A. Call to Order
- Agenda Item A.4: Proposed April 9-16, 2019 Council Meeting Agenda
B. Open Comment Period
- Agenda Item B.1: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
- Agenda Item B.1.a: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on the West Coast Region Web Transition
- Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Presentation 1: Proposal for Council Review — Improved Accuracy of the 40F Line for Open Access Fishermen off the San Mateo Coast (Jack Gross)
- Agenda Item B.1.c, Public Comments (Electronic Only)
C. Habitat
- Agenda Item C.1: Current Habitat Issues
D. Administrative Matters
- Agenda Item D.1: National Marine Sanctuaries Coordination Report
- Agenda Item D.1.a: National Marine Sanctuaries Report 1
- Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental NMS Presentation 1: National Marine Sanctuaries Coordination (Douros)
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental HC Report 1
- Agenda Item D.1.c, Public Comments (Electronic Only)
- Agenda Item D.2: Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program Review
- Agenda Item D.2, Attachment 1: Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program Feedback Session Announcement
- Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental S-K Presentation 1: S-K Research Program; Background, Process, and Transparency (Cosgrove)
- Agenda Item D.3: Legislative Matters
- Agenda Item D.3, Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
- Agenda Item D.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- Agenda Item D.3.a, Supplemental REVISED Legislative Committee Report 1 (web links updated)
- Agenda Item D.4: Allocation Review Procedures — Preliminary
- Agenda Item D.4, Attachment 1: Policy Directive 01-119: Fisheries Allocation Review Policy
- Agenda Item D.4, Attachment 2: Procedural Directive 01-119-01: Criteria for Initiating Fisheries Allocation Reviews (Council Coordinating Committee Allocation Workgroup Guidance Document)
- Agenda Item D.4, Attachment 3: Procedural Directive 01-119-02: Recommended Practices and Factors to Consider When Reviewing and Making Allocation Decisions
- Agenda Item D.4, Attachment 4: Draft Council Operating Procedure 27, Process for Initiating Allocation Reviews
- Agenda Item D.4 Supplemental Staff Presentation 1: (Jim Seger)
- Agenda Item D.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- Agenda Item D.4.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- Agenda Item D.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- Agenda Item D.4.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
- Agenda Item D.5: Fiscal Matters
- Agenda Item D.5, Supplemental Attachment 1: Executive Director’s Report to the Budget Committee
- Agenda Item D.5, Supplemental Attachment 2: Draft Project Narrative Attachment
- Agenda Item D.5.a, Supplemental Budget Committee Report 1
- Supplemental REVISED Agenda Item D.6: Membership Appointments; Statement of Organization, Practices, and Procedures; and Council Operating Procedures
- Agenda Item D.6, Attachment 1: Proposed Changes to Council Operating Procedures
- Agenda Item D.6, Attachment 2: Council Staff Summary of Comments Received at the March 2019 Council Meeting Regarding Proposed Revisions to Council Operating Procedures
- Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: NMFS Report on the SRKW Ad Hoc Workgroup
- Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental USCG Report 1: Update on recent personnel changes with Coast guard designees to the Pacific Fishery Management Council
- Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
- Agenda Item D.7: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- Agenda Item D.7, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item D.7, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 19-25, 2019, San Diego, California
- Agenda Item D.7, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary (April 15, 2019)
- Agenda Item D.7, Supplemental Attachment 4: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Quick Reference Agenda, June 19-25, 2019, San Diego, California (04/15/2019 version)
- Agenda Item D.7, Supplemental Attachment 5: Summary of Candidate Items for Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
- Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2
- Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
- Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
- Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental REVISED GMT Report 1
- Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- Agenda Item D.7.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: Pacific Seafood
- Agenda Item D.7.b, Public Comments (Electronic Only)
E. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
- Agenda Item E.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (CPS)
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Spring 2019 Coastal Pelagic Species Rulemakings
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC Presentation 1 (DiNardo)
- Agenda Item E.2: 2019 EFPs Final Approval
- Agenda Item E.2, Attachment 1: California Wetfish Producers Association EFP Proposal
- Agenda Item E.2, Attachment 2: West Coast Pelagic Conservation Group EFP Proposal
- Agenda Item E.2, Supplemental Attachment 3: CWPA Nearshore Cooperative Survey Progress Report in support of the 2019 EFP
