A. Call to Order

• A.3 Situation Summary: Executive Director’s Report
  • A.3, Attachment 1: CEQ’s Proposed NEPA Regulations: Overview for the CCC

• A.4 Situation Summary: Detailed March 3-9, 2020 Agenda

B. Open Comment Period

• B.1 Situation Summary: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
  • B.1.a, Supplemental California State Senate Report 1: Letter from Senator Mike McGuire
  • B.1.a Supplemental Tribal Report 1
  • B.1.b, Supplemental Open Comment PPT 1: Proposal for a Blue and Deacon Rockfish (BDR) separate subqouta
  • B.1.b, Supplemental Open Comment PPT 2: West Coast Groundfish – Positively Groundfish Getting West Coast Groundfish back on the Menu -progress update
  • B.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C. Administrative Matters

• C.1 Situation Summary: Report of the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
  • C.1.a, National Marine Sanctuaries Report 1 (Electronic Only)
  • C.1.a Supplemental NMS PPT 1: National Marine Sanctuaries Coordination Report (Dourus)
  • C.1.b, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • C.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.2 Situation Summary: Marine Planning Update
  • C.2 Attachment 1: WCOA Annual Meeting Highlights
  • C.2.a, Supplemental EWG Report 1
  • C.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.3 Situation Summary: Approval of Council Meeting Record
  • C.3, Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record: 252nd Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (November 15-21, 2019)
  • C.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.4 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments; Statement of Organization, Practices, and Procedures; and Council Operating Procedures
  • C.4.a, WDFW Report 1
  • C.4.a, USFWS Report 1
  • C.4.a, Supplemental EAS Report 1
  • C.4.b, 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, April 2020 in Vancouver, Washington
  • C.5, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary (3/8/2020, 1:40pm)
  • C.5, Supplemental Attachment 4: Proposed Pacific Council Meeting Agenda, April 2020 (3/8/2020, 1:36pm)
  • C.5.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • C.5.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • C.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • C.5.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • C.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • C.5.a Supplemental EAS report 1
  • C.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

D. Habitat Issues

• D.1 Situation Summary: Current Habitat Issues
  • D.1, Attachment 1: Council letter to NMFS and Bureau of Reclamation on California’s Central Valley Project
  • D.1, Attachment 2: Response from NMFS to Council letter on Central Valley Project
  • D.1, Attachment 3: Council letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S. Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management on Jordan Cove Project
  • D.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • D.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

