March 2024 briefing book

C.1.a Supplemental NMFS Report 1

The National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Regulatory Activities

Feb 27

C.1.a Supplemental NMFS Report 2

NMFS Letter to Council approving Amendment 24

Feb 27

C.1.b Supplemental NMFS Report 1

National Marine Fisheries Service Report Fisheries Science Center Activities

Feb 27

C.1.b Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1

NMFS Science Center Activities Presentation

Mar 6

C.2 Attachment 1

Excerpts From Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan Updated Through Amendment 23

Feb 11

C.2 Supplemental Attachment 2

Review of 2023 Ocean Salmon Fisheries (Electronic Only)

Feb 29

C.2 Supplemental Attachment 3

Preseason Report I (Electronic Only)

Mar 1

C.2.a Supplemental STT Report 1

Salmon Technical Team Report 1

Mar 6

C.2.a Supplemental SSC Report 1

Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Review of 2023 Fisheries and Summary of 2024 Stock Forecasts

Mar 6

C.3.a Supplemental HC Report 1

Habitat Committee Report on Klamath Dam Removal Update

Mar 6

C.3.a Supplemental Presentation 1

Klamath River Dam Removal Update (PPT File)

Mar 6

C4 Attachment 1

Klamath River Fall Chinook Ad Hoc Workgroup Draft Terms of Reference and General Timeline (June 14, 2023)

Feb 11

C.4.a KRWG Report 1

Klamath River Fall Chinook Ad-Hoc Workgroup – Progress Report on 2024 Management Options

Feb 11

C.4.a Supplemental KRWG Presentation 1

Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council on Klamath River Fall Chinook Interim Management Measures for Ocean Salmon Fisheries in 2024 and Potentially Beyond

Mar 5

C.4.a Supplemental KRWG Report 2

Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council on Klamath River Fall Chinook Interim Management Measures for Ocean Salmon Fisheries in 2024 and Potentially Beyond

Feb 27

C.4.b Supplemental CDFW Report 1

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Klamath Dam Removal Related Adjustments to Management Targets

Mar 5

C.4.b Supplemental SSC Report 1

Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Klamath River Fall Chinook Workgroup Report and 2024 Management Options – Final Guidance

Mar 6

C.4.b Supplemental Tribal Report 1

Hoopa Valley Comments on Klamath River Fall Chinook Workgroup Report and 2024 Management Options

Mar 6

C.5 Attachment 1

Guidance for Alternative Development and Assessment

Feb 11

C.5 Attachment 2

Emergency Changes to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (Excerpt from Council Operating Procedure 10) Criteria for Requesting Emergency Changes to Salmon FMP

Feb 11

C.5 Attachment 3

Federal Register Notice

Feb 11

C.5.a Supplemental PSC Report 1

Comment Letter on Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on SRKW

Mar 5

C.5.a Supplemental PSC Report 2

PSC Grant Overview

Mar 5

C.5.b Supplemental NMFS Report 1

NMFS Guidance Letter

Mar 1

C.5.d Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Report 1

Tribal and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 2024 Management Objectives for Puget Sound Chinook and Coho Salmon

Mar 7

C.5.e Supplemental Tribal Report 1

CTCR Report

Feb 28

C.5.e Supplemental Tribal Report 2

Statement by the Columbia River Treaty Tribes to the Pacific Fishery Management Council

Mar 7

C.5.e Supplemental SAS Report 1

Salmon Advisory Subpanel Report on Proposed Initial Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Non-Indian Ocean Fisheries

Mar 7

C.6.a Supplemental STT Report 1

Salmon Technical Team Report Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Ocean Fisheries

Mar 8

C.7.a Supplemental STT Report 1

Salmon Technical Team Report Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Ocean Fisheries

Mar 9

C.8.a Supplemental STT Report 1

Salmon Technical Team Report Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Ocean Fisheries

Mar 10

C.8.a Supplemental STT Report 2

Salmon Technical Team Report REVISED Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Ocean Fisheries

Mar 10

C.9.a Supplemental Tribal Report 1

Statement by the Columbia River Treaty Tribes to the Pacific Fishery Management Council Fresno, California

Mar 10

C.9.a Supplemental Tribal Report 2 (Quinault)

Statement by the Quinault Indian Nation to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, Fresno, CA March 10, 2024

Mar 11

C.9.a Supplemental STT Report 1

Salmon Technical Team Report Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Ocean Fisheries