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Pleschner-Steele)
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Public Comments (Electronic Only)
- Agenda Item E.3: Pacific Sardine Assessment, Harvest Specifications, and Management Measures — Final Action
- Agenda Item E.3, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1 (Full Version Electronic Only): Stock Assessment Report Executive Summary: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2019 for U.S. Management in 2019-20
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Guidance on Process for Changing Stock Status, MSA Requirements When a Stock is Declared Overfished, and 2019-2020 Sardine Specifications
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental CDFW Presentation 1: CDFW-CWPA Aerial Survey 2018 Results (PowerPoint)
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1: CDFW-CWPA CPS Aerial Survey 2018 Results
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 2: Pacific Sardine landings 2015-2019
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Corbin video)
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 2 (Pleschner-Steele)
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 3 (James Gardner)
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 4 (Everingham video)
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 5 (Ken Bates)
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 6 (Jaime Diamond)
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 7 (Oceana)
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Public Comments (Electronic Only)
- Agenda Item E.4: Central Subpopulation of Northern Anchovy Management Update
- Agenda Item E.4, Attachment 1: Emsy Methodology
- Agenda Item E.4, Attachment 2: White Paper on Frequency of OFL Updates
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental REVISED SWFSC Report 1 (Electronic Only): NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS: Distribution, Biomass, and Demography of Coastal Pelagic Fishes in the California Current Ecosystem During Summer 2017 Based On Acoustic-Trawl Sampling (NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-610)
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental SWFSC Report 2 (Electronic Only): NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS: Distribution, Biomass, and Demography of Coastal Pelagic Fishes in the California Current Ecosystem During Summer 2018 Based On Acoustic-Trawl Sampling (NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-613)
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental SWFSC Presentation 1: Measurements and Extrapolations of Nearshore CPS Biomass (PowerPoint)
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental USFWS Report 1: Central Subpopulation of Northern Anchovy Management Update
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Pleschner-Steele)
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 2 (Oceana)
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 3 (Farallon Institute)
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Public Comments (Electronic Only)
- Agenda Item E.5: Central Subpopulation of Northern Anchovy Litigation Response
- Agenda Item E.5, Attachment 1: Court Order to Enforce Judgment
- Agenda Item E.5, Attachment 2: Court Order on Schedule
- Agenda Item E.5, Supplemental Attachment 3: Proposed Rule: Multi-Year Harvest Specifications for the Central Subpopulation of Northern Anchovy
- Agenda Item E.5, Supplemental Attachment 4: PFMC Comments on Proposed Rule to Established OFL, ABC, and ACLs for Central Subpopulation of Northern Anchovy
- Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Anchovy Litigation Response
- Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
- Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- Agenda Item E.5.b, Public Comments (Electronic Only)
F. Salmon Management
- Agenda Item F.1: Tentative Adoption of 2019 Management Measures for Analysis
- Preseason Report II: Proposed Alternatives and Environmental Assessment – Part 2 for 2019 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations (Electronic Only)
- Agenda Item F.1, Attachment 1: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
- Agenda Item F.1, Attachment 2: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Update of Estimated Impacts of March 2019 Alternatives for Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures, April 11, 2019
- Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 1: Washington Salmon Public Hearing
- Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 2: Oregon Salmon Public Hearing
- Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 3: California Salmon Public Hearing
- Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental PSC Report 1: AABM Fisheries Preseason Abundance Indices for 2019 and Post-Season Abundance Indices for 2018
- Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental PSC Report 2: Comprehensive Coho management guidelines for Puget Sound regional primary natural coho management units
- Agenda Item F.1.e, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Southern Resident Killer Whale Assessment of 2019 PFMC Salmon Fisheries
- Agenda Item F.1.e, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: NMFS Report on 2019 Salmon Management Schedule