E. Salmon Management

• E.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • E.1 Attachment 1: Letter regarding schedule for the 2020 salmon season regulatory review from Chris Oliver, Assistant Director of Fisheries, to Chuck Tracy, Executive Director of Pacific Fishery Management Council; received January 29, 2020
  • E.1 Attachment 2: Letter of Notice of Intent to Sue from Wild Fish Conservancy to U.S. Department of Commerce and National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to ensure that their authorization of the southeast Alaska salmon fisheries does not jeopardize the continued existence of the Southern Resident Killer Whale and four Chinook salmon species; received January 9, 2020
  • E.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • E.1.b, Supplemental NWFSC Report 1: Salmon-related publications of the Northwest and Southwest Fisheries Science Center in 2019-present
  • E.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.2 Situation Summary: Willapa Bay Coho Forecast Methodology Review – Final
  • E.2, Supplemental Attachment 1: Willapa Bay Coho – Supporting Documentation of Abundance Forecasting Approach (Electronic Only)
  • E.2.a Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • E.2.a Supplemental STT Report 1: Willapa Bay Forecast Methodology Review
  • E.2.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.3 Situation Summary: Southern Resident Killer Whale Endangered Species Act Consultation
  • E.3.a, SRKW Workgroup Report 1 (Electronic Only)
  • E.3.a, Supplemental SRKW Workgroup Presentation 1 (Jording)
  • E.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • E.3.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.4 Situation Summary: Review of 2019 Fisheries and Summary of 2020 Stock Forecasts
  • Review of 2019 Ocean Salmon Fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • E.4, Attachment 1: Excerpts from Chapter 3 of the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan
  • Supplemental Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis and Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2020 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations (Electronic Only)
  • E.4.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Excerpts from Review of 2019 Ocean Salmon Fisheries and 2020 Preseason Report I
  • E.4.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 1
  • E.4.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • E.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.5 Situation Summary: Identify Management Objectives and Preliminary Definition of 2020 Management Alternatives
  • E.5, Attachment 1: Guidance for Alternative Development and Assessment
  • E.5, Attachment 2: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
  • E.5, Attachment 3: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
  • E.5.a, California Salmon Council Report 1
  • E.5.a, Supplemental PSC Representative PPT 1: Big Bar Landslide Response – Update
  • E.5.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1: SAS Proposed Initial Salmon Management Alternatives for 2020 Non-Indian Ocean Fisheries
  • E.5.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Guidance Letter
  • E.5.e, Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Report 1: Tribal and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 2020 Management Objectives for Puget Sound Chinook and Coho Salmon
  • E.5.e, Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Testimony of the Columbia River Treaty Tribes
  • E.5.e, Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Quinault, Quileute and Hoh Tribes Joint Testimony on the Initial Range of Ocean Options for the 2020 Treaty Troll Fishery
  • E.5.e, Supplemental REVISED Tribal Report 3: Testimony of the Makah Tribe On the Options for the Ocean Treaty Troll Fishery
  • E.5.f, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.6 Situation Summary: Recommendations for 2020 Management Alternative Analysis
  • E.6.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2020 Ocean Fisheries; March 6, 2020
  • E.6.a, Supplemental Hoopa Valley Tribal Report 1: Recommendations for 2020 Management Alternative Analysis
  • E.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.7 Situation Summary: Further Direction for 2020 Management Alternatives
  • E.7.a Supplemental STT Report 1: Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2020 Ocean Fisheries
  • E.7.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.8 Situation Summary: Further Direction for 2020 Management Alternatives
  • E.8.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2020 Ocean Fisheries (March 8, 2020)
  • E.8.a, Supplemental Quileute Tribal Report 1
  • E.8.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.9 Situation Summary: Adopt 2020 Management Alternatives for Public Review
  • E.9.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2020 Ocean Fisheries (March 9, 2020)
  • E.9.a, Supplemental STT Report 2: Report on Klamath River Fall Chinook de minimis Exploitation Rate
  • E.9.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Testimony of the Columbia River Treaty Tribes March 9, 2020
  • E.9.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.10 Situation Summary: Appoint Salmon Hearings Officers
  • E.10, Attachment 1: Schedule of Salmon Fishery Management Alternative Hearings
  • E.10.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

F. Pacific Halibut Management

• F.1 Situation Summary: Annual International Pacific Halibut Commission Meeting Report
  • F.1, Attachment 1: 2020 Area 2A Pacific Halibut Allocation
  • F.1.a, IPHC News Release: International Pacific Halibut Commission Completes 96th Annual Meeting
  • F.1.a Supplemental IPHC News Release 2: Detailed outcomes of the 96th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting
  • F.1.a, IPHC Report 1: Report of the 96th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM096); Anchorage, Alaska, USA., 3-7 February 2020 (Electronic Only)
  • F.1.a, Supplemental IPHC PPT 1: Results of the 96th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM096)
  • F.1.b, IPHC Representative Report 1: Report on the 2020 International Pacific Halibut Commission Annual Meeting
  • F.1.b, IPHC Representative Report 2: Update on the Management Strategy Evaluation Process for Pacific Halibut
  • F.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.2 Situation Summary: Incidental Catch Recommendations: Options for Salmon Troll and Final Recommendations for Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
  • F.2, Attachment 1: Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
  • F.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • F.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.3 Situation Summary: Transition of Area 2A Fishery Management
  • F.3, Attachment 1: Letter from Pacific Fishery Management Council Chair Philip Anderson to International Pacific Halibut Commission Executive Director Dr. Wilson Regarding Council Recommendations for the 2020 Non-Indian Commercial Directed Halibut Fishery, dated December 13, 2019
  • F.3, Attachment 2: Draft Range of Alternatives for the Proposed Transfer of Management Responsibilities for Area 2A Pacific Halibut Fisheries with Focus on the Non-Indian Directed Commercial Fishery
  • F.3, Supplemental Presentation 1: (Ehlke) Draft Range of Alternatives for the Proposed Transfer of Management Responsibilities for Area 2A Pacific Halibut Fisheries with Focus on the Non-Indian Directed Commercial Fishery
  • 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)

