June 2021 Briefing Book

June 2021 Council Meeting

A. Call to Order

• A.3 Situation Summary: Executive Director’s Report
  • A.3. Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• A.4 Situation Summary: Detailed June 2021 Agenda

B. Open Comment Period

• B.1 Situation Summary: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
  • B.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C. Administrative Matters

• C.1 Situation Summary: Council Coordination Committee Meeting Report
  • C.1, Attachment 1: Final Agenda, Council Coordination Committee Meeting, May 18-20, 2021
  • C.1, Attachment 2: Pacific Council Report from the May 2021 Council Coordination Committee Meeting
  • C.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.2 Situation Summary: Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology — Scoping
  • C.2, Attachment 1: NMFS Final Rule for Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology
  • C.2, Attachment 2: SBRM Scoping Report
  • C.2.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • C.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • C.2.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • C.2.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • C.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.3 Situation Summary: Update on Executive Order 14008
  • C.3, Attachment 1: Executive Order 14008
  • C.3, Attachment 2: Letter regarding EO 14008 216(c) to DOI
  • C.3, Attachment 3: Letter regarding EO 14008 216(a) to NMFS
  • C.3, Attachment 4: National Climate Task Force Report: Conserving And Restoring America The Beautiful
  • C.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful – A preliminary report to the National Climate Task Force recommending a ten-year, locally led campaign to conserve and restore the lands and waters upon which we all depend, and that bind us together as Americans
  • C.3.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.4 Situation Summary: Marine Planning
  • C.4, Attachment 1: Analysis Of Four State Proposal On Marine Planning Workload
  • C.4, Attachment 2: DOI press release
  • C.4, Attachment 3: CA Lands Commission EA Notice
  • C.4.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 1
  • C.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • C.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • C.4.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • C.4.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • C.4.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • C.4.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • C.4.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • C.4.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • C.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.5 Situation Summary: Regional Operating Agreement
  • C.5, Attachment 1: Joint NMFS/Council Staff Report On Major Focus Areas For Revisions To The Regional Operating Agreement
  • C.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.6 Situation Summary: Fiscal Matters
  • C.6, Supplemental Attachment 1: Budget Committee Agenda
  • C.6, Supplemental Attachment 2: Executive Director’s Report to the Budget Committee (June 2021)
  • C.6.a, Supplemental BC Report 1
  • C.6.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.7 Situation Summary: Legislative Matters
  • C.7, Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
  • C.7.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
  • C.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • C.7.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.8 Situation Summary: Approval of Council Meeting Records
  • C.8, Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record: 258th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (March 2-5 & 8-11, 2021)
  • C.8, Attachment 2: Draft Council Meeting Record: 259th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (April 6-9 &12-15, 2021)
  • C.8.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.9 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • C.9, Attachment 1: USCG Letter Regarding Council Designees and Enforcement Consultants
  • C.9, Attachment 2: Summary of Term-Limited Advisory Body Compositions
  • C.9, Attachment 3: Council Operating Procedures 1-8 (Electronic Only)
  • C.9.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1: California Vacancy on the Pacific Fishery Management Council, Enforcement Consultants advisory body
  • C.9.a, EAS Report 1
  • C.9.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • C.9.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • C.9.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • C.9.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • C.9.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • C.9.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • C.9.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • C.9.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.10 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.10, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • C.10, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, September 2021
  • C.10, Attachment 3: Council Staff Proposed September Meeting Arrangements
  • C.10, Supplemental Attachment 4: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary (v. 06/29/2021; 15:59)
  • C.10, Supplemental Attachment 5: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, September 2021 (v. 06/29/2021; 4:22 PM)
  • C.10.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • C.10.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • C.10.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • C.10.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • C.10.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • C.10.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • C.10.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • C.10.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

D. Habitat Issues

• D.1 Situation Summary: Current Habitat Issues
  • D.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • D.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • D.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

E. Salmon Management

• E.1 Situation Summary: Southern Oregon Northern California Coast Coho Endangered Species Act Consultation
  • E.1.a, Workgroup Report 1 (electronic only): Pacific Fishery Management Council Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho: Fishery Harvest Control Rule Risk Assessment
  • E.1.a Supplemental SONCC Workgroup Presentation 1: Fishery Harvest Control Rule Risk Assessment (O’Farrell)
  • E.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • E.1.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • E.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • E.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

