April 2024 briefing book

April 2024 Council Meeting

A. Call to Order

• A.3 April 2024 Detailed Agenda
• A.4 Executive Directors Report

B. Open Comment Period

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

C. Habitat Issues

• C.1 Situation Summary: Current Habitat Issues
  • C.1.a Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Current Habitat Issues
  • C.1.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

D. Pacific Halibut Management

• D.1 Situation Summary: Incidental Catch Limits for 2024 Salmon Troll Fishery – Final Action
  • D.1.a Attachment 1: Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
  • D.1.a Supplemental SAS Report 1: Salmon Advisory Subpanel Report on Incidental Halibut Catch Limits for 2024-2025 Salmon Troll Fishery – Final Action
  • D.1.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

E. Salmon Management

• E.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • E.1.b Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Inflation Reduction Act: Pacific Salmon Science
  • E.1.b Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: NMFS Science Review
  • E.1.d Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.2 Situation Summary: Tentative Adoption of 2024 Management Measures for Analysis
  • E.2 Attachment 1: Emergency Changes to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan
  • E.2 Attachment 2: Federal Register Notice
  • E.2.a Supplemental STT Report 1: Salmon Technical Team Report 1: Update of Estimated Impacts of March 2024 Alternatives for Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
  • E.3 Supplemental Attachment 3: Preseason report II Proposed Alternatives and Environmental Assessment Part 2 for 2024 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations
  • E.2.b Supplemental Public Hearing Report 1: Salmon Hearing Summary on Management Alternatives Washington Report
  • E.2.b Supplemental Public Hearing Report 2: Salmon Hearing Summary on Management Alternatives Oregon Report
  • E.2.b Supplemental Public Hearing Report 3: Salmon Hearing Summary on Management Alternatives California Report
  • E.2.c Supplemental PSC Report 1: Memo to PSC_2021 Model Calibration Final
  • E.2.d Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Testimony and Statement of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe
  • E.2.e Supplemental Tribal Report 1: CTCR Memo
  • E.2.e Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Statement by the Columbia River Treaty Tribes to the Pacific Fishery Management Council Seattle WA April 6, 2024
  • E.2.e Supplemental SAS Report 1: Salmon Advisory Subpanel Report 1: Proposed 2024 Ocean Salmon Management Measures for Tentative Adoption
  • E.2.f Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.3 Situation Summary: Clarify Council Direction on 2024 Management Measures
  • E.3.a Supplemental STT Report 1: Salmon Technical Team Report Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Ocean Fisheries
  • E.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.4 Situation Summary: Methodology Review Preliminary Topic Selection
  • E.4.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Methodology Review Preliminary Topic Selection
  • E.4.a Supplemental STT Report 1: Salmon Technical Team Report on Methodology Review Preliminary Topic Selection
  • E.4.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.5 Situation Summary: Further Direction on 2024 Management Measures
  • E.5.a Supplemental STT Report 1: Salmon Technical Team Report Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Ocean Fisheries
  • E.5.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.6 Situation Summary: 2024 Management Measures – Final Action
  • E.6.a Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Letter from The Confederated Tribes of Colville Reservation
  • E.6.a Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Statement by the CRTT to the PFMC
  • E.6.a Supplemental STT Report 1: Salmon Technical Team Report Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Ocean Fisheries
  • E.6.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1: CDFW Letter to the Council
  • E.6.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

