March 2021 Council Meeting
A. Call to Order
- A.3 Situation Summary: Executive Director’s Report
- A.3, Supplemental ED Report
- A.3 Supplemental Attachment 1: Letter to Acting Secretary of the Interior; re: National Monuments
- A.3. Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
B. Open Comment Period
- B.1 Situation Summary: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
- B.1.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- B.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: NMFS Survey Updates
- B.1.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: Oceana
- 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 ONMS Presentation 1: National Marine Sanctuaries Coordination Report (Dourus)
- C.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- C.2 Situation Summary: Marine Planning Update
- C.2 Attachment 1: Memorandum of the DOI Office of the Solicitor (Electronic Only)
- C.2, Supplemental Attachment 2: BOEM news release: BOEM Issues Lease for First Wave Energy Research Project in Federal Waters Oshore the U.S. West Coast
- C.2.a, Supplemental NOAA Presentation 1: Spatial Planning for Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (Morris)
- C.2.b, Supplemental BOEM Presentation 1: Federal Offshore Wind Siting and Mapping Summary of February 24 Habitat Committee Webinar Presentation (Sumait)
- C.2.c, WDFW Report 1 (Electronic Only)
- C.2.c, Supplemental HC Report 1
- C.2.c, Supplemental EWG Report 1
- C.2.c, Supplemental EAS Report 1
- C.2.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
- C.2.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- C.2.c, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- C.2.c, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- C.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- C.2.c, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
- C.2.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
- C.2.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- C.3 Situation Summary: Legislative Matters
- C.3, Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
- C.3, Attachment 2: H.R. 59 (Young MSA Reauthorization Bill, Electronic Only)
- C.3, Attachment 3: Huffman MSA Discussion Draft (Electronic Only)
- C.3, Attachment 4: Brief Huffman MSA Draft Summary
- C.3, Attachment 5: MSA with Huffman and Young Changes (Electronic Only)
- C.3, Attachment 6: Staff Summary of Huffman and Young MSA Proposals
- C.3, Attachment 7: Biden Climate Executive Order (EO 14008)
- C.3, Supplemental Attachment 8: Letter to Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce re: Executive Order 14008
- C.3, Supplemental Attachment 9: REVISED Letter to Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce re: Executive Order 14008
- C.3.a, Supplemental Legislative Committee Report 1
- C.3.b, Supplemental EWG Report 1
- C.3.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
- C.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- C.3.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- C.4 Situation Summary: Approval of Council Meeting Record
- C.4, Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record: 257th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (November 9-10, 12-13, & 16-20, 2020)
- C.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- C.5 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- C.5, Attachment 1: NMFS OLE Letter Regarding Enforcement Consultants
- C.5, Supplemental Attachment 2: Letter from Dorothy Lowman to the Honorable President Joe Biden
- C.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- C.6 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- C.6, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- C.6, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 2021
- C.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
- C.6.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- C.6.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- C.6.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
- C.6.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
- C.6.a, Supplemental EWG Report 1
- C.6.a, Supplemental EAS Report 1
- C.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- C.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- C.6.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Heather Mann)
- C.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
D. Habitat Issues
- D.1 Situation Summary: Current Habitat Issues
- D.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
E. Salmon
- E.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
- E.1 Attachment 1: Thiamine Deficiency in West Coast Salmon
- E.1 Attachment 2: Salmon Habitat Research
- E.1 Attachment 3: 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue for Violations of the Endangered Species Act
- E.1.b, Supplemental FSC Presentation 1: Thiamine deficiency in salmoninds (Lindley)
- E.1.b, Supplemental FSC Presentation 2: NWFSC & SWFSC salmon habitat research (Lindley)
- E.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- E.2 Situation Summary: Reintroduction of Salmon Above Grand Coulee Dam
- E.2, Attachment 1: Fish Passage and Reintroduction into the U.S. and Canadian Upper Columbia Basin (Electronic Only)
- E.2, Attachment 2: Fish Passage and Reintroduction Phase 1 Report: Investigations Upstream of Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams (Electronic Only)
- E.2, Attachment 3: Letter to Pacific Fishery Management Council Chair Marc Gorelnik from Randy Cawston, Chair of the Business Council for The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (August 2020)
- E.2, Attachment 4: Draft Letter of General Support for Investigating Salmon Reintroduction to the Upper Columbia Basin
- E.2.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 1 (The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation)
- E.2.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- E.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- E.3 Situation Summary: Review of 2020 Fisheries and Summary of 2021 Stock Forecasts
- Review of 2020 Ocean Salmon Fisheries (Electronic Only)
- E.3, 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 2021 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations (Electronic Only)
- E.3.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Joint Testimony from the Western Washington Treaty Tribes on the Forecast
- E.3.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Testimony of the Quinault Indian Nation, Precautionary Management Needed for Preseason Planning
- E.3.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 3: Hoopa Valley Tribe Comments on E.3.a Review of 2020 Fisheries and Summary of 2021 Stock Forecasts–Reports and Comments of Management Entities and Advisory Bodies
