 1 (Westport)
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 2 (Coos Bay)
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 3 (Salinas)
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental PSC Report 1: AABM Fisheries Preseason Abundance Indices for 2018 and Post-Season Abundance Indices for 2017
  • Agenda Item E.1.e, Supplemental CDFW Report 1: CDFW Report on 2018 Salmon Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.1.e, Supplemental Tribal Report 1 (Hoopa Valley Tribe)
  • Agenda Item E.1.e, Supplemental Tribal Report 2 (Yurok Tribe)
  • Agenda Item E.1.e, Supplemental Tribal Report 3 (CRITFC)
  • Agenda Item E.1.e, Supplemental SAS Report 1: Proposed 2018 Ocean Salmon Management Measures For Tentative Adoption; April 6, 2018
  • Agenda Item E.1.f, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.1.f, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item E.1.f, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: 2018 Salmon Cost -Benefit Assessment for California Recreational Fishermen (Wolford)
  • Agenda Item E.1.f, Supplemental Public Presentation 2: (Bitts)
  • Agenda Item E.1.f, Supplemental Public Presentation 3: (Helliwell)
• Agenda Item E.2: Clarify Council Direction on 2018 Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2018 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
• Agenda Item E.3: Methodology Review Preliminary Topic Selection
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental MEW Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Helliwell)
• Agenda Item E.4: Further Direction for 2018 Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2018 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures (April 9, 2018)
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental Tribal Presentation 1 (CRITFC)
• Agenda Item E.5: Final Action on 2018 Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: STT Analysis of Tentative 2018 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1

F. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item F.1: NMFS Report (Groundfish)
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Rulemaking and Other Major Activities for Groundfish in Late 2017 and Early 2018
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Groundfish and Halibut Notices February 12, 2018 – April 5, 2018
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Groundfish Science Report, NWFSC (McClure)
• Agenda Item F.2: Biennial Harvest Specifications for 2019-2020 Fisheries – Final Action
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 1: 2019-2020 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures: Description and Analysis for Council Decision-making (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 2: 2019 and 2020 Groundfish Harvest Specifications
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 3: Draft Appendix A: Integrated Alternatives
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item F.3: EFH and RCA Amendment 28 – Final Action
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental Project Team Presentation 1: (Hanshew and Project Team participants)
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Project Team Report 1: Preliminary Draft Environmental Impact Statement
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental Project Team Report 2: Supporting Materials for Council Decision Making
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental Project Team Report 3: PDEIS Supplemental Appendices D-1 and D-2
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental Project Team Report 4: Appendix C. Landings and Revenues by Alternative and by Polygon, Tables 1 thru 4
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, National Marine Fisheries Service Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Recommendations and Guidance on FMP Amendment 28
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, National Marine Sanctuaries Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, National Marine Sanctuaries Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental CA Lt. Governor Report 1: Letter to Chris Oliver and Phil Anderson dated April 2, 2018 from CA Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom Re: Support for EFH Protections off California
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental Congressional Report 1: Letter to Chris Oliver dated March 30, 2018 from Panetta et al Re: Pacific Coast EFH Conservation
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental ODFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental WDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental WDFW Presentation 1: WDFW Essential Fish Habitat Conservation Area and Rockfish Conservation Area Maps (Culver)
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental Tribal Report 1 (Hoh, Makah, and Quileute Tribes and Quinault Indian Nation)
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Public Comment 2 (Full Version Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3 (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Pearcy)
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Public Presentation 2 (Peebler)
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Public Presentation 3 (Tissot)
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Public Presentation 4 (Seabrook)
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Public Presentation 5 (Enticknap-Shester)
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Public Presentation 6 (Mann)
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Public Presentation 7 (Atkinson)
• Agenda Item F.4: Cost Recovery Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Trawl Rationalization Program Cost Recovery Annual Report (not received)
    
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Update on the 2017-2018 Trawl Rationalization Program Cost Recovery Annual Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
• Agenda Item F.5: Preliminary Preferred Management Measure Alternatives for 2019-2020 Fisheries
  • Agenda Item F.5, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: Action Item Checklist
  • Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 2: Draft Appendix C – New Management Measures Detailed Analysis
  • Agenda Item F.5, Supplemental Attachment 3: FINAL Action Item Check List
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental WDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental WDFW Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental WDFW Presentation 1: Yelloweye Rockfish: Why has catch been so far below the annual catch limit? (Culver)
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 3
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 4
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental REVISED SAS Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Zimm)
• Agenda Item F.6: Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1

G. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item G.1: Incidental Catch Limits for 2018 Salmon Troll Fishery – Final Action
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 1: Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental IPHC News Release: 23 March 2018 Revised Pacific Halibut Catch Limits for 2018
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1

H. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item H.1: Legislative Matters
  • Agenda Item H.1, Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
  • Agenda Item H.1, Supplemental Attachment 2: Four Elements of MSA Reauthorization
  • Agenda Item H.1, Supplemental Attachment 3: Senate Bill 1017 An act to amend Sections 8394.5, 8567, and 8579 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 8561.5 of, and to add Section 7057 to Sections 60.5, 8578, and 8583 to, the Fish and Game Code, relating to fisheries
  • Agenda Item H.1, Supplemental Attachment 4: DRAFT Letter to Congressman Young request for the views of the Council Coordination Committee on H.R. 200, the Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, as it was amended and ordered to be reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 13, 2017
  • Agenda Item H.1, Supplemental Attachment 5: Potential Aquaculture Issues to be Considered by Regional Fishery Management Councils and States; Prepared by Dave Whaley (3/18/18)
  • Agenda Item H.1, Supplemental Attachment 6 (Electronic Only): RFMC Positions on MSA Reauthorization Issues; CCC Working Paper dated November 14, 2017
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental Legislative Committee Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental Legislative Committee Subgroup Discussion Document
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental WDFW Report 1
• Agenda Item H.2: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item H.2, Attachment 1: Creation of an ad hoc Committee on Issues Related to Trawl Allocation and Southern Sablefish Attainment
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Supplemental USCG Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item H.3: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item H.3, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item H.3, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 7-13, 2018 in Spokane, Washington
  • Agenda Item H.3, Attachment 3: Groundfish Workload Priorities
  • Agenda Item H.3, Attachment 4: Process for Considering Issues Related to Trawl Allocation and Southern Sablefish Attainment
  • Agenda Item H.3, Supplemental Attachment 5: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Year-at-a-Glance Summary (Updated 04/11/18)
  • Agenda Item H.3, Supplemental Attachment 6: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 7-13, 2018 in Spokane, Washington (Updated 04/11/18; 8:15 AM)
  • Agenda Item H.3, Supplemental Attachment 7: Groundfish Workload Priorities (Updated 04/11/18)
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 2
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 2
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 3
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2

I. Enforcement

• Agenda Item I.1: Annual U.S. Coast Guard Fishery Enforcement Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, USCG Report 1: U. S. Coast Guard District Eleven and District Thirteen, 2017 Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental USCG Presentation 1 April 2018

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
• Supplemental REVISED Legislative Committee (LC) Agenda
• Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW) Agenda
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
• SSC DRAFT March 2018 Minutes
• Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda

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, and Interested Persons
• SSC Memo: Scientific and Statistical Committee Memo

Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster

INFORMATIONAL REPORTS

• Informational Report 1: Solicitation for U.S. Delegation – IATTC SAC and WG Meetings
• Informational Report 2: Minutes of the January 11, 2018 RecFIN Steering Committee Meeting
• Informational Report 3: Draft Framework for Determining that Stock Status Determinations and Harvest Specifications are Based on the Best Scientific Information Available
• Informational Report 4 (Electronic Only): Whiting Mothership Cooperative An Amendment 20 Mothership Catcher Vessel Cooperative Final Report on the 2017 Pacific Whiting Fishery
• Supplemental Informational Report 5: Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative Amendment 20 Catcher/Processor Cooperative Annual Report 2017
• Supplemental Informational Report 6: Letter dated March 6, 2018 to IPHC from North Pacific Council re: comments on IPHC Commissioners’ catch limit decisions
• Supplemental Informational Report 7: NMFS WCR – Regional Electronic Technology Implementation Plan: April 2018 Update
• Supplemental Informational Report 8: Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup Supplemental Informational Report on Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 3: Climate and Communities
• Supplemental Informational Report 9: Pacific Bluefin Tuna Management Strategy Evaluation Workshop May 30-31, 2018

GENERAL INFORMATION AND MEMBERSHIP ROSTER

• General Information: Chair’s Reception, Tax Exempt Form, Future Meeting Schedule, Seating Chart, and Hotel Map
• Membership Roster dated March 20, 2018 (for the April 2018 Briefing Book)