November 2015 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.4: Proposed November 13-19, 2015 PFMC Meeting Agenda

B. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
  • Agenda Item B.1.a, Supplemental CDFW Report: Recreational Fishing Estimates
  • Agenda Item B.1.a, Supplemental REVISED HMSAS Report: Hard Caps for Priority Protected Species for the Drift Gillnet Fishery; International Management of Pacific Bluefin Tuna
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Public Comment 1: Email from Julie Deyerle Regarding Skates
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2: Dave Stephens EFP
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3: Pacific Seafood, Draft Guidance for Conducting Reviews of Catch Share Programs

C. Enforcement Issues

• Agenda Item C.1: Tri-State Enforcement Report
  • Tri-State Enforcement Video (Hosted on PFMC YouTube page)
• Agenda Item C.2: Vessel Movement Monitoring Alternatives
  • Agenda Item C.2:  Supplemental Staff Overview PowerPoint, Wiedoff; (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item C.2, Attachment 1: Vessel Movement Monitoring Public Scoping Document
  • Agenda Item C.2, Attachment 2: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Case Study
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item C.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item C.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment

D. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item D.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Salmon)
• Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: West Coast Salmon Genetic Stock Identification Update and Plans for 2016 (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint 2: Recovery Plans (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item D.2: Salmon Methodology Review
  • Agenda Item D.2, Attachment 1: Report for the 2015 Salmon Methodology Review on the Fishery Regulation Assessment Model (FRAM) Chinook Base Period
  • Agenda Item D.2, Attachment 2: Chinook FRAM Base Period Documentation: Growth Functions
  • Agenda Item D.2, Attachment 3: Chinook FRAM Base Period Documentation: Sublegal Stock and Age Assignments
  • Agenda Item D.2, Attachment 4: An evaluation of the proposed increases in spatial stratification for California salmon fisheries
  • Agenda Item D.2, Attachment 5: California Klamath Fishery Management Zone Test Fishery Proposal
  • Agenda Item D.2, Attachment 6: April 1, 2015 letter from CDFW Director Bonham to Council Chair Lowman regarding SRWC management in 2015
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, PSC Comments: Letter from Pacific Salmon Commission Executive Secretary John Field to Pacific Council Executive Director Don McIsaac
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental MEW Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental STT Report
• Agenda Item D.3: Salmon Management Schedule for 2016
  • Agenda Item D.3, Attachment 1: Pacific Fishery Management Council Schedule and Process for Developing 2016 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
  • Agenda Item D.3, Attachment 2: Draft Sacramento River Winter Chinook Harvest Policy Review Process
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, NMFS Report: NMFS Report on the Draft Sacramento River Winter Chinook Harvest Policy Review Process
  • Agenda Item D.3.a, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint: Developing a new winter Chinook control rule

E. Habitat

• Agenda Item E.1: Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item E.1, Supplemental Attachment 1: Draft Comments on Coast Seafoods Draft Environmental Impact Report
  • Agenda Item E.1, Attachment 2: Council Letter to Oregon Board of Forestry
  • Agenda Item E.1, Supplemental Attachment 3: Draft Environmental Impact Report; Coast Seafoods Company Humboldt Bay Shellfish Aquaculture Permit Renewal and Expansion Project, Humboldt County, California, SCH #2015082051 (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.1, Supplemental Attachment 4: Draft Letter re:  Coast Seafoods Company Humboldt Bay Shellfish Aquaculture Permit
    Renewal and Expansion Project (letter with Track Changes)
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Electronic Only)

F. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item F.1: Briefing on Recusals and Financial Interest Disclosures
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Policy Directive 01-116 Fishery Management Council Financial Disclosures
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental NOAA GC Report: Annual Briefing on Magnuson-Stevens Act Financial Disclosure and Recusal Requirements
• Agenda Item F.2: Legislative Matters
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
  • Agenda Item F.2, Supplemental Attachment 2: Draft detailed letter on California drought legislation
  • Agenda Item F.2, Attachment 3: Preliminary letter on California drought legislation
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental Legislative Committee Report
• Agenda Item F.3: Approval of Council Meeting Record
  • Agenda Item F.3, Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record: 231th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (September 11-16, 2015)
• Agenda Item F.4: Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Budget Committee Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
• Agenda Item F.5: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
• Agenda Item F.6: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item F.6, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item F.6, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, March 8-14, 2016 in Sacramento, California
  • Agenda Item F.6, Attachment 3: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 8-13, 2016 in Vancouver, Washington
  • Agenda Item F.6, Attachment 4: Groundfish Workload Priorities
  • Agenda Item F.6, Attachment 5: Staff Report On Issues Included In Trawl Trailing Action Gear Package
  • Agenda Item F.6, Supplemental Attachment 6: Webinar Series on Ecosystem Indicators to be held in January-February 2016
  • Agenda Item F.6, Supplemental Attachment 7: Joint NMFS/Council Staff Report on Potential Timeline for Electronic Monitoring Regulatory Amendment
  • Agenda Item F.6, Supplemental Attachment 8: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item F.6, Supplemental Attachment 9: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, March 8-14, 2016 in Sacramento, California as of 11/19/2015
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 10: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 8-13, 2016 in Vancouver, Washington as of 11/19/2015
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 11: Groundfish Workload Priorities
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Report: Western Regional Action Plan for Implementing the NMFS national Climate Science Strategy
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental Public Comment (Astoria Trip)

G. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item G.1: NMFS Report on Highly Migratory Species
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, NMFS Report: National Marine Fisheries Service Regulatory Activities
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint: Pacific Bluefin Tuna Research Activities, Domestic & International; Gerard DiNardo (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental CDFW Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Public Comment
• Agenda Item G.2: Swordfish Fishery Management Policy Connections
  • Agenda Item G.2, Supplemental Attachment 1: West Coast Swordfish Fishery Policy Questions
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, NMFS Report: Reference Information From NMFS-Sponsored Swordfish Workshops and Recent Bycatch and Landings Data
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Full Version Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3 (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 4 (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 5 (Electronic Only)

H. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item H.1: Pacific Sardine Distribution Workshop
  • Agenda Item H.1, Attachment 1: Oceana vs. Pritzker Settlement Agreement
  • Agenda Item H.1.a:  Pacific Sardine Distribution Workshop Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental Workshop PowerPoint: Report of the National Marine Fisheries Service/Pacific Fishery Management Council Workshop on Pacific Sardine Distribution; Owen Hamel (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item H.1.b:  National Marine Fisheries Service Letter
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4 (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item H.2: 2016 Exempted Fishing Permit Notice of Intent (CANCELLED)
• Agenda Item H.3: Anchovy General Status Overview
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental SWFSC Report:  Southwest Fisheries Science Center Summary of Current Information Available on Coastal Pelagic Species with Emphasis on Northern Anchovy
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint: Summary of current information available on Coastal Pelagic Species with emphasis on Northern Anchovy (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental USFWS Report:  Letter to Chair Dorothy Lowman re: Anchovy General Status Overview
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental CDFW Report:  Recent CPS Landings
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Public Comment (Full Version Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Full Version Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 4
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 5
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 6
  • Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 7 (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item H.4: 2016 Methodology Review Preliminary Topic Selection Including Data-Limited Assessment Methods
  • Agenda Item H.4.a, CDFW Report
  • Agenda Item H.4.a, SWFSC Report 1: Request for Methodology Review of the Acoustic Trawl Method for Assessing Coastal Pelagic Species
  • Agenda Item H.4.a, SWFSC Report 2: Using Groundfish Data-Limited Methods to Assess Coastal Pelagic Species
  • Agenda Item H.4.a, Supplemental SWFSC Report 3: Center for Independent Experts Panel Review of the Joint Pacific Sardine and Pacific Hake (SaKe) acoustive – trawl survey (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item H.4.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.4.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.4.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item H.4.b, Public Comment

I. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item I.1: NMFS Report (Groundfish)
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Rulemaking Plan for 2015, Groundfish and Halibut
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, NMFS Report 2: Groundfish and Halibut Notices; June 18, 2015-October 19, 2015
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, NWFSC Report 1: Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Policy of the National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, NWFSC Report 2: The Anatomy of a Multispecies Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) “Market” in Development
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, NWFSC Report 3: Estimated Discard and Catch of Groundfish Species in the 2014 U.S. West Coast Fisheries
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint: Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Policy Update (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint 2: Groundfish Science Report; McClure (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report
• Agenda Item I.2: Preliminary Exempted Fishing Permit Approval
  • Agenda Item I.2, Attachment 1: Collaborative fishing to test pot gear for selective harvest of lingcod off of Washington and Oregon
  • Agenda Item I.2, Attachment 2: EFP Proposal by United Catcher Boats
  • Agenda Item I.2, Attachment 3: EFP Application for At-sea Processing of Pacific Whiting by Catcher-Processor (CP) Vessels South of 42 Degrees North Latitude
  • Agenda Item I.2, Attachment 4: Commercial Midwater Hook & Line Rockfish Fishing in the RCA off the Oregon coast
  • Agenda Item I.2, Attachment 5: Interim Report: Exempted Fishing Permit Testing Commercial Jig Fishing Gear Targeting Yellowtail Rockfish For 2015/2016 Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item I.2, Supplemental Attachment 6: TNC’s Exempted Fishing Permit Application, Lingcod Pot Gear Testing
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report: NMFS Request for Council Support in Adding Vessels to the Electronic Monitoring EFPs for 2016
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: The 1992 Emergency Rule Closing at-sea Processing of Pacific Whiting South of 42° N Lat.
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental GEMPAC Report
• Agenda Item I.3: Final Approval of Stock Assessments
  • Agenda Item I.3, Attachment 1: Draft version; Executive Summary of “Assessments of Black Rockfish (Sebastes melanops) Stocks in California, Oregon and Washington Coastal Waters”
  • Agenda Item I.3, Attachment 1: Full Assessment – Draft version; Assessments of Black Rockfish (Sebastes melanops) Stocks in California, Oregon and Washington Coastal Waters” (Full Version Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item I.3, Attachment 2: Black Rockfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Meeting Report
  • Agenda Item I.3, Attachment 3: Scientific and Statistical Committee’s Groundfish Subcommittee Mop-up Stock Assessment Review Panel Meeting report
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental ODFW Report: Oregon Black Rockfish Stock Assessment
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.3.b, Public Comments
• Agenda Item I.4: Biennial Harvest Specifications for 2017-2018 Groundfish Management Including Final Overfishing Limits and Acceptable Biological Catches
  • Agenda Item I.4, Attachment 1: Draft Purpose and Need for the Proposed Action
  • Agenda Item I.4, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 2: 2017 and 2018 Groundfish Harvest Specifications
  • Agenda Item I.4, Attachment 3: Catch-only Projections for Arrowtooth Flounder, Yelloweye Rockfish, Blue Rockfish, and California Scorpionfish Models
  • Agenda Item I.4, Attachment 4: Harvest Projections for Select West Coast Groundfish Species Used to Inform Harvest Specifications for 2017 and Beyond
  • Agenda Item I.4, Attachment 5: Projections from the 2015 Kelp Greenling Assessment in Oregon Waters using Alternative Sigma and P* Values
  • Agenda Item I.4, Attachment 6: West Coast Lingcod Projections with Actual Catch Number in 2009-2014, and Distributed ACLs in 2015 and 2016
  • Agenda Item I.4, Attachment 7: West Coast Pacific Ocean Perch Projections from the 2011 Rebuilding Analysis with Actual Catch Number in 2011-2014, and ACLs in 2015 and 2016
  • Agenda Item I.4, Supplemental Attachment 8: Alternative Harvest Projections for English Sole, Rex Sole, Sharpchin Rockfish, and Yellowtail Rockfish North of 40° 10′ N Latitude Used to Inform Harvest Specificions for 2017 and Beyond
  • Agenda Item I.4, Supplemental Attachment 9: Proposed Bootstrap Simulation Method for Analyzing Rockfish Bycatch in the At Sea Whiting Sectors
  • Agenda Item I.4.a, WDFW Report
  • Agenda Item I.4.a, Supplemental WDFW Report 2
  • Agenda Item I.4.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item I.4.a, Supplemental REVISED GMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item I.5: Whiting Electronic Monitoring Final Alternative and Regulations
  • Agenda Item I.5, Staff Agenda Item Overview PowerPoint:  Wiedoff (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item I.5, Attachment 1: An Electronic Monitoring Program for the Limited Entry Midwater Trawl Whiting Fishery (Truncated Version)
  • Agenda Item I.5, Attachment 2: An Electronic Monitoring Program for the Limited Entry Midwater Trawl Whiting Fishery (Full Version Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item I.5, Attachment 3: Analysis of Enforcement Consultants Recommendations
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, NMFS Report:  NMFS Report and Recommendations on the Whiting Electronic Monitoring Final Alternative and Regulations
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Supplemental NMFS Report on the Whiting Electronic Monitoring Final Alternative and Regulations
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 3: Supplemental NMFS Report on the Whiting Electronic Monitoring (EM) Final Alternative and Regulations (updated information)
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 4: Updated Cost Estimates
  • Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: Whiting Electronic Monitoring Program; Hooper (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental GEMPAC Report
  • Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental EC Report
• Agenda Item I.6: Blackgill-Slope Complex Final Reallocation and Accumulation Limits
  • Agenda Item I.6, Attachment 1: Draft Environmental Assessment: Allocation of Harvest Opportunity Between Sectors of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery of Blackgill Rockfish and Other Species Managed in the Slope Rockfish Complex South of 40° 10′ N. Latitude
  • Agenda Item I.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Report: Blackgill-Slope Complex Final Reallocation and Accumulation Limits
  • Agenda Item I.6.a, Supplemental CDFW Report
  • Agenda Item I.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item I.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.6.b, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item I.7: Stock Assessment Prioritization for the 2019-2020 Management Cycle
  • Agenda Item I.7.a, Attachment 1: Stock Assessment Prioritization for West Coast Groundfish
  • Agenda Item I.7.a, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: Prioritizing Fish Stock Assessments – Implementing the Process for PFMC Groundfish Stocks; Rick Methot (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item I.7.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item I.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item I.7.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
• Agenda Item I.8: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
  • Agenda Item I.8.a, Supplemental NMFS Letter: NOAA is implementing the inseason actions recommended at September 2015 meeting, with one modification to one of the measures
  • Agenda Item I.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item I.8.a, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item I.9: Biennial Management Measures for 2017-2018 Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item I.9, Attachment 1: Range of Alternatives for Managing West Coast Skate Species
  • Agenda Item I.9, Attachment 2: Recent Year Allocations Relevant to Deciding a Range of 2017-2018 Allocations
  • Agenda Item I.9.a, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Biennial Management Measures for 2017-2018
  • Agenda Item I.9.a, GMT Report: Groundfish Management Team Report on Management Measures for the 2017-2018 Biennial Harvest Specifications
  • Agenda Item I.9.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2: GMT Report on Ecosystem Component Species Designations and Stock Complexes
  • Agenda Item I.9.a, Supplemental GMT Report 3: GMT Report 3 on Biennial Management Measures for 2017-2018
  • Agenda Item I.9.a, Supplemental REVISED GMT Report 4: GMT Report 4 on Biennial Management Measures for 2017-2018
  • Agenda Item I.9.a, Supplemental GMT Report 5:  Agenda Item I.9, Action Item Checklist
  • Agenda Item I.9.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item I.9.a, Supplemental NMFS Report: Management Measures for the 2017-2018 Biennial Harvest Specifications
  • Agenda Item I.9.a, Supplemental Tribal Report: Letter to Will Stelle dated November 10, 2015, regarding Makah Treaty Groundfish Fisheries in 2017-2018
  • Agenda Item I.9.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Preliminary 2017-2018 Tribal Management Measures
  • Agenda Item I.9.a, Supplemental CDFW Report: CDFW to Host Public Meetings Regarding Groundfish Management for 2017-2018
  • Agenda Item I.9.b, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item I.9.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item I.9.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3

J. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item J.1: Final 2016 Catch Sharing Plan and Management Measures and Preliminary Sablefish Fishery Incidental Landing Regulations
  • Agenda Item J.1, Attachment 1: 2015 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
  • Agenda Item J.1, Attachment 2: Visual Representation of the 2015 Area 2A Catch Sharing Plan for Pacific Halibut
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Catch Sharing Plan and 2016 Annual Regulations
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2016 Fishery
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental CDFW Report: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Informational Report on Recreational Pacific Halibut Catches in 2015
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Report on the 2015 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: NMFS Recommended changes to Federal regulations and 2016 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 3: Automatic Action Alternatives for Closure of Incidental Halibut Retention in the Sablefish Primary Fishery
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item J.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment

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

Ancillary Agendas

• All Committee Agendas for the November 2015 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)

Committee and Advisory Body Memos

• All Committee Memos for the November 2015 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)

Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster

Informational Reports

• Informational Report 1: “Draft Guidance for Conducting Reviews of Catch Share Programs” — proposed by the National Marine Fisheries Service and distributed on October 1, 2015; AND “Draft Council Staff Comments on Draft Guidance for Conducting Reviews of Catch Share Programs”
• Informational Report 2: Letter from WDFW to NMFS regarding responsibilities of NMFS as it relates to Tribal Fisheries usual and accustomed fishing grounds and groundfish essential fish habitat
• Informational Report 3: Usual and Accustomed Fishing Areas Regulatory Update
• Informational Report 4: Bycatch Reduction Engineering
  Program Grant Awards by Region (NOAA Fisheries Report)
• Informational Report 5: Response letter from NMFS to PFMC regarding a request for information regarding the deep-set buoy gear exempted fishing permit that NMFS recently issued to the Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research
• Informational Report 6: Operational Guidelines for the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Fishery Management Process, September 30, 2015 (Full Version Electronic Only)
• Informational Report 7: Recommendations of the Permanent Advisory Committee to the United States Section to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
• Supplemental Informational Report 8: 19th Western Groundfish Conference, Newport, Oregon February 8-12, 2016
• Supplemental Informational Report 9: Status Report of the 2015 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California

General Information, Annual Banquet, Membership Roster

• General Information, November 2015: Annual Banquet, Stock Assessment Briefing, Hotel Information, Council Seating Chart, Membership Roster