F. Highly Migratory Species Management

• F.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • F.1.a, NMFS Report 1
  • F.1.a, NMFS Report 2: Observing Unobserved Fishing Characteristics in the Drift Gillnet Fishery for Swordfish
  • F.1.a, Supplemental Joint PSMFC-NMFS Presentation 1: Observing Unobserved Fishing Characteristics in the Drift Gillnet Fishery for Swordfish June 2021 (Jenny Suter)
  • F.1.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • F.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.2 Situation Summary: International Management Activities
  • F.2 Supplemental Attachment 1: Pacific Bluefin Tuna IATTC/WCPFC Northern Committee Joint Working Group Announcement
  • F.2.b, National Marine Fisheries Service Report 1
  • F.2.b, Supplemental National Marine Fisheries Service Report 2
  • F.2.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • F.2.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.3 Situation Summary: Exempted Fishing Permits
  • F.3, Attachment 1: EFP Application from Austin and Robert Ashe
  • F.3, Attachment 2: EFP Application from John Bateman
  • F.3, Attachment 3: EFP Application from Austin Brown
  • F.3, Attachment 4: EFP Application from Austin Brown (Mid-Water Snap Gear)
  • F.3, Attachment 5: EFP Application from Miguel Ferre
  • F.3, Attachment 6: EFP Application from Scott and Wyatt Hawkins
  • F.3, Attachment 7: EFP Application from Blake Hermann
  • F.3, Attachment 8: EFP Application from Markus Medak, Brian Sims, and Daniel Fuller
  • F.3, Attachment 9: EFP Application from Nathan Perez
  • F.3, Attachment 10: EFP Application from Matthew Rimel
  • F.3, Attachment 11: 2020 Exempted Fishing Permit Activity Reports
  • F.3.a, NMFS Report 1
  • F.3.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • F.3.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • F.3.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • F.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.4 Situation Summary: Drift Gillnet Fishery Bycatch Performance Report
  • F.4.a, HMSMT Report 1
  • F.4.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
  • F.4.a, Supplemental HMSMT Presentation 1 (Steve Stohs)
  • F.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • F.4.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • F.4.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • F.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.5 Situation Summary: Drift Gillnet Fishery Hard Caps
  • F.5, Attachment 1: Memorandum Opinion, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Gary Burke, et al. v. Wynn Coggins as acting Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • F.5, Attachment 2: December 28, 2016, Letter from Marine Mammal Commission Executive Director Rebecca Lent to Lyle Enriquez, National Marine Fisheries Service
  • F.5.a, Supplemental MMC Presentation 1: Marine Mammal Hard Caps in the Large-Mesh Drift Gillnet Fishery; Marine Mammal Commission
  • F.5.a, HMSMT Report 1
  • F.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
  • F.5.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • F.5.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • F.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

