March 2015 briefing book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.3: Executive Director’s Report
  • Agenda Item A.3.a, Attachment 1: Council Coordination Committee Meeting, February 18-19, 2015, Draft Agenda
  • Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 2: Providing the Necessary Council Meeting Record Effectively and Efficiently
• Agenda Item A.4: March 2015 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1.c, Open Public Comment 1 (Churchman)
• Agenda Item B.1.c, Open Public Comment 2 (Athens)
• Agenda Item B.1.c, Supplemental Open Comment 3 (Southern California Trawlers Association)

C. Enforcement Issues

• Agenda Item C.1: Annual U.S. Coast Guard Fishery Enforcement Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, USCG Report: 2014 U.S. Coast Guard District 11 and District 13 Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental USCG PowerPoint (Electronic Only)

D. Habitat

• Agenda Item D.1: Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental REVISED HC Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.d, Public Comment

E. Ecosystem Based Management

• Agenda Item E.1: California Current Ecosystem Report Including Integrated Ecosystem Assessment
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, NMFS Report: Letter from Drs. John Stein and Cisco Werner, Northwest and Southwest Fisheries Science Centers, to Dr. Donald McIsaac, Council Executive Director
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, NMFS Report 2: California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team, California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (CCIEA) State of the California Current Report, 2015
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, NMFS Report 3: CCIEA Supplementary Materials (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental IEA PowerPoint 1: Werner/Stein; California Current IEA Presentation (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental IEA PowerPoint 2: Garfield/Harvey; California Current IEA Presentation (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, SSC Ecosystem Subcommittee Report: Review of the CCIEA State of the California Current Annual Report by the Scientific and Statistical Committee Ecosystem Subcommittee
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental Ecosystem Workgroup Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental EAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item E.2: Review of Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiatives
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 1: Ecosystem Initiatives Appendix To The Pacific Coast Fishery Ecosystem Plan
  • Reader’s Guide to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan Appendix
  • Agenda Item E.2.a and E.2.b, Supplemental EWG PowerPoint: Ecosystem Workgroup Presentation, (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental Ecosystem Workgroup Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental EAS Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item E.3: NMFS Climate Science Strategy Update
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, NMFS Report: Draft NMFS Climate Science Strategy, January 2015
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint (Jason Link) Electronic Only
  • Agenda Item E.3.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item E.4: Unmanaged Forage Fish Protection Final Action
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 1: Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1: Protecting Unfished and Unmanaged Forage Fish Species, Draft Environmental Assessment
  • Agenda Item E.4.a and E.4.b, Supplemental EWG PowerPoint: Ecosystem Workgroup Presentation, (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, EWG Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental EAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Electronic ONLY)
  • Agenda Item E.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3

F. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item F.1: NMFS Report (Salmon)
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1: Draft Report, Three Year Review of the Lower Columbia River tule fall Chinook Abundance-based Harvest Matrix
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Reconsideration of the Sacramento River Winter Chinook Harvest Control Rule; NMFS, West Coast Region
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: NOAA Fisheries’ 2015-2016 Endangered Species Act 5-year Reviews for 32 Species of West Coast Salmon & Steelhead, Eulachon, and Puget Sound Rockfishes
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint 1: Endangered Species Act 5-year Reviews (Rumsey); Electronic Only
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint 2: Three Year Review of the Lower Columbia River tulefall Chinook Abundance-based Harvest Matrix (Jording); Electronic Only
  • Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental Science Center PowerPoint: Science Center Activities (Lawson); Electronic Only
  • Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental Science Center PowerPoint 2: (Lindley) Electronic Only
  • Agenda Item F.1.d, Supplemental STT Report
• Agenda Item F.2: Review of 2014 Fisheries and Summary of 2015 Stock Abundance Forecasts
  • Review of 2014 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1: Excerpts from Chapter 3 of the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 2: December 23, 2014 letter regarding the Council’s request on the use of a standardized method to calculate Chinook age-2 FRAM Stock Recruit Scalars
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 3: Compendium of responses regarding the use of a standardized method to calculate Chinook age-2 FRAM Stock Recruit Scalars
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Letter to PFMC from WDFW and NWIFC Regarding PFMC Request on the Use of a Standardized Method to Calculate Chinook Age-2 FRAM Stock Recruit Scalars
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis and Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2015 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations (Supplemental Briefing Material)
• Agenda Item F.3: Identification of Management Objectives and Preliminary Definition of 2015 Salmon Management Alternatives
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 1: Guidance for Alternative Development and Assessment
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 2: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 3: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental NMFS Report: Guidance Letter dated March 3, 2015
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Report
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental SAS Report: SAS Proposed Initial Salmon Management Alternatives for 2015 Non-Indian Ocean Fisheries
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Tribal Comments of Hoopa Valley Tribe
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Puget Sound Tribal Report
  • Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Columbia River Tribal Report
• Agenda Item F.4: Council Recommendations for 2015 Management Alternative Analysis
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental STT Report: Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2015 Ocean Fisheries
• Agenda Item F.5: Further Council Direction for 2015 Management Alternatives
  • Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental STT Report: Initial Analysis of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2015 Ocean Fisheries (March 11, 2015)
• Agenda Item F.6: Adoption of 2015 Management Alternatives for Public Review
  • Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental STT Report: Analysis of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2015 Ocean Fisheries
  • Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental Tribal Report (CRITFC)
  • Agenda Item F.6.d, Supplemental Tribal Motion: Tribal Motion for the 2015 Treaty Ocean Troll Salmon Season
• Agenda Item F.7: Salmon Hearings Officers
  • Agenda Item F.7.a, Attachment 1: Schedule of Salmon Fishery Management Alternative Hearings

G. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item G.1: Report on the IPHC Meeting
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 1: IPHC News Release
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 2: 2015 Area 2A Pacific Halibut Allocations
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental IPHC PowerPoint (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, IPHC Meeting Summary: Report on the 2015 International Pacific Halibut Commission Annual Meeting
• Agenda Item G.2: Incidental Catch Recommendations for the Salmon Troll and Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1: Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
  • Agenda Item G.2.b Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SAS Report

H. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item H.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, NMFS Report: National Marine Fisheries Service Regulatory Activities
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Updated and new information
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, FSC Report: NOAA Fisheries Stock Assessments in 2014: Program Review and Plans for Advancements and Improvement
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental Science Center PowerPoint: Report on MSRA Reviews, HMS Activities, and International Activities (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item H.1.e, Public Comment (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item H.2: Recommendations for International Management Activities Including U.S.-Canada Albacore Treaty Fishery Update
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 1: December 29, 2014, letter from Michael Tosatto, Regional Administrator, NMFS Pacific Islands Region, to Council Chairs Edwin Ebisui, Dan Hull, and Dorothy Lowman Reporting Outcomes of the Eleventh Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 2: Updated HMS SAFE Table 9
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 3: Attachment E to the Summary Report of the Tenth Regular Session of the Northern Committee, September 1-4, 2014
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, NMFS Report: International Activities
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, NMFS Report 2: Letter from Robert Turner to David Hogan Requesting Information
  • Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental NMFS Report 3: NMFS Reponse to Council’s Questions About Certain Anecdotal Information
  • Agenda Item H.2.d, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.e Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item H.3: Final Exempted Fishing Permit Approval
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 1: Pete Dupuy, John Gibbs, and David Haworth EFP Application
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 2: Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research (PIER) EFP Application
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 3: Timothy and Laura Perguson EFP Application
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 4: Stephen R. Mintz EFP Application
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 5: The Alliance of Communities for Sustainable Fisheries (ACSF) EFP Application
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: Excerpt from the Reference Guide of Protected Species Regulations for the California / Oregon Drift Gillnet Fishery (National Marine Fisheries Service, April 2005) with view of current gear requirements
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 7: Development and Trial of Deep-set Buoy Gear for Swordfish, Xiphias gladius, in the Southern California Bight
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda item H.3.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item H.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item H.4: Drift Gillnet Management and Monitoring Plan Including Final Action on Hard Caps
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental HMSMT PowerPoint (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental CDFW Report
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.4.c, Public Comment (Full Version Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item H.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Full Version Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item H.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3 (Presentation)
  • Agenda Item H.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4 (Full Version with Gonzalez PowerPoint Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item H.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5
  • Agenda Item H.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 6
  • Agenda Item H.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 7 (Presentation TIRN, Electronic Only)

I. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item I.1: Legislative Matters
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation in the 113th U.S. Congress
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Attachment 2: Current Status of Council MSA Reauthorization Priorities
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Attachment 3: H.R. 774, “To strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, to amend the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to implement the Antigua Convention, and for other purposes”
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Do the Proposed National Standard 1 Guideline Revisions Address Pacific Council Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization Priorities?
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental Legislative Committee Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental NMFS Report
• Agenda Item I.2: NMFS West Coast Region Strategic Plan Update
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 1: Draft NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region Strategic Plan: 2016-2020
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 2: Letter from Don McIsaac to Barry Thom regarding Council Comments on the Working Draft NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region Strategic Plan: 2016-2020
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, NMFS Report: Letter from Barry Thom to Dorothy Lowman regarding the Public Review Draft NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region Strategic Plan: 2016-2020
  • Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report
• Agenda Item I.3: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 1: Draft Minutes: 226th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (October 2014)
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Draft Minutes: 224th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (June 2014)
• Agenda Item I.4: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item I.4.a, Attachment 1: Draft COP 3
  • Agenda Item I.4.a, Attachment 2: Draft COP 24, excerpt from Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 1: Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1
  • Agenda Item I.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Proposed Council Operating Procedure 24 – Protocol for Consideration of Exempted Fishing Permits for Shared Ecosystem Component Species
  • Agenda Item I.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: REVISED Draft COP 3
  • Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
• Agenda Item I.5: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 10-16, 2015 in Rohnert Park, California
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 3: Groundfish Workload Priorities
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental Revised Attachment 6: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 10-16, 2015 in Rohnert Park, California
  • Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report

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

ANCILLARY AGENDAS

• Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS) Agenda
• Enforcement Consultants (EC) 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
• Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda, March 2015
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
• SSC CPS Subcommittee Agenda: Pacific Sardine Assessment Update for 2015
• SSC DRAFT November 2014 Minutes

COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY BODY MEMOS

• Ecosystem Memo: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel, Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup, and Interested Persons
• Enforcement Memo: Enforcement Consultants
• Highly Migratory Species Memo: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, Highly Migratory Species Management Team, and Interested Persons
• Salmon Memo: Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Salmon Technical Team, Model Evaluation Workgroup, and Interested Persons
• SSC Memo: Scientific and Statistical Committee

Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster

INFORMATIONAL REPORTS

• Informational Report 1: Memo to CCC and MAFAC members from Sam Rauch regarding Approval of Policy and Procedural Directives
• Informational Report 2: National Standard Guidelines Revisions, Proposed Rule, January 20, 2015
• Informational Report 3: Letter from the California Groundfish Collective and The Nature Conservancy regarding Seafood Watch rankings for the West Coast groundfish fishery
• Informational Report 4: Groundfish and Halibut Notices 10/20/14 through 02/13/15
• Informational Report 5: NOAA Fisheries publication “National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Policy 2015”
• Informational Report 6: Regional Electronic Technologies Implementation Plan for West Coast Marine Fisheries (January 27, 2015)
• Informational Report 7: Excerpts from the FEIS on the Double-Crested Cormorant Management Plan to Reduce Predation of Juvenile Salmonids in the Columbia River Estuary (February 6, 2015)
• Supplemental Informational Report 8: New West Coast Recreational Fisheries Team
• Supplemental Informational Report 9: Groundfish Amendment 24 approval letter dated February 26, 2015

GENERAL INFORMATION, BANQUET INFORMATION, MEMBERSHIP ROSTER

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