June 2015 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.4: June 2015 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Public Comment 1: Email from Robert T. Wenglicki
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Comment 2: Letter from Oceana regarding Pacific sardine
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Comment 3: Letter from Hanan & Associates, Inc., regarding the exploration of alternative swordfish fishery gears and techniques within the West-Coast EEZ
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Comment 4: Letter from Wild Oceans requesting the Council initiate action at the June meeting to make deep set buoy gear an allowable gear in the Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Public Comment 5: Agenda Item F5a – HMSMT Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Public Comment 6: New collaboration between North Pacific Council’s Amendment 80 Trawlers and Local Bering Sea Organizations on halibut research in the Bering Sea area

C. Habitat

• Agenda Item C.1: Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item C.1, Attachment 1: Draft Letter on Aquaculture Impacts
  • Agenda Item C.1, Supplemental Attachment 2: Letter Regarding Conservation of Sacramento River Winter Chinook
  • Agenda Item C.1, Supplemental Attachment 3: Letter to U.S. DOI re: Action Requested to Prevent Klamath River Fish Kill
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental PowerPoint Presentation (Electronic Only)

D. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item D.1: NMFS Report (Groundfish)
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Groundfish and Halibut Federal Register Notices
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, NMFS Report 2: Rulemaking Plan for 2015, Groundfish and Halibut
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, NMFS Report 3: NMFS Report on Authority for Rulemaking and Recommended Packaging Related to Items Addressed by the Council under the EFH Agenda Item in April, 2015
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, NMFS Report 4: Letter to Council, Electronic Monitoring EFP update
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, NMFS Report 5: Midwater Recreational Sport Fishery
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint John Stein (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item D.2: Permit Stacking Cost Recovery Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, NMFS Report: Recovery of Incremental Costs Associated with the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Sablefish Permit Stacking Program
  • Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item D.3: Salmon ESA Reconsultation Update
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, NMFS Report 1: Salmon Bycatch in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, NMFS Report 2: Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation, Supplemental Biological Opinion, March 11, 2006
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: Salmon Bycatch in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item D.4: Non-Salmon Endangered Species Act Report
  • Agenda Item D.4, Supplemental Attachment 1: Fishing Effort in the 2002-2013 U.S. Pacific Coast Groundfish Fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.4, Supplemental Attachment 2: 2014 Reporting requirements as set out in the NMFS Biological Opinion- Leatherback sea turtles for the continuing authorization of the Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.4, Supplemental Attachment 3: Observed and Estimated Bycatch of Eulachon in 2002–2013 US West Coast Groundfish Fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.4, Supplemental Attachment 4: Observed and Estimated Bycatch of Green Sturgeon in 2002–2013 US West Coast Groundfish Fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.4, Supplemental Attachment 5: Observed and Estimated Bycatch of Short-tailed Albatross in U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries 2010-2013 (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.4, Supplemental Attachment 6: Humpback whale bycatch in the 2010 – 2013 U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, NMFS Report 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Pacific Coast Groundfish Endangered Species Act Workgroup Process
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2 (ESA Species Bycatch Reports, Electronic Only – See Supplemental Attachments 1 through 6)
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Supplemental Groundfish ESA Workgroup Report
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Supplemental GF ESA Workgroup PowerPoint (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item D.5: Specifications Process for 2017-2018 Fisheries
  • Agenda Item D.5, Attachment 1: Proposed Schedule for Developing the 2017-2018 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item D.5, Attachment 2: Council Operating Procedure 9
  • Agenda Item D.5, Attachment 3: Council Operating Procedure 25
  • Agenda Item D.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item D.6: Groundfish EFH and Rockfish Conservation Area Update
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental Tribal Letter (Quinault Indian Nation)
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental Tribal Letter 2 (Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission)
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Letter: Response Letter to Ed Johnstone, Fisheries Policy Spokesperson, Quinault Indian Nation
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Letter 2: Response Letter to Lorraine Loomis, Chairperson, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item D.6.b, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item D.6.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item D.6.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item D.6.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item D.7: Inseason Adjustments
  • Agenda Item D.7.a, GMT Report: Groundfish Management Team Report to the Scientific and Statistical Committee on a Literature Review of Skate Discard Mortality
  • Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2: GMT Report on Inseason Adjustments
  • Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental GMT Report 3: GMT Report on Inseason Adjustments (Big Skate)
  • Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental CDFW Report: Status of 2015 Groundfish Mortality in California
  • Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental GAP Report

