June 2024 briefing book

June 2024 Council Meeting

A. Call to Order

• A.3 Agenda June 2024 Detailed Agenda
• A.4 Executive Directors Report

B. Open Comment Period

• B.1 Situation Summary: Comments on Non Agenda Items
  • B.1 Attachment 1: Tribal Letter on Cole Fish Hatchery
  • B.1.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

C. Administrative Matters

• C.1 Situation Summary: Council Coordination Committee (CCC) Update
  • C.1 Supplemental CCC Report: Summary of Outcomes from the May 2024 Meeting of the Council Coordination Committee
  • C.1 Attachment 1: Council Coordination Committee (CCC) Agenda
  • C.1.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Council Coordination Committee Update
  • C.1.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.2 Situation Summary: Council Operations and Priorities
  • C.2 Attachment 1: Executive Directors Recommendations for Organization and Process Refinements
  • C.2 Attachment 2: Council Staff Report on Agenda Topic Prioritization Methods
  • C.2.a Supplemental CPSAS Report 1: Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • C2.b Supplemental CPSMT Report 1: Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • C.2.b Supplemental EWG Report 1: Ecosystem Workgroup on Council Operations and Priorities
  • C.2.b Supplemental EAS Report 1: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • C.2.b Supplemental HMSMT Report 1: Highly Migratory Species Management Team Supplemental Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • C.2.b Supplemental EEJC Report: Equity and Environmental Justice Committee Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • C.2.b Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • C.2.b Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • C.2.b Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • C.2.b Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • C.2.b Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Council Operations and Priorities
  • C.2.b Supplemental BC Report 1: Rebort of the Budget Committee
  • C.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.3 Situation Summary: Legislative Matters
  • C.3 Attachment 1: Congressional Activities Report (Electronic Only)
  • C.3.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.4 Situation Summary: Fiscal Matters
  • C.4 Supplemental Attachment 1: Budget Committee Agenda
  • C.4 Supplemental Staff Presentation: June 2024 Executive Director’s Report to the Budget Committee
  • C.4 Supplemental Attachment 2: Draft Project Narrative Attachment
  • C.4. Supplemental Attachment 3: Draft 2025-2029 Grant Budget
  • C.4.b Supplemental BC Report 1: Report of the Budget Committee
  • C.4.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.5 Situation Summary: Approval of Council Meeting Records
  • C.5 Attachment 1: DRAFT Council Meeting Record March 2024 (Electronic Only)
  • C.5 Attachment 2: DRAFT Council Meeting Record April 2024 (Electronic Only)

• C.6 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures – 2025-27 Advisory Body Composition and Respectful Workplace Policies
  • C.6 Attachment 1: ODFW News Release
  • C.6 Attachment 2: NMFS Letter to Chair Pettinger
  • C.6 Attachment 3: Summary of Term-Limited Advisory Body Positions
  • C.6 Attachment 4: Status of Implementing Council Guidance from June 2023
  • C.6.a Supplemental EAS Report 1: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report on Membership Appointments & Council Operating Procedures – 25-27 Advisory Body Composition and Respectful Workplace Policies
  • C.6.a Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures, 2025-27 Advisory Body Composition and Respectful Workplace Policies
  • C.6.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures – 2025-27 Advisory Body Composition and Respectful Workplace Policies
  • C.6.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures – 2025-2027 Advisory Body Composition and Respectful Workplace Policies
  • C.6.a Supplemental CPSAS Report 1: Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel Report on Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures – 2025-27 Advisory Body Composition and Respectful Workplace Policies
  • C.6.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.7 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.7 Attachment 1: Year at A Glance (YAG)
  • C.7 Attachment 2: September Quick Reference (QR)
  • C.7 Supplemental Attachment 3: Preliminary Year at A Glance (YAG) Summary
  • C.7 Supplemental Attachment 4: Proposed Pacific Council Meeting Agenda, September 18-24, 2024, Spokane, WA
  • C.7.a ODFW Report 1: ODFW Report on Data Availability to Inform Groundfish Stock Assessments
  • C.7.a Supplemental EAS Report 1: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.7.a Supplemental EWG Report 1: Ecosystem Workgroup Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.7.a Supplemental HMSMT Report 1: Highly Migratory Species Management Team Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.7.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.7.a Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.7.a Supplemental EEJC Report 1: Equity and Environmental Justice Committee Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.7.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.7.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.7.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.7.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

D. Habitat Issues

• D.1 Situation Summary: Current Habitat Issues
  • D.1.a Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Current Habitat Issues
  • D.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

