April 2022 briefing book

April 2022 Council Meeting

A. Call to order

• A.3, Supplemental Situation Summary: Executive Director’s Report
• A.4 Situation Summary April 2022 Detailed Agenda

B. Open comment period

• B.1 Situation Summary: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
  • B.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C. Habitat

• C.1 Situation Summary: Current Habitat Issues
  • C.1, Supplemental Attachment 1: DRAFT Letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Re: DEIS for Hydropower License Surrender and Decommissioning for the Lower Klamath Project and Klamath Hydroelectric Project
  • C.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • C.1.c Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

D. Salmon management

• D.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Salmon)
  • D.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • D.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Climate change and salmon (Lindley/Greene)
  • D.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• D.2 Situation Summary: Tentative Adoption of 2022 Management Measures for Analysis
  • Preseason Report II: Proposed Alternatives and Environmental Assessment – Part 2 for 2021 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations (Electronic Only)
  • D.2, Attachment 1: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
  • D.2, Attachment 2: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency
    Rules
  • D.2.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Update of Estimated Impacts on March 2022 Alternatives for Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
  • D.2.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 1 (Washington)
  • D.2.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 2 (Oregon)
  • D.2.b, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 3 (California)
  • D.2.c, Supplemental PSC CTC Report 1: AABM Fisheries Preseason Abundance Indices for 2022 and Post-Season Abundance Indices for 2021
  • D.2.e Supplemental Tribal Report 1: The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
  • D.2.e Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Hoopa Valley Tribal Comments
  • D.2.e Supplemental Tribal Report 3: Testimony of the Columbia River Tribes Before the PFMC, April 8, 2022
  • D.2.e, Supplemental SAS Report 1: Proposed 2022 Ocean Salmon Management Measures For Tentative Adoption
  • D.2.f, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• D.3 Situation Summary: Clarify Council Direction on 2022 Management Measures
  • D.3.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2022 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
  • D.3.a, Supplemental STT Report 2
  • D.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • D.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• D.4 Situation Summary: Methodology Review Preliminary Topic Selection
  • D.4.a, Supplemental MEW Report 1
  • D.4.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • D.4.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • D.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• D.5 Situation Summary: Further Direction for 2022 Management Alternatives
  • D.5.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2022 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures (04/11/2022 AM)
  • D.5.a, Supplemental STT Report 2: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2022 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures (04/11/2022 PM)
  • D.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• D.6 Situation Summary: 2022 Management Measures – Final Action
  • D.6.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2022 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures (04/12/2022)
  • D.6.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Testimony of the Columbia River Treaty Tribes Before PFMC April 12, 2022
  • D.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

E. Coastal pelagic species management

• E.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (CPS)
  • E.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • E.1.b, Supplemental NMFS SWFSC Presentation 1: NMFS Report, CPS Update (Dale Sweetnam)
  • E.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.2 Situation Summary: Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs) for 2022-2023 – Final Action
  • E.2, Attachment 1: California Wetfish Producers Association Point Sets Proposal
  • E.2, Attachment 2: California Wetfish Producers Association Biological Sampling Proposal
  • E.2, Attachment 3: West Coast Pelagic Conservation Group Proposal
  • E.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • E.2.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • E.2.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • E.2.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: Collaborative Fisheries Research (intro to video)
    • Video available on Council’s YouTube channel
  • E.2.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 2: CWPA Bio Sampling EFP Update
  • E.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.3 Situation Summary: Pacific Sardine Assessment, Harvest Specifications, and Management Measures – Final Action
  • E.3, Attachment 1: Stock Assessment Update
  • E.3.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • E.3.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 2
  • E.3.a, Supplemental REVISED SSC Report 1
  • E.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • E.3.a, Supplemental REVISED CPSAS Report 1
  • E.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.4 Situation Summary: Fishery Management Plan Management Categories – Final Action
  • E.4 Attachment 1, CPS FMP amendatory language
  • E.4.a, CPSMT Report 1
  • E.4.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 2
  • E.4.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • E.4.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