Mar 11

C.10 Attachment 1

Schedule of Salmon Fishery Management Alternative Hearings

Feb 11

D.1.a Supplemental HC Report 1

Habitat Committee Report on Habitat Issues

Mar 6

E.2 Attachment 1

Initial Review Draft Regulatory Impact Review/Regulatory Flexibility Analysis/MSA Analysis for Proposed Amendment to the Groundfish FMP for Deep Sea Coral Research and Restoration

Feb 11

E.2 Attachment 2

Proposed Fishery Management Plan Amendment Language to the Groundfish Fishery Management Plan

Feb 11

E.2 Staff Presentation 1

Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Coral Restoration and Research Plan – Range of Alternatives and Preliminary Preferred Alternatives

Mar 6

E.2.a NMFS Report 1

Deep Sea Coral Restoration and research

Feb 11

E.2.a Supplemental NMFS Report 2

Deep Sea Coral Restoration and Research Range of Alternatives

Mar 6

E.2.a Supplemental GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Office of National Marine Sanctuaries: Coral Restoration and Research Plan – Range of Alternatives and Preliminary Preferred Alternative

Mar 6

E.2.a Supplemental HC Report 1

Habitat Committee Report on Office of Marine Sanctuaries: Coral Restoration and Research Plan – Range of Alternatives and Preliminary Preferred Alternative

Mar 6

E.2.a Supplemental EC Report 1

Enforcement Consultants Report on Office of National Marine Sanctuaries: Coral Restoration and Research Plan – Range of Alternatives and Preliminary Preferred Alternative

Mar 7

E.3 Supplemental Attachment 1

Draft Comment Letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Feb 27

E.3 Supplemental Attachment 2

Humboldt Project Overview – Surveys

Feb 27

E.3 Supplemental Attachment 3

Coastal Caucus WEA Letter

Feb 27

E.3 Supplemental MPC Presentation

Pacific Fishery Management Council Marine Planning

Mar 7

E.3.a MPC Report 1

Feb 11

E.3.a Supplemental MPC Report 2

Marine Planning Committee Report on Marine Planning Issues

Feb 27

E.3.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1

HMSAS Report on Marine Planning

Mar 3

E.3.a Supplemental HC Report 1

Habitat Committee Report on Marine Planning

Mar 6

E.3.a Supplemental CPSAS Report 1

Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel Report on Marine Planning Issues

Mar 7

E.3.a Supplemental GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Marine Planning

Mar 7

F.1.a NMFS Report 1

National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Recently Published Groundfish Rulemaking and Workload

Feb 11

F.1.c Supplemental NWFSC Report

Science Center Activities Presentation

Mar 6

F.1.d Supplemental GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on National Marine Fisheries Service Report and Electronic Monitoring Update

Mar 6

F.2 Attachment 1

DRAFT 2023 Rebuilding Analysis for Quillback Rockfish in U.S. Waters off the Coast of California Based on the 2021 Stock Assessment

Feb 11

F.2 Attachment 2

Letter to the Council on Quillback Overfished Status

Feb 11

F.2.a Supplemental SSC Report 1

Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Consideration of Additional California Quillback Rockfish Analyses and Adopt Rebuilding Analysis

Mar 7

F.3 Attachment 1

Groundfish Assessment Prioritization to Inform the Selection of Species for Assessment in 2025 and Additional Considerations

Feb 11

F.3 Attachment 2

Groundfish Assessment Prioritization Methodology to Inform the Selection of Species for Future Assessments

Feb 11

F.3 Attachment 3

California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program Data Availability for Stock Assessments

Feb 11

F.3 Supplemental Attachment 4

Summary of Available Data to Support U.S. West Coast Groundfish Stock Assessments (Electronic Only)

Feb 21

F.3 Supplemental Attachment 5

Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Stock Assessment Review Process for 2025-26

Feb 26

F.3 Supplemental Attachment 6

Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Rebuilding Analysis for 2025-26

Feb 26

F.3 Supplemental Attachment 7

Terms of Reference for the Methodology Review Process for Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species for 2025-26

Feb 26

F.3 Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1

Groundfish Assessment Prioritization for 2025

Mar 7

F.3.a Supplemental GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Initial Stock Assessment Plan and Terms of Reference

Mar 7

F.3.a Supplemental GMT Report 1

Groundfish Management Team Report on Initial Stock Assessment Plan and Terms of Reference

Mar 7

F.3.a Supplemental SSC Report 1

Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Initial Stock Assessment Plan and Terms of Reference

Mar 7

F.4.a NMFS Report 1

Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program – 2024 Cost Recovery Annual Report

Feb 11

F.4.a Supplemental GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Trawl Cost Recovery Annual Report