- Agenda Item F.1.e, Supplemental NMFS Report 3: Revised 2019 Guidance for Sacramento Fall, Klamath Fall, and Puget Sound Chinook – April 11, 2019
- Agenda Item F.1.e, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Assessment of 2019 PFMC Salmon Fisheries on SRKW (Jording)
- Agenda Item F.1.e, Supplemental CRITFC Report 1: Testimony of the Columbia River Treaty Tribes Before the PFMC, April 11, 2019
- Agenda Item F.1.e, Supplemental Colville Tribal Report 1: PFMC/NOF Consideration of Ocean Harvest Options for Chinook Salmon
- Agenda Item F.1.e, Supplemental Hoopa Valley Tribal Report 1: Letter dated March 19, 2019 to NOAA re: Hoopa Valley Tribe v. Ross — April Mediation Meeting
- Agenda Item F.1.e, Supplemental Hoopa Valley Tribal Report 2: Letter dated March 28, 2019 to PFMC re: Tentative Adoption of 2019 Management Measures for Analysis
- Agenda Item F.1.e, Supplemental Hoopa Valley Tribal Report 3: Comments on Tentative Adoption of 2019 Management Measures for Analysis
- Agenda Item F.1.e, Supplemental Yurok Tribal Report 1: Letter dated March 15, 2019 to PFMC re: Yurok Tribal management objective for 2019
- Agenda Item F.1.e, Supplemental Tribal Troll Report 1: TABLE 3. 2019 Treaty Indian Troll Management Alternatives for Ocean Salmon Fisheries – Tribe proposed (April 11, 2019)
- Agenda Item F.1.e, Supplemental SAS Report 1: Proposed 2019 Ocean Salmon Management Measures For Tentative Adoption
- Agenda Item F.1.f, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: 2019 Salmon Fishery Management: Accounting for the needs of endangered orca? (Enticknap)
- Agenda Item F.1.f, Public Comments (Electronic Only)
- Agenda Item F.2: Clarify Council Direction on 2019 Management Measures
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2019 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures (April 12, 2019)
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: 2019 Economic Impact of Changes in Spawning Escapement Guidance (Koeppen et. al)
- Agenda Item F.3: Southern Resident Killer Whale ESA Consultation Re-Initiation Update
- Agenda Item F.3, Attachment 1: NMFS Guidance Letter on SRKW
- Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Draft Proposed Southern Resident Killer Whale Ad Hoc Workgroup Terms of Reference
- Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 1
- Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 2: CRITFC
- Agenda Item F.3.b, Public Comments (Electronic Only)
- Agenda Item F.4: Methodology Review Preliminary Topic Selection
- Agenda Item F.5: Review of Rebuilding Plans
- Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 1 (Electronic Only): Draft Salmon Rebuilding Plan – Klamath River Fall Chinook
- Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 2 (Electronic Only): Draft Salmon Rebuilding Plan – Sacramento River Fall Chinook
- Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 3 (Electronic Only): Draft Salmon Rebuilding Plan – Strait of Juan de Fuca Coho
- Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 4 (Electronic Only): Draft Salmon Rebuilding Plan – Queets River Coho
- Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 5 (Electronic Only): Draft Salmon Rebuilding Plan – Snohomish River Coho
- Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 6: Potential Timeline for Completing the Salmon Rebuilding Plans
- Agenda Item F.5, Supplemental Attachment 7: Memo dated April 1, 2019 to State-Tribal Comanagers, from Chuck Tracy, PFMC Executive Director re: Salmon Plan Rebuilding Schedules
- Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
- Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- Agenda Item F.6: Further Direction for 2019 Management Measures
- Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2019 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures (April 14, 2019)
- Agenda Item F.7: Final Action on 2019 Management Measures
- Agenda Item F.7.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: STT Analysis of Tentative 2019 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
- Agenda Item F.7.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 1: CRITFC
- Agenda Item F.7.b, Public Comments (Electronic Only)
G. Groundfish Management
- Agenda Item G.1: NMFS Report (Groundfish)
- Agenda Item G.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Groundfish and Halibut Federal Register Notices
- Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Spreadsheet of Current Rulemakings and Activities
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental NWFSC Presentation 1: Groundfish Science Report (Hastie)
- Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item G.2: ESA Mitigation Measures for Seabirds — Preliminary Action
- Agenda Item G.2, Attachment 1: Initial Review Draft, Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Proposed Regulatory Amendment under the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
- Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
- Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Public Comments (Electronic Only)
- Agenda Item G.3: ESA Mitigation Measures for Salmon
- Agenda Item G.3, Attachment 1: Incidental Take Statement Excerpted from Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion; Reinitiation of Section 7 Consultation Regarding the Pacific Fisheries Management Council’s Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; December 11, 2017