E. Salmon Management

• E.1 Situation Summary: Sacramento River Fall Chinook Workgroup Progress Report
  • E.1.a SRWG Report 1: Sacramento River Fall Chinook Ad-hoc Workgroup Report (Electronic Only)
  • E.1.a Supplemental Presentation 1: Sacramento River Fall Chinook Workgroup Progress Report (Electronic Only)
  • E.1.b Supplemental SAS Report 1: Salmon Advisory Subpanel Progress Report on the Sacramento River Fall Chinook Workgroup Progress Report
  • E.1.b Supplemental STT Report 1: Salmon Technical Team Report on the Sacramento River Fall Chinook Workgroup Progress Report
  • E.1.b Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Sacramento River Fall Chinook Workgroup – Progress Report
  • E.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.2 Situation Summary: Queets River Spring/Summer Chinook Rebuilding Plan – Progress Report
  • E.2.a Supplemental STT Report 1: Salmon Technical Team Progress Report on Queets Spring/Summer Chinook Rebuilding Plan
  • E.2.a Supplemental HC Report 1: Queets River Spring/Summer Chinook Rebuilding Plan – Progress Update
  • E.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

F. Groundfish Management

• F.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Report
  • F.1.a NMFS Report 1: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Report on Recently Published Groundfish Rulemakings & Workload
  • F.1.d Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.2 Situation Summary: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Coral Research and Restoration Closures – Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Amendment – Final Action
  • F.2 Attachment 1: Initial Review Draft Regulatory Impact Review/Regulation Flexibility Analysis/MSA Analysis for Proposed Amendment to the Groundfish Fishery Management Plan for Deep Sea Coral Research and Restoration
  • F.2 Attachment 2: Proposed Fishery Management Plan Amendment Language to the Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
  • F.2 Supplemental Staff Presentation 1: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Coral Research and Restoration Closures – FMP Amendment Final Action
  • F.2.a Supplemental NMS Presentation 1: Proposed Deep-Sea Coral Research and Restoration Areas
  • F.2.a Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Coral Research and Restorative Closures – Fishery Management Plan Amendment Final Action
  • F.2.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Coral Research and Restoration Closures – Fishery Management Plan Amendment Final Action
  • F.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.3 Situation Summary: Final Stock Assessment Plan and Terms of Reference
  • F.3 Attachment 1: Groundfish Assessment Prioritization to Inform the Selection of Species for Assessment in 2025 and Additional Considerations
  • F.3 Attachment 2: Summary of Available Data to Support U.S. West Coast Groundfish Stock Assessments (Electronic Only)
  • F.3 Attachment 3: Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Stock Assessment Review Process for 2025-2026 (Electronic Only)
  • F.3 Attachment 4: Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Stock Assessment Review Process for 2025-2026 (Tracked Changes) (Electronic Only)
  • F.3 Attachment 5: Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Rebuilding Analysis for 2025-2026
  • F.3 Attachment 6: Terms of Reference for the Methodology Review Process for Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species for 2025-2026
  • F.3 Supplemental Attachment 7: Clarifications in Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Stock Assessment Review Process for 2025-2026
  • F.3.a NMFS-NWFSC Report 1: Analysis of Assessment Capacity and Target Frequencies for Conducting West Coast Groundfish Assessments
  • F.3.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Final Stock Assessment Plan and Terms of Reference
  • F.3.a. Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Final Stock Assessment Plan and Terms of Reference
  • F.3.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Final Stock Assessment Plan and Terms of Reference
  • F.3.a Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Groundfish Assessment Prioritization for 2025
  • F.3.a Supplemental NMFS Presentation 2: Assessment Capacity and Demand
  • F.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.4 Situation Summary: Stock Definitions for Species Assessed in 2025 and 2027 – Range of Alternatives
  • F.4 Attachment 1: Stock Definition Considerations for a Range of Alternatives and Associated Management Implications for Stocks to be Assessed in 2025 and 2027
  • F.4 Supplemental Attachment 2: Correction to Attachment 1: Stock Definition Considerations for a Range of Alternatives and Associated Management Implications for Stocks to be Assessed in 2025 and 2027 Document
  • F.4.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Stock Definition Considerations for a Range of Alternatives and Associated Management Implications for Stocks to be Assessed in 2025 and 2027
  • F.4.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Stock Definitions for Species Assessed in 2025 and 2027 – Range of Alternatives
  • F.4.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.5 Situation Summary: Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction – Final Action
  • F.5 Attachment 1: Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction Measures Alternatives Summary
  • F.5 Attachment 2: Initial Review Draft Regulatory Impact Review/Regulatory Flexibility Analysis/MSA Analysis for a Proposed Groundfish Regulatory Amendment Groundfish Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction Measures (Electronic Only)
  • F.5 Supplemental Staff Presentation 1: Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction: Final Action
  • F.5.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction – Final Action
  • F.5.a Supplemental EC Report 1: Enforcement Consultants Report on Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction – Final Acton
  • F.5.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.6 Situation Summary: 2025-26 Harvest Specifications, Management Measures, and Exempted Fishing Permits – Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Amendment Final Action
  • F.6 Attachment 1: Draft Action Item Checklist: 2025-26 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • F.6 Attachment 2: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 2025-26 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures (Electronic Only)
  • F.6 Supplemental REVISED Attachment 3: Appendix B Draft California Quillback Rockfish Rebuilding Plan Analysis (Electronic Only)
  • F.6 Attachment 4: Year-Round Trawl Gear (Midwater Rockfish) EFP: Monitoring and Minimizing Salmon Bycatch when Targeting Rockfish in the Shorebased IFQ Fishery, 2025-26
  • F.6 Attachment 5: CDFW 2025-2026 Exempted Fishing Permit Application and 2023 Interim Report
  • F.6 Attachment 6: Draft Language to Support Amendment 33 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (Electronic Only)
  • F.6 Supplemental Attachment 7: Correction to Attachment 2: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 2025-26 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • F.6 Supplemental Attachment 8: Preliminary Draft Amendment 33 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, 2025-26 Harvest Specifications, and Management Measures (Electronic Only)
  • F.6 Supplemental Attachment 9: Draft Socioeconomic Analyses for the 2025-26 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures (Electronic Only)
  • F.6.a NMFS Report 1: NMFS Report on Directed Open Access Fishery Permit
  • F.6.a Supplemental REVISED WDFW Report 1: WDFW Report on 2025 and 2026 Groundfish Management Measures
  • F.6.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1: CDFW Report on Final Preferred Management Alternatives for 2025-2026 Fisheries
  • F.6.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Harvest Specifications, Management Measures and Exempted Fishing Permits
  • F.6.a Supplemental GMT Report 2: Groundfish Management Team Report on Quillback Rockfish Rebuilding Plan
  • F.6.a Supplemental GMT Presentation 1: Action Items 1-21 & Quillback Rebuilding Plan
  • F.6.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on 2025-2026 Harvest Specifications, Management Measures and Exempted Fishing Permits – Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Amendment Final Action
  • F.6.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.7 Situation Summary: Inseason Management – Final Action
  • F.7.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1: CDFW Report on Preliminary 2024 Groundfish Harvest in California
  • F.7.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Inseason Management – Final Action
  • F.7.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • F.7.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