- E.3.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Excerpts from the Review of 2020 Ocean Salmon Fisheries and 2021 Preseason Report I
- E.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- E.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- E.4 Situation Summary: Identify Management Objectives and Preliminary Definition of 2021 Management Alternatives
- E.4, Attachment 1: Guidance for Alternative Development and Assessment
- E.4, Attachment 2: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
- E.4, Attachment 3: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
- E.4, Attachment 4: List of 2021 Salmon Fisheries Scheduled to Occur Prior to May 16
- E.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Guidance Letter
- E.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: NMFS Updated Guidance on Oregon Coast Coho Salmon ESU
- E.4.e, Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Statement from the Western Washington Treaty Tribes on the NMFS Guidance for ESA-Listed Chinook
- E.4.e, Supplemental CSC Report 1: California Salmon Council Report Genetic Stock Identification Study Proposal
- E.4.e, Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Report 1: Tribal and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 2021 Management Objectives for Puget Sound Chinook and Coho Salmon
- E.4.e, Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Testimony of the Columbia River Treaty Tribes
- E.4.e, Supplemental SAS Report 1: SAS Proposed Initial Salmon Management Alternatives for 2021 Non-Indian Ocean Fisheries
- E.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- E.5 Situation Summary: Recommendations for 2021 Management Alternative Analysis
- Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2021 Ocean Fisheries
- E.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- E.6 Situation Summary: Further Direction for 2021 Management Alternatives
- E.6.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2021 Ocean Fisheries
- E.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- E.7 Situation Summary: Further Direction for 2021 Management Alternatives
- E.7.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2021 Ocean Fisheries (03/10/2021)
- E.7.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- E.8 Situation Summary: Adopt 2021 Management Alternatives for Public Review
- E.8.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Analysis of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2021 Ocean Fisheries (March 11, 2021)
- E.8.a, Supplemental STT Report 2: 2021 Klamath River Fall Chinook de minimis Exploitation Rate
- E.8.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 1 (CRITFC)
- E.8.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- E.9 Situation Summary: Appoint Salmon Hearing Officers
- E.9, Attachment 1: Schedule of Salmon Fishery Management Alternative Hearings
- E.9.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
F. Pacific Halibut
- F.1 Situation Summary: Annual International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) Meeting Report
- F.1, Attachment 1: 2017-2021 Area 2A Pacific Halibut Allocation
- F.1.a, IPHC Report 1: Media Release: International Pacific Halibut Commission Completes 97th Annual Meeting
- F.1.a, Supplemental IPHC Report 2
- F.1.a, Supplemental IPHC Presentation 1: Outcomes of the 97th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM097) (Wilson/Stewart)
- F.1.b, IPHC Representative Report 1: Report on the 2021 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.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- F.2 Situation Summary: Incidental Catch Recommendations: Options for Salmon Troll and Final Action on Recommendations for Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
- F.2, Attachment 1: Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
- F.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- F.2.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- F.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
G. Groundfish
- G.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
- G.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
- G.1.b, Supplemental PSTAT Presentation 1: Northeast Pacific Sablefish Management Strategy Evaluation, April 2021 Stakeholder Outreach Workshop
- G.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- G.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- G.2 Situation Summary: Workload and New Management Measure Priorities
- G.2, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1: Workload and New Management Measure Process Review (Phillips)
- G.2, Attachment 1: Conceptual Design of Groundfish New Management Measure Prioritization Process
- G.2.a, GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Workload and New Management Measures Update
- G.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2
- G.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Workload and New Management Measures
- G.2.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
- G.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- G.2.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- G.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- G.3 Situation Summary: Pacific Whiting Utilization in the Mothership Sector
- G.3, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1: Pacific Whiting Utilization in the Mothership Sector (Wiedoff & Doerpinghaus)
- G.3, Attachment 1: Scoping Whiting Fishery Utilization Issues, Including Draft Purpose and Need and a Range of Alternatives
- G.3, Supplemental Attachment 2: Revisions to Agenda Item G.3, Attachment 1
- G.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
- G.3.a, Supplemental WDFW-ODFW Report 1
- G.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- G.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- G.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- G.4 Situation Summary: Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
- G.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- G.5 Situation Summary: Electronic Monitoring Program Update
- G.5.a, NMFS Report 1: Electronic Monitoring Implementation Update
- G.5.a, NMFS Report 2: Draft 2021 Electronic Monitoring Program Guidelines
- G.5.a, NMFS Report 3: Draft 2021 Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Program Manual
- G.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 4: EM VMP Guidelines
- G.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 5: EM Video Review Protocols
- G.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 6: EM Records Q&A
- G.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 7: Electronic Monitoring Cost Recoverable Tasks
- G.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 8: EM Cost Estimates
- G.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: NMFS Report EM (Melissa Hooper)
