Briefing Books: 2009

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March 2009 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.4 March 7-13, 2009 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Open Comment (Non-Agenda Items)

• Agenda Item B.1Supplemental Open Comment (PWCC, Hensel, Makah)
• Agenda Item B.1 Supplemental Open Comment 2 (Collins)

C. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item C.1 Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Terms of Reference for 2009
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Attachment 1 Review Draft Terms of Reference for a Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review Process (including tracked edits to the document since November 2008, to review the document without tracked edits, visit the following webpage: http://www.pcouncil.org/cps/cpsstar.html
  • Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental Revised SSC Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.c, CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.c, CPSAS Report

• Agenda Item C.2 Exempted Fishing Permit for Sardine Research
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Attachment 1 West Coast Sardine Survey, Justification for an Exempted Fishing Permit in 2009
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Attachment 2 California Aerial and Acoustic Sardine Survey, Justification for an Exempted Fishing Permit in 2009
  • Agenda Item C.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item C.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item C.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Public Comment 1 February 18, 2009 letter to Mr. Mike Burner from Mr. Jerry Thon, Northwest Sardine Survey, LLC
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Public Comment 2 February 18, 2009 letter to Mr. Don Hansen and Dr. Donald McIsaac from Ms. Diane Pleschner-Steele, California Wetfish Producers Association
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Public Comment 3 Letter and Powerpoint from California Wetfish Producers Association
• Agenda Item C.3 Fishery Management Plan Amendments to Implement Annual Catch Limit Requirements
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 1 Final Rule to Amend the NMFS Guidelines for National Standard 1 (74 FR 3178)
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 2 NMFS Presentation on NMFS Guidelines for National Standard 1
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 3 Summary of Potential Issues and Timelines for Amending the CPS FMP for Compliance With NS1
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment (Oceana, Very Large File, 10 MB)

D. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item D.1 Review of 2008 Fisheries and Summary of 2009 Stock Abundance Estimates
  • Review of 2008 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
  • Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis for 2009 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
• Agenda Item D.2 Identification of Stocks Not Meeting Conservation Objectives
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 1 Excerpt from the Pacific Coast Salmon Plan – § 3.2. Overfishing Criteria
  • Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis for 2009 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
• Agenda Item D.3 Identification of Management Objectives and Preliminary Definition of 2009 Salmon Management Options
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 1 Guidance for Option Development and Assessment
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 2 Emergency Changes to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 3 FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
  • Agenda Item D.3.c, NMFS Report 1 GSI Sampling Plan Letter
  • Agenda Item D.3.c, Supplemental NMFS Report 2 ESA Guidance Letter
  • Agenda Item D.3.c, Supplemental NMFS Powerpoint (Lawson/Grimes – Large File 3 MB)
  • Agenda Item D.3.d, Supplemental Hoopa Valley Tribe Report
  • Agenda Item D.3.d, Supplemental Tribal Comment 2 (CRITFC)
  • Agenda Item D.3.d, Supplemental Tribal Comment 3 (Preliminary Definition of 2009 Management Options to the PFMC)
  • Agenda Item D.3.d/e, Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Recommendations for Puget Sound Chinook and Coho Salmon
  • Agenda Item D.3.f, Supplemental SAS Report, Proposed Initial Salmon Management Options for 2009 Non-Indian Ocean Fisheries
  • Agenda Item D.3.h, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item D.3.h, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item D.4 Council Recommendations for 2009 Management Option Analysis
  • Agenda Item D.4.b, Supplemental STT Report Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Options for 2009 Ocean Fisheries
• Agenda Item D.5 Council Direction for 2009 Management Options (If Necessary)
  • Agenda Item D.5.b, Supplemental STT Report
• Agenda Item D.6 Fishery Management Plan Amendments to Implement Act Requirements
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, Attachment 1 Council Operating Procedure 11 – Plan Amendment Cycles
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, Attachment 2 Summary of Potential Issues and Timelines for amending the Salmon FMP for compliance with NS1
  • Agenda Item D.6.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item D.6.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.6.b, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item D.6.b, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 1 Final Rule to Amend the NMFS Guidelines for National Standard 1 (74 FR 3178)
• Agenda Item D.7 Adoption of 2009 Management Options for Public Review
  • Agenda Item D.7.b, Supplemental STT Report Analysis of Preliminary Salmon Management Options for 2009 Ocean Fisheries
  • Agenda Item D.7.c, Supplemental Comments of Hoopa Valley Tribe
  • Agenda Item D.7.c, Supplemental Tribal Comment 2
  • Agenda Item D.7.e, Supplemental Treaty Troll Motion
• Agenda Item D.8 Salmon Hearings Officers
  • Agenda Item D.8.a, Attachment 1 Schedule of Salmon Fishery Management Option Hearings

E. Enforcement Issues

• Agenda Item E.1 U.S. Coast Guard Annual West Coast Fishery Enforcement Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, USCG Report

F. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item F.1 Report on the International Pacific Halibut Commission Meeting
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1 IPHC News Release
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 2 2009 Area 2A Pacific Halibut Allocations
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Meeting Summary Summary of International Pacific Halibut Commission Meeting
• Agenda Item F.2 Incidental Catch Regulations in the Salmon Troll and Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1 Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental SAS Report

G. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item G.1 Pacific Whiting Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2009
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 1 Entire Document and Executive Summary of Stock Assessment of Pacific Hake, Merluccius productus, (a.k.a. Whiting) in U.S. and Canadian Waters in 2009 (entire document on website and CD)
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 2 Pacific Whiting – The Joint U.S.-Canada STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, NMFS Report January 14 letter from Frank Lockhart to Don Hansen regarding the NMFS plan to prosecute the 2009 shoreside whiting fishery under an EFP
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Tribal Report November 3, 2008 letter from Mr. Mel Moon, Jr. of the Quileute Indian Tribe to the Pacific Fishery Management Council regarding the 2009 tribal whiting set-asides
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental EC Report
• Agenda Item G.2 Consideration of Inseason Adjustments Including Pacific Whiting Bycatch Limits
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item G.3 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 20 – Trawl Rationalization – Ownership and Miscellaneous Issues
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1 Trawl Rationalization – Schedule for 2009
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 2 Pacific Council Recommendations for Rationalization of the Groundfish Trawl Fishery (Including Whiting)
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 3 Trawl Rationalization Council Action November 2008 Draft Staff Notes on Discussion
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 4 Eligibility to Own IFQ; Council Staff Report to the GAC on Trailing Action Considerations
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 5 Examples of “Eligible to Own” Issue in Other Rationalized Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 6 Accountability for Species by Sector
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 7 Analysis Illustrating the Effect of Two Different Finer Area Bycatch Rate Overfished Species Allocation Formulas
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 8 Select Excerpts Pertaining to Pacific Halibut Initial Allocation South of 40 Degrees 10 Minutes North Latitude
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 9 Example Identification Criteria for the Eligible to Own Issue
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 10 Comparison of “Eligible to Own” Language From Amendment 6 and Amendment 20
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental Powerpoint (Burden)
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, GAC Report Eligible to Own Issue and Other Clarifications
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental IPHC Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental WDFW Report 1, Amendment 20: Trawl Rationalization
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental REVISED WDFW Report 2, Pacific Halibut Individual Bycatch Quota
  • Agenda Item G.3.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item G.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item G.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment 4
• Agenda Item G.4 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 20 – Trawl Rationalization – Accumulation Limits
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Staff Report Summary of Accumulation Limit Issues and Analysis
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental PowerPoint (Niles/Burden)
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental PowerPoint 2
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, GAC Report Groundfish Allocation Committee Report On Amendment 20 – Trawl Rationalization – Accumulation Limits
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, GMT Report Groundfish Management Team (GMT) and Council Staff Report On Amendment 20 – A Framework Approach For Setting Control and Vessel Usage Limits For Non-Whiting Target Species
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 6
  • Agenda Item G.4.d, Supplemental Motion in Writing (Rod Moore)
• Agenda Item G.5 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 22: Open Access License Limitation
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 1 Open Access Fishery License Limitation Informational Flyer
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 2 Open Access Fishery License Limitation Qualification Criteria Report requested by Groundfish Allocation Committee
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 3 Draft Environmental Assessment (Updated) for Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment 22: Conversion of the Open Access Fishery to Federal Permit Management
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 4 Possible Open Access Groundfish Fishery Conversion to Limited Entry and Permit Implementation Schedule
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, GAC Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental EA Writing Team Report Supplemental Open Acess Fishery Report: Preliminary Analysis of 2006-2008 Post-Window Period Directed Fishery Landings
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental EA Writing Team Powerpoint (Boydstun)
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental ODFW Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental CDFG Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item G.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item G.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
  • Agenda Item G.5.d, Supplemental Motion in Writing (Rod Moore)
• Agenda Item G.6 National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Attachment 1 Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Report Pacific Whiting Fishery Summary, All Sectors, 2008
• Agenda Item G.7 Final Consideration of Inseason Adjustments — If Needed
  • Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental GMT Report
• Agenda Item G.8 Essential Fish Habitat Review Committee Terms of Reference
  • Agenda Item G.8.b, EFHRC Report Statement of Intent and Terms of Reference
  • Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental Tribal Recommendation