G. Highly Migratory Species Management

• G.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • G.1.a NMFS Report 1: NMFS Report on Highly Migartory Species (HMS) Activities
  • G.1.a Supplemental NMFS Report 2: NMFS Report on Highly Migratory Species Activities
  • G.1.c Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel Report on National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • G.1.d Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.2 Situation Summary: International Management Activities
  • G.2 Attachment 1: ANNEX A
  • G.2 Supplemental Attachment 2: ISC Pacific Bluefin Summary
  • G.2 Supplemental Attachment 3: The North Pacific Albacore Tune Harvest Strategy in Terms of Catch and Effort Management Measures
  • G.2 Supplemental Attachment 4: Criteria for Identifying Exceptional Circumstances for North Pacific Albacore Tuna
  • G.2 Supplemental Attachment 5: Joint IATTC/WCPFC Northern Committee Working Group on Pacific bluefin tuna (JWG)
  • G.2.a NMFS Report 1: NMFS Report on International Highly Migratory (HMS) Activities
  • G.2.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel Report on International Management Activities
  • G.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.3 Situation Summary: Exempted Fishing Permits
  • G.3 Attachment 1: Application for a Night-Set Buoy Gear (NSBG) Exempted Fishing Permit, June 2024
  • G.3 Attachment 2: Langowski Night-Set Buoy Gear (NSBG) EFP
  • G.3.a Supplemental NMFS Report 1: NMFS Report on Highly Migratory Species Exempted Fishing Permits
  • G.3.a Supplemental HMSMT Report 1: Highly Migratory Species Management Team Supplemental Report on Exempted Fishing Permits
  • G.3.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel Report on Exempted Fishing Permits
  • G.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.4 Situation Summary: Drift Gillnet Bycatch Performance Report
  • G.4.a Supplemental HMSMT Report 1: Highly Migratory Species Management Team Report on Drift Gillnet Bycatch Performance
  • G.4.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel Report on Drift Gillnet Bycatch Performance Report
  • G.4.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