Mar 7

F.5.a Supplemental Attachment 1

Status of the Pacific Hake (whiting) Stock in U.S. and Canadian Waters in 2024 (Electronic Only)

Feb 28

F.5.a Supplemental REVISED GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Implementation of the 2024 Pacific Whiting Fishery Under the U.S./Canada Agreement

Mar 7

F.6 Staff Presentation 1

Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction: Preliminary Preferred Alternative

Mar 8

F.6 Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1

Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction Measures Alternatives Summary

Feb 11

F.6 Attachment 2

Initial Review Draft – Groundfish Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction Measures

Feb 11

F.6.a Supplemental REVISED NMFS Report 1

National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Groundfish Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction

Feb 11

F.6.a Supplemental EC Report 1

Enforcement Consultants Report on Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction – Preliminary Preferred Alternative

Mar 8

F.6.a Supplemental GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Panel Report on Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction – Preliminary Preferred Alternative

Mar 9

F.7 Attachment 1

Clarification Regarding the 2025-2026 Canary Rockfish Alternative Harvest Control Rule (HCR) and the California Stock of Copper Rockfish Annual Catch Target (ACT)

Feb 11

F.7 Attachment 2

Correction to the Pacific Sand Lance Scientific Name and the Common Name for Pacific Spiny Dogfish in Federal Regulation

Feb 11

F.7 Attachment 3

Technical Corrections to Lingcod South of 40* 10' N. Latitude and Petrale Sole 2025-2026 Harvest Specifications

Feb 11

F.7 Staff Presentation 1

Mar 9

F.7.a Supplemental GMT Report 1

Draft Informational Exploratory Widow Rockfish Allocation Analysis: Excerpted Section From Groundfish Management Team Overwinter Analysis

Feb 27

F.7.a Supplemental GMT Report 2

Draft Informational Canary Rockfish Exploratory Allocation Analysis: Excerpted Section from Groundfish Management Team Overwinter Analysis

Feb 27

F.7.a Supplemental GMT Report 3

Groundfish Management Team Report on 2025-26 Fisheries Update New Management Measure For Shortspine Thornyhead

Feb 27

F.7.a Supplemental GMT Report 4

Groundfish Management Team Report on 2025-26 Fisheries Analysis Update

Mar 9

F.7.a Supplemental GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on 2025-26 Fisheries Analysis Update and Adopt California Quillback Rockfish Harvest Specifications and Rebuilding Parameters

Mar 9

F.7.a Supplemental GMT Presentation 1

Update on 2025-26 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures

Mar 9

F.7.a Supplemental SSC Report 1

Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on 2025-26 Fisheries Analysis Update and Adopt California Quillback Rockfish Harvest Specifications and Rebuilding Parameters

Mar 10

F.8.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on 2023 Groundfish Harvest in California

Feb 27

F.8.a Supplemental CDFW Report 2

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Recreational Inseason Actions for 2024

Mar 6

F.8.a Supplemental GAP Report 1

GAP Report on Inseason Adjustments – Final Action

Mar 9

F.8.a Supplemental GMT Report 1

GMT Report on Inseason Adjustments – Final Action

Mar 9

F.8.a Supplemental EC Report 1

Enforcement Consultants Report on Inseason Adjustments – Final Action

Mar 9

G.1 Attachment 1

Area 2A Pacific Halibut Fishery Catch Exploitable Yield (FCEY) 2020-2024

Feb 11

G.1 Attachment 2

USA Report 1

Feb 11

G.1 Attachment 3

Pacific Halibut Area 2A Annual Enforcement Report

Feb 11

G.1.a IPHC Report 1

(Electronic Only)

Feb 11

G.1.a Supplemental IPHC Presentation 1

Feb 27

G.1.b Council IPHC Representative Report 1

Feb 11

G.1.c Supplemental GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on International Pacific Halibut Commission Report

Mar 7

G.2 Attachment 1

Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management

Feb 11

G.2.a Supplemental GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Incidental Catch Recommendations: Options for Salmon Troll and Final Action for Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries

Mar 7

G.2.a Supplemental SAS Report 1

Salmon Advisory Subpanel Report on Incidental Catch Recommendations: Options for Salmon Troll and Final Recommendations for Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries

Mar 8

H.1.a CCIEA Team Report 1

2023-2024 California Current Ecosystem Status Report (Electronic Only)

Feb 11

H.1.a Supplemental CCIEA Team Report 2

Appendix E. Developing Indicators of climate change and variability

Feb 21

H.1.a Supplemental CCIEA Team Report 3

ESR Review Topics

Feb 21

H.1.a Supplemental Presentation 1

2023-24 California Current Ecosystem Status Report

Mar 8

H.1.b Supplemental SSC Report 1

Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on California Current Ecosystem Status Report

