April 2023 briefing book

April 2023 Council Meeting

A. Call to order

• A.3, Situation Summary: April 2023 Detailed Agenda
• A.4 Situation Summary: Executive Director’s Report

B. Open comment period

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

C. Habitat issues

• C.1 Situation Summary:   Current Habitat Issues
  • C.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • C.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

D. Pacific halibut

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

E. Salmon management

• E.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Salmon)
  • E.1.b Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Fisheries Science Center Activities
  • E.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.2 Situation Summary: Tentative Adoption of 2023 Management Measures for Analysis
  • Preseason Report II: Proposed Alternatives and Environmental Assessment – Part 2 for 2023 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations (Electronic Only)
  • E.2, Attachment 1: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
  • E.2, Attachment 2: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
  • E.2.a, Supplemental STT Report 1:  Update of Estimated Impacts of March 2023 Alternatives for Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
  • E.2.b Supplemental Public Hearing Report 1:  Westport, Washington
  • E.2.b Supplemental Public Hearing Report 2:  North Bend, Oregon
  • E.2.b Supplemental Public Hearing Report 3:  Santa Rosa, California
  • E.2.c, Supplemental PSC Report 1:  AABM Fisheries Preseason Abundance Indices for 2023 and Postseason Abundance Indices for 2022
  • E.2.e, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • E.2.e, Supplemental Tribal Report 1:  Comments from the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
  • E.2.e, Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Statement by the Columbia River Treaty Tribes
  • E.2.e, Supplemental SAS Report 1: Proposed 2023 Ocean Salmon Management Measures For Tentative Adoption
  • E.2.f, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.3 Situation Summary: Clarify Council Direction on 2023 Management Measures
  • E.3.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2023 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
  • E.3.a, Supplemental STT Report 2: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2023 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures (April 4, 2023)
  • E.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

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

• E.5 Situation Summary: Sacramento and Klamath River Fall Chinook Conservation Objectives Scoping
  • E.5.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1: Klamath Dam Removal Related Adjustments to Management Targets
  • E.5.a, Supplemental CFGC Report 1
  • E.5.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • E.5.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • E.5.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • E.5.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • E.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.6 Situation Summary: Improvements to Southern Oregon/Northern California Coho Ocean Fishery Exploitation Rate Forecasts
  • E.6, Attachment 1: Scoping Potential Improvements to Forecast Ocean Fishery Exploitation Rates on Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho
  • E.6.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • E.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.7 Situation Summary: Southern Resident Killer Whale Chinook Threshold and Other Fishery Management Plan Clarifications – Scoping

• E.8 Situation Summary: Further Direction on 2023 Management Measures
  • E.8.a, Supplemental STT Report 1:  Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2023 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures (04/05/2023)
  • E.8.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.9 Situation Summary: Klamath Dam Removal Update
  • E.9.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1
  • E.9.b, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • E.9.b, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • E.9.b, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • E.9.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.10 Situation Summary: 2023 Management Measures – Final Action
  • E.10.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: STT Analysis of Tentative 2023 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures (04/06/2023)
  • E.10.a, Supplemental STT Report 2:  Klamath River Fall Chinook de minimis Exploitation Rate
  • E.10.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 1:  Statement by the Columbia River Treaty Tribes to the PFMC, April 6, 2023
  • E.10.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

