June 2020 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• A.3 Situation Summary: Executive Director’s Report
  • A.3, Attachment 1: Draft Annotated Agenda Council Coordination Committee Meeting Video Conference Call May 27 – 28, 2020
  • A.3, Supplemental Attachment 2: 29 May 2020 CCC Press Release; Meeting Outcomes
  • A.3, Supplemental Attachment 3: May 29, 2020 Letter to Wilbur L. Ross Jr. Secretary of Commerce from CCC Reiterating Several Previous Points and Recommendations Regarding Marine National Monuments
  • A.3, Supplemental Attachment 4: NMFS Draft Procedural Guidance for Changing Assessed Stock Status from Known to Unknown
  • A.3, Supplemental Attachment 5: Letter from Chris Oliver to the RFMCs requesting that each Council submit a prioritized list of recommended actions to reduce burdens on domestic fishing and to increase production within sustainable fisheries as required under Section 4 of EO 13921
  • A.3. Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• A.4 Situation Summary: Detailed June 10-12, and 15-19 2020 Agenda via Online Meetings

B. Open Comment Period

• B.1 Situation Summary: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
  • B.1.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: Commercial Licensing in the West Coast Albacore Fishery
  • B.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C. Administrative Matters

• C.1 Situation Summary: NMFS Report
  • C.1. Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • C.1, Supplemental NMFS Report 2
  • C.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • C.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.2 Situation Summary: Fiscal Matters
  • C.2, Supplemental Attachment 1: Budget Committee Agenda
  • C.2, Supplemental Attachment 2: Executive Director’s Report to the Budget Committee June 2020
  • C.2.a, Supplemental BC Report 1
  • C.2.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.3 Situation Summary: Approval of Council Meeting Record
  • C.3, Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record: 253rd Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (March 3-9, 2020)
  • C.3, Attachment 2: Draft Council Meeting Record: 254th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (April 4-10, 2020)
  • C.3. Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.4 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • C.4, Supplemental Attachment 1: Letter from Department of State Appointing Ms. Christa M. Svensson as Alternate Commissioner to the WCPFC
  • C.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • C.4.c. Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.5 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.5, Attachment 1:  Pacific Council Workload Planning:  Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • C.5, Attachment 2:  Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, September 10-17, 2020, Spokane, Washington
  • C.5, Attachment 3:  Summary of Non-Essential Agenda Items Postponed from 2020 Council Meetings
  • C.5, Supplemental Attachment 4: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary (06/18/2020)
  • C.5, Supplemental Attachment 5: Draft Proposed Preliminary Council Meeting Agenda, September 10-17, 2020, Spokane, Washington (v. 06/18/2020; 5:19 pm)
  • C.5, Supplemental Attachment 6: Postponed or Proposed Non-Essential Candidate Agenda Items
  • C.5, Supplemental Attachment 7: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning Issues for Council Discussion
  • C.5.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1: Statement on Informational Report 4
  • C.5.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • C.5.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • C.5.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • C.5.a, Supplemental CCCT Report 1
  • C.5.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • C.5.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • C.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • C.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • C.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • C.5.b. Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

D. Highly Migratory Species Management

• D.1 Situation Summary: International Management Activities
  • D.1, Supplemental Attachment 1: WCPFC Circular Announcing Postponement of the 5th Joint NC-IATTC Working Group Meeting
  • D.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: HMS International Activities
  • D.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2
  • D.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 3: Pacific Bluefin Stakeholder Meeting May 19, 2020
  • D.1.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • D.1.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • D.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

E. Salmon Management

• E.1 Situation Summary: Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Endangered Species Act (ESA) Consultation Update
  • E.1.a, Supplemental SONCC Workgroup Report 1
  • E.1.a, Supplemental SONCC Workgroup Report 2 (TOR and Timeline)
  • E.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.2 Situation Summary: Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) ESA Consultation Update
  • E.2, SRKW Workgroup Report 1: Pacific Fishery Management Council Salmon Fishery Management Plan Impacts to Southern resident Killer Whales Risk Assessment (electronic only)
  • E.2.a, Supplemental SRKW Workgroup Report 2
  • E.2.a, Supplemental Hoh Tribal Report 1
  • E.2.a, Supplemental Makah Tribal Report 1
  • E.2.a, Supplemental Quileute Tribal Report 1
  • E.2.a, Supplemental Quinault Tribal Report 1
  • E.2.a, Supplemental Joint Tribal Report 1: Makah Tribe, Quileute Tribe, Hoh Tribe, and Quinault Indian Nation
  • E.2.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • E.2.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Oceana)
  • E.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.3 Situation Summary: Amendment 20: Annual Management Schedule and Boundary Change
  • E.3, Supplemental Presentation 1: Ehlke
  • E.3, Attachment 1: Excerpt from Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan
  • E.3, Attachment 2: Pacific Salmon Fishery Management Plan: Amendment 20: Proposed change to the preseason schedule and to the Klamath Management Zone boundary
  • E.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • E.3.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • E.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

F. Groundfish Management

• F.1 Situation Summary: Final Action to Adopt Management Measures and Exempted Fishing Permits for 2021-2022 Fisheries
  • F.1, Attachment 1: Year-Round Coastwide Midwater Rockfish EFP: Monitoring and Minimizing Salmon Bycatch When Targeting Rockfish in the Shorebased IFQ Fishery, 2021-2022. (West Coast Seafood Processors Association; Oregon Trawl Commission; Midwater Trawlers Cooperative; Environmental Defense Fund)
  • F.1, Attachment 2: California Department of Fish and Wildlife; 2021-2022 Exempted Fishing Permit Application (CDFW)
  • F.1, Attachment 3: Groundfish EFP Proposal: Yellowtail Rockfish Jig Fishing off California (San Francisco Community Fishing Association and Dan Platt)
  • F.1, Attachment 4: Commercial Midwater Hook-and-Line Rockfish in RCA off Oregon (Scott Cook)
  • F.1, Attachment 5:  Proposal for an Exempted Fishery Permit, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Enhanced Yelloweye Recreational Fishery Biological Sampling (WDFW)
  • F.1, Attachment 6:  Monterey Bay Regional Exempted Fishing Permit Targeting Chilipepper Rockfish (Real Good Fish)
  • F.1, Attachment 7: Preferred 2021 and 2022 harvest specifications, acceptable biological catches, and annual catch limits for West Coast groundfish stocks and stock complexes under preferred harvest control rules
  • F.1, Attachment 8:  Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 2021-2022 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Analytical Document. Organized as a Draft Environmental Assessment Chapters 1-5 (Electronic Only)
  • F.1, Attachment 9: Action Item Checklist
  • F.1, Supplemental Attachment 10: Additional Slides Regarding Shortbelly Rockfish (Patrick Mirick)
  • F.1.a, ODFW Report 1
  • F.1.a, GMT Report 1: Shortbelly Rockfish Mitigation Options
  • F.1.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2: 2021-22 EFPs and Management Measures
  • F.1.a, Supplemental GMT Report 3: Shortbelly Rockfish Recommendations for 2021- 2022
  • F.1.a, Supplemental GMT Report 4: Impacts for Non-Trawl RCA Proposals for 2021-22
  • F.1.a, Supplemental GMT Presentation 1: Final Preferred 2021-2022 EFPs and Management Measures
  • F.1.a, Supplemental GMT Presentation 2: Shortbelly Rockfish
  • F.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Potential Regulations to Implement Shortbelly Rockfish Mitigation Measures
  • F.1.a, Supplemental WDFW Report 1
  • F.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • F.1.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • F.1.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: (Oceana)
  • F.1.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 2: (MTC)
  • F.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.2 Situation Summary: Stock Assessment Plan and Terms of Reference (TOR) – Final Action
  • F.2, Attachment 1: Summary of the NWFSC West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey Data for Select Species from 2003-2019
  • F.2, Attachment 2: NMFS Assessment Prioritization Workbook (Electronic Only)
  • F.2, Attachment 3: Draft Revised Terms of Reference for the Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Process for 2021 and 2022
  • F.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Recommendations for 2021 Groundfish Stock Assessments and Species for Consideration in 2023 (Hastie)
  • F.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • F.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.3 Situation Summary: Electronic Monitoring Program — Final Action
  • F.3, Attachment 1: Proposed Electronic Monitoring Program Alternatives Adopted for Public Review
  • F.3, Attachment 2: Response Letter from NMFS Regarding EM Program
  • F.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Draft Electronic Monitoring Regulatory Text
  • F.3.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • F.3.a, Supplemental GEMPAC Report 1
  • F.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • F.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.3.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • F.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.4 Situation Summary: Inseason Adjustments — Final Action
  • F.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: 2020 Trawl Gear EFP
  • F.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Update on Changes to Annual Timing of Issuing Shorebased Individual Fishing Quota Surplus Carryover
  • F.4.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1: Inseason Report on 2020 Groundfish Harvest in California
  • F.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • F.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• G.1 Situation Summary: Sardine Rebuilding Plan
  • G.1.a, CPSMT Report 1
  • G.1.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 2
  • G.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • G.1.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • G.1.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • G.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.1.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: (CWPA)
  • G.1.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 2: (Mayer)
  • G.1.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 3: (Oceana)
  • G.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

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

Ancillary Agendas

• All Committee agendas for the June 2020 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)

Advisory Body and Committee Memos

• All Committee memos for the June 2020 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)

Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster

Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1: Sablefish Management and Trawl Allocation Attainment Committee: Final Report to the Council
• Informational REVISED Report 2: Preliminary Assessment of Trawl Under-Attainment Issues and SaMTAAC Alternative Qualification Criteria
• Informational Report 3: Annual Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council; West Coast Enforcement Division
• Informational Report 4: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Informational Report for High Priority Groundfish Items
• Informational Report 5: Letter dated April 15, 2020 to Chris Oliver and Barry Thom from U.S. Congress Members re: Request NOAA work with our partners and constituents in the fisheries industry to give them the flexibility they need to protect both their workers and their businesses during the coronavirus pandemic
• Informational Report 6: NOAA News: Commerce Secretary Announces Allocation of $300 Million in CARES Act Funding
• Informational Report 7: Federal Register Notice; Executive Order 13921 of May 7, 2020: Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth
• Informational Report 8: FY20 Successful Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Applicants
• Informational Report 9: 2019 West Coast Whale Entanglement Summary
• Informational Report 10: List of Fisheries Summary Tables
• Informational Report 11: Preliminary Report on the 2019 Swordfish Longline EFP Fishery Captains David Haworth and John Gibbs
• Informational Report 12: Deep-Set Buoy Gear Exempted Fishing Permit Reports
• Supplemental Informational Report 13: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation in the 116th Congress
• Supplemental Informational Report 14: Trawl Rationalization Program Cost Recovery Annual Report Fee Calculation for 2020 and Fishing Year 2019 Payments (April 2020)
• Supplemental Informational Report 15: Letter to PFMC from NMFS re: observer waivers
• Supplemental Informational Report 16: Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity FY2021
• Supplemental Informational Report 17: NOAA Fisheries Coronavirus Update
• Supplemental Informational Report 18: WDFW Press Release on CARES Act
• Supplemental Informational Report 19: Habitat Committee Informational Report
• Supplemental Informational Report 20: NMFS Science Report Information

General Information and Membership Roster

• General Information for June 2020: Future Meeting Schedule and Membership Roster