- G.5.a, Supplemental GEMPAC Report 1
- G.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- G.5.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
- G.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- G.6 Situation Summary: Emergency Action to Consider Changing Seasonal Processing Limitations in the At-Sea Whiting Fishery– Final Action
- G.6, Supplemental Attachment 1: Federal Register Notice – Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
- G.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- G.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- G.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
H. Highly Migratory Species
- H.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
- H.1.a, REVISED National Marine Fisheries Report 1
- H.1.a, Supplemental SWFSC Presentation 1: SWFSC Activities – Highly Migratory Species
- H.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- H.2 Situation Summary: Review of Essential Fish Habitat – Phase 2
- H.2, Attachment 1: Phase 2 Action Plan for Highly Migratory Species Essential Fish Habitat Review
- H.2.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
- H.2.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
- H.2.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
- H.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- H.3 Situation Summary: Recommend International Management Activities
- H.3, Attachment 1: WCPFC Seventeenth Regular Session Provisional Outcomes Document
- H.3, Supplemental Attachment 2: Meeting Information 5th ISC North Pacific Albacore MSE Workshop For Managers and Stakeholders
- H.3, Supplemental Attachment 3: WCPFC17 – PIRO Letter from NMFS to Councils
- H.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
- H.3.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
- H.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- H.4 Situation Summary: Deep-Set Buoy Gear Permit Clarifications
- H.4, Attachment 1: Excerpt from September 2019 Council Meeting Record, Council Motion 14
- H.4, Attachment 2: Staff Report on the Council’s September 2019 Final Action Authorizing Deep-Set Buoy Gear under the Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan
- H.4, Attachment 3: Fishery Management Plan for West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species Proposed Amendment 6 with Changes as Adopted by the Council in September 2019
- H.4, Attachment 4: Sample Highly Migratory Species Exempted Fishing Permit and Terms and Conditions
- H.4.a, HMSMT Report 1
- H.4.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
- H.4.a, Supplemental HMSMT Presentation 1: Presentation on HMSMT Reports 1 & 2 (Hellmers)
- H.4.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
- H.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
- H.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2
- H.4.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
- H.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- H.5 Situation Summary: Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- H.5.a, Joint SWFSC-WCR NMFS Report 1: Proxies for Maximum Fishing Mortality Threshold (MFMT) and Options for Minimum Stock Size Threshold (MSST)
- H.5.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- H.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
- H.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
I. Ecosystem Management
- I.1 Situation Summary: California Current Ecosystem and Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) Report and Science Review Topics
- I.1.a, IEA Team Report 1
- I.1.a, IEA Team Report 2
- I.1.a, Supplemental IEA Team Report 3
- I.1.a, Supplemental IEA Team Presentation 1: 2020-21 California Current Ecosystem Status Report (Chris Harvey & Toby Garfield)
- I.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- I.1.b, Supplemental HC Report 1
- I.1.b, Supplemental EWG Report 1
- I.1.b, Supplemental EAS Report 1
- I.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- I.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- I.2 Situation Summary: Climate and Communities Initiative Workshop Report
- I.2, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1: Report on Regional Implications Workshops (J. Star)
- I.2, Attachment 1: Report on Regional Workshops focusing on the Implications of Climate Change for West Coast Fisheries and Fishing Communities
- I.2 Supplemental Attachment 2: Regional workshops focusing on the implications of climate change for West Coast fisheries and fishing communities: participant input on climate change scenarios
- I.2.b, Supplemental EWG Report 1
- I.2.b, Supplemental EAS Report 1
- I.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- I.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- I.2.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
- I.3 Situation Summary: Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) Five-Year Review – Final Action
- I.3, Supplemental Ecosystem Plan Update Pre-Recorded Webinar (deReynier) available from Council’s YouTube channel
- I.3.a, EWG Report 1: Fishery Ecosystem Plan Chapters 3 & 4
- I.3.a, EWG Report 2: Guidance Document on Offshore Non-Fishing Activities
- I.3.a, Supplemental EWG Report 3
- I.3.a, Supplemental EWG Presentation 1 (deReynier)
- I.3.a, Supplemental EAS Report 1
- I.3.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
- I.3.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
- I.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
- I.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- I.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)
Advisory Body and Committee Agendas AND Committee Memos
Advisory Body and Committee Agendas
Advisory Body and Committee Memos
Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster
Informational Reports
- Informational Report 1: NMFS Procedure 01-101-11; Procedural Guidance for Changing Assessed Stock Status from Known to Unknown
- Informational Report 2: Report to Congress; Section 201(a) of the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018
- Informational Report 3: Letter from Mid-Atlantic Council to Secretary of the Interior re: USFWS Licensing and Inspection Requirements for U.S. Squid Fisheries
- Informational Report 4: NOAA Report “West Coast Fisheries Impacts from Covid-19”
- Informational Report 5: OLE Trawl Rationalization Compliance Summary -2020
- Informational Report 6: WDFW News Release February 9, 2021; Applications open for federal relief funding to commercial fishing, shellfish, charter and seafood sector industry members
- Supplemental Informational Report 7: NOAA Fisheries to Develop a PEIS for Saltonstall-Kennedy Program
- Supplemental Informational Report 8: NOAA 30-day comment period “Give us Your Input on Making Fisheries and Protected Resources More Resilient to Climate Change”