• Agenda Item D.8: Final Stock Assessments and Catch Reports (Full Assessments are Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 1: Executive Summary of “The Status of canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) in the California Current in 2015”
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 1: “The Status of canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) in the California Current in 2015” (Entire Document Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 2: Canary Rockfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Meeting Report
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 3: Executive Summary of “Status of the darkblotched rockfish resource off the continental U.S. Pacific Coast in 2015”
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 3: “Status of the darkblotched rockfish resource off the continental U.S. Pacific Coast in 2015” (Entire Document Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 4: Darkblotched Rockfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Meeting Report
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 5: Executive Summary of “The 2015 stock assessment of arrowtooth flounder (Atherestes stomias) in California, Oregon, and Washington waters”
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 5: “The 2015 stock assessment of arrowtooth flounder (Atherestes stomias) in California, Oregon, and Washington waters” (Entire Document Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 6: Executive Summary of “Status of the Chilipepper rockfish, Sebastes goodei, in the California Current for 2015”
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 6: “Status of the Chilipepper rockfish, Sebastes goodei, in the California Current for 2015” (Entire Document Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 7: Executive Summary of “Stock Assessment Update: Status of the U.S. petrale sole resource in 2014”
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 7: “Stock Assessment Update: Status of the U.S. petrale sole resource in 2014” (Entire Document Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 8: Executive Summary of “Status of the U.S. sablefish resource in 2015”
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 8: “Status of the U.S. sablefish resource in 2015” (Entire Document Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 9: Catch Report for the Unassessed Overfished Species in the 2015-16 Biennium
  • Agenda Item D.8, Attachment 10: Report on the Nearshore Stock Assessments Workshop
  • Agenda Item D.8.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.8.a, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item D.9: Blackgill and Slope Rockfish Quota Share Allocation
  • Agenda Item D.9, Supplemental Council Staff PowerPoint (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.9, Attachment 1: Challenges in the Reallocation of Slope Rockfish Quota Shares
  • Agenda Item D.9.a, NMFS Report: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Blackgill and Slope Rockfish Quota Share Allocation
  • Agenda Item D.9.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.9.a, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item D.10: Rebuilding Revision Rules
  • Agenda Item D.10, Attachment 1: Evaluating alternative rebuilding strategies to meet management goals for rebuilding overfished U.S. West Coast groundfish stocks
  • Agenda Item D.10, Attachment 2: Rebuilding Revision Rules Range of Alternatives
  • Agenda Item D.10.a, Supplemental NMFS Powerpoint (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item D.10.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.10.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.10.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item D.10.b, Supplemental Public Comment

E. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item E.1: International Issues Including IATTC Meeting and North Pacific Albacore Management Strategy Evaluation
  • Agenda Item E.1, Attachment 1: Summary of Priority Issues at the 89th Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Meeting
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental SWFSC Report: Report of the Pacific Bluefin Tuna Research March 30, 2015 Coordination Meeting
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item E.2: Final Approval of Resubmitted EFP Application
  • Agenda Item E.2, Attachment 1: Alliance of Communities for Sustainable Fisheries Revised Exempted Fishing Permit Application
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental HSMAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Full Version Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint 2 (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item E.3: Swordfish Management and Monitoring Plan Hardcaps
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, NMFS Report: Pacific Offshore Cetacean Take Reduction Team Memo to Eileen Sobeck, Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries on Pacific Fishery Management Council Proposed Hard Caps on Marine Mammal Bycatch in the Drift Gillnet Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.a: HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental HMSMT PowerPoint (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Public Comment (Full Version Electronic Only; The list of signatories to the Oceana comment letter)
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Full Version Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint; Includes Letter (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint 2 (Electronic Only)

F. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item F.1: Legislative Matters
  • Agenda Item F.1, Supplemental Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
  • Agenda Item F.1, Attachment 2: HR 1335 as Reported by Committee (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.1, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 3: MSA with Proposed HR 1335 Changes (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.1, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 4: Summary of MSA Changes Proposed by HR 1335 and Other Bills
  • Agenda Item F.1, Attachment 5: HR 564, Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act
  • Agenda Item F.1, Attachment 6: Council letter on HR 774 (IUU fishing)
  • Agenda Item F.1, Attachment 7: Council letter on HR 1335 (MSA reauthorization)
  • Agenda Item F.1, Attachment 8: Council letter on REFI Act
  • Agenda Item F.1, Attachment 9: Obama Policy Statement on HR 1335
  • Agenda Item F.1, Attachment 10: S 1403, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act
  • Agenda Item F.1, Supplemental Attachment 11: Draft Letter, PFMC Comments on H.R. 564, the Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Legislative Committee Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
• Agenda Item F.2: Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental Budget Committee Report
  • Agenda Item F.2, Supplemental Attachment 1: Budget Committee “Workshop” Annotated Agenda (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.2, Supplemental Attachment 2: Powerpoint presentations from Council Staff and NMFS WCR Staff (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.2, Supplemental Attachment 3: Revised 2015-2019 grant application (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item F.3: Approval of Council Meeting Record
  • Agenda Item F.3, Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record: 227th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (November 12-19, 2014)
  • Agenda Item F.3, Attachment 2: Draft Council Meeting Record: 228th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (March 6-12, 2015)
  • Agenda Item F.3, Attachment 3: Draft Council Meeting Record: 229th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (April 10-16, 2015)
• Supplemental REVISED Agenda Item F.4: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item F.4, Attachment 1: Draft COP 3
  • Agenda Item F.4, Supplemental Attachment 2: Draft proposed changes to the PFMC SOPP; an excerpt of pages 3 and 5 of the SOPP intended to address establishment and conduct of Council sponsored workshops
  • Agenda Item F.4, Supplemental Attachment 3: DRAFT COP 8
• Agenda Item F.5: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, September 9-16, 2015 in Sacramento, California
  • Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 3: Groundfish Workload Priorities
  • Agenda Item F.5, Supplemental Attachment 4: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item F.5, Supplemental Attachment 5: Proposed Pacific Council Meeting Agenda, September 9‐16, 2015 in Sacramento, California
  • Agenda Item F.5, Supplemental Attachment 6: Groundfish Workload Priorities (6/16/2015)
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, HMSMT Report: Highly Migratory Species Management Team Report On Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2: Scheduling Excerpts from Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, EWG Report: Ecosystem Workgroup Report On Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Electronic Only)

G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item G.1: NMFS Report (CPS)
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report: CPS Regulatory Activities
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental CDFW Report
• Agenda Item G.2: Pacific Mackerel Assessment and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item G.2, Attachment 1: STAR Panel Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Stock Assessment Report Executive Summary
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Full Stock Assessment Report (Full Report Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental Stock Assessment PowerPoint: Pacific mackerel (Scomber japonicus) stock assessment for USA management in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 fishing years (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item G.3: Anchovy Update
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, USFWS Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental CDFW Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental CDFW PowerPoint: Aerial Survey Observations of Northern Anchovy in the Southern California Bight (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item G.4: Litigation Settlement Discussion
  • Agenda Item G.4, Attachment 1: Settlement Agreement
  • Agenda Item G.4, Attachment 2: Draft Terms of Reference for Distribution Workshop
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental Public Comment

H. Ecosystem Management

• Agenda Item H.1: Lenfest Taskforce and Ocean Modeling Forum Update
  • Agenda Item H.1, Attachment 1: Lenfest Ecosystem Task Force Fact Sheet
  • Agenda Item H.1, Supplemental Lenfest Powerpoint; Phil Levin (Electronic Only, Large File 15.2 mb)

Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas AND Committee Memos)

ANCILLARY AGENDAS

• Budget Committee (BC) Agenda
• Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) Agenda
• Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) Agenda
• Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
• Habitat Committee (HC) Agenda
• Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) Agenda
• Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) Agenda
• Legislative Committee (LC) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
  • SSC Groundfish Subcommittee Agenda
  • SSC Groundfish and Economics Subcommittees Agenda
  • SSC DRAFT April 2015 Summary Minutes

COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY BODY MEMOS

• CPS Memo: Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team, Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel, and Interested Persons
• Enforcement Memo: Enforcement Consultants
• Groundfish Memo: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, Groundfish Management Team, and Groundfish Interested Persons
• HMS Memo: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, Highly Migratory Species Management Team, and Interested Persons
• SSC Memo: Scientific and Statistical Committee

Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster

INFORMATIONAL REPORTS

• Informational Report 1: Groundfish Gear Changes
• Informational Report 2: Measuring the Effects of Catch Shares
• Informational Report 3: Bob Emmett, In Memoriam
• Informational Report 4: 2015 Fisheries Innovation Fund Grants
• Supplemental Informational Report 5: Proposed Agenda for the June 22-25, 2015 Council Coordination Committee Meeting (May 13, 2015 Version)
• Supplemental Informational Report 6: VMS Discontinued Type Approvals
• Supplemental Informational Report 7: NMFS OLE, West Coast Enforcement Division Report to PFMC

GENERAL INFORMATION, CHAIR’S RECEPTION, MEMBERSHIP ROSTER

• General Information, June 2015: General Information, June 2015: Chair’s Reception, Hotel Information, Council Seating Chart, Membership Roster

PFMC