F. Groundfish Management

• F.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report Including a Take Reduction Team Overview
  • F.1 Attachment 1: Federal Register Notice
  • F.1 Supplemental Attachment 2: Yates Quick Response Letter TRT
  • F.1.b Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: MMPA Take Reduction Planning Overview
  • F.1.d Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on National Marine Fisheries Service Report Including a Take Reduction Team Overview
  • F.1.e Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.2 Situation Summary: Biennial Harvest Specifications for 2025-26 Fisheries – Final Preferred Alternatives
  • F.2 Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: DRAFT Harvest Specifications Section of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 2025-2026 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures (Electronic Only)
  • F.2 Supplemental REVISED Attachment 2: Update to the 2019 Washington Cabezon Catch-Only Model
  • F.2.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Biennial Harvest Specifications for 2025-26 Including Overfishing Limits and Acceptable Biological Catches
  • F.2.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Biennial Harvest Specifications for 2025-26 Fisheries – Final Preferred Alternatives
  • F.2.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Biennial Harvest Specifications for 2025-2026 Fisheries – Final Preferred Alternatives
  • F.2.a Supplemental WDFW Report 1: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on Biennial Harvest Specifications for 2025-26 Fisheries
  • F.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.3 Situation Summary: Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • F.3.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Inseason Adjustments for 2024
  • F.3.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Inseason Management – Final Action
  • F.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.4 Situation Summary: Sablefish Gear Switching – Final Action and Fishery Management Plan Amendment
  • F.4 Attachment 1: Synopsis of Gear Switching Alternatives, Options, Comparisons, and Issues
  • F.4 Attachment 2: Range of Gear Switching Alternatives for Analysis and Preliminary Preferred Alternative (PPA)
  • F.4 Attachment 3: Analysis to Inform Selection of Final Preferred Alternative for Sablefish Gear Switching (Electronic Only)
  • F.4 Attachment 4: Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendatory Language Proposed for the Council Preliminary Preferred Alternative on Gear-Switching
  • F.4 Supplemental Staff PowerPoint: Sablefish Gear Switching – Final Action & FMP Amendment
  • F.4.a NMFS Report 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Gear Switching
  • F.4.a Supplemental REVISED GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Sablefish Gear Switching – Final Action and Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Amendment
  • F.4.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.5 Situation Summary: Preliminary Preferred Management Measure Alternatives for 2025-26 Fisheries
  • F.5 Attachment 1: REVISED Action Item Checklist: 2025-2026 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures v.2
  • F.5 Attachment 2: REVISED Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 2025-2026 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures (Electronic Only)
  • F.5 Attachment 3: DRAFT Language to Support Amendment to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (Electronic Only)
  • F.5 Supplemental Attachment 4: Preliminary Draft Socioeconomic Analysis for the 2025-26 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures (Electronic Only)
  • F.5 Supplemental Attachment 5: Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment for Amendment 33 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, 2025-2026 Harvest Specifications, and Management Measures
  • F.5 Supplemental Attachment 6: Correction to Draft Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 2025-2026 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Document
  • F.5 Supplemental Attachment 7: Correction to Draft Harvest Specifications Sections of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 2025-2026 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Document
  • F.5.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Scoping of Rockfish Species Sorting Requirement New Management Measure
  • F.5.a Supplemental GMT Report 2: Groundfish Management Team Draft Analysis to Support Removal of The Shortspine Thornyhead Management Line at 34* 27′ North Latitude
  • F.5.a Supplemental GMT Report 3: Groundfish Management Team Report on Biennial Management Measures for 2025-2026: Area Management Measures and Off-the-Top Deductions
  • F.5.a Supplemental GMT Report 4: Groundfish Management Team Report on 2025-2026 Management Measures PPA: Annual Catch Targets, Allocations, Harvest Guidelines, Shares, and At-Sea Set-Asides
  • F.5.a Supplemental GMT Report 5: Groundfish Management Team Report on Biennial Management Measures for 2025-26: Trip Limits, Bag Limits, and Season Structures; New Management Measures; & Quillback Rockfish Rebuilding Plan
  • F.5.a Supplemental WDFW Report 1: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Preliminary Preferred Harvest Management Measures for 2025-26 Fisheries
  • F.5.a Supplemental ODFW Report 1: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on the 2025-26 Biennial Management Measures for the Oregon Recreational Fishery
  • F.5.a Supplemental ODFW Report 2: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Sorting Requirments
  • F.5.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Preliminary Preferred Management Alternatives for 2025-2026 Fisheries
  • F.5.a Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Preliminary 2025-2026 Tribal Management Measures
  • F.5.a Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Letter to Ms Quan on Makah Treaty Groundfish Fisheries in 2025-2026
  • F.5.a Supplemental EC Report 1: Enforcement Consultants Report on Preliminary Preferred Management Measure Alternatives for 2025-26 Fisheries
  • F.5.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Preliminary Preferred Management Measure Alternatives for 2025-2026 Fisheries
  • F.5.a Supplemental GMT Presentation 1: Action Items 1-20
  • F.5.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