F. Groundfish management

• F.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Groundfish)
  • F.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Chinook Salmon Bycatch Reserve. April 2022
  • F.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2
  • F.1.b, Supplemental NMFS NWFSC Presentation 1: Science Center Activities (Craig Russell)
  • F.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.2 Situation Summary: Trawl Cost Recovery Report
  • F.2.a, NMFS Report 1: Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program: Cost Recovery Annual Report, April 2022
  • F.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Cost Recovery Annual Report (Chris Biegel)
  • F.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.2.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.3 Situation Summary: Biennial Harvest Specifications for 2023-2024 Fisheries – Final Action
  • F.3, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1 (Electronic Only): An excerpt of the analytical document with the description of 2023 and 2024 harvest specifications and the biological impacts associated with alternative harvest specifications under consideration (V.2, 04/10/2022)
  • F.3, Attachment 2: Draft Status of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery – Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (Electronic Only)
  • F.3.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Joint Testimony of the Coastal Treaty Tribes on Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • F.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • F.3.a., Supplemental GMT Presentation 1: Final Preferred Alternatives for the 2023-2024 Biennial Harvest Specifications
  • F.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.4 Situation Summary: Preliminary Preferred Management Measure Alternatives for 2023-2024 Fisheries
  • F.4, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: Action Item Checklist
  • F.4, Attachment 2: 2023-2024 Management Measure Analytical Document (Electronic Only)
  • F.4, Supplemental Attachment 3: Preliminary Socioeconomic Analyses for the 2023-2024 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • F.4, Supplemental Attachment 4: Corrections to Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 2023-2024 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures: Draft Management Measure Analytical Document
  • F.4.a, WDFW Report 1: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on 2023 and 2024 Groundfish Management Measures
  • F.4.a, ODFW Report 1: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on the 2023-24 Biennial Management Measures for the Oregon Recreational Fishery
  • F.4.a, Supplemental CDFW Report
  • F.4.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 2: Yelloweye Rockfish
  • F.4.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 3: Quillback Rockfish
  • F.4.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 4: Copper Rockfish
  • F.4.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 5: Waypoint
  • F.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • F.4.a, GMT Report 1: Report On Reconsideration of the Cowcod South Of 40° 10′ N. Lat. Annual Catch Target
  • F.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2: Pacific Spiny Dogfish
  • F.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 3: Action Items 2-11
  • F.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 4: Action Items 12-18
  • F.4.a, Supplemental GMT Presentation 1: Action Items 2-11
  • F.4.a, Supplemental REVISED GMT Presentation 2: Action Items 12-18
  • F.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.4.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • F.4.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: Ken Franke (SAC video)
  • F.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.5 Situation Summary: Implementation of the 2022 Pacific Whiting Fishery Under the U.S./Canada Agreement
  • F.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.5.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.6 Situation Summary: Non-trawl Sector Area Management Measures
  • F.6, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1 (Wiedoff/Doerpinghaus)
  • F.6, Attachment 1 (Electronic Only): Non-Trawl Sector Management Measures: Analysis To Support The Development Of A Range Of Alternatives
  • F.6.a., CDFW Report 1: Propose Protection Areas within the Cowcod Conservation Areas
  • F.6.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 1: Heceta Bank West Proposal
  • F.6.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 2: Nehalem Bank Long-Term Monitoring Sites
  • F.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • F.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.6.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • F.6.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • F.6.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: (Oceana)
  • F.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.7 Situation Summary: Electronic Monitoring Update
  • F.7.a, Supplemental GEMPAC Report 1: Electronic Monitoring Update
  • F.7.a Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • F.7.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.7.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.8 Situation Summary: Inseason Adjustments for 2022 – Final Action
  • F.8.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • F.8.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • F.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • F.8.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

G. Pacific halibut management

• G.1 Situation Summary: Incidental Catch Limits for the Salmon Troll Fishery – Final Action
  • G.1, Attachment 1: Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
  • G.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • G.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

H. Administrative matters

• H.1 Situation Summary: Final West Coast Regional Framework for Determining the Best Scientific Information Available
  • H.1, Attachment 1: West Coast Best Scientific Information Available Regional Framework
  • H.1, Attachment 2: West Coast Best Scientific Information Available Regional Framework Workbook (Electronic Only – Excel Workbook)
  • H.1.a, Supplemental REVISED NMFS Report 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Final Draft West Coast Framework for Best Scientific Information Available
  • H.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Developing a West Coast Regional ‘Best Scientific Information Available’ Framework
  • H.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • H.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.2 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • H.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • H.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • H.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.3 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • H.3, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • H.3, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 2022
  • H.3, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary (v 04/12/2022)
  • H.3, Supplemental Attachment 4: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 2022 (v. 04/12/2022)
  • H.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • H.3.a, Supplemental EWG Report 1
  • H.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • H.3.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • H.3.a, Supplemental MPC Report 1
  • H.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • H.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • H.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

I. Enforcement

• I.1 Situation Summary: Annual U.S. Coast Guard West Coast Fishery Enforcement Report
  • I.1.a, USCG Report 1: U. S. Coast Guard 2021 Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council, April 2022. Prepared by Thirteenth and Eleventh Coast Guard District and Thirteenth Coast Guard District
  • I.1.a Supplemental USCG Presentation 1: West Coast Fishery Enforcement Report to PFMC
  • I.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

Advisory body and committee agendas

• Committee agendas for the April 2022 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)

Advisory body and committee memos

• Committee memos for the April 2022 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)

Informational reports

• Supplemental Informational Report 1: 2021 Trawl Rationalization (TRat) Compliance Summary
• Supplemental Informational Report 2: CEQ Blogpost: Columbia River Basin Fisheries

General Information and Membership Roster

• General Information: Membership Roster (dated March 23 2022 for the April 2022 briefing book); Seating Chart; Council Meeting Schedule