H. Habitat

• Agenda Item H.1 Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental SAS Report

I. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item I.1 Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
• Agenda Item I.2 Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 1 DRAFT Minutes, March 8-14, 2008
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 2 DRAFT Minutes, September 7-12, 2008
• Agenda Item I.3 Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 1 Draft Preliminary “Year at a Glance Summary” of Council Meeting Agenda Topics and Council Floor Time Estimate
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 2 Draft Preliminary Three-Meeting Outlook for the Pacific Council
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 3 Supplemental REVISED Draft Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 2-9, 2009, Millbrae, California
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 4 Pacific Council Workload Planning: Year at a Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 5 Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda for April 2-9, 2009, Millbrae, California
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 6 Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda for June 11-18, 2009, Spokane, Washington
  • Agenda Item I.3.b Supplemental NMFS Policy Directive (RFMC Consultation to MPA Nomination Process)
  • Agenda I.3.b, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment

Ancillary Meetings (links are to agendas)

Various technical and administrative committees, advisory bodies, work groups, and state delegations will meet throughout the week.

• Ancillary A Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
  • Ancillary A Draft November 2008 SSC Minutes
• Ancillary B Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
• Ancillary C Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Ancillary D Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Ancillary E Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
• Ancillary F Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Ancillary G Habitat Committee (HG) Agenda

General Information

• General Information driving directions, hotel information, restaurant information
• Tax Exempt Form – Marriott Must also show proper I.D.
• Chair’s Reception

Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1 Information Regarding the U.S. Coast Guard Expanding Automatic Identification System Carriage
• Supplemental Informational Report 2 Council Coordination Committee February 25-26, 2009 Meeting Agenda
• Supplemental Informational Report 3 Letter from Mr. Roy Elicker and Mr. Phil Anderson to Mr. Robert D. Mecum, NMFS, Regarding the Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan; Request for Delisting
• Supplemental Informational Report 4 Council Staff White Paper on Adaptive Management Program Options

Salmon Management Documents

• Review of 2008 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
• Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis for 2009 Ocean Salmon Fisheries

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April 2009 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.4 April 2-9, 2009 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1 Comment on Non-Agenda Items (Oceana)
• Agenda Item B.1 Supplemental Comment on Non-Agenda Items (Kawahara)

C. Habitat

• Agenda Item C.1 Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental HC Report

D. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item D.1 National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1 Southwest Region NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 2 Undated and March 6, 2009, Letters from the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management to the California Coastal Commission on California’s Request to Review an Exempted Fishing Permit Application to NMFS for Exploratory Longline Fishing in the West Coast Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Attachment 1 Draft Report on Swordfish and Leatherback Use of Temperate Habitat (SLUTH) Workshop
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Powerpoint (Squires)
  • Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report
• Agenda Item D.2 FMP Amendment 2 — High Seas Shallow-Set Longline
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 1 Preliminary DRAFT Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species: Authorize a Shallow-set Longline Fishery Seaward of the EEZ; Preliminary Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 2 Notice of Availability of WPFMC Pelagics FMP Amendment 18 for Public Comment (74 FR 11518)
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 3 Decision Summary for HMS FMP Amendment 2, SSLL Fishery
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental Powerpoint Presentation (Dahl)
  • Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item D.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Oceana PowerPoint)
• Agenda Item D.3 FMP Amendments to Implement Annual Catch Limit Requirements
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 1 Final Rule, Amendments to National Standard 1 Guidelines
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 2 Revisions to the National Standard 1 Guidelines; Guidance on Annual Catch Limits and Other Requirements; NMFS Presentation
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 3 Excerpt from 2008 HMS SAFE
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 4 HMS MUS, Monitored Species, and UNCLOS Annex I Species
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 5 Draft Schedule for Council Action on HMS FMP ACL Amendment
  • Agenda Item D.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.3.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item D.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item D.4 International Regional Fishery Management Organization Matters
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Attachment 1 Letter from Donald McIsaac to Rod McInnis Containing Recommendations for the U.S. Delegation to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Attachment 2 Status of Yellowfin Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2007 and Outlook for the Future (Entire Document on CD and Web Only)
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Attachment 3 Status of Bigeye Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2007 and Outlook for the Future (Entire Document on CD and Web Only)
  • Agenda Item D.4.b, Attachment 1 Letter from Donald McIsaac to Donald Hansen Regarding Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Fifth Annual Meeting Report
  • Agenda Item D.4.b, Attachment 2 Conservation and Management Measures Adopted at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Fifth Annual Meeting (Entire Document on CD and Web Only)
  • Agenda Item D.4.b, Supplemental PowerPoint Presentation (McIsaac)
  • Agenda Item D.4.c, Supplemental Attachment 1 MOU Regarding RFMC Participation in International Regional Fishery Management Organizations Governing Pacific Ocean HMS
  • Agenda Item D.4.d, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.4.d, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item D.4.e, Supplemental Public Comment

E. Marine Protected Areas

• Agenda Item E.1 Update on Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan Review Process
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Attachment 1 Final OCNMS Condition Report 2008 (Electronic Distribution Only)
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Attachment 2 OCNMS Public Scoping and Issues Analysis Part 1: Scoping Summary (Electronic Distribution Only)
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Attachment 3 OCNMS Public Scoping and Issues Analysis Part 2: Topics Analysis Report (Electronic Distribution Only)
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Attachment 4 OCNMS Public Scoping and Issues Analysis Part 3: Advisory Council Issue Prioritization Workshop Report (Electronic Distribution Only)
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Attachment 5 Draft OCNMS Public Scoping and Issues Analysis Part 4: Priority Issue Work Plan (Electronic Distribution Only)
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Attachment 6 OCNMS Management Plan Review Update
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental HC Report

F. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item F.1 National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1 Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
• Agenda Item F.2 Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
  • Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5
• Agenda Item F.3 Fishery Management Plan 21 – Intersector Allocation
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 1 Allocation of Harvest Opportunity Between Sectors of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Chapters 1, 2, and 4 of the Preliminary Draft Environmental Impact
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 2 PowerPoint Presentation (DeVore)
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, GAC Report Groundfish Allocation Committee Report from January 2009 Regarding Intersector Allocation: Amendment 21
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item F.3.d, Supplemental WDFW Motions in Writing
• Agenda Item F.4 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 20 — Trawl Rationalization – Community Fishery Association and Miscellaneous Clarification Issues
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 1 Excerpts from the NOAA Memorandum: Design and Use of Limited Access Privilege Programs
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 2 Public Comment from The Nature Conservancy
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 3 Excerpts from the Magnuson-Stevens Conservation and Fishery Management Act
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 4 Outline of Potential Elements for Community Fishing Associations (CFA) Provisions
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 5 Miscellaneous Trawl Rationalization Clarifications Related to the Whiting Fishery
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 5 PowerPoint Whiting Clarifications (Burden)
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 6 Pacific Council Recommendations for Rationalization of the Groundfish Trawl Fishery (Including Whiting) (On CD and Web Only)
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 7 Defining Community Fishing Associations (PowerPoint, Brandon)
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item F.4.c, Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item F.4.c, Public Comment 3 (Misc. Suppl.)
  • Agenda Item F.4.d, Supplemental Motion (CDFG Motion)
• Agenda Item F.5 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 20 — Trawl Rationalization – Analysis Parameters for Adaptive Management Program
  • Agenda Item F.5.a Council Staff White Paper on Adaptive Management Program Options
  • Agenda Item F.5.a Supplemental Staff Report on Adaptive Management Program – Summary of Decision Points, Including Program Examples
  • Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item F.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item F.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item F.5.d, Supplemental Motion in Writing
• Agenda Item F.6 Final Consideration of Inseason Adjustments — If Needed
  • Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental GMT Report (Informational Only)
• Agenda Item F.7 FMP Amendments to Implement Annual Catch Limit Requirements
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 1 Final Rule to Amend the NMFS Guidelines for National Standard 1 (74 FR 3178)
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 2 NMFS Presentation on NMFS Guidelines for National Standard 1
  • Agenda Item F.7.a, Attachment 1 Draft Schedule for Council Action on a Groundfish Fishery Management Plan amendment for National Standard 1 Guideline Changes
  • Agenda Item F.7.b, Supplemental SSC Reort
  • Agenda Item F.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item F.8 Review of Implementing Regulations for the Vessel Monitoring System
  • Agenda Item F.8.b, Supplemental NMFS Office of Law Enforcement Report (Powerpoint)
  • Agenda Item F.8.c, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item F.8.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.8.d, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item F.8.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item F.8.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3

G. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item G.1 Legislative Matters
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 1 Staff Summary of Federal Legislation in the 111th U.S. Congress of Particular Interest to the Pacific Fishery Management Council
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental LC Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.d, Public Comment
• Agenda Item G.2 Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1 Draft Minutes, November 1-7, 2008
• Agenda Item G.3 Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
• Agenda Item G.4 Review of Proposed Rule on Council Statement of Organization, Practices, and Procedures
• Agenda Item G.5 Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 1 Draft Preliminary “Year at a Glance Summary” of Council Meeting Agenda Topics and Council Floor Time Estimate
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 2 Draft Preliminary Three-Meeting Outlook for the Pacific Council
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 3 Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 12-18, 2009, Spokane, Washington
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 4 Pacific Council Workload Year at a Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 5 Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 12-18, 2009 – Spokane, Washington
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 6 Council Work Load Priorities April 10 Through June 18, 2009
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 7 Council Staff Trawl Rationalization Analysis Tasks for May GAC and June Council Meeting Decision Making

H. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item H.1 Update on NMFS Draft Biological Opinion for California Water Projects and Winter Run Chinook Fisheries
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1 Draft Biological Opinion on the Long-Term Central Valley Project and State Water Project Operations Criteria and Plan (on CD and WEB only)
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report (Update on Salmon ESA BO and Recovery Plans)
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental HC Report
• Agenda Item H.2 Work Group Report on Causes of the 2008 Salmon Failure
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Work Group Report What Caused the Sacramento River Fall Chinook Salmon Stock Collapse?
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental WGR PowerPoint (Grimes, Stein)
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental HC Report
• Agenda Item H.3 Tentative Adoption of 2009 Ocean Salmon Management Measures for Analysis
  • Preseason Report II Analysis of Proposed Regulatory Options for 2009 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.c, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 1 (Westport)
  • Agenda Item H.3.c, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 2 (Coos Bay)
  • Agenda Item H.3.c, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 3 (Eureka)
  • Agenda Item H.3.d, Supplemental Attachment 1 Report of the Pacific Salmon Commission
  • Agenda Item H.3.f, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.f, Supplemental CDFG Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.f, Supplemental Tribal Comment
  • Agenda Item H.3.g, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item H.3.g, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item H.3.g, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item H.3.h, Supplemental Tentative Adoption of Treaty Troll Quotas
• Agenda Item H.4 Clarify Council Direction on 2009 Management Measures
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental STT Report
• Agenda Item H.5 Methodology Review Process and Preliminary Topic Selection for 2009
  • Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental MEW Report
  • Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental Tribal Report
  • Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental Tribal Report 2
• Agenda Item H.6 Update on Mitchell Act Hatchery Environmental Impact Statement
  • Agenda Item H.6.a, Attachment 1 FR 74-10724 Notice of Decision to Expand the Environmental Impact Statement Analyzing Mitchell Act Funding and Operation of Columbia River Hatcheries
  • Agenda Item H.6.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint (Turner)
  • Agenda Item H.6.c, Supplemental CRITFC Report
• Agenda Item H.7 Final Action on 2009 Salmon Management Measures
  • Agenda Item H.7.a, Attachment 1 Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
  • Agenda Item H.7.a, Attachment 2 FR 62-44421: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
  • Agenda Item H.7.b, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Hoopa Valley Tribe Report
  • Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Tribal Comment
  • Agenda Item H.7.e, Supplemental Treay Indian Ocean Troll Motion

I. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item I.1 Incidental 2009 Catch Regulations in the Salmon Troll and Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental EC Report

Ancillary Meetings (links are to agendas)

Various technical and administrative committees, advisory bodies, work groups, and state delegations will meet throughout the week.

• Ancillary A Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) Agenda
• Ancillary B Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) Agenda
• Ancillary C Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
  • Ancillary C DRAFT SSC March 2009 Minutes
• Ancillary D Habitat Committee (HC) Agenda
• Ancillary E Legislative Committee (LC) Agenda
• Ancillary F Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Ancillary G Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Ancillary H Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
• Ancillary I Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Ancillary J Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda

General Information

• General Information driving directions, hotel information, restaurant information
• Tax Exempt Form – Westin Must also show proper I.D.
• Chair’s Reception

Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1 Mass Marking, FWS
• Supplemental Informational Report 2 CDFG Update on Constant Fractional Marking/Tagging Program for Central Valley and Klamath River Fall-run Chinook Salmon

Salmon Management Documents

• Preseason Report II Analysis of Proposed Regulatory Options for 2009 Ocean Salmon Fisheries

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June 2009 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.4 June 11-18 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1 Open Comment Period
• Agenda Item B.1 Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item B.1 Supplemental Open Public Comment 3
• Agenda Item B.1 Supplemental Open Comment Period 4

C. Habitat

• Agenda Item C.1 Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental HC Report

D. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item D.1 Proposed Procedures for Estimating Pacific Halibut Bycatch in the Groundfish Setline Fisheries
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, NWFSC Report Letter Regarding Mortality of Pacific Halibut in the Fixed Gear Fishery
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint (Hastie)
  • Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental IPHC Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.d, Public Comment

E. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item E.1 Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Modifications
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1 EFHRC Terms of Reference
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 2 Proposal to Modify the Northeast Boundary of the Eel River EFH No-trawl Area
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 3 Proposal to the Pacific Fishery Management Council to Modify Groundfish EFH Conservation Areas – Juan De Fuca Coral Canyons and Grays Canyon Sponge Reefs Important Ecological Areas
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, EFHRC Report EFHRC Evaluation of Proposals to Modify Areas Closed to Bottom Trawl Fishing Gear
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental Tribal Comment
  • Agenda Item E.1.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item E.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item E.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 4
• Agenda Item E.2 Proposed Process and Schedule for Developing 2011-2012 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 1 Pacific Fishery Management Council and National Marine Fisheries Service Schedule and Process for Developing 2011-2012 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 2 Scoping Matrix for 2001-2012 Groundfish Biennial Specifications and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item E.3 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 22 — Open Access Fishery Limitation
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 1 March 2009 Draft Meeting Minutes: Council Action on Open Access License Limitation
  • Agenda Item E.3.a., Attachment 2 EA Description and Analysis of Alternative 2
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 3 April 2009 Preliminary Initial Draft Meeting Minutes: Open Access Fishery Discussion
  • Agenda Item E.3.b NMFS Report on March 2009 Adopted Motion on Fishery Management Plan Amendment 22: Open Access License Limitation
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.c, Public Comment
• Agenda Item E.4 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 23 — Implementing Annual Catch Limit Requirements
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 1 The Report of the NMFS Vulnerability Evaluation Working Group Entitled, “Use of Productivity and Susceptibility Indices to Determine the Vulnerability of a Stock: With Example Applications to Six U.S. Fisheries”
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 2 Table of West Coast Groundfish Species That are Candidate “Ecosystem Component” Species
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
• Agenda Item E.5 National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Attachment 1 Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
  • Agenda Item E.5.c, Supplemental EC Report
• Agenda Item E.6 Stock Assessments for 2011-2012 Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 1 Executive Summary of “Draft Status of the U.S. Petrale Sole Resource in 2008”
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 2 Petrale Sole STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 3 May 27 Letter from Frank Lockhart to Don McIsaac Regarding SSC Considerations for Managing Petrale Sole
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 4 Executive Summary of “Status of the U.S. Splitnose Rockfish (Sebastes diploproa) resource in 2009″
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 5 Splitnose Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 6 Executive Summary of “Status of the U.S. Canary Rockfish Resource in 2009 (Update of the 2007 Assessment Model)”
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 7 Executive Summary of “Updated Status of Cowcod, Sebastes levis, in the Southern California Bight”
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 8 Executive Summary of “Status and Future Prospects for the Darkblotched Rockfish Resource in Waters off Washington, Oregon, and California as Updated in 2009”
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 9 Executive Summary of “Status and Future Prospects for the Pacific Ocean Perch Resource in Waters off Washington and Oregon as Updated in 2009”
  • Stock Assessments (Full Versions Available on CD and Web Only)
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental Petrale PowerPoint Presentation (Allan Hicks)
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental Splitnose PowerPoint Presentation (Vladlena Gertseva)
  • Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.6.d, Supplemental GMT Report
• Agenda Item E.7 Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
  • Agenda Item E.7.a, Attachment 1 Fishery Management Plan Language on Inseason Adjustments to ABCs and OYs
  • Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.7.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item E.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
• Agenda Item E.8 Preliminary Review of Exempted Fishing Permits for 2010
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 1 Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit Sponsored by Steve Fosmark Entitled, “Evaluation of an Epibenthic Trolled Longline to Selectively Catch Chilipepper Rockfish (Sebastes goodei)”
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 2 Application for Issuance of an Exempted Fishing Permit to Fish Trawl Permits with Longline, Trap, Pot, and Hook-and-line Gear in a Community Based Fishing Association off the Central California Coast
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 3 Testing a Community-Based Fishing Association: Report on Implementation of the 2008 Morro Bay/Port San Luis Exempted Fishing Permit
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 4 Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit sponsored by the Recreational Fishing Alliance Entitled, “Oregon Recreational Yellowtail Rockfish EFP”
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 5 Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit sponsored by the Recreational Fishing Alliance and the Golden Gate Fishermen’s Association Entitled, “Recreational Rockfish Catch Composition Seaward of the Rockfish Conservation Area”
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 6 Report on Implementation of the 2008 Exempted Fishing Permit Activities (“Recreational Rockfish Catch Composition Seaward of the Rockfish Conservation Area”) Sponsored by the Recreational Fishing Alliance and the Golden Gate Fishermen’s Association
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 7 Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit sponsored by the San Francisco Fishermen’s Cooperative Entitled, “Evaluation of Modified Vertical Hook and Line Gear to Avoid Depressed Rockfish Species While Fishing in Certain Parts of the Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA)”
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Attachment 8 Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit sponsored by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Entitled, “Application to the Pacific Fishery Management Council for an Exempted Fishing Permit to Collect Biological Information from Yelloweye Rockfish Encountered in the Oregon Sport Charter Fishery”
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item E.9 Final Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
  • Agenda Item E.9.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.9.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item E.10 FMP Amendments 20 and 21 — Trawl Rationalization and Intersector Allocation – Regulatory Overview and Final Action on Miscellaneous Outstanding Issues and FMP Language
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Attachment 1 Calendar of Activities for Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendments 20 and 21
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Attachment 2 Pacific Council Recommendations For Groundfish Trawl Rationalization, Updated With Trailing Actions Through April 2009
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Attachment 3 Staff Recommendation on Amending the Groundfish FMP to Incorporate the Trawl Rationalization Program
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Attachment 4 Miscellaneous Remaining Issues
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Attachment 5 Intersector Allocation (Amendment 21) Description of Final Council Action, April 2009
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Supplemental Attachment 6 Proposed Modifications to Recommendations on Amending the Groundfish FMP to Incorporate the Trawl Rationalization Program
  • Agenda Item E.10.b, NMFS NWR Report on Miscellaneous Clarifications for Amendment 20: Trawl Rationalization
  • Agenda Item E.10.b, NMFS NWFSC Report Letter from Northwest Fisheries Science Center on Monitoring Halibut Mortality, May 26, 2009
  • Agenda Item E.10.b, GAC Report on Trawl Rationalization
  • Agenda Item E.10.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.10.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.10.b, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item E.10.c, Supplemental Public Comment (IPHC)
  • Agenda Item E.10.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (EDF)
  • Agenda Item E.10.d, Supplemental WDFW Motion in Writing
• Agenda Item E.11 FMP Amendment 20 – Trawl Rationalization – Final Action on Accumulation Limits and Divestiture
  • Agenda Item E.11.a, Attachment 1 Issue Summary and Analysis: Accumulation Limits, Divestiture and Related Provisions
  • Agenda Item E.11.a, Supplemental Attachment 1 Replacement Table 7
  • Agenda Item E.11.a, Supplemental Staff PowerPoint (Seger)
  • Agenda Item E.11.b, GAC Report GAC Recommendations on Accumulation Limits, Divestiture and Related Matters
  • Agenda Item E.11.b, GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.11.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.11.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.11.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.11.b, Supplemental ODFW Report
  • Agenda Item E.11.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.11.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item E.11.d, Supplemental Side by Side Control Limits
  • Agenda Item E.11.d, Supplemental Motion in Writing (CDFG)
  • Agenda Item E.11.d, Supplemental Motions on Accumulation Limits
• Agenda Item E.12 FMP Amendment 20 – Trawl Rationalization – Final Action for Adaptive Management Program
  • Agenda Item E.12.a, Attachment 1 April 2009 Supplemental Motion in Writing
  • Agenda Item E.12.a, Attachment 2 GAC Report Excerpts
  • Agenda Item E.12.b, GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.12.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.12.b, Supplemental GMT PowerPoint
  • Agenda Item E.12.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.12.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.12.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.12.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (On Screen)

F. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item F.1 Council Recommendations to International Regional Fishery Management Organizations
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1 Summary Report of the Fourth Regular Session of the Northern Committee, September 9-11, 2008, Tokyo, Japan (Main Report Only Available in Hard Copy, Full Report with Appendices on Web and CD-ROM)
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 2 Federal Register Notice: NMFS Proposes Regulations to Implement, in Part, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 3 Letter from WFOA to Mr. Bill Robinson, NMFS, Regarding Proposed Rule for WCPFC – Identifier #0648-AV63
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 4 WCPFC Northern Committee, Fifth Regular Session, 7-10 September 2009, Provisional Annotated Agenda
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report

G. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item G.1 Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 1 Salmon Plan Amendment Committee
• Agenda Item G.2 Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Budget Committee Report
• Agenda Item G.3 Proposed Rule on Council Operations
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1 Staff Comments on Proposed Changes to Regulations That Address the Operations and Administration of Regional Fishery Management Councils
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 2 Federal Register Notice Proposing Changes in Council Operations and Administration (74 FR 13386, March 27, 2009)
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 3 Proposed Draft Reponse Letter to NMFS Regarding Council Operations
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 4 Stipend Payments to a Subset of Members on the SSC and Advisory Panels
• Agenda Item G.4 Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
  • Agenda Item G.4.a Draft March 2009 Council Meeting Mnutes
• Agenda Item G.5 Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 1 Draft Preliminary “Year at a Glance Summary” of Council Meeting Agenda Topics and Council Floor Time Estimate
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 2 Draft Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, September 10-17, 2009, Foster City, California
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 3 Pacific Council Workload Planning: Year at a Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 4 Council Meeting Agenda Worksheet, September 10-17, 2009, Foster City, California
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.c, Public Comment

H. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item H.1 Pacific Mackerel Management for 2009-2010
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental Electronic Attachment 1 Draft Status of the Pacific Coast Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery and Recommended Acceptable Biological Catches – Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation 2009 (electronic attachment, available on web site)
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Attachment 1 Pacific Mackerel (Scomber japonicus) Stock Assessment for U.S. Management in the 2009-2010 Season
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Attachment 2 Pacific Mackerel, STAR Panel Meeting Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental Pacific Mackerel PowerPoint (Crone)
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
• Agenda Item H.2 Survey Methodology Review and Exempted Fishing Permit
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 1 West Coast Sardine Survey Application for Exempted Fishing Permit in 2009
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 2 Spawning Biomass of Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax) Off U.S. in 2008, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 3 STAR Panel Report, Aerial Survey Methods for Pacific Sardine, May 2009
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 4 STAR Panel Report, Daily Egg Production Methods for Pacific Sardine, May 2009
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 5 NMFS Proposed Rule, Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries, Annual Specifications Modification, (74FR20897)
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Public Comment

Ancillary Meetings (links are to agendas)

Various technical and administrative committees, advisory bodies, work groups, and state delegations will meet throughout the week.

• Ancillary A Scientific and Statistical Committee Groundfish Subcomittee Agenda
• Ancillary B Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Ancillary C Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
• Ancillary D Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
  • Ancillary D DRAFT April 2009 SSC Minutes
• Ancillary E Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) Agenda
• Ancillary F Budget Committee (BC) Agenda
• Ancillary G Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) Agenda
• Ancillary H Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Ancillary I Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) Agenda
• Ancillary J Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) Agenda

General Information

• General Information driving directions, hotel information, restaurant information
• Tax Exempt Form – DoubleTree Must also show proper I.D.
• Chair’s Reception

Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1 Project CROOS (Collaborative Research on Oregon Ocean Salmon)
• Supplemental Informational Report 2 Council Coordination Committee, May 19-22, 2009 Agenda
• Supplemental Informational Report 3 Council Coordination Committee, Letters from RFMC Chairmen to NOAA Officials
• Supplemental Informational Report 4 Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2009 Agenda and PowerPoint Presentation (Dr. Donald O. McIsaac)
• Supplemental Informational Report 5 Letter and FR Notice, List of Fisheries for 2010

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September 2009 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.4 Supplemental Attachement 1 Council Member Training Invitation From the Fisheries Leadership and Sustainability Forum
• Agenda Item A.5 September 11-17 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Habitat

• Agenda Item B.1 Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
• Agenda Item B.2 Ocean Acidification and Sea Level Rise
  • Agenda Item B.2.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint (Stein)
• Agenda Item B.3 Proposed Offshore Aquaculture Demonstration Project
  • Agenda Item B.3.b, Supplemental Hubbs Sea World PowerPoint (Kent)
  • Agenda Item B.3.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item B.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Ocean Conservancy)

C. Marine Protected Areas

• Agenda Item C.1 Marine Resources Public Opinion Polls
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Attachment 1 Compendium of Three Reports Regarding the Monterey Bay Area Fisheries, Data from Five Surveys Conducted 2007-2009 (Full document is on the September Briefing Book CD and Website Only)
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental PowerPoint on Poll Results (Fosmark, Jones)
  • Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item C.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item C.2 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Marine Protected Areas
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Attachment 1 July 29, 2008 Letter from Executive Director McIsaac Providing Council Input to the Sanctuary on the Process of Considering MPAs
  • Agenda Item C.2.b, Attachment 1 August 26, 2009 Letter from Superintendent Paul Michel to the Council, Re: An Update on the Sanctuary’s Plans for Considering MPAs
  • Agenda Item C.2.b, Supplemental MBNMS PowerPoint
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item C.2.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item C.2.d, Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item C.3 National System of Marine Protected Areas
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 1 Framework for the National System of Marine Protected Areas of the United States of America (Full document is on the September Briefing Book CD, the Briefing Book Website and at http://mpa.gov/ only)
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 2 Benefits of a National System of Marine Protected Areas
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 3 Joining the National System of MPAs, FAQs
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 4 Implementing the National System, Nomination Process
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 5 NMFS Policy Directive 01-114, Regional Fishery Management Council Consultation in MPA Nomination Process
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 6 August 14, 2009 Letter and List of Potential MPA Sites from Mr. Barry Thom to the Council
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 7 February 13, 2007 Letter from Dr. Donald McIsaac to Mr. Joseph Uravitch Re: Council Comments on the Draft Framework
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Attachment 8 April 30, 2009 Letter from Dr. Mark Hixon, Providing FAC Recommendations on Assessing Ecological Resilience and Conservation Gaps
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental MPA PowerPoint (Wahle)
  • Agenda Item C.3.c, Supplemental WDFW Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item C.3.d Public Comment
  • Agenda Item C.3.d Supplement Public Comment 2

D. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item D.1 National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1 Southwest Region NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report on the Northern Committee, Fifth Regular Session, Nagasaki, Japan
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Attachment 1 NMFS Southwest Science Center Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Shoffler)

E. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item E.1 National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1 Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
  • Agenda Item E.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item E.2 Part II of Stock Assessments for 2011-2012 Groundfish Fisheries
  Full Stock Assessments and STAR Panel Reports on the CD and Website
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 1 Entire Report “Draft Status of the U.S. Petrale Sole Resource in 2008”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 2 Petrale Sole STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 3 Entire Report “2009 Petrale Sole Stock Assessment Addendum: SSC Requests”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 4 Entire Report “Status of Bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, in the Conception, Monterey, and Eureka INPFC Areas in 2009″
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 5 Bocaccio Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 6 Entire Report “Draft Status of the Widow Rockfish Resource in 2009”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 7 Widow Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 8 Entire Report “Draft Status and Future Prospects for Lingcod in Waters off Washington, Oregon, and California as Assessed in 2009”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 9 Lingcod STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 10 Entire Report “Draft Status of Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) in California and Oregon Waters as Assessed in 2009″
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 11 Cabezon STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 12 Entire Report “Status of the U.S. Yelloweye Rockfish Resource in 2009”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 13 Yelloweye Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 14 Entire Report “Draft Status of Greenstriped Rockfish (Sebastes elongatus) Along the Outer Coast of California, Oregon, and Washington”
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 15 Greenstriped Rockfish STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental SSC PowerPoint (Ralston)
  • Agenda Item E.2.d, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.d, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.e, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Pettinger)
• Agenda Item E.3 Off-Year Science Improvements
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 1 Recommendations for Off-year Science Improvements
  • Agenda Item E.3.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.c, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item E.4 Inseason Adjustments to 2009 and 2010 Groundfish Fisheries – Part I
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, NMFS Report Draft Environmental Assessment – Proposed Interim 2009 and 2010 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for Petrale Sole and Canary Rockfish off the Pacific Coast
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2 Federal Register Notice Announcing Proposed Rule to Revise the 2010 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for Petrale Sole and Canary Rockfish
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental REVISED GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item E.5 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 23 – Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Attachment 1 Table of West Coast Groundfish Species That are Candidate for “Ecosystem Component” Species
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental SSC PowerPoint (Ralston)
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
• Agenda Item E.6 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 20 – Trawl Rationalization Regulation Language Review and Miscellaneous Implementation Matters
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 1 Appendix D Council Preferred Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Alternative
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, NMFS Report on Amendment 20 and 21 — Deeming Round 1
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2 (Federal Register Notice on NMFS Proposed Rule to Collect Data to Support Implementation of a Future Trawl Rationalization Program)
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint – Amendment 20 & 21 (TIQ & ISA) Deeming – Round 1
  • Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint (TIQC Observer Planning Cusick/Clarke)
• Agenda Item E.7 Inseason Adjustments to 2009 and 2010 Groundfish Fisheries – Part II
  • Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental GMT Report (Updated Scorecard)
• Agenda Item E.8 Report on Catch of Unidentified Rockfish Species in the Recreational Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, ODFW Report Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Unidentified Rockfish from the Recreational Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental CDFG Report California Department of Fish and Game Report on Unidentified Rockfish in the California Recreational Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental WDFW Report Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Unidentified Rockfish in the Recreational Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report

F. Enforcement Issues

• Agenda Item F.1 Oregon State Police Fisheries Enforcement Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental OSP PowerPoint (Lt. Samuels)
  • Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental NMFS Report (SWR Enforcement Actions)

G. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item G.1 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 16 — Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 1 National Standard 1 Guidelines
  • Agenda Item G.1.b SAC Report Report of the Salmon Amendment Committee – Overview of Scoping Considerations for Salmon Fishery Management Plan Amendment 16
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SAC PowerPoint
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report
• Agenda Item G.2 2009 Salmon Methodology Review
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1 Email to the Agencies from Chuck Tracy, Dated July 13, 2009
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental MEW Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SAS Report
• Agenda Item G.3 Central Valley Endangered Species Act Biological Opinion and Sacramento River Fall Chinook Stock Collapse
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1 News Release Regarding the Biological Opinion on the Long-Term Central Valley Project and State Water Project Operations Criteria and Plan
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 2 Executive Summary of the Biological Opinion on the Long-Term Central Valley Project and State Water Project Operations Criteria and Plan
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 3 Essential Fish Habitat Conservation Consultation
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 4 Biological Opinion on the Long-Term Central Valley Project and State Water Project Operations Criteria and Plan (on CD and Website only)
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 5 Letter to Dr. Jane Lubchenco Recommending Steps to Optimize California Salmon Production
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 6 Letter from Dr. Jane Lubchenco to Dr. McIsaac Regarding Request to Establish a Forum to Improve West Coast Salmon Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint 2009 Biological Opinion on the California’s Central Valley Water Project
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental SAS Report
• Agenda Item G.4 National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Salmon Management
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Handout (Klamath River Basin 2009 Report to Congress)
  • Supplemental Informational Report 3 Lower Columbia River Tule Fall Chinook Life-Cycle Analysis; DRAFT

H. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item H.1 2010 Pacific Halibut Fishery Regulations
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1 2009 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, WDFW Report Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to Catch Sharing Plan and 2010 Annual Regulations
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, ODFW Report Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2010 Fishery
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item H.2 Proposed Procedures for Estimating Pacific Halibut Bycatch in the Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item H.2.d Public Comment
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Report Pacific Halibut Bycatch in IPHC Area 2A in the 2008 Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2 Observed and Estimated Total Discard of Pacific Halibut in the 2002-2008 U.S. West Coast Groundfish Non-Nearshore Fixed Gear Fishery
  • Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint (Hastie)
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental GMT Report

I. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report (Comments on “Air Clearing Session”)
• Agenda Item I.1.b Open Comment Period
• Agenda Item I.1.b Open Comment Period 2
• Agenda Item I.1.b Open Comment Period 3
• Agenda Item I.1.b Open Comment Period 4
• Agenda Item I.1.b Open Comment Period 5

J. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item J.1 Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item J.1.b, Supplemental Budget Committee Report
• Agenda Item J.2 Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
• Agenda Item J.3 Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item J.3.b, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item J.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
• Agenda Item J.4 Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Attachment 1 Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year at a Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Attachment 2 Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, October 29 through November 5, 2009, Costa Mesa, California
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3 Council Meeting Worksheet, October 29-November 5, 2009, Costa Mesa, California
  • Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Agenda Request (Request for Ms. Monica Medina to Attend November Council Meeting)
  • Agenda Item J.4.d, Supplemental WDFW Motion (Regarding Groundfish FMP Amendment 20 and Adaptive Management Program

Ancillary Meetings (links are to agendas)

Various technical and administrative committees, advisory bodies, work groups, and state delegations will meet throughout the week.

• Ancillary A Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Ancillary B Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
  • Ancillary B Draft Summary Minutes, SSC June 12-14, 2009 Meeting
• Ancillary C Habitat Committee (HC) Agenda
• Ancillary D Budget Committee (BC) Agenda
• Ancillary F Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Ancillary G Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
• Ancillary H & J Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) and SSC HMS Subcommittee Agenda
• Ancillary I Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
• Ancillary K Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Ancillary L & M Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) and SSC CPS Subcommittee Agenda

General Information

• General Information driving directions, hotel information, restaurant information
• Chairman’s Reception; Sunday, September 13 at 6 p.m.
• Tax Exempt Form – Crowne Plaza Must also show proper I.D.

Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1 West Coast Hydrokinetic Energy Projects
• Informational Report 2 Work Plan for the Five-Year Review of Essential Fish Habitat for Pacific Coast Salmon
• Supplemental Informational Report 3 Lower Columbia River Tule Fall Chinook Life-Cycle Analysis; DRAFT
• Supplemental Informational Report 4 Press Release, Obama Administration Officials to Hold Ocean Policy Task Force Public Meeting in San Francisco on September 17, 2009
• Supplemental Informational Report 5 Status Report of the 2009 Ocean Salmon Fisheries Off Washington, Oregon, and California – Preliminary Data Through August 31, 2009 (September 7 for KMZ)

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Special Session on Catch Share Allocation

A special session of the Groundfish Advisory Subpanel was held to address questions that were raised on quota share estimates provided to groundfish limited entry trawl permit holders after final action at the June Council meeting on the Trawl Rationalization Program. Below are the presentations and handouts (tables/graphs) provided by Council staff that facilitated the discussion:

• Agenda for the Special Open Session on Catch Share Allocation
• Presentation: Review of Final Council Action on Quota Share (QS) Allocation Formulas
• Presentation: Quota Pound Estimates Provided in Mailing to Permit Holders
• Presentation: Comparison to Recent Years
• Presentation: Review of Council Action on Overfished Species QS Initial Allocation Formula (for non-whiting)
• Handout (Tables) from the Open Session on Initial Allocation for Trawl Rationalization
• Handout (Graphs) from the Open Session on Initial Allocation for Trawl Rationalization
• Handout Allocating Overfished Species on a Bycatch Rate (Proxy Species)

Groundfish Stock Assessment Briefing

An informational session on “Groundfish Stock Assessment Briefing” was held following Agenda Item A.5 on the Council floor. It was not a formal Council meeting agenda item. There was not a public comment period and no Council decision-making actions. It provided an opportunity for Council members to receive information and ask questions on the results of stock assessments for petrale sole, lingcod, and cabezon; and bocaccio, widow, yelloweye, and greenstriped rockfish. Focus was on those species which are likely to be most critical in establishing impact levels for the 2011-2012 groundfish fisheries. Further review and final action on approving these assessments occured under Council Agenda Item E.2.

• Status of the widow rockfish resource in 2009
• Status of bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, in the Conception, Monterey and Eureka INPFC areas for 2009
• Overview of the 2009 yelloweye rockfish stock assessment
• Status of Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) in California and Oregon Waters as Assessed in 2009
• Draft status of the U.S. petrale sole resource in 2008
• DRAFT Status of greenstriped rockfish along the outer coast of CA, OR, and WA

Salmon Research Presentation

A special presentation was held to provide information on research into the relationship of ocean environmental factors to salmon growth, survival, and maturation. Dr. Brian Wells, NMFS SWFSC, presented this information on Monday, September 14, 2009 at 7 p.m. in the Council chambers. The presentation was not a formal Council meeting agenda item; there was not a public comment period and no Council decision-making actions. The information was was in the form of the powerpoint presentation below, followed by a question and answer period.

• Southwest Fisheries Science Center Presentation: Relationship of Ocean Environmental Factors to Salmon Growth, Survival, and Maturation

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November 2009 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.4 October 31-November 5 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1 Supplemental Open Comment Period

C. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item C.1 2010 Pacific Halibut Fishery Regulations
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 1 2009 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan For Area 2A
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 2 Fall 2009 Newsletter Excerpt
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, ODFW Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental ODFW Report 2

D. Ecosystem Management

• Agenda Item D.1 Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Plan
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1 Council Staff White Paper: Development of an Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 2 Potential Initial Tasks for the EPDT and/or the Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Derived From Previous Council Actions, Council Staff, and NMFS Recommendations
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental HC Report

E. Habitat

• Agenda Item E.1 Current Habitat Issues
• Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1 Draft Letter to the California Board of Forestry on Measures to Protect Salmonids
• Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 2 Draft Letter to the Bureau of Reclamation on the Central Valley Biological Opinion
• Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
• Agenda Item E.1.d, Public Comment

F. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item F.1 National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1 North Pacific Albacore ‘White Paper’ Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental North Pacific Albacore PowerPoint Presentation (Laurs/Powers)
  • Agenda Item F.1.d, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.d, Supplemental HMSAS Report
• Agenda Item F.2 Recommendations to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1 Provisional Annotated Agenda, WCPFC6
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 2 (CD-ROM and Web Only) Report of the Ninth Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean Plenary Session
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 3 Excerpt of Conservation Recommendations from the ISC9 Plenary Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 4 Summary Report of the Fifth Regular Session of the Scientific Committee by the SC Chair
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 5 Summary Report of the Northern Committee Fifth Regular Meeting
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 6 Summary Report by the United States of the WCPFC Technical and Compliance Committee Fifth Regular Meeting
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 7 Summary Report (Pre-Edited Version) of the Technical and Compliance Committee, Fifth Regular Session of the WCPFC
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 8 Statement of the Views of the IATTC Scientific Staff on the Current Status of Pacific Bluefin
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental REVISED HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
• Agenda Item F.3 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2: Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 1 Consistency Analysis for ACL FMP Amendments
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, HMSMT Report HMS FMP Amendment 2 Application of National Standard 1 Guidelines
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report on FMP Amendment 2
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report

G. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item G.1 National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.a Attachment 1 Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report Estimated Discard and Total Catch of Selected Groundfish Species in the 2008 U.S. West Coast Fisheries
• Agenda Item G.2 Stock Assessments and Rebuilding Analyses for 2011-2012 Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1 Draft Bocaccio Rebuilding Analysis for 2009
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 2 Rebuilding Analysis for Canary Rockfish Based on the 2009 Updated Stock Assessment
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 3 Draft Cowcod Rebuilding Analysis
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 4 2009 Darkblotched Rockfish Rebuilding Analysis
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 5 Draft Rebuilding Update for Pacific Ocean Perch in 2009
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 6 Draft: Rebuilding Analysis for Widow Rockfish in 2009
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 7 Rebuilding Analysis for Yelloweye Rockfish Based on the 2009 Stock Assessment
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 8 2009 Petrale Sole Rebuilding Analysis
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.d, Public Comment
• Agenda Item G.3 Council Recommendations for Exempted Fishing Permits
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1 Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit Sponsored by Steve Fosmark Entitled, “Evaluation of an Epibenthic Trolled Longline to Selectively Catch Chilipepper Rockfish (Sebastes goodei)”
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 2 Application for Issuance of an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) to Fish Trawl Permits with Longline, Trap, Pot, and Hook-and-line Gear in a Community Based Fishing Association off the Central California Coast
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 3 Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit sponsored by the Recreational Fishing Alliance Entitled, “Oregon Recreational Yellowtail Rockfish EFP”
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 4 Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit sponsored by the Recreational Fishing Alliance and the Golden Gate Fishermen’s Association Entitled, “Recreational Rockfish Catch Composition Seaward of the Rockfish Conservation Area”
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 5 Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit sponsored by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Entitled, “Application to the Pacific Fishery Management Council for an Exempted Fishing Permit to Collect Biological Information from Yelloweye Rockfish Encountered in the Oregon Sport Charter Fishery”
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental NMFS Report Letter From Mr. Frank Lockhart to Chairman Dave Ortmann Regarding Pacific Whiting EFPs
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item G.4 Part 1 — Inseason Adjustments to 2009 and 2010 Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental Tribal Comment
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
• Agenda Item G.5 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 23: Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 1 Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Current Groundfish Management System To Prevent Overfishing in Consideration of the Annual Catch Target Specification Under Amendment 23
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 2 Draft Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendatory Language Proposed Under Amendment 23
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental SSC Groundfish and CPS Subcommittees Report An Approach to Quantifying Scientific Uncertainty in West Coast Stock Assessments
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental GMT PowerPoint (Cope)
  • Agenda Item G.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item G.6 Part 1 – Management Recommendations for 2011-2012 Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Attachment 1 Table 2-1(a-b). DRAFT GMT-Recommended Alternatives for 2011 and 2012 Annual Catch Limits (mt)
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Attachment 2 Table 2-2. Basis for the 2011-2012 Annual Catch Limits Alternatives Recommended by the GMT for Analysis
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Attachment 3 Table 2-3. Estimated Time to Rebuild Relative to Alternative 2011-2012 ACLs for Depleted West Coast Groundfish Species
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 4 Federal Register Notice Dated November 3, 2009, Announcing Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the 2011-2012 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, CDFG Report The California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) Report on Greenstriped Rockfish Management in 2011-2012
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item G.7 National Catch Share Task Force Report
• Agenda Item G.8 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 20: Trawl Rationalization
  • Agenda Item G.8.a, Attachment 1 Appendix D Council Preferred Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Alternative
  • Agenda Item G.8.a, Attachment 2 Use of Canary Quota Share for the Adaptive Management Program in the Context of the Initial Allocation of Overfished Species QS
  • Agenda Item G.8.a, Supplemental PFMC Staff PowerPoint (Jim Seger)
  • Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental NMFS Report on Amendment 20 & 21 (Trawl Rationalization and ISA) — Deeming Round 2
  • Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental NMFS Presentation (Frank Lockhart)
  • Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 2 (Steve Freese)
  • Agenda Item G.8.c, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item G.8.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.8.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.8.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item G.8.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item G.8.d, Supplemental Public Comment 4
  • Agenda Item G.8.d, Supplemental Public Comment 5
• Agenda Item G.9 Part 2 — Management Recommendations for 2011-2012 Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.9.a, Attachment 1 A Preliminary Listing of Issues to Consider in the 2011-2012 Groundfish Specifications and Management Measures Process
  • Agenda Item G.9.b, CDFG Report California Department of Fish and Game Practical Range of Management Specifications for California’s 2011-2012 Commercial and Recreational Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.9.b, VMSC Report Ad Hoc Vessel Monitoring System Committee Report on Part 2 – Management Recommendations for 2011-2012 Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.9.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.9.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.9.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item G.9.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.9.b, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item G.9.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.9.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item G.10 Part 2 — Inseason Adjustments to 2009 and 2010 Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.10.b, Supplemental GMT Report

H. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item H.1 2009 Salmon Methodology Review
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1 Multiple Encounters in Salmon Mark Selective Fisheries: Bias Levels Introduced in FRAM Estimated Exploitation Rate of Unmarked Coho and Chinook Stocks
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 2 Assessment of Fall Ocean Chinook Salmon Fisheries South of Cape Falcon, Oregon
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 3 Is the September 1 River Return Date Approximation Appropriate for Klamath River Fall Chinook?
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 4 Proposed Updates for Puget Sound Coho Conservation Objectives
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 5 Salmon Fishery Management Plan Table 3-1 Coho Excerpt
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, STT Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, MEW Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental Tribal Comments
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report

I. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item I.1 Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Attachment 1 West Coast Aerial Sardine Survey, (Full Document on the Briefing Book CD and Website Only)
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Attachment 2 Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2009 for U.S. Management in 2010. (Full Document on the Briefing Book CD and Website Only)
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Attachment 3 Satellite Sardine Imaging Report (Color Images Best Viewed from the Briefing Book CD or the Council Website)
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental Aerial Sardine PowerPoint (Tom Jagielo)
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental Sardine PowerPoint (Kevin Hill)
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item I.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item I.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3 (On-Screen)
• Agenda Item I.2 Fishery Management Plan Amendment 13: Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 1 Amendment 13 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan: National Standard 1 Guidelines, Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures; Summary of Issues and Potential Alternatives
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3

J. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item J.1 Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item J.1.b, Supplemental Budget Committee Report
• Agenda Item J.2 Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
  • Agenda Item J.2.a, Attachment 1 Draft April 2009 Council Meeting Minutes
• Agenda Item J.3 Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item J.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 1 Complete Listing of Nominations for the 2010-2012 Advisory Body Term
  • Agenda Item J.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 2 Letter from Mr. Russell Svec
  • Agenda Item J.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 3 All Advisory Body Nominations for 2010-2012 Term
• Agenda Item J.4 Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Attachment 1 Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year at a Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Attachment 2 Council Meeting Agenda Worksheet, March 5-11, 2010, Sacramento, California
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3 Letter to Churchill Grimes Regarding About Integrating Research Results Into the Council’s Salmon Management Process
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 4 Pacific Council Workload Planning; Revised Preliminary Year at a Glance Summary (March 2010-November 2010)
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 5 Revised Council Meeting Agenda Worksheet, March 5-11, 2010, Sacramento, CA
  • Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental HC Report

Ancillary Meetings (links are to agendas)

Various technical and administrative committees, advisory bodies, work groups, and state delegations will meet throughout the week.

• Ancillary A Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
  • Ancillary A DRAFT Summary Minutes, September 11-13, 2009 SSC Meeting
• Ancillary B Habitat Committee (HC) Agenda
• Ancillary C Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) Agenda
• Ancillary D Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) Agenda
• Ancillary E Budget Committee (BC) Agenda
• Ancillary F Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Ancillary G Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
• Ancillary H Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Ancillary I Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) Agenda
• Ancillary J Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) Agenda

General Information

• General Information driving directions, hotel information, restaurant information
• Annual Banquet Flyer Sunday, November 1 – Honoring Outgoing Council Members: Ms. Kathy Fosmark, Mr. Donald K. Hansen, Mr. Frank Warrens; and Honoring Outgoing Council Staff: Mr. Merrick Burden and Ms. Carrie Montgomery
• Tax Exempt Form – Hilton Must also show proper I.D.

Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1 Preaseason Salmon Management Schedule for 2010
• Informational Report 2 Status Report of the 2009 Ocean Salmon Fisheries Off Washington, Oregon, and California
• Informational Report 3 Letter to Dr. Donald McIsaac from Ms. Carol Bernthal, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS), Regarding Revisions to the OCNMS Management Plan