G. Administrative Matters

• G.1 Situation Summary: Fiscal Matters
  • G.1 Supplemental Attachment 1: Budget Committee Agenda
  • G.1 Supplemental Attachment 2: Budget Committee Presentation
  • G.1.a Supplemental BC Report 1: Report of the Budget Committee
  • G.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.2 Situation Summary: Council Operations and Priorities
  • G.2.a COTW Report 1: Report of the January 18-19, 2024 Committee of the Whole (COTW) Meeting
  • G.2.b Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • G.2.b Supplemental EWG Report 1: Ecosystem Workgroup Supplemental Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • G.2.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.3 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • G.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.4 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • G.4 REVISED Attachment 1: Year at a Glance (YAG)
  • G.4 Attachment 2: June Quick Reference (QR)
  • G.4 Attachment 3: PFMC Inflation Reduction Act Proposals
  • G.4 Supplemental Attachment 4: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • G.4 Supplemental Attachment 5: Proposed Pacific Council Meeting Agenda, June 7-13, 2024 San Diego, CA
  • G.4.a Supplemental Council Member Report 1: Council Member Report on Data Collection of State and Federal California Groundfish (Ridings)
  • G.4.a Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • G.4.a Supplemental CPSMT Report 1: Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • G.4.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • G.4.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • G.4.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • G.4.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

H. Cross Fishery Management Plan (FMP)

• H.1 Situation Summary: Report of the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
  • H.1.a ONMS Report 1: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Coordination Report (April 2024) (Electronic Only)
  • H.1.b Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Report
  • H.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.2 Situation Summary: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Annual Report
  • H.2 Supplemental USCG Presentation 1: U.S. Coast Guard West Coast Fishery Enforcement Report
  • H.2.a Supplemental USCG Report 1: U.S. Coast Guard 2023 Report
  • H.2.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

I. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• I.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • I.1.a Supplemental NMFS Report 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Coastal Pelagic Species Regulatory Activities
  • I.1.b Supplemental Presentation 1: Southwest Fisheries Science Center Coastal Pelagic Species Research Update
  • I.1.d Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.2 Situation Summary: 2024-2025 Exempted Fishing Permits – Final Action
  • I.2 Attachment 1: CWPA Point Sets
  • I.2 Attachment 2: Bio Sampling
  • I.2.a Supplemental CPSMT Report 1: Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team Report on Exempted Fishing Permits for 2024-2025 – Final Action
  • I.2.a Supplemental CPSAS Report 1: Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel Report in 2024-2025 Exempted Fishing Permits (EFP) – Final Action
  • I.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.3 Situation Summary: Pacific Sardine Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2024-2025 – Final Action
  • I.3 Attachment 1: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2024 for U.S. Management in 2024-2025 (Electronic Only)
  • I.3 Attachment 2: Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel meeting Report
  • I.3 Supplemental Attachment 3: Supplemental Appendix to Pacific sardine benchmark stock assessment
  • I.3.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Pacific Sardine Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2024-2025 – Final Action
  • I.3.a Supplemental CPSMT Report 1: Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team Report on Pacific Sardine Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2024-2025 – Final Action
  • I.3.a Supplemental CPSAS Report 1: Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel Report on Pacific Sardine Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2024-25 – Final Action
  • I.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

Advisory body and committee agendas

• Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) Agenda
• Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) Agenda
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
• Scientific & Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
• Scientific & Statistical Committee Minutes

Advisory body and committee memos

• Enforcement Consultants Memo
• Coastal Pelagic Species Memo
• Groundfish Management Memo
• Salmon Memo
• Scientific & Statistical Committee Memo

Informational reports

• Informational Report 1: Marine Planning Committee Informational Report on Offshore Wind Energy Issues
• Supplemental Informational Report 2: 2023 Trawl Rationalization (TRat) Compliance Summary
• Supplemental Informational Report 3: Federal Funding Allocated for California 2023 Salmon Fishing Disaster; CDFW Seeks Public Input on Spending Plan

General Information and Membership Roster

• Reception Flyer
• Council Meeting Schedule
• Westin Hotel Map
• Council Seating Diagram
• Illness Protocols
• Roster (as of March 19, 2024)