June 2018 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.3: Executive Director’s Report
• Agenda Item A.4: Proposed June 7-13, 2018 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Public Comment 1: Comment on the 2018 salmon fishery
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2: Halibut Opener; Restoration of Kings, Silvers and Sockeyes

C. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item C.1: Council Coordination Committee Update
  • Agenda Item C.1, Attachment 1: DRAFT May 22-24, 2018 Council Coordination Committee Meeting, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Sitka, Alaska, Agenda
  • Agenda Item C.1, Supplemental Attachment 2: Executive Director’s Report on the Council Coordination Committee Meeting
  • Agenda Item C.1, Supplemental Attachment 3: Letter from the CCC to Chris Oliver dated June 5, 2018 re: a report from the Fishing Data Innovation Taskforce
  • Agenda Item C.1, Supplemental Attachment 4: Letter from the CCC to The Honorable Don Young, Congressman for All Alaska re: request for the views of the CCC on H.R. 200, the Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act
  • Agenda Item C.1, Supplemental Attachment 5: Letter from the CCC to Chris Oliver re: Research Priorities
  • Agenda Item C.1, Supplemental Attachment 6: CCC Consensus Statement on Aquaculture
• Agenda Item C.2: Electronic Monitoring Cost Allocation Policy Directive
  • Agenda Item C.2, Attachment 1: Draft NMFS Procedural Directive on Cost Allocations in Electronic Monitoring Programs for Federally Managed U.S Fisheries
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
• Agenda Item C.3: National Marine Fisheries Service White Paper on Best Scientific Information Available
  • Agenda Item C.3, Attachment 1: Framework for Determining that Stock Status Determinations and Harvest Specifications are Based on the Best Scientific Information Available
  • Agenda Item C.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Science Centers Presentation 1:  BSIA Guidance Update (Koch/Werner)
  • Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report 1
• Agenda Item C.4: Research and Data Needs Document – Preliminary Draft
  • Agenda Item C.4, Attachment 1: Draft 2018 Research and Data Needs (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental NMFS SWFSC Report 1: Feedback on Research and Data Needs Document
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental Ecosystem Workgroup Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
• Agenda Item C.5: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs
  • Agenda Item C.5, Attachment 1: West Coast Region and Pacific Fishery Management Council – Regulations Identified for Review
  • Agenda Item C.5, Supplemental Attachment 2: DRAFT Letter to Chris Oliver from the Council re: review of federal West Coast fishery regulations as required by Executive Order (E.O.) 13771 and E.O. 13777
  • Agenda Item C.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.5.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item C.6: Legislative Matters
  • Agenda Item C.6, Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
  • Agenda Item C.6, Attachment 2: Marine Aquaculture Act discussion draft (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item C.6, Attachment 3: S. 2773: To Improve the Management of Driftnet Fishing
  • Agenda Item C.6, Attachment 4: Excerpt from House Appropriations Bill for FY2019
  • Agenda Item C.6.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
• Agenda Item C.7: Federal Fishery Permit Citizenship Requirements–Scoping
  • Agenda Item C.7, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1: Commercial Fishery Permit Eligibility (Kit Dahl)
  • Agenda Item C.7, Attachment 1: Commercial Fishery Permit Eligibility Under Pacific Council Fishery Management Plans
  • Agenda Item C.7.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.7.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.7.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item C.7.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item C.8: Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item C.8, Supplemental Attachment 1: Executive Director’s Report to the Budget Committee
  • Agenda Item C.8, Supplemental Attachment 2: NOAA Management and Budget Update, June 2018
  • Agenda Item C.8.a, Supplemental BC Report 1
• Agenda Item C.9: Approval of Council Meeting Records
  • Agenda Item C.9, Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record: 243rd Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (March 9-14, 2018)
  • Agenda Item C.9, Attachment 2: Draft Council Meeting Record: 244th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (April 5-11, 2018)
• Agenda Item C.10: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item C.10.a, Supplemental USFWS Report 1: USFWS Intent to Add Designees on the Pacific Council
  • Agenda Item C.10.a, Supplemental U.S. DOS Report 1: Letter Designating Rich Lincoln as an Alternate United States Commissioner to the North Pacific Fisheries Commission
• Agenda Item C.11: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item C.11, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item C.11, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, September 5-12, 2018 in Seattle, Washington
  • Agenda Item C.11, Supplemental Attachment 3: Year-at-a-Glance (dated 06/12/2018)
  • Agenda Item C.11, Supplemental Attachment 4: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, September 5-12, 2018 in Seattle, Washington (dated 06/12/2018; 2:02 PM)
  • Agenda Item C.11, Supplemental Attachment 5: DRAFT Letter to Alan Risenhoover from the Council re: the draft “National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Procedural Directive on Cost Allocation in Electronic Monitoring Programs for Federally Managed U.S. Fisheries” (directive)
  • Agenda Item C.11.a, Supplemental STT Progress Report 1: Update to the Council on the Progress Made Towards Development of the Five Rebuilding Plans
  • Agenda Item C.11.a, Supplemental Staff Report 1: Coastal Pelagic Species Proposed General Schedule
  • Agenda Item C.11.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.11.a, Ecosystem Workgroup Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.11.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.11.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.11.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.11.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1 (Dooley)