G. Groundfish Management

• G.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Groundfish)
  • G.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • G.1.b, Supplemental NMFS FSC Presentation 1: Science Center Activities (Craig Russell)
  • G.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.2 Situation Summary: Fixed Gear Catch Share Review – Scoping
  • G.2, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1: Fixed Gear Catch Share Review – Scoping (Seger and Doerpinghaus)
  • G.2, Attachment 1: Limited Entry Fixed Gear Review—Outline for 2021, Including Updated Information from 2014 Review
  • G.2, Attachment 2: NMFS Procedure 01-121-01: Guidance for Conducting Review of Catch Share Programs
  • G.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • G.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.2.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • G.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.3 Situation Summary: Electronic Monitoring Update
  • G.3.a. NMFS Report 1: Draft NOAA Fisheries Procedural Directive for Council Review
  • G.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Electronic Monitoring Implementation Update
  • G.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Applying Information Law to Electronic Monitoring Data in U.S Fisheries (Brett Alger)
  • G.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 2: PowerPoint for Supplemental NMFS Report 2 (Melissa Hooper)
  • G.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.3.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.4 Situation Summary: Groundfish Endangered Species Workgroup Report
  • G.4.a, Groundfish Endangered Species Act Workgroup Report
  • G.4.a, Supplemental GESW Presentation 1 (Brian Hooper)
  • G.4.a, NMFS Report 1: Snapshot – Monitoring ESA-listed Species in West Coast Groundfish Fisheries
  • G.4.a, NMFS Report 2: Observed and Estimated Bycatch of Eulachon in 2002–2019 U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries
  • G.4.a, NMFS Report 3: Observed and Estimated Bycatch of Green Sturgeon in 2002–2019 U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries
  • G.4.a, NMFS Report 4: Estimated Humpback Whale Bycatch in the U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries, 2002-2019
  • G.4.a, NMFS Report 5: Leatherback Sea Turtle Bycatch in U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries 2002-2019
  • G.4.a, NMFS Report 6: Estimated Short-tailed Albatross Bycatch in U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries 2002-2019
  • G.4.a, NMFS Report 7: Fishing Effort in the 2002-2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Groundfish Fisheries
  • G.4.a, NMFS Report 8: Fishing Effort in the 2002-2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Groundfish Fisheries – Data. (Excel file, Electronic Only)
  • G.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.5 Situation Summary: Adopt Stock Assessments
  • G.5, Attachment 1: Draft Executive Summary of “Status of Dover sole (Microstomus pacificus) along the U.S. West Coast in 2021” (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 1: FULL ASSESSMENT of “Status of Dover sole (Microstomus pacificus) along the U.S. West Coast in 2021” (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 2: Dover Sole Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 3: Draft Executive Summary of “Status of the Pacific Spiny Dogfish shark resource off the continental U.S. Pacific Coast in 2021” (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 3: Draft FULL ASSESSMENT of “Status of the Pacific Spiny Dogfish shark resource off the continental U.S. Pacific Coast in 2021” (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 4: Spiny Dogfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 5: Draft Executive Summary Status of Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) along the US West coast in 2021 (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 5: Draft FULL ASSESSMENT Status of Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) along the US West coast in 2021 (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 6: The status of copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) in U.S. waters off the coast of California south of Point Conception in 2021 using catch and length data (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 7: The status of copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) in U.S. waters off the coast of California north of Point Conception in 2021 using catch and length data (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 8: The status of copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) in U.S. waters off the coast of Oregon in 2021 using catch and length data (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 9: The status of copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) in U.S. waters off the coast of Washington in 2021 using catch and length data (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 10: Draft Status of quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger) in U.S. waters off the coast of California in 2021 using catch and length data (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 11: Draft Status of quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger) in U.S. waters off the coast of Oregon in 2021 using catch and length data (Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 12: Draft Status of quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger) in U.S. waters off the coast of Washington in 2021 using catch and length data ((Electronic Only)
  • G.5, Attachment 13: Draft Stock Assessment of the Squarespot Rockfish (Sebastes hopkinsi) along the California U.S. West Coast in 2021 using catch, length, and fishery-independent abundance data (Electronic Only)
  • G.5.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • G.5.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 2
  • G.5.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • G.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.6 Situation Summary: 2023-2024 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Planning
  • G.6, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: Proposed Schedule for Developing the 2023-2024 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • G.6.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • G.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.7 Situation Summary: Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • G.7.a Supplemental ODFW Report 1
  • G.7.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • G.7.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.7.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.7.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

H. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• H.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (CPS)
  • H.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC Presentation 1 (Sweetnam)
  • H.1.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • H.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • H.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.2 Situation Summary: Pacific Mackerel Assessment and Management Measures
  • H.2, Attachment 1: Pacific Mackerel Catch-Only Projection Estimate
  • H.2, Supplemental Attachment 2: ADDENDUM to Agenda Item H.2, Attachment 1 – Pacific mackerel catch-only update Revised Table 3
  • H.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • H.2.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • H.2.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • H.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.3 Situation Summary: Management Framework for the Central Subpopulation of Northern Anchovy
  • H.3.a, CPSMT Report 1
  • H.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 2
  • H.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 3
  • H.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Presentation 1 (Gregory Krutzikowsky)
  • H.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • H.3.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • H.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

Advisory Body and Committee Agendas AND Committee Memos

Advisory Body and Committee Agendas

• Committee agendas for the June 2021 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation) (Supplemental revised 06/17/2021 SSC agenda updated)

Advisory Body and Committee Memos

• Committee memos for the June 2021 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)

Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster

Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1: 2020 NOAA Science Report (Electronic Only)
• Informational Report 2: FY20 Annual Enforcement Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council West Coast Enforcement Division
• Informational Report 3: North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC) Activity Status Report to PFMC
• Informational Report 4: 2020-2021 PIER Research Update
• Supplemental Informational Report 5: Council Sponsors Successful Sablefish Management Strategy Evaluation Workshop
• Supplemental Informational Report 6: West Coast Region Update on Issuance of Observer and Catch Monitor Waivers
• Supplemental Informational Report 7: California Fish and Game Commission Meeting Announcement

General Information and Membership Roster

• Membership Roster (dated June 2, 2021 for the June 2021 briefing book)
• “Seating Chart“
• Council Meeting Schedule (as of 05/19/2021)