F. Administrative matters

• F.1 Situation Summary: Regional Implementation of the National Equity and Environmental Justice Strategy
  • F.1, Attachment 1: Existing Council Activities that Responsive to EEJ Concerns
  • F.1.a, NMFS Supplemental Presentation 1:  NOAA Fisheries EEJ (Scott Rumsey and Kristen Koch)
  • F.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • F.1.b, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • F.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.1.b, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • F.1.b, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • F.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.2 Situation Summary: Council Meeting and Process Efficiencies
  • F.2, Attachment 1: Staff White Paper on Formats for Council Advisory Body Meetings
  • F.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental EWG Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental SAS Report
  • F.2.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • F.2.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.3 Situation Summary: North Pacific Fisheries Commission Update
  • F.3.a, Supplemental NPFC Presentation 1:  North Pacific Fisheries Commission Update (Rich Lincoln)
  • F.3.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.4 Situation Summary: Marine Planning
  • F.4, Supplemental Attachment 1:  NOAA and BOEM Seeking Volunteers to Share Their Thoughts About Offshore Wind Energy on the Oregon Coast
  • F.4.a, MPC Report 1
  • F.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1:  NOAA Aquaculture Opportunity Areas Public Scoping Report
  • F.4.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • F.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.4.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • F.4.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.5 Situation Summary: Legislative Matters
  • F.5, Attachment 1: Summary of Federal Legislation in the 118th U.S. Congress
  • F.5, Supplemental Attachment 2:  Letter from The Honorable Representative Boomer Wright House, District 09 (OR) re:  HB 3382
  • F.5.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
  • F.5.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.6 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • F.6, Attachment 1: Proposed Changes to COP 9, Schedule 3
  • F.6, Supplemental Attachment 2:  Letter from Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission; Change in Designee
  • F.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • F.6.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • F.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.7 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • F.7, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • F.7, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 2023
  • F.7, Supplemental Attachment 3:  Council Staff Proposal; Advisory Body Meeting Formats
  • F.7, Supplemental Attachment 4: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary (v. April 6, 2023)
  • F.7, Supplemental Attachment 5: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 2023 (version April 6, 2023)
  • F.7.a, EWG Report 1
  • F.7.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • F.7.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • F.7.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.7.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • F.7.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • F.7.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

G. Groundfish management

• G.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Groundfish)
  • G.1.a, Supplemental REVISED NMFS Report 1: Proposed Rule to List the Sunflower Sea Star as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act. (Electronic Only)
  • G.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Recently Published Groundfish Rulemakings & Workload
  • G.1.a Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1:  Briefing: Proposed Rule to List the Sunflower Sea Star as Threatened Under the ESA (Dr. Dayv Lowry)
  • G.1.b, NWFSC Report 1: Pacific Halibut Bycatch in U.S. West Coast
    Groundfish Fisheries, 2002 – 2021 (update and correction)
  • G.1.b, NWFSC Report 2: Pacific Halibut Bycatch in the U.S. West Coast
    Groundfish Fisheries, 2002-2021 Excel Tables. (Electronic Only)
  • G.1.b, Supplemental NWFSC Presentation 1:  Science Center Activities (Craig Russell)
  • G.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.2 Situation Summary: Trawl Cost Recovery Annual Report
  • G.2.a, NMFS Report 1: Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program 2023 Cost Recovery Annual Report: Fee Calculation for 2023 and Fishing Year 2022 Payments
  • G.2.a, NMFS Report 2: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Cost Savings and Efficiencies in the Trawl Rationalization Program
  • G.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1:  Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program Cost Recovery Annual Report; Fee Calculation for 2023 and Fishing Year 2022 Payments
  • G.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.2.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.3 Situation Summary: Trawl Catch Share Cost Project – Update
  • G.3, Attachment 1: An Initial Review Draft of a Comparative Cost Study for the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program (Electronic Only)
  • G.3.a, Supplemental Presentation 1:  Initial Review of Catch Share Cost Study (Darrell Brannan)
  • G.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.3.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.4 Situation Summary: Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • G.4.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1:  Report on Final Harvest of Select Groundfish Species of Interest in 2022
  • G.4.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 2:  Informational Report on Initial Harvest of Select Groundfish Species of Interest in 2023
  • G.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.5 Situation Summary: Sablefish Gear Switching –Check-in and Refine the Range of Alternatives
  • G.5, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1 (Seger)
  • G.5, Attachment 1: Synopsis of Gear Switching Alternatives, Options, Comparisons, and Issues
  • G.5, Attachment 2: Range of Gear Switching Alternatives Adopted for
    Analysis by the Council at its September 2021, June 2022, and November 2022 Meetings
  • G.5.a, NMFS Report 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Implementation of Revised Gear Switching Alternatives
  • G.5.a, Supplemental WDFW Report 1:  Check-In and Refine the Range of Alternatives
  • G.5.a, Council Member Report 1: Council Member Report on Sablefish Gear
    Switching (Anderson)
  • G.5.a, Supplemental Council Member Report 2 (Anderson)
  • G.5.a, Supplemental Council Member Report 3 (Christa M. Svensson)
  • G.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.5.a, GAP Report 1
  • G.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report 2
  • G.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.6 Situation Summary: Considerations for a Sablefish Assessment Update
  • G.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1:  Overview of the Status of Age Reading to Support Planned 2023 Groundfish Assessments
  • G.6.a, Supplemental NWFSC Presentation 1:  Update on Ageing to Support 2023 Stock Assessments and Information Related to a Potential Limited Assessment Update for Sablefish in 2023
  • G.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.6.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • G.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

