September 2016 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.5: Proposed September 12-20, 2016 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1, Comments on Non-Agenda Items
  • Agenda Item B.1.a, Supplemental ODFW Report: Response to Polley letter regarding trawling nearshore in the Cape Kiwanda/Pacific City area
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Open Comment: Email from Brian Burke regarding climate change and fisheries
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Comment 2: Letter to Curt Melcher, Director ODFW, from Coastal Conservation Association re: trawler activity in Sand Lake and Cape Kiwanda areas
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Comment 3: Letter from Oceana re: Submission of Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Analysis (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Comment 4: Letter from Ventura County Commercial Fishermen’s Association re: Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) and Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) Amendment ROA that is tentatively scheduled under Agenda Item H.3 at the upcoming November PFMC meeting
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Comment 5: Letter from EDF re: trawl gear modification workshop that was held in Newport from July 26th to 28th
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Comment 6:  (Video, Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Open Comment 7: Comparative Analysis of Combined EFH and Trawl Rockfish Conservation Alternatives (Oceana PowerPoint)
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 8: Letter from USCG to NOAA Fisheries (Electronic Only)

C. Habitat

• Agenda Item C.1: Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item C.1, Attachment 1: Coast Seafoods Recirculated Draft Environmental Report Notification and Time Extension Notice
  • Agenda Item C.1, Attachment 2: Council Letter to Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Supplemental Habitat Committee Report

D. Ecosystem-Based Management

• Agenda Item D.1: Fishery Ecosystem Plan Coordinated Ecosystem Indicator Review Initiative
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Ecosystem Workgroup Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental Ecosystem Workgroup Report 2
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental EWG PowerPoint: Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 2: Coordinated Ecosystem Indicators and Annual Report Review
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Highly Migratory Species Management Team Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Salmon Advisory Subpanel Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental EAS Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item D.2: Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management Roadmap
  • Agenda Item D.2, Attachment 1: NMFS Policy Directive 01-120, Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Policy
  • Agenda Item D.2, Attachment 2: NMFS Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management Road Map
  • Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Road Map (Sagar)
  • Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental Ecosystem Workgroup Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental EAS Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report

E. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item E.1: Minimum Stock Size Thresholds Report
  • Agenda Item E.1, Attachment 1: Oceana vs. Pritzker Settlement Agreement
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report: Review and Re-evaluation of Minimum Stock Size Thresholds for Finfish in the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan for the U.S. West Coast
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Cover letter for the report
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item E.2:  Stock Assessment Workshop Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Stock Assessment Workshop Report: Report of the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Pacific Fishery Management Council Workshop on CPS Assessments
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental CPS Assessment Workshop PowerPoint (Satterthwaite)
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.b, USFWS Report
  • Agenda Item E.2.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item E.3: Anchovy Management Update
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, CPSMT Report: Anchovy Management White Paper
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT PowerPoint: Overview of CPSMT White Paper on Management Options for Northern Anchovy
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, USFWS Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental Tribal Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental WDFW, ODFW and Quinault Joint Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint: Boehm (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint 2: Shester (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint 3: Weinstein (Electronic Only)
• Agenda Item E.4: Artisanal Fishery Management Issue Scoping
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, CPSMT Report
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report

F. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item F.1: NMFS Report (Groundfish)
  • Agenda Item F.1, Supplemental Attachment 1: Electronic Monitoring Proposed Rule Announcement
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Groundfish and Halibut Federal Register Notices
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, NMFS Report 2: Rulemaking Plan for 2016, Groundfish
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, NMFS Report 3: Estimated Discard and Catch of Groundfish Species in the 2015 U.S. West Coast Fisheries, (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Groundfish Science Report: Groundfish Science Report PowerPoint (McClure, Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item F.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item F.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item F.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 4
• Agenda Item F.2: Methodology Review Preliminary Topic Selection
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report
• Agenda Item F.3: 2017-2018 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Rulemaking Update and Clarification
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item F.4: Scoping Trawl Sector Quota Pound Trading
  • Agenda Item F.4, Supplemental Staff Agenda Item Overview PowerPoint (Wiedoff, Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item F.4, Attachment 1: Scoping Trawl Sector Quota Pounds Trading
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report
• Agenda Item F.5: 5-Year Catch Share Program and Intersector Allocation Review Update
  • Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 1: Catch Share Review Calendar: Approved and Alternative Process
  • Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 2: Clarifications, Interpretations, and Trailing Actions On The Trawl Rationalization Program
  • Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 3: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan for the California, Oregon, and Washington Groundfish Fishery, Description of Trawl Rationalization (Catch Shares) Program Appendix E
  • Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 4: Evaluating the Performance of Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Allocations since Implementation of the Trawl Catch Share Program
  • Agenda Item F.5, Attachment 5: NMFS Allocation Policy Guidance
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, NMFS Report: Exploration of landings, harvest specification and attainment time series, for stocks of interest in the historical shorebased LE trawl fishery and contemporary IFQ program
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.5.b, Public Comment
• Agenda Item F.6: Inseason Management Final Action
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental CDFW Report
  • Agenda Item F.6.a, Supplemental ODFW Report
  • Agenda Item F.6.b, Public Comment
• Agenda Item F.7: Amendment 21 At-Sea Sector Set-Asides Final Action
  • Agenda Item F.7.a, WDFW Report: Assessment of Managing Darkblotched Rockfish and Pacific Ocean Perch as Set Asides in the At-Sea Sectors
  • Agenda Item F.7.a, Supplemental WDFW PowerPoint
  • Agenda Item F.7.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.7.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.7.b, Supplemental Public Comment
• Agenda Item F.8: Mid-Biennium Annual Catch Limit Adjustment and Rebuilding Harvest Rate Adjustment Policies
  • Agenda Item F.8.a, Attachment 1: Evaluating the Performance of a Proposed 40-10 Harvest Control Rule Rebuilding Rule Revision Relative to the Current Rebuilding Rules
  • Agenda Item F.8.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item F.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.8.a, Supplemental GAP Report

G. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item G.1: Legislative Matters
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 2: Request for Comment from U.S. Congressman Hunter on HR 5797, the California Seamounts and Ridges National Marine Conservation Area Designation and Management Act
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 3: Text of HR 5797
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 4: Letter from the Council to the House Committee on Natural Resources regarding HR 4576, the Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 5: Latest version of HR 4576 (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 6: June, 2015 letter from the Council on the West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 7: Draft letter to Rep. Duncan Hunter on HR 5797
  • Agenda Item G.1, Supplemental Attachment 8: Letter from the Council to the Honorable President Obama on Potential Monument Designation
  • Agenda Item G.1, Supplemental Attachment 9: Letter to Herb Pollard from Honorable Congressman Sam Farr re: H.R. 5797, the California Seamounts and Ridges National Marine Conservation Area Designation and Management Act
  • Agenda Item G.1, Supplemental Attachment 10: Reply Letter from Congressman Sam Farr to Chuck Tracy re: Joint Jurisdiction of Secretaries of Commerce and Interior over Proposed Seamount Conservation Area
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental Legislative Committee Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
• Agenda Item G.2: West Coast Regional Operating Agreement Initial Review
  • Agenda Item G.2, Attachment 1: Operational Guideline for the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Fishery Management Process
  • Agenda Item G.2, Attachment 2: Operating Agreement Among the Pacific Fishery Management Council; NOAA Fisheries Service West Coast Regional Office; NOAA Fisheries Service Northwest Fisheries Science Center; NOAA Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center; NOAA Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement, Northwest; NOAA Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement, Southwest; NOAA General Counsel, Northwest Section; and NOAA General Counsel, Southwest Section
• Agenda Item G.3: Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item G.3, Supplemental Attachment 1: Executive Director’s Report to the Budget Committee
  • Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental Budget Committee Report
• Agenda Item G.4: Approval of Council Meeting Record
  • Agenda Item G.4, Supplemental Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record: 235th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (June 23-28, 2016)
• Agenda Item G.5: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item G.5, Supplemental Attachment 1: NMFS West Coast Region designees as of September 12, 2016
  • Agenda Item G.5, Supplemental Attachment 2: DRAFT Revised Excerpt From Council Operating Procedure 9
• Agenda Item G.6: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item G.6, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item G.6, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 15-21, 2016 in Garden Grove
  • Agenda Item G.6, Attachment 3: Groundfish Workload Priorities
  • Agenda Item G.6, Supplemental Attachment 4: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary as of September 20, 2016
  • Agenda Item G.6, Supplemental Attachment 5: Draft Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 13-21, 2016 in Garden Grove (as of September 20, 2016)
  • Agenda Item G.6, Supplemental Attachment 6: Groundfish Workload Priorities as of September 20, 2016
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental CDFW Report: Future agenda and workload planning: Development of Swordfish Monitoring and Management Plan
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental HC Report
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report

H. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item H.1: Sacramento River Winter Chinook Control Rule Update
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, SRWCW Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental CDFW Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report
• Agenda Item H.2: Salmon Methodology Review
  • Agenda Item H.2.a Supplemental MEW Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Supplemental STT Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Supplemental SRWCW Report

I. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item I.1: 2017 Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Regulation Changes
  • Agenda Item I.1, Attachment 1: 2016 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
  • Agenda Item I.1, Attachment 2: Visual Representation of the 2016 Area 2A Catch Sharing Plan for Pacific Halibut
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report: Report on the 2016 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A (Report not available at this meeting)
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, IPHC Letter: Response to the Council’s Data Request
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2017 Fishery
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Catch Sharing Plan and 2017 Annual Regulations
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report

J. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item J.1: Update on International Issues
  • Agenda Item J.1, Attachment 1: Resolutions adopted by the IATTC at its 90th Meeting
  • Agenda Item J.1, Attachment 2: July 26, 2016, letter from Barry Thom, NMFS West Coast Regional Administrator and Commissioner to the IATTC, to IATTC Executive Director, Guillermo Compeán and IATTC Chair, Guillermo Morán
  • Agenda Item J.1 Supplemental Attachment 3: Staff Report: Twelfth Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Northern Committee Meeting
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, NMFS Report: Report on the International Management of Highly Migratory Species
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item J.1.\b, Public Comment
• Agenda Item J.2: Exempted Fishing Permits
  • Agenda Item J.2, Attachment 1: Revised Exempted Fishing Permit Application from David Stephens
  • Agenda Item J.2.a, NMFS Report
  • Agenda Item J.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2
  • Agenda Item J.2.a, HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item J.2.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item J.2.b, Public Comment
• Agenda Item J.3: Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item J.3, Attachment 1: The National Marine Fisheries Service’s Response to a Petition from the Center for Biological Diversity Requesting A Rulemaking For Pacific Bluefin Tuna
  • Agenda Item J.3, Attachment 2: August 17, 2016, letter from William Stelle, Jr., to Chairman Pollard notifying the Council that National Marine Fisheries Service has determined that the Western and Central North Pacific Ocean stock of striped marlin in overfished and subject to overfishing
  • Agenda Item J.3.a, HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item J.3.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item J.3.a, Supplemental HMSMT PowerPoint (Electronic Only, Sippel)
  • Agenda Item J.3.a Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item J.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report
• Agenda Item J.4: Deep-Set Buoy Gear Exempted Fishing Permit Criteria to Advance Gear Authorization
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item J.4.b, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item J.4.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Shester)
• Agenda Item J.5: Federal Drift Gillnet Permit Amendment
  • Agenda Item J.5.a, Supplemental CDFW Report
  • Agenda Item J.5.a, HMSMT Report
  • Agenda Item J.5.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report
  • Agenda Item J.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item J.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item J.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Shester)

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

ANCILLARY AGENDAS

• Supplemental Budget Committee (BC) Agenda (Electronic Only)
• Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) Agenda
• Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) Agