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Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 4: California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Report (available only on the NOAA website at: http://www.noaa.gov/iea/CCIEA-Report/index.html)
Agenda Item D.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Groundfish
Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental Federal Register Notices: Groundfish and Halibut Notices 11/1/13 through 2/18/2014
Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: Midwater Trawl Restrictions and Prohibited Species Retention for the Shorebased Trawl Individual FishingQuota (IFQ) Program
Agenda Item D.3.b, GMT Report: Groundfish Management Team Report on Proposed Discard Mortality for Cowcod, Canary Rockfish, and Yelloweye Rockfish Released Using Descending Devices in the Recreational Fishery
Agenda Item D.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
Agenda Item D.3.b Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item D.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item D.4: Inseason Adjustments, Including Carryover
Agenda Item D.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item D.4.b Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item D.5: Biennial Harvest Specifications for 2015-2016 and Beyond Groundfish Fisheries
Agenda Item D.5.a, Attachment 1: Proposed Overfishing Limits for Cowcod South of 40º10’ N lat., the Oregon and Washington Substocks of Kelp Greenling, and the Washington Substock of Cabezon
Agenda Item D.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Adopted Schedule for Developing the 2015-2016 and Beyond Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
Agenda Item D.5.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 4: PowerPoint Presentation – Overview of the 2015 and Beyond Biennial Spex Process Progress to Date on the EIS and a Highlight of Select Management Issues
Agenda Item D.6.a, Attachment 1: Glacier Fish Company LLC vs. Pritzker and Plaintiffs’ Appeal on Pacific Dawn II
Agenda Item D.6.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: Report on the Adapative Management Program for the Trawl Rationalization Program
Agenda Item D.6.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Federal Register Notice dated February 19, 2014 – Proposed Rule: to revise the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery regulations pertaining to certified catch monitors and certified observers required for vessels in the Shorebased Individual Fishery Quota Program, the Mothership Coop Program, the Catcher/Processor Coop Program, and for processing vessels in the fixed gear or open access fisheries
Agenda Item F.1: Review of 2013 Fisheries and Summary of 2014 Stock Abundance Forecasts
Review of 2013 Ocean Salmon Fisheries (Published February 2014)
Supplemental – Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis and Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2014 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations (Published February 2014)
Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1: Excerpts from Chapter 3 of the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan
Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental WDFW Report: Memo from PSC Chinook Technical Committee Regarding Biologically Based Escapement Goal for Grays Harbor fall Chinook, Washington
Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item F.2: Identification of Management Objectives and Preliminary Definition of 2014 Salmon Management Alternatives
Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1: Guidance for Alternative Development and Assessment
Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 2: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 3: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental PSC Report
Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental NMFS Report: Letter Summarizing NOAA Fisheries’ Consultation Standards and Guidance Regarding the Potential Effects of the 2014 Season on Listed Salmonid Species
Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Report: Tribal and WDFW 2014 Management Objectives for Puget Sound Chinook and Coho Salmon
Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Report 2: Tribal and WDFW 2014 Management Objectives for Grays Harbor Fall Chinook Salmon
Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental SAS Report: SAS Proposed Initial Salmon Management Alternatives for 2014 Non-Indian Ocean Fisheries
Agenda Item I.1: Pacific Sardine Temperature Parameter Review
Agenda Item I.1.b, Revised Analysis: Revised Analyses Related to Pacific Sardine Harvest Parameters
Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental U of W PowerPoint: Revised Analyses Related to Evaluating Parameter Value Choices For Pacific Sardine; March 2014 (Hurtado-Ferro/Punt)
Agenda Item J.1: Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization Priorities and Other Legislative Matters
Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 1: House MSA Reauthorization Bill Discussion Draft
Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 2: Staff Analysis of House Discussion Draft
Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 3: Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Perspectives on Discussion Draft
Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 4: Verbal Testimony of Dr. Donald McIsaac
Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 5: Written Testimony of Dr. Donald McIsaac
Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 6: Letter to Congress on Council MSA priorities
Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 7: March 2014 Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 8: New England Fishery Management Council Draft Comments on the MSA Discussion Draft
Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 9: Testimony of Dorothy Lowman, Chair of the Pacific Fishery Management Council on Pacific Council Perspectives on Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization Before U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources “Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act” Hearing February 28, 2014
Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 10: Assembly Bill No. 2019; Introduced by Assembly Members Fong and Levine (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Stone) (Coauthor: Assembly Member Rendon) February 20, 2014
Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 11: Letter from Mr. Phil Anderson, WDFW, to the Honorable Doc Hastings, Regarding WDFW – Initial Comments on the December 18, 2013 “Discussion Draft” Proposal to Amend the MSA
Agenda Item J.4.a, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 3-10, 2014 in Vancouver, WA
Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Process for Pacific Council Review of Allowable Fishery Impacts to Lower Columbia River Natural Coho (2014 March Draft)
Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary; AND DRAFT Proposed Pacific Council Meeting Agenda, April 3-10, 2014 in Vancouver, WA (March 2014 Briefing Book)
Agenda Item K.2: Vessel Monitoring Systems for Highly Migratory Species Fisheries
Agenda Item K.2.a, Attachment 1: 79 FR 7152, Establishment of Tuna Vessel Monitoring System in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Agenda Item K.2.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report
Agenda Item K.3: Recommendations for International Management Activities
Agenda Item K.3.a, Attachment 1: Summary of CMMs adopted by the WCPFC
Agenda Item K.3.a, Attachment 2: Letter from Dr. Donald McIsaac to Mr. Michael Tosatto, Council recommendations to the U.S. Delegation to the Ninth Meeting of the Northern Committee
Agenda Item K.3.a, Attachment 3: Precautionary Management Framework for North Pacific Albacore (USA Concept paper), Attachment G to the Summary Report of the Ninth Regular Session of the Northern Committee
Agenda Item K.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Letter from SWFSC Regarding Recent comments by Turtle Island Restoration Network on NOAA Fisheries Swordfish Research and Collaborative Fisheries Research (CFR) West Project
Agenda Item K.5.b, NMFS Report: Recommendations from the Pacific Offshore Cetacean Take Reduction Team to Minimize Sperm Whale Interactions in the West Coast Swordfish Drift Gillnet Fishery
Agenda Item K.5.b, NMFS SWFSC Report: Alternative Gear Research Update
Informational Report 1: Report on the Status of National Standard 2 Implementation (NW and SW Fisheries Science Centers, February 12, 2014)
Informational Report 2: Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries, Free Public Symposium on Magnsuon-Stevens Act; April 24-25, 2014; University of Washington
Supplemental Informational Report 3: Request for Report Sent Out to Regional Councils “Marine Cage Culture and the Environment: Twenty-first century science informing a sustainable industry” (Full version electronic only)
General Information: Chair’s Reception (Public Invited), Driving Directions, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information, Tax Exempt Form, Council Member Seating Diagram
Agenda Item B.1.a, Attachment 1: Letter on KZO Sea Farms
Agenda Item B.1.a, Attachment 2: Letter to USFWS
Agenda Item B.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: DRAFT Letter to NMFS Regarding the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan
Agenda Item B.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: DRAFT Letter to Jean Thurston, BOEM, Regarding the Request for Competitive Interest; Potential Marine Hydrokinetic Research Lease on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Oregon
Agenda Item B.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: Federal Register Notice dated March 24, 2014; Request for Competitive Interest; Potential Marine Hydrokinetic Research Lease on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Oregon
Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
Agenda Item B.1.c, USFWS Report
Agenda Item B.1.c Supplemental USFWS Report 2: USFWS Announces It Will Release About 4.5 million Salmon Smolts from Coleman National Fish Hatchery Onsite Beginning Friday (News Release Dated April 3, 2014)
Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Tribal Report of Hoopa Valley Tribe
Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 2: Proposed 2015 and 2016 Harvest Specifications and Select Management Measures for Groundfish Stocks and Stock Complexes
Agenda Item C.4.a, Attachment 3: Excerpted Portions of the preliminary DEIS concerning the Biological Risk Analysis for Select Stocks and Stock Complexes
Agenda Item C.4.a, Attachment 4: Proposed FMP Language under the Amendment 24 Alternatives
Agenda Item C.4.a, Attachment 5: Preliminary Draft of the 2014 Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Document (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item C.4.a, Attachment 7: Excel Workbook containing Historical Landings and Revenue Tables for the Groundfish Fishery (Electronic Only – Excel Workbook)
Agenda Item C.4.a, Attachment 8: Adopted Schedule for Developing the 2015-2016 and Beyond Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 9: Table 1. Change in groundfish accounting net revenue impacts by shoreside commercial fishery sector from No Action under the 2015-16 alternatives (Published April 4, 2014)
Agenda Item C.4.b, REVISED GMT Report: Appendix B to Proposed Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for the 2015-2016 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery and Amendment 24 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Preliminary Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item C.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
Agenda Item C.4.b, ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Comments Regarding the Recent Model Development and OFL Determination for Kelp Greenling for 2015-2016 Harvest Specifications
Agenda Item C.4.b, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Groundfish Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2015-2016 and Beyond
Agenda Item C.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: Letter dated April 3, 2014, to Chair Lowman from Frank Lockhart (Spex Request)
Agenda Item C.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item C.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item C.4.c, Public Comment
Agenda Item C.4.c, Public Comment 2
Agenda Item C.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
Agenda Item C.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
Agenda Item C.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5
Agenda Item C.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 6
Agenda Item C.5: Implement the 2014 Pacific Whiting Fishery Under the U.S.-Canada Pacific Whiting Agreement
Agenda Item C.5.a, Attachment 1: Status of the Pacific Hake (Whiting) Stock in U.S. and Canadian Waters in 2014 with a Management Strategy Evaluation (Full Version Available Electronic Only)
Agenda Item C.5.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 2: Table 1. Estimates of Pacific whiting mortality from 2007-2012 for Research and the Pink Shrimp Fishery
Agenda Item C.5.c, Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item C.5.c, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item C.6: Sablefish Catch Share Program Review Phase I
Agenda Item C.6.a, Supplemental Staff Overview PowerPoint: Catch Share Program Review – Phase I (Seger)
Agenda Item C.6.a, Attachment 2: Sablefish Permit Stacking Program – Action Issues: Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
Agenda Item C.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Sablefish Permit Stacking Program – Action Issues, Electronic Fish Ticket Analysis
Agenda Item C.6.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: The Paper Suboption
Agenda Item C.6.b, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item C.6.b, Supplemental EC Report
Agenda Item C.6.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item C.7: Electronic Monitoring Program Development Including Preliminary Approval of Exempted Fishing Permits
Agenda Item C.7.a, Supplemental Staff Overview PowerPoint: Electronic Monitoring Program Development and Preliminary Approval of Exempted Fishing Permits (Wiedoff)
Agenda Item C.7.a, Attachment 1: Table 1, General Introductory Display of Electronic Monitoring Alternatives
Agenda Item C.7.a, Attachment 2: Table 2, Medium Level Descriptive Display of EM Alternatives
Agenda Item C.7.a, Attachment 3: Table 3: Detailed Descriptive Display of EM Alternatives
Agenda Item C.7.a, Attachment 4: Notice Letter Regarding EM EFP Process
Agenda Item C.7.a, Attachment 5: Council Operating Procedure 19
Agenda Item C.7.a, Attachment 10: Adopted Process and Schedule to Consider EM Regulations
Agenda Item C.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 11: Timeline-EFPs vs. EM Regulatory Package
Agenda Item C.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 12: EFP – Use of EM in West Coast Trawl Fishery on Vessels Utilizing Fixed Gear (Eder, Parker, Corbin, Blue)
Agenda Item C.7.b, GEMTAC Report: GEMTAC Report to Council
Agenda Item C.7.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: NWFSC Observer Program Considerations for EM/ER Implementation (McVeigh)
Agenda Item C.7.b, Supplemental EC Report
Agenda Item C.7.b, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item C.7.b, Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item C.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item C.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment: EDF PowerPoint: Optimized Retention and Electronic Monitoring for California Risk Pool Groundfish IFQ Vessels in 2015 and 2016
Agenda Item C.8: Fisheries in 2015-2016 and Beyond: Stock Complex Restructuring
Agenda Item C.8.a, Attachment 2: Creating a Coastwide Rougheye/Shortraker Complex: An Alternative to Continued Management Within the Slope Rockfish Stock Complexes
Agenda Item C.8.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 3: Excerpted Portions of Appendix B of the Preliminary Draft 2015-2016 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Environmental Impact Statement Relevant to Slope Rockfish Complex Management
Agenda Item C.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item C.8.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item C.8.c, Supplemental Public Comment: PowerPoint Presentation from Mr. Ralph Brown on Agenda Item C.8 (Rougheye)
Agenda Item C.9: Fisheries in 2015-2016 and Beyond: Adopt Management Measures Preliminary Preferred Alternatives
Accompanying reference materials are provided under Agenda Item C.4
Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report: Pacific Fishery-Specific Habitat Conservation Objectives; A Pilot Effort to Rebuild and Maintain Sustainable Fisheries Through Targeted Habitat Conservation
Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental HC Report
Agenda Item E.1, Open Comment 1: Letter from Turtle Island Restoration Network regarding the decisions made at the March 2014 Council meeting regarding drift gillnet monitoring, management, and alternative gear
Agenda Item E.1, Supplemental Open Comment 2: Letters From Peter Flournoy; Alaskan Observers, Inc.; and FVOA
Agenda Item F.1: Tentative Adoption of 2014 Ocean Salmon Management Measures for Analysis
Preseason Report II: Proposed Alternatives and Environmental Assessment Part 2 for 2014 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations; Regulation Identifier Number 0648-XD072
Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 2: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 1: Westport, Washington, Public Hearing Summary
Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 2: Coos Bay, Oregon, Public Hearing Summary
Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 3: Santa Rosa, California, Public Hearing Summary
Agenda Item F.1.f, Supplemental SAS Report: Proposed 2014 Ocean Salmon Management Measures For Tentative Adoption
Agenda Item F.1.f, Supplemental Tribal Report (Hoopa Valley Tribe)
Agenda Item H.1: Sardine Assessment, Specifications, and Management Measures
Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1: Letter from Ed Johnstone, Quinault Fisheries Policy Spokesperson, regarding the Quinault Indian Nation’s intent to establish a tribal allocation and to enter the 2014-15 Pacific sardine fishery
Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 2: Letter from Jerry Thon, NWSS Principal, withdrawing the EFP request for the upcoming fishing year
Agenda Item H.1.b, Stock Assessment Report Executive Summary: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2014 for U.S.A. Management in 2014-15
Agenda Item H.1.b, Stock Assessment Report (Full Report Electronic Only): Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2014 for U.S.A. Management in 2014-15
Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental Stock Assessment PowerPoint: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource (Hill)
General Information and Membership Roster: Chair’s Reception (Public Invited), Driving Directions, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information, Tax Exempt Form, Council Member Seating Diagram, Membership Roster
Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 2: House MSA Reauthorization bill (HR 4742) (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 3: Footnoted Version of MSA with House and Senate Changes (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 4: Summary of Differences between House and Senate Versions of MSA
Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 5: Staff Summary of Federal legislation
Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 6: Comments of Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council on Senate discussion draft
Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 7: Comments of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee on a Seafood Sustainability Registration Program
Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 8: Lowman Response to House Questions following Testimony
Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 9: Letter from Salmon Associations Regarding S. 2198
Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 10: Agenda from June 11, 2014, LC Webinar
Agenda Item C.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 11: WDFW Initial Comments on “Discussion Draft” proposal on the MSA Reauthorization Act
Agenda Item C.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 12: Addendum to Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
Agenda Item C.3.a, Supplemental CCC Letter: Letter From the CCC to the Honorable Senator Begich and Honorable Representative Hastings Dated June 20, 2014 Regarding MSA Reauthorization
Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 2: Willamette River Coho and the Lower Columbia River Coho ESU Boundary Report
Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report
Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental NOAA PowerPoint: Lower Columbia River Natural Coho Harvest Matrix Update (Jeromy Jording)
Agenda Item D.2: Columbia River Cormorant Management Plan
Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 1: September 30, 2013 letter from Dr. McIsaac to Ms. Ruckwardt regarding the Council request on the content and review of the draft EIS on cormorant predation on juvenile salmonids
Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Double-crested Cormorant Management Plan to Reduce Predation of Juvenile Salmonids in the Columbia River Estuary (Full Version Electronic Only)
Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: PowerPoint Presentation that was provided to the Salmon Advisory Subpanel on June 12, 2014 Regarding Double-crested Cormorant Management Plan/EIS; (briefing was done by Joyce E. Casey, Chief, Environmental Resources Branch, Portland District, US Army Corps of Engineers
Agenda Item E.2.a: Federal Register Notice 79 FR 29377
Agenda Item E.2.b, NMFS WCR Report
Agenda Item E.2.b, NMFS PRD Report
Agenda Item E.2.b, HMSMT Report
Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental HMSMT PowerPoint: Comparing U.S. swordfish fisheries:Metrics for bycatch, economics, and commercial volume
Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental NMFS-CDFW Report: Joint NMFS and CDFW Report on Federal Management of the Large-Mesh Drift Gillnet Limited Entry California Swordfish Fishery: Issues and Solutions for Consideration
Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
Agenda Item E.2.c, Public Comment (Full Version Electronic Only)
Agenda Item E.2.c Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Full Version Electronic Only)
Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3 (Full Version Electronic Only)
Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4 (Online only)
Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint: A Programmatic Approach to Understanding and Managing a Complicated Fishery and how it will benefit U.S. economies, U.S. seafood consumers, and ocean health; includes Cover Letter at end of presentation (J. Gonzalez)
Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint 2: Transitioning from Drift Gillnets toward a Clean West Coast Swordfish Fishery (Shester)
Agenda Item E.3 : Exempted Fishing Permit Process
Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 1: Example EFP Solicitation Notice Letter
Agenda Item E.3.b, HMSMT Report
Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
Agenda Item E.3.c, Public Comment
Agenda Item E.4: Initial Scoping of Biennial Specifications and Management Measures
Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1: Draft Analysis of an Electronic Monitoring Program for the Pacific Coast Limited Entry Trawl Groundfish Fishery Catch Shares Program
Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Letter from the Honorable Peter A. DeFazio, Ranking Member, Committee on Natural Resources, to Chair Lowman, urging the PFMC to prioritize the adoption of a regulatory framework for the use of electronic monitoring
Agenda Item F.2.b, GEMPAC Report: GEMTAC Report to Council
Agenda Item F.2.b, PSMFC Report: PSMFC Final 2013 Report
Agenda Item F.2.b, NMFS Report: Net Revenue Analysis for Electronic Monitoring on the West Coast
Agenda Item F.2.b Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental EC Report
Agenda Item F.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment (Full Version Electronic Only)
Agenda Item F.3: Omnibus Regulation Changes Part 1
Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 1: Trawl Rationalization Issue: Adaptive Management Program QP Pass-Through, Council Decision Document
Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 2: Initial Compilation of Possible Groundfish Management Measures for Council Consideration
Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 3: Considerations for Prioritizing the List of Groundfish Management Measures
Agenda Item F.3.b Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental ODFW Report
Agenda Item F.3.b Supplemental EC Report
Agenda Item F.3.c, Public Comment
Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item F.4: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 1: NMFS Letter re: Council Recommendations for the Trawl Rockfish Conservation Area Configuration for 2013-2014 Groundfish Fisheries
Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 2: Final RCA Rule: Federal Register Notice 79FR21639; NOAA Fisheries announces change to the Pacific coast groundfish trawl Rockfish Conservation Area boundaries; effective April 17, 2014
Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 3: RCA Rule Correction: Federal Register Notice 79FR28455 Correction to the 2013-2014 Pacific coast groundfish fishery harvest specifications and management measures, effective May 16, 2014
Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 4: NMFS Letter re: Shorebased IFQ Surplus Carryover Decision for 2014
Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: West Coast Groundfish Shorebased IFQ Program Inseason Catch Report, June 2014
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.5: Final Exempted Fishing Permit Approval for 2015-2016
Agenda Item F.6.a, Attachment 2: Action to the Fixed Gear Sablefish Fishery Managed under the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, Including Measures to: Implement electronic fish tickets for sablefish landings; and Modify the own/control limit – Council Decision Document and Draft Environmental Assessment and Regulatory Impact Review
Agenda Item F.6.b, NMFS Report 1: Implementation Issues Associated with Electronic Fish Tickets
Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint Re: Agenda Item F.6.b, NMFS Report 1: Implementation Issues Associated with Electronic Fish Tickets
Agenda Item F.6.b, NMFS Report 2: Addendum to the Own/Control Limits Measure: A NMFS-Proposed Alternative and Concerns Regarding the Existing Preliminary Preferred Alternative (PPA)
Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint Re: Agenda Item F.6.b, NMFS Report 2: Addendum to the Own/Control Limits Measure: A NMFS-Proposed Alternative and Concerns Regarding the Existing Preliminary Preferred Alternative (PPA)
Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item F.6.b , Supplemental EC Report
Agenda Item F.6.c Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item F.7: Fisheries in 2015-2016 and Beyond: Harvest Specifications, Management Measures, and Amendment 24
Agenda Item F.7.a, Attachment 2: Preferred 2015 and 2016 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish Stocks and Stock Complexes
Agenda Item F.7.a, Attachment 3: Executive Summary and Description of the Preferred Season Structures and Management Measures, An Excerpt from the Preliminary DEIS
Agenda Item F.7.a, Attachment 5: Appendix B to Proposed Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for the 2015-2016 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery and Amendment 24 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Preliminary Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item F.7.a, Attachment 6: Excerpted Portions of Appendix B of the Preliminary Draft 2015-2016 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Environmental Impact Statement Relevant to the Preferred Alternative
Agenda Item F.7.a, Attachment 7: Preliminary Draft of the 2014 Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Document (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item F.7.a, Attachment 8: Proposed Groundfish FMP Amendment Language for Default Harvest Control Rules and for Designation of Ecosystem Component Species under Amendment 24
Agenda Item F.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 9: Economic Impacts Under the Harvest Guideline Options for Minor Nearshore Rockfish North of 40 10 North Latitude