G. Ecosystem Management

• G.1 Situation Summary: California Current Ecosystem and Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) Report and Science Review Topics
  • G.1.a, IEA Team Report 1
  • G.1.a, IEA Team Report 2
  • G.1.a, IEA Team Report 3
  • G.1.a, Supplemental IEA Team PPT 1: 2020 California Current Ecosystem Status Report; NOAA California Current IEA Team
  • G.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • G.1.b, Supplemental EWG Report 1
  • G.1.b, Supplemental EAS Report 1
  • G.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.2 Situation Summary: Fishery Ecosystem Plan Five-Year Review – Final Action
  • G.2, Attachment 1: Proposed revisions to Chapters 1 and 2 as part of the five-year review, Draft for Public Review (September 2019)
  • G.2, Supplemental Attachment 2: Pacific Coast Fishery Ecosystem Plan (July 2013) Electronic Only
  • G.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • G.2.a, Supplemental EWG Report 1
  • G.2.a, Supplemental EAS Report 1
  • G.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.2.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • G.2.b, Supplemental Public PPT 1
  • G.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.3 Situation Summary: Climate and Communities Initiative Workshop Report
  • G.3, Attachment 1: Developing Climate Change Scenarios for the California Current Ecosystem –Workshop Report
  • G.3, Supplemental Attachment 2: Concepts and Questions for the Next Phase of the Climate and Communities Initiative (Jonathan Star)
  • G.3, Supplemental Attachment 3: Illustrative Climate and Communities Scenario Alternatives (Jonathan Star)
  • G.3.a, Supplemental CCI Workshop PPT 1: Follow up from a Workshop Co-Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy and Pacific Fishery Management Council in Support of the Fishery Ecosystem Plan Climate and Communities Initiative
  • G.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • G.3.b, Supplemental EWG Report 1
  • G.3.b, Supplemental EAS Report 1
  • G.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

H. Groundfish Management

• H.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Report
  • H.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Omnitracs VMS Unit Replacement
  • H.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: NMFS Rulemaking and Activity Plan
  • H.1.b, NMFS NWFSC Report 1: At-Sea Hake Observer Salmon Sampling Protocols
  • H.1.b, Supplemental NWFSC PPT 1: Groundfish Science Report (Craig Russell and Jim Hastie)
  • H.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • H.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.2 Situation Summary: Initial Stock Assessment Plan and Terms of Reference
  • H.2, Attachment 1: Data and Analysis Supporting the Prioritization of Species for Stock Assessments in 2021 and 2023
  • H.2, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 2: NMFS Assessment Prioritization Workbook (Excel workbook Electronic Only)
  • H.2, Attachment 3: SSC Groundfish Subcommittee Report on Groundfish Stock Assessment Process Review Webinar held on December 13, 2019
  • H.2, Supplemental Attachment 4: Summary of the NWFSC West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey data for select species from 2003-2019
  • H.2.a, Supplemental NWFSC-SWFSC PPT 1: Prioritizing Groundfish Stock Assessments; Preliminary Analysis and Ranking of Pacific Coast Groundfish Species for Assessment in 2021 (and 2023)
  • H.2.a, ODFW Report 1: ODFW Report on Initial Stock Assessment Plan
  • H.2.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • H.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • H.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • H.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • H.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.3 Situation Summary: Update on Exempted Fishing Permits for 2021-2022
  • H.3, Attachment 1: Summary of Council November 2019 Actions on 2021-2022 EFP
  • H.3, Attachment 2: Year-Round Coastwide Midwater Rockfish EFP: Monitoring and Minimizing Salmon Bycatch When Targeting Rockfish in the Shorebased IFQ Fishery, 2021-2022
  • H.3, Attachment 3: January 31, 2020 letter from Kotow and Lasko Withdrawing CCA CAL/Okuma Fishing Tackle EFP Proposal
  • H.3, Attachment 4: Groundfish EFP Proposal: Yellowtail Rockfish Jig Fishing off California
  • H.3, Attachment 5: Commercial Midwater Hook-and-Line Rockfish in RCA off Oregon
  • H.3, Attachment 6: Proposal for an Exempted Fishery Permit, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Enhanced Yelloweye Recreational Fishery Biological Sampling
  • H.3, Attachment 7: Monterey Bay Regional Exempted Fishing Permit Targeting Chilipepper Rockfish
  • H.3, Attachment 8: December 9, 2019 letter from Phil Anderson to Chris Oliver
  • H.3, Attachment 9: February 4, 2020, letter from Chris Oliver to Phil Anderson
  • H.3.a, CDFW Report 1: California Department of Fish And Wildlife Report on 2021-2022 Exempted Fishing Permits
  • H.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • H.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • H.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.4 Situation Summary: Update on 2021-2022 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • H.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • H.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2
  • H.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: National Standard 1 Guidelines and Accountability Measures (Karen Palmigiano)
  • H.4.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1: Corrections to the 100 Fathom Rockfish Conservation Line South of 34° 27’ N. Latitude
  • H.4.a, Supplemental GMT Presentation 1
  • H.4.a Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • H.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.5 Situation Summary: Inseason Adjustments Including Shorebased Carryover – Final Action
  • H.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Update on 2020 trawl gear exempted fishing permit
  • H.5.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1: 2019 Groundfish Harvest in California
  • H.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • H.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