Mar 7

H.1.b Supplemental HC Report 1

Habitat Committee Report on California Current Ecosystem Status Report

Mar 8

H.1.b Supplemental GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on California Current Ecosystem Status Report

Mar 8

H.1.b Supplemental EWG Report 1

Ecosystem Workgroup Report on the California Current Ecosystem Status Report

Mar 8

H.1.b Supplemental EAS Report 1

Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report on the Annual California Current Ecosystem Status Report

Mar 9

H.2.a Supplemental REVISED EWG Report 1

Initiative 4

Feb 22

H.2.a Supplemental EWG Report 2

Ecosystem Workgroup Supplemental Report on the Ecosystem and Climate Information Initiative

Mar 9

H.2.a HMSMT Supplemental Report 1

HMSMT Report on the Ecosystem and Climate Information Initiative

Mar 1

H.2.a Supplemental HC Report 1

Habitat Committee Report on Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 – Progress Review

Mar 6

H.2.a Supplemental GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 – Progress Review

Mar 8

H.2.a Supplemental GMT Report 1

Groundfish Management Team Report on the Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 – Progress Review

Mar 8

H.2.a Supplemental CPSMT Report 1

Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team Report on Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 – Progress Review

Mar 8

H.2.a Supplemental CPSAS Report 1

Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel Report on Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 – Progress Review

Mar 9

H.2.a Supplemental EAS Report 1

Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report on the Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 – Progress Review

Mar 9

H.3.a EWG Report 1

Ecosystem Workgroup Report on Climate and Communities Initiative Review and Prioritize Tasks

Feb 11

H.3.a Supplemental EWG Report 2

Ecosystem Workgroup Report on Climate and Communities Initiative Review and Prioritize Tasks

Mar 8

H.3.a Supplemental HMSMT Report 1

HMSMT Report on Climate and Communities Initiative

Mar 1

H.3.a Supplemental HC Report 1

Habitat Committee Report on Climate and Communities Initiative Review and Prioritize Tasks

Mar 6

H.3.a Supplemental CPSMT Report 1

Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team Report on Climate and Communities Initiative Review and Prioritize Tasks

Mar 8

H.3.a Supplemental GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Climate and Communities Initiative Review and Prioritize Tasks

Mar 8

H.3.a Supplemental EAS Report 1

Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report on the Climate and Communities Initiative Review and Prioritize Tasks

Mar 9

I.1.a NMFS Report 1

National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Activities

Feb 11

I.1.a Supplemental NMFS Report 2

National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Highly Migratory Species Activites

Feb 27

I.1.c Supplemental HMSAS Report 1

HMSAS Report on National Marine Fisheries Service Report

Mar 3

I.2 Attachment 1

WCPFC20 Outcomes (Electronic Only)

Feb 11

I.2 Attachment 2

Staff Summary of WCPFC20 Outcomes of Interest to the Council

Feb 11

I.2 Supplemental Attachment 3

WPCFC20 Letter to Councils

Feb 27

I.2.a NMFS Report 1

National Marine Fisheries Service Report on International Highly Migratory Species Activities

Feb 11

I.3

Supplemental HMS Roadmap Workshop Final Planning Presentation

Mar 8

I.3.a HMSMT Report 1

HMSMT Report on HMS Roadmap Workshop – Final Planning

Feb 11

I.3a Supplemental HMSMT Report 2

HMSMT Report on HMS Roadmap Workshop Planning

Mar 3

I.3.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1

HMSAS Report on HMS Roadmap Workshop – Final Planning

Mar 3

J.1 Attachment 1

DRAFT Council Meeting Record – November 2023 (Electronic Only)

Feb 11

J.2 Attachment 1

ODFW Letter – Ainsworth Appointment

Feb 11

J.3 Attachment 1

Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary

Feb 11

J.3 Attachment 2

Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 2024

Feb 11

J.3 Supplemental Attachment 3

Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary

Mar 10

J.3 Supplemental Attachment 4

Proposed Pacific Council Meeting Agenda, April 5-11, 2024 Seattle, Washington

Mar 10

J.3.a Supplemental EAS Report 1

Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning

Mar 9

J.3.a Supplemental EWG Report 1

Ecosystem Workgroup Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning

Mar 10

J.3.a Supplemental GMT Report 1

Groundfish Management Team Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning

Mar 9

J.3.a Supplemental GAP Report 1

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning

Mar 10

J.3.a Supplemental SSC Report 1

Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning

Mar 11