H. Coastal pelagic species management

• H.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (CPS)
  • H.1.a, Supplemental REVISED NMFS Report 1:  Report from the Pacific Sardine Stock Structure Workshop, November 2022 (updated v. 04/06/2023)
  • H.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2:  CPS Regulatory Activities
  • H.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC Presentation 1:  Southwest Fisheries Science Center Coastal Pelagic Species Research Update (Annie Yau)
  • H.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • H.1.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • H.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • H.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.2 Situation Summary: Exempted Fishing Permits for 2023-2024 – Final Action
  • H.2, Attachment 1: California Wetfish Producers Association Point Sets Sampling Proposal
  • H.2, Attachment 2: California Wetfish Producers Association Biological Sampling Proposal
  • H.2, Attachment 3: March 13, 2023 Letter from West Coast Pelagic Conservation Group Withdrawing EFP Proposal
  • H.2.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • H.2.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • H.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.3. Situation Summary: Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Housekeeping – Final Action
  • H.3, Attachment 1: Underline/Strikethrough of Public Review Draft of CPS FMP (November 2022) (Electronic Only)
  • H.3, Attachment 2: Public Review Draft of CPS FMP (November 2022)
    (Electronic Only)
  • H.3, Attachment 3: April 2023 Proposed Edits on Underline/Strikethrough of
    Public Review Draft of CPS FMP (Electronic Only)
  • H.3, Attachment 4: April 2023 Proposed Edits to Public Review Draft of CPS FMP (Electronic Only)
  • H.3.a, CPSMT Report 1
  • H.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 2
  • H.3.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • H.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.4: Situation Summary: Sardine Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2023-2024 – Final Action
  • H.4, Attachment 1: Update Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2022 for U.S. Management in 2022-2023 (Electronic Only)
  • H.4.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1:  Pacific Sardine Landings 2015-2023
  • H.4.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • H.4.a, Supplemental SSC Report 2
  • H.4.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • H.4.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • H.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.5 Situation Summary: Coastal Pelagic Species Essential Fish Habitat Amendment
  • H.5, Attachment 1: Draft Alternatives Document
  • H.5, Supplemental Attachment 2 (Electronic Only): Draft Proposed EFH Appendix
  • H.5, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1:  CPS EFH; Range of Alternatives/PPA (Kerry Griffin)
  • H.5.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • H.5.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • H.5.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • H.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

Advisory body and committee agendas

• Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel
• Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team
• Enforcement Consultants
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel
• Groundfish Management Team
• Legislative Committee
• Habitat Committee
• Model Evaluation Workgroup
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel
• Scientific and Statistical Committee
  • Scientific and Statistical Committee: DRAFT March 4-5, 2023 Minutes
  • Coastal Pelagic Species Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee Review of aspects related to assessment of Pacific Sardine and other CPS Species (March 20-21, 2023 meeting)
• Salmon Technical Team
• All One File: Committee agendas for the April 2023 briefing book (all one file bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)

Advisory body and committee memos

• Committee memos for the April 2023 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)

Informational reports

• Informational Report 1:  2022 Trawl Rationalization Compliance Summary (NMFS OLE, March 2023)
• Informational Report 2:  NOAA Fisheries Proposes Listing Sunflower Sea Star as Threatened under Endangered Species Act
• Informational Report 3:  NOAA Fisheries Seeks Public Comment on Enforcement Priorities for 2023–2027
• Supplemental Informational Report 4:  NMFS West Coast Geographic Strategic Plan
• Supplemental REVISED Informational Report 5:  In Loving Memory, Michele Longo Eder

General Information

• General Information: Chairs reception, Covid protocols, Seating chart; Council meeting schedule