H. Cross Fishery Management Plan (FMP)

• H.1 Situation Summary: Marine Planning
  • H.1 Attachment 1: Governor Kotek Letter
  • H.1 Attachment 2: WA Open Letter
  • H.1 Attachment 3: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Leasing Schedule
  • H.1 Supplemental REVISED Attachment 4: Draft EA Comment Letter
  • H.1Supplemental Attachment 5: Draft Report: A Proposed Offshore Wind Engagement Framework for Washington State (Electronic Only)
  • H.1 Supplemental Attachment 6: Draft Comment Letter on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Managements Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Oregon Outer Continental Shelf – Proposed Sale Notice
  • H.1.a MPC Report 1: Marine Planning Committee Report on Marine Planning Issues
  • H.1.a Supplemental MPC Presentation 1
  • H.1.b Supplemental Presentation 1: NOAA Fisheries West Coast Offshore Wind Energy Strategic Science Plan 
  • H.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.2 Situation Summary: NMFS Regional Equity and Environmental Justice (EEJ) Plan & EEJ Committee Update
  • H.2 Attachment 1: NAS Report – Assessing Equity in the Distribution of Fisheries Management Benefits: Data and Information Availability (2024) (Electronic Only)
  • H.2.a Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: NOAA Fisheries Equity and Environmental Justice PPT (Electronic Only)
  • H.2.b Supplemental EEJC Report 1: Equity and Environmental Justice Committee Report on National Marine Service Regional Equity and Environmental Justice Implementation Plan
  • H.2.c Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on NMFS Regional Equity and Environmental Justice (EEJ) Plan & EEJ Committee Update
  • H.2.c Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on NMFS Regional Equity and Environmental Justice (EEJ) Plan and EEJ Committee – Update
  • H.2.d Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

I. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• I.1 Situation Summary: Stock Assessment Terms of Reference and Accepted Practices – Final Action
  • I.1 Attachment 1: Terms of Reference for the Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review Process 2025-2026 (Tracked Changes)
  • I.1 Attachment 2: Terms of Reference for the Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review Process for 2025-2026
  • I.1 Attachment 3: Accepted Practices Guidelines for Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessments in 2025 (Tracked Changes)
  • I.1 Attachment 4: Accepted Practices Guidelines for Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessments in 2025
  • I.1.a Supplemental CPSMT Report 1: Coastal Pelagic Species Report on Stock Assessment Terms of Reference and Accepted Practices
  • I.1.a Supplemental SCC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Stock Assessment Terms of Reference and Accepted Practices – Final Action
  • I.1.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

Advisory body and committee agendas

• Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Ad Hoc Equity and Environmental Justice Committee (EEJC) 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
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda

Scientific and Statistical Committee Materials

• Scientific and Statistical Committee’s Coastal Pelagic Species Subcommittee Report on Revisions to the Terms of Reference for the CPS Assessments and Acceptable Practices for CPS Assessments
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Minutes (April 2024)

Advisory body and committee memos

• Enforcement Consultants (EC) Memo
• Equity and Environmental Justice Memo
• Groundfish Memo
• Habitat Memo
• Highly Migratory Species Memo
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Memo

Informational reports

• Informational Report 1: 2023 West Coast Whale Entanglement Summary
• Informational Report 2: FY23 Annual Enforcement Report to the PMFC West Coast Enforcement Division
• Supplemental Informational Report 3: Shorebased Whiting Cooperative Salmon Mitigation Plan Postseason report on the 2023 Pacific Whiting Fishery
• Supplemental Informational Report 4: Whiting Mothership Cooperative An Amendment 20 Mothership Catcher Vessel Cooperative Annual report on the 2023 Pacific Whiting Fishery
• Supplemental Informational Report 5: Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative Amendment 20 Catcher/Processor Cooperative – Annual Report 2023

General Information and Membership Roster

• Reception Flyer
• Council Meeting Schedule
• DoubleTree Hotel Map
• Council Seating Diagram
• Illness Protocols
• Roster (as of May 14, 2024)