Agenda Item F.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 10: Supplemental Analyses for Appendix B of the Preliminary Draft 2015-2016 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
Agenda Item F.7.a Supplemental REVISED Attachment 11: Updated version of Section 4.4 in Preliminary Draft of “Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures and Amendment 24: Draft Environmental Impact Statement”
Agenda Item F.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 12: Revised version of Section 4.8 of the Preliminary DEIS (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item F.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 13: Recommended Clarification in Proposed Amendment 24 FMP Language Changes
Agenda Item F.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3 (Link to video clip, part of Ken Franke testimony, Electronic only)
Agenda Item F.8: Initial Stock Assessment Plans and Terms of Reference for Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species
Agenda Item F.8.a, Attachment 1: Available Age and Length Composition Data for the Nine Data-Moderate Stocks Assessed in 2013
Agenda Item F.8.a, Attachment 2: Draft Terms of Reference for the Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment and Review Process for 2015-2016
Agenda Item F.8.a, Attachment 3: Draft Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Rebuilding Analysis for 2015-2016
Agenda Item F.8.a, Attachment 4: Draft Terms of Reference for the Methodology Review Process for Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species
Agenda Item F.8.a, Attachment 5: Recommended Changes to the Groundfish/CPS Stock Assessment Terms of Reference, Reflecting Coastal Pelagic Species Management and Assessment Schedules
Agenda Item F.8.b, NWFSC Report: Initial Stock Assessment Plans and TOR, Northwest Fisheries Science Center Report
Agenda Item F.8.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint: Initial Stock Assessment Plans For 2015 (Dr. James Hastie)
Agenda Item F.8.b, ODFW Report: Stock Assessment Data Available for Kelp Greenling, and China, Copper and Quillback Rockfishes for the 2015-16 Stock Assessment Cycle
Agenda Item F.8.b, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item F.8.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item F.8.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
Agenda Item F.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item F.9: Omnibus Regulation Changes Part II
Agenda Item F.9.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: Updated Compilation of Possible Groundfish Management Measures for Council Consideration
Agenda Item B.1.c, Public Comment 1: Tri-Marine Letter Regarding Squid Fleet Capacity
Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2: Letter from PCFFA in Support for Petition for Review in North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Westlands Water District, Docket No. S220532
Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 1: Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment for incorporating best available science into harvest management control rules for Pacific sardine
Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1: May 14, 2014 email to the agencies from Mike Burner regarding preliminary topic selection
Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental MEW Report
Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental STT Report
Agenda Item D.2: Lower Columbia River Natural Coho Harvest Matrix
Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 1: Review of Allowable Fishery Impacts to Lower Columbia River Natural Coho
Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Lower Columbia Natural Coho Model Runs highlighted during the September 3rd meeting of the Salmon Advisory Subpanel and the ad hoc Lower Columbia River Natural Coho Workgroup
Agenda Item D.2.b, LRC Workgroup Report
Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental LRC Workgroup PowerPoint (presented by Stuart Ellis)
Agenda Item G.1.e, Supplemental Public Comment (Full Version Electronic Only)
Agenda Item G.2: International Activities
Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1: Japan and U.S.A. Proposals, Measures for the Conservation and Management of Pacific Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 2: Resolutions adopted by the IATTC at its 87th Meeting
Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Draft Conservation and Management Measure to Establish a Multi-Annual Rebuilding Plan for Pacific Bluefin
Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Precautionary Management Framework for North Pacific Albacore (WCPFC)
Agenda Item G.2.b, NMFS Report: NMFS Report on International Activities Tuna (WCPFC-NC10-2014/DP-06-Rev.1)
Agenda Item G.3: Preliminary Approval of Exempted Fishing Permits for 2015 Fisheries
Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1: July 2, 2014, Letter Soliciting Exempted Fishing Permits to Test Alternative Gears and/or New Approaches or Methods for the California Large Mesh Drift Net Fishery
Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 2: Council Operating Procedure 20, Protocol for Consideration of Exempted Fishing Permits for Highly Migratory Species Fisheries
Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 3: HMSMT Report, June 2014
Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 4: Preliminary Exempted Fishing Permit Application: Alternative Swordfish Target Fishing Gears and Methods, Submitted by The Alliance of Communities for Sustainable Fisheries
Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental EC Report
Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item G.4: New or Routine Management Measures for 2015-2016 HMS Fisheries
Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 1: July 14, 2014, Notice from Comisión Nacional de Acuacultura y Pesca, Government of Mexico
Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 2: Notice of Receipt of Rulemaking Petition to Prohibit Pacific Bluefin Tuna Fishing and Request for Comments (79 FR 43017, July 24, 2014)
Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 3: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Federal Register notice dated August 2, 2014: Taking of Threatened or Endangered Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Modification of Permit (draft amended Negligible Impact Determination)
Agenda Item G.4.b, California Fish and Game Commission Report
Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental CDFW PowerPoint 2: Update on Pacific Bluefin Tuna in California for 2014; California Recreational and Commercial Fisheries
Agenda Item H.1: Unamanaged Forage Fish Initiative
Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1: Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1: Protecting Unfished and Unmanaged Forage Fish Species
Agenda Item H.1.b, Ecosystem Workgroup Report: Ecosystem Workgroup Summary Report on the Unmanaged Forage Fish Protection Initiative
Download the “Reader’s Guide to the September 2014 Ecosystem Workgroup Report on Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1” (Recorded video presentation by Ms. Yvonne deReynier)
Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 7: Federal Register Notice on Public Meetings and Request for Comment on Seafood Fraud
Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 8: Pacific Council Comments on Final Meeting with Presidential Task Force on IUU Fishing and Seafood Fraud
Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 9: WPFMC News Release dated September 10, 2014: At White House, Pacific Island Delegation Warns that the President’s Proposed Marine Monument Expansion Will Fail American Fisher
Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental LC Report (Although listed on the situation summary, the LC did not have a report for I.2.b)
Agenda Item J.1.b, NMFS OLE Report 1: OLE VMS/Incursion Violation Investigation Summary
Agenda Item J.1.b, NMFS OLE Report 2: VMS Unit Cost and Capabilities Survey Results – August 2014
Agenda Item J.1.c, ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Recovering Derelict Crab Gear During Groundfish Trips
Agenda Item J.1.c, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on the Council’s Recommended 2015-2016 Sorting Requirements for Slope Rockfish
Agenda Item J.1.c, Supplemental NMFS Letter: Letter to The Honorable Peter DeFazio dated August 21, 2014, regarding the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program
Agenda Item J.1.c, Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item J.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item J.1.c, Supplemental EC Report
Agenda Item J.1.d, Public Comment
Agenda Item J.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
Agenda Item J.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
Agenda Item J.2: Stock Assessment Planning
Agenda Item J.2.a, Attachment 1: Draft Terms of Reference for the Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment and Review Process for 2015-2016
Agenda Item J.2.a, Attachment 2: Draft Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Rebuilding Analysis for 2015-2016
Agenda Item J.2.a, Attachment 3: Draft Terms of Reference for the Methodology Review Process for Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species
Agenda Item J.2.b, NMFS Report: National Marine Fisheries Service Suggestions for 2015 Groundfish Stock Assessments
Agenda Item J.3.a, Attachment 1: Analysis of an Electronic Monitoring Program for the Pacific Coast Limited Entry Trawl Groundfish Fishery Catch Shares Program (Full Version Electronic Only)
Agenda Item J.3.b NMFS Report: Net Revenue Analysis for Electronic Monitoring on the West Coast (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item J.3.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: NMFS Response to Ms. Heather Mann’s Concerns Regarding NMFS’ Approach and Capabilities Relative to Electronic Monitoring EFP and Regulatory Initiatives
Agenda Item J.3.b, Supplemental GEMPAC Report
Agenda Item J.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item J.3.b, Supplemental EC Report
Agenda Item J.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item J.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item J.4: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
Agenda Item J.4.b, NMFS Report: West Coast Groundfish, Shorebased IFQ Program September 2014 Catch Report
Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2: Informational Report on The Selected Species Scorecard
Agenda Item K.1.a, Attachment 1: 2014 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
Agenda Item K.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Visual Representation of the 2014 Area 2A Catch Sharing Plan for Pacific Halibut
Agenda Item K.1.b, NMFS Report: Report on the 2014 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A
Agenda Item K.1.b, NMFS Report 2: NMFS Proposed Changes to Federal Regulations and 2015 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
Agenda Item K.1.b, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Catch Sharing Plan and 2015 Annual Regulations
Agenda Item K.1.b, ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2015 Fishery
Agenda Item K.1.b, Tri-State Report: California, Oregon, and Washington Report on Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for 2015
Highly Migratory Species Memo: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, Highly Migratory Species Management Team, and Interested Persons
Salmon Memo: Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Salmon Technical Team, Model Evaluation Workgroup, ad hoc Lower Columbia River Natural Coho Workgroup, and Interested Persons
SSC Memo: Scientific and Statistical Committee
Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster
Informational Report 1: Regional Electronic Technologies Implementation Plan for Marine Fisheres in the West Coast Region
Informational Report 2: Oceana Bycatch Response Letter dated July 14, 2014 to the 2014 Council Coordination Committee
Informational Report 3: Pacific Halibut Bycatch in U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries (2002-2013); Publication Date: August 2014
Supplemental Informational Report 4: NOAA Announcement of proposed rule for Regulating Offshore Marine Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico
Supplemental Informational Report 5: Letter dated August 27, 2014, from the Olympic Coast Intergovernmental Policy Council (IPC) to invite Stephen Gittings, NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary Program Science Director, to participate in a scientific technical working group off the Washington Coast
Supplemental Informational Report 6: Revision of Seafood Watch Guidelines
Supplemental Informational Report 7: NMFS Report – NMFS Response to Council’s Questions Concerning the Effectiveness, Accuracy, and Completeness of Pacific Coast Groundfish EFH
Supplemental Informational Report 8: Status Report of the 2014 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California; Preliminary Data Through August 31, 2014
Supplemental Informational Report 9: NMFS Notification – Release of the Columbia River Hatchery Final Environmental Impact Statement (“The Mitchell Act EIS”)
Supplemental Informational Report 10: West Coast Region Report on Salmon Related Management Items
Supplemental Informational Report 11: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts; Press Release dated September 9, 2014
Supplemental Informational Report 12: Approval Letter for Amendment 18 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan
Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 1: Tony Vultaggio; Gear Conflict between IFQ trap boats and Southern CA LE community
Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2: John Colgate (Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara); Gear conflict between IFQ trap boat and Southern CA LE longline community
Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3: Letter from Jason Robinson, SCGA, regarding regarding the “VMS enhancement” proposal by the Office of Law Enforcement to increase the VMS “ping rate” from once hourly four times an hour
Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4: Letter from Forrest Braden, F/V Pisces, regarding an issue related to trap boats fishing shore-based sablefish IFQ in the Conception (South of 36 degrees) management area
Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5: Email from Greg Shaughnessy; unexpected passing of Mr. Dennis Rydman, President and CEO of Ocean Gold Seafoods, Inc.
Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 6: Letter from Jason Robinson, F/V Miss Conception expressing concerns about the ITQ fishery in the Point Conception area, primarily the sablefish fishery
Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 7: Letter from Midwater Trawlers Association expressing their gratitude for the efforts to address the recent crisis in the whiting mothership fishery sector
Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 8: Email from Newport Fishermen’s Wives asking the Council to write a letter to the US Coast Guard in opposition to the closure of the US Coast Guard air station in Newport, OR
Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 9: Letter from Arctic Storm Management Group, LLC expressing appreciation for taking action in October 2014 to extend the MS whiting fishery with an inseason reallocation of darkblotched rockfish
Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 10: Letter from Jason Robinson requesting an amendment to Table 2 in the Federal Registry for trip limits for Near Shore and Deeper Near Shore species
Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 11: Brad Pettinger, Oregon Trawl Commission; Whole Foods TV Seafood Campaign (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item C.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: PUBLIC COMMENT DRAFT – National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Policy of the National Marine Fisheries Service
Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental EC Report
Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental SAS Report
Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report
Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item C.2.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
Agenda Item C.3: Legislative Matters
Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal legislation
Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 2: Letter from Council to Senator Murkowski
Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 3: Letter from Council to President Obama
Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 4: Letter from ODFW to Senators Begich and Rubio
Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental LC Report
Agenda Item C.4: Electronic Technology Plan
Agenda Item C.4.a, Attachment 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Policy Directive 30-133, May 3, 2013: Policy On Electronic Technologies And Fishery-Dependent Data Collection
Agenda Item C.4.a, Attachment 2: Draft Regional Electronic Technologies Implementation Plan for Marine Fisheries in the West Coast Region, October 2014
Agenda Item C.4.c, Supplemental SAS Report
Agenda Item C.4.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
Agenda Item C.4.c, Supplemental EC Report
Agenda Item C.4.c, Supplemental CDFW Report
Agenda Item C.4.c, Supplemental HMSMT Report
Agenda Item C.4.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report
Agenda Item C.4.c, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item C.4.c, Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item C.4.c, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item C.5: NMFS West Coast Region Strategic Plan
Agenda Item C.5.b, Supplemental REVISED NMFS Report 1: Development of a Strategic Plan for NOAA Fisheries’ West Coast Region
Agenda Item C.5.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Draft Strategic Plan for NOAA Fisheries’ West Coast Region
Agenda Item C.5.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region; DRAFT Strategic Plan (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item C.5.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report
Agenda Item C.5.c, Supplemental SAS Report
Agenda Item C.5.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
Agenda Item C.6: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
Agenda Item C.6.a, Attachment 1: Draft Minutes: 223rd Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (April 2014)
Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint: Update on Southwest Fisheries Science Center Activities; Dale Sweetman (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item E.1.e, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item E.2: Sardine Harvest Fraction Final Preferred Alternative
Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 1: Draft Environmental Assessment for incorporating best available science into harvest management control rules for Pacific sardine
Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: (PowerPoint) Incorporating the Use of a New Temperature Index into the Calculation of the Pacific Sardine Harvest Guideline Formula (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item F.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Salmon)
Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint: Report on the September 2014 NMFS/CDFW California coastal Chinook salmon fishery management workshop (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item F.2: Salmon Methodology Review
Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1: Status Determination Criteria for Willapa Bay Natural Coho
Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 2: Development of escapement goals for Grays Harbor fall Chinook using spawner-recruit models
Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 3: Standardized Method to Calculate Chinook Age 2 FRAM Stock Recruit Scalars, Based Upon the Age 3 Forecast
Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 4: A Method for Utilizing Recent Coded Wire Tag Recovery Data to Adjust FRAM Base Period Exploitation Rates
Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 5: An evaluation of the effectiveness of the Cape Flattery Control Zone closure at reducing non-treaty troll fishery impacts on Puget Sound Chinook
Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 7: Comparing Income Impact Estimates from IOPAC and FEAM (Salmon Review) Models
Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental MEW Report
Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental STT Report
Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental SAS Report
Agenda Item F.3: Preseason Salmon Management Schedule for 2015
Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Fishery Management Council Schedule and Process for Developing 2015 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
Agenda Item F.4: Lower Columbia Coho Harvest Matrix
Agenda Item F.4.b, LRC Workgroup Report 1: Allowable Fishery Impacts to Lower Columbia River Natural Coho: A Review of the 2006 Harvest Control Rule for Possible Policy Reconsideration
Agenda Item G.1: 2015 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan and Regulations
Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 1: 2014 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 2: Visual Representation of the 2014 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 3: Council Blog Summarizing Proposed Changes to the 2015 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Fishery Regulations
Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan Changes for 2015
Agenda Item G.1.b, NMFS Report 2: Environmental Assessment and Regulatory Impact Review of Continuing Implementation of the Catch Sharing Plan for Pacific Halibut in Area 2A, 2014-2016 (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item G.1.b, NMFS Report 3: NMFS recommended changes for Catch Sharing Plan and Regulation changes for 2015
Agenda Item G.1.b, NMFS Report 4: Report on the 2014 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A
Agenda Item G.1.b, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Catch Sharing Plan and 2015 Annual Regulations
Agenda Item G.1.b, WDFW Report 2: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan Changes
Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental WDFW Report 3: WDFW Report on Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan Changes (Additional Report to introduce two options for the Columbia River alternatives)
Agenda Item G.1.b, ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2015 Fishery
Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental IPHC Report: Letter to WDFW/ODFW/CDFW from IPHC
Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental CDFW Report
Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental CDFW Report 2
Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental EC Report
Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report
Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item G.1.c, Public Comment
Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3 (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item H.1: Report on the Atlantis Model Review
Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1: Atlantis Model for the California Current; Report of the Methodology Review Panel Meeting
Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint: Atlantis Model for the California Current Report of Methodology Review Panel; Isaac Kaplan (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 1: Draft Conservation and Management Measure to Establish a Multi-Annual Rebuilding Plan for Pacific Bluefin Tuna
Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 2: Precautionary Management Framework for North Pacific Albacore
Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 3: Work Programme for the Northern Committee
Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 4: Proposal IATTC-87 J-1 Submitted by the United States, Evaluation of Candidate Target and Limit Reference Points and Decision Framework for North Pacific Albacore
Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 5: Provisional Annotated Agenda, Eleventh Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: Proposal IATTC-87 I-3A; Submitted by Mexico, Japan, and the United States: Measures for the Conservation and Management of Pacific Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental NMFS Report
Agenda Item I.2.d, Supplemental HMSMT Report
Agenda Item I.2.d, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item I.2.d, Supplemental HMSAS Report
Agenda Item I.3: Bluefin Tuna Management Measures for 2015-2016 Fisheries
Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 1: Daily-bag-limits, Possession Limits, and At-Sea Processing of Pacific Bluefin Tuna in California Recreational Fisheries, Draft Environmental Assessment
Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT PowerPoint: Potential Economic Impacts of Bluefin Tuna Management Measures for 2015-2016 Fisheries
Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental CDFW Report
Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental CDFW Report 2
Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental NMFS/CDFW Report: NMFS/CDFW Preliminary Proposal for Consideration on Recreational Bluefin Management Measures for 2015‐2016 Fisheries
Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental REVISED EC Report
Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment (Full Version Electronic Only)
Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
Agenda Item I.4: Drift Gillnet Hard Caps and Other Priorities for 2015-2016 Fisheries
Agenda Item I.4.a, Attachment 1: Range of Alternatives for Protected Species Hard Caps, Finfish Bycatch Reduction, and Enhanced Monitoring in the California Large Mesh Drift Gillnet Fishery Adopted at the September 2014 Council Meeting
Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental HMSMT PowerPoint: Bootstrap Analysis of Drift Gillnet Fishery Operation under Hard Caps (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
Agenda Item I.4.c, Public Comment
Agenda Item I.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Full Version Electronic Only)
Agenda Item I.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
Agenda Item I.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
Agenda Item I.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5 (Electronic Only, Includes Letter and PowerPoint)
Agenda Item I.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 6 (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item I.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 7 (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item I.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 8 (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item J.3.a, Attachment 1: Reallocation of Blackgill Rockfish South of 40⁰10’ N Latitude
Agenda Item J.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item J.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item J.4: Ongoing Groundfish Rulemakings
Agenda Item J.4.a, Attachment 1: Midwater Trawl Restrictions and Prohibited Species Retention for the Shorebased Trawl Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program, March 2014
Agenda Item J.4.a, Attachment 2: Reconsideration of Select 2015 and 2016 Groundfish Harvest Specifications
Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Season Date Change for midwater trawl fishery (whiting and non-whiting) – NMFS interpretation
Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item J.5: Economic Data Collection Program Report on Fishery Status and Overview of Social Science Research
Agenda Item J.5.b, NWFSC Report 1: Economic Data Collection Program First Receiver and Shorebased Processor Report (Full report electronic only)
Agenda Item J.5.b, NWFSC Report 2: Economic Data Collection Program Catcher Vessel Report (Full report electronic only)
Agenda Item J.5.b, NWFSC Report 3: Economic Data Collection Program Catcher-Processor Report (Full report electronic only)
Agenda Item J.5.b, NWFSC Report 4: Economic Data Collection Program Mothership Report (Full report electronic only)
Agenda Item J.5.b, NWFSC Report 5: The Pacific Groundfish Fishery Social Study: An Initial Theme-Based Report
Agenda Item J.5.b, Supplemental NWFSC Report 6: The Pacific Groundfish Fishery Social Study: An Overview of Initial Theme-Based Results – Slides Presented in Video
Agenda Item J.5.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint 1: Economic Data Collection Program Report; 2009-2012 (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item J.5.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint 2: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Social Study: An Overview of Initial Theme Based Results (Electronic Only)
Agenda Item J.5.c, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item J.5.c, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item J.6: Methodology Review Process Council Operating Procedure
Agenda Item J.6.a, Attachment 1: Proposed Draft of Council Operating Procedure 25
Agenda Item J.6.b, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item J.6.b, Supplemental GMT Report
Agenda Item J.6.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item J.7: Reconsideration of Open Access Registration Under Amendment 22
Agenda Item J.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item J.8: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
Highly Migratory Species Memo: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, Highly Migratory Species Management Team, and Interested Persons
Salmon Memo: Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Salmon Technical Team, Model Evaluation Workgroup, ad hoc Lower Columbia River Natural Coho Workgroup, and Interested Persons
SSC Memo: Scientific and Statistical Committee
Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster
Informational Report 3: PFMC Request for Comments on Draft FMP Amendments Protecting Unfished and Unmanaged Forage Fish Species
REVISED Informational Report 4: Estimated Discard and Catch of Groundfish Species in the 2013 US West Coast Fisheries (WCGOP Report); Full Version Electronic Only
Supplemental Informational Report 5: Secretary of Commerce Appoints Four New Committee Members to NOAA’s Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (October 20, 2014 NOAA News Release)
Supplemental Informational Report 7: Letter from NMFS regarding the tribal seat on the Pacific Fishery Management Council
Supplemental Informational Report 8: NMFS Report: Response to Council’s Questions Concerning the Effectiveness, Accuracy, and Completeness of Pacific Coast Groundfish EFH
Supplemental Informational Report 9: Status Report of the 2014 Ocean Salmon Fisheries Off Washington, Oregon and California. Preliminary Data Through October 31, 2014
General Information, November 2014: Chair’s Banquet (Form due to Renee Dorval no later than Friday, November 10, 2014), Driving Directions, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information, Council Seating Chart, Tax Exempt Information, Membership Roster