- Agenda Item G.3.a, GMT Report 1: Salmon Mitigation Measures for the Groundfish Fishery and Discussion of Potential Range of Alternatives
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2: Description of Range of Alternatives
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 3: Final ROA
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental GMT Presentation 1: Salmon Mitigation Measures (ROA Summary PowerPoint)
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- Agenda Item G.4: Amendment 26: Blackgill Rockfish Management – Final Action
- Agenda Item G.4, Attachment 1: Draft Environmental Assessment: 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 G.4, Attachment 2: Blackgill Rockfish Accumulation Limits: Alternatives and Draft Impact Analysis
- Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental REVISED NMFS Report 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Updates to Blackgill-Slope Rockfish Complex Reallocation and Accumulation Limits (Amendment 26)
- Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Updates to Blackgill –Slope Rockfish Complex Reallocation and Accumulation Limits (Amendment 26) Brian Hooper/Daniel Erickson
- Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- Agenda Item G.5: Science Improvements and Methodology Review Update
- Agenda Item G.6: Electronic Monitoring Implementation Update
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Electronic Monitoring: Implementation Timeline Update (Palmigiano)
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- Agenda Item G.7: Vessel Movement Monitoring Update
- Agenda Item G.7.a, NMFS Report 1: Update on Vessel Movement Monitoring Action
- Agenda Item G.7.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: NMFS Update on VMM Action
- Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental EC Report 1
- Agenda Item G.8: Cost Recovery Report
- Agenda Item G.8.a, NMFS Report 1: Trawl Rationalization Program Cost Recovery Annual Report Fee Calculation for 2019 and Fishing Year 2018 Payments
- Agenda Item G.8.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: 2018-2019 Cost Recovery Annual Report Trawl Rationalization Program (Chris Biegel)
- Agenda Item G.8.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- Agenda Item G.9: Final Inseason Management, Including Shorebased Carryover and Salmon Caps for Midwater Trawl EFPs — Final Action
- Agenda Item G.9, Attachment 1: Excerpt from 50 CFR 660.140 Identifying the Carryover Provision
- Agenda Item G.9, Attachment 2: Excerpt from 83 FR 6229: Groundfish Trawl and Midwater Trawl Gear in the Trawl Rationalization Program Final Rule
- Agenda Item G.9.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Update on 2019 EFPs
- Agenda Item G.9.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1: Lingcod South of 40°10’ N. LAT.
- Agenda Item G.9.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- Agenda Item G.9.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
H. Pacific Halibut Management
- Agenda Item H.1: Incidental Catch Limits for 2019 Salmon Troll Fishery – Final Action
- Agenda Item H.1, Attachment 1: Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- Agenda Item H.2: Commercial Directed Fishery Workshop Planning
- Agenda Item H.2, Supplemental Attachment 1: Recommendations for scope of Commercial Halibut Fishery Workshop
- Agenda Item H.2, Supplemental Attachment 2: Letter dated March 21, 2019 to IPHC from PFMC re: Area 2A Non-Indian Commercial Directed Fishery Dates
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
P. Public Comments for All Agenda Items
Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas AND Committee Memos)
Ancillary Agendas
Advisory Body and Committee Memos
- Committee Memos for April 2019 briefing book (in alphabetical order)
Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster
Informational Reports
- Informational Report 1: NOAA Fisheries Priorities and Annual Guidance 2019
- Informational Report 2: TRat Compliance Summary, 2018
- Supplemental Informational Report 3: IPHC News Release; Open call for Expressions of Interest: IPHC Scientific Review Board Membership 21 March 2019
- Supplemental Informational Report 4: IPHC News Release; IPHC Notification of Potential Pacific Halibut sales in 2019, Seeking Buyers Interested in Research Fish Sales 21 March 2019
- Supplemental Informational Report 5: Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative Amendment 20 Catcher/Processor Cooperative Annual Report 2018; Submitted to NMFS March 2019
- Supplemental Informational Report 6 (Electronic Only): Whiting Mothership Cooperative An Amendment 20 Mothership Catcher Vessel Cooperative Final Report on the 2018 Pacific Whiting Fishery; Submitted to NMFS & PFMC March 2019
- Supplemental Informational Report 7: Public Comment Invited by Aquaculture Science Planning Task Force
- Supplemental Informational Report 8: Agenda – CCC Meeting May 14-16, 2019
- Supplemental Informational Report 9: TRat Compliance Summary, 2018: TRat Fishery Overview (Catcher Processors)
General Information and Membership Roster
- General Information: Chair’s Reception, Tax Exempt Form, Future Meeting Schedule, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, and Membership Roster dated March 21, 2019 (for the April 2019 Briefing Book)