I. Highly Migratory Species Management

• I.1 Situation Summary: NMFS Report
  • I.1.a, NMFS Report 1
  • I.1.b Supplemental SWFSC Presentation 1: NMFS Report; SWFSC Activities Highly Migratory Species
  • I.1.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • I.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.2 Situation Summary: Review of Essential Fish Habitat – Scoping
  • I.2, Attachment 1: Action Plan for Highly Migratory Species Essential Fish Habitat Review: Background, Process, and Schedule
  • I.2.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • I.2.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • I.2.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • I.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.3 REVISED Situation Summary: International Management Activities; Including U.S./Canada Albacore Treaty
  • I.3, Attachment 1: Treaty between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America on Pacific Coast Albacore Tuna Vessels and Port Privileges
  • I.3, Attachment 2: Letter from Michael Tosatto to Archie Taotasi Soliai, Simon Kineen, and Phil Anderson summarizing WCPFC15 Outcomes
  • I.3, Attachment 3: WCPFC Circular 2019/81, Outcomes Document for WCPFC16
  • I.3.a, NMFS Report 1 (revised 02/18/2020)
  • I.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Update on NMFS International HMS Activities
  • I.3.c, Supplemental DFO Report 1
  • I.3.c, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • I.3.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • I.3.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.4 Situation Summary: Drift Gillnet Fishery Hard Caps Update
  • I.4, Attachment 1: Protected Species Hard Caps for the California/Oregon Large-Mesh Drift Gillnet Fishery, Final Rule (85 FR 7246)
  • I.4.a, NMFS Report 1
  • I.4.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1: CDFW Drift Gill Net Transition Program
  • I.4.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • I.4.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • I.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

Ancillary Meetings

(Advisory Body and Committee Agendas AND Committee Memos)

Ancillary Agendas

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

Advisory Body and Committee Memos

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

Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster

Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1: Recreational Fisheries Information Network (RecFIN) Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) Regional Implementation Planning Priorities 2019–2021
• Informational Report 2: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation in the 116th U.S. Congress
• Informational Report 3: Trawl Rationalization (Trat) Compliance Summary, 2019
• Supplemental Informational Report 4: Guidance for Determining Negligible Impact under MMPA Section 101(a)(5)(E)

General Information and Membership Roster

• General Information for March 2020: Chair’s Reception Flyer, Future Meeting Schedule, Hotel Floor Plan (meeting room layout), Council Member Seating Chart, and Membership Roster