D. Habitat

• Agenda Item D.1: Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item D.1.a Supplemental HC Report 1

E. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item E.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (NMFS)
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Groundfish and Halibut Federal Register Notices
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Rulemaking Plans and Major Activities
• Agenda Item E.2: New and Continuing Exempted Fishing Permit Approval for 2019-2020
  • Agenda Item E.2, Attachment 1: Application for Exempted Fishing Permit for Yellowtail Rockfish Jig Fishing for the 2019-2020 Fishing Season
  • Agenda Item E.2, Attachment 2: Groundfish Exempted Fishing Permit Proposal: Commercial Midwater Hook and Line Rockfish Fishing in the RCA off the Oregon Coast
  • Agenda Item E.2, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 3: Monterey Bay Regional Exempted Fishing Permit – Chilipepper Rockfish
  • Agenda Item E.2, Attachment 4: Chilipepper/Yellowtail Long Leader EFP
  • Agenda Item E.2, Attachment 5: Year-Round Coastwide Midwater Rockfish EFP: Monitoring and Minimizing Salmon Bycatch When Targeting Rockfish in the Shorebased IFQ Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.2, Supplemental Attachment 6: Cover from Barbara Emley to Supplement Agenda Item E.2, Attachment 1
  • Agenda Item E.2, Supplemental Attachment 7: Updated Impact Estimate Table, Third Page of Agenda Item E.2, Attachment 4
  • Agenda Item E.2, Supplemental Attachment 8: Revised Yelloweye Request for Cook EFP
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Update on the 2018 Trawl Gear EFP and Year-Round Midwater Rockfish EFP
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 3
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental REVISED GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item E.3: Final Action on Stock Assessment Plans and Terms of Reference for Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species
  • Agenda Item E.3, Attachment 1: Prioritization of Species and NMFS Final Recommendations for Stock Assessments in 2019 and 2021
  • Agenda Item E.3, Attachment 2: Excel Workbook of Data Informing 2019 and 2021 Stock Assessment Prioritization (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.3, Attachment 3: Draft Terms of Reference for the Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment and Review Process for 2019-2020
  • Agenda Item E.3, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 4: Draft Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Rebuilding Analysis for 2019-2020
  • Agenda Item E.3, Attachment 5: Draft Terms of Reference for the Methodology Review Process for Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species for 2019-2020
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental NWFSC Presentation 1: Prioritizing Fish Stock Assessments; Final Recommendations for Assessments of Pacific Coast Groundfish Species in 2019 (and 2021) – Hastie
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 1 (Makah) June 2018
• Agenda Item E.4: Final Action to Adopt Management Measures for 2019-2020 Fisheries
  • Agenda Item E.4, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: Action Item Checklist
  • Agenda Item E.4, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 2: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 2019-2020 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures: Analytical Document Organized as a Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.4, Attachment 3: Preferred 2019 and 2020 harvest specifications (overfishing limits, acceptable biological catches, and annual catch limits, for west coast groundfish stocks and stock complexes under preferred harvest control rules)
  • Agenda Item E.4, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 4: Draft Appendix A – Integrated Alternatives Analysis
  • Agenda Item E.4, Attachment 5: Draft Appendix B – Consideration of Changes to the Yelloweye Rockfish Rebuilding Plan
  • Agenda Item E.4, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 6: Draft Appendix C – New Management Measures Detailed Analysis
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental NMFS/GMT Presentation 1: Consideration of Changes to the Yelloweye Rockfish Rebuilding Plan (Abigail Harley)
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental WDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental REVISED GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 3
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item E.5: Inseason Adjustments–Final Action
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental EC Presentation 1 (Corrigan)
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Mann)

F. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item F.1: Live Bait Fishery Allowance Amendment — Scoping
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, CPSMT Report 1: Scoping Document
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2

G. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item G.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (HMS)
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Report on Highly Migratory Species Activities
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC Presentation 1: NMFS Report SWFSC Activities Highly Migratory Species (Gerard DiNardo)
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement Response on Confidentiality of Vessel Monitoring System Data Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
• Agenda Item G.2: Recommendations for International Management Activities
  • Agenda Item G.2, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1: WCPFC 14 (Kit Dahl)
  • Agenda Item G.2, Attachment 1: May 30-31, 2018, Pacific Bluefin Tuna Management Strategy Evaluation Workshop Proposed Agenda
  • Agenda Item G.2, Attachment 2: Fourteenth Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Summary Report, Issued March 16, 2018 (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item G.2, Attachment 3: Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Resolution C-16-08, Measures for the Conservation and Management of Pacific Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
  • Agenda Item G.2, Supplemental Attachment 4: April 18, 2018 Management Strategy Evaluation Listening Session Summary Report (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental SWFSC Presentation 1: Bluefin and Albacore Tuna Management Strategy Evaluation -Updates (Gerard DiNardo)
  • Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: NMFS Report on International Management of HMS
  • Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report 2
  • Agenda Item G.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item G.3: Drift Gillnet Performance Metrics
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental HMSMT Presentation 1: Drift Gillnet Performance Metrics (Hellmers)
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item G.4: Update on Existing Deep-Set Buoy Gear Exempted Fishing Permits
  • Agenda Item G.4, Attachment 1: 2015-2017 PIER Deep-Set Buoy Gear EFP Preliminary Summary – May, 2018
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Updates to DSBG EFPs
  • Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: (Chugey Sepulveda)
• Agenda Item G.5: Deep-Set Buoy Gear Authorization–Final Range of Alternatives and Preliminary Preferred Alternative for Number of Limited Entry Permits
  • Agenda Item G.5, Attachment 1: Deep-Set Buoy Gear Range of Alternatives Adopted at the March 2018 Meeting
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Presentation 1: DSBG Range of Alternatives (Hellmers)
  • Agenda Item G.5.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item G.6: Preliminary Review of New Non-Deep-Set Buoy Gear Exempted Fishing Permit Applications and Resubmission of Previous Deep-Set Buoy Gear Applications
  • Agenda Item G.6, Attachment 1: Revised Deep-Set EFP From David Hutto
  • Agenda Item G.6, Attachment 2: EFP Application from Dr. John Hall to Test Deep-Set Pelagic Longline Gear in the West Coast EEZ
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Preliminary Review of Non-Deep-Set Buoy Gear EFPs and Resubmission of Previous Deep-Set-Buoy Gear EFP Applications
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item G.7: Swordfish Management Project Planning and Observer Coverage
  • Agenda Item G.7, Attachment 1: Draft Pacific Coast Swordfish Fishery Management and Monitoring Plan, September 2015
  • Agenda Item G.7, Attachment 2: Landings of swordfish by fishery, 2008-2017
  • Agenda Item G.7, Attachment 3: Reposted Supplemental NMFS Report 3 from March 2018
  • Agenda Item G.7.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Swordfish Management Project Planning and Review of Observer Coverage
  • Agenda Item G.7.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2:  EcoCast
  • Agenda Item G.7.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Swordfish Management Project Planning and Review of Observer Coverage (Heidi Taylor)
  • Agenda Item G.7.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.7.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.7.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 2
  • Agenda Item G.7.b, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: (Burdyshaw)

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

Ancillary Agendas

• 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 DRAFT April 2018 Minutes

Advisory Body and Committee 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 Memo

Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster

Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1: Letter from Secretary of Commerce Ross to Phil Anderson, Council Chair dated April 10, 2018 re: CCC Priorities
• Informational Report 2: Letter from IPHC to Phil Anderson, Council Chair dated 15 May 2018 re: Non-treaty directed commercial Pacific halibut fishery in IPHC Regulatory Area 2A
• Supplemental Informational Report 3: NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement, West Coast Enforcement Division Report to PFMC, June 2018
• Supplemental Informational Report 4: Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity FY2019
• Supplemental Informational Report 5: 2017 West Coast Entanglement Summary
• Supplemental Informational Report 6: Marine Resource Education Program (MREP)

General Information and Membership Roster

• General Information: Chair’s Reception, Tax Exempt Form, Future Meeting Schedule, Seating Chart, and Hotel Information
• Membership Roster dated May 9, 2018 (for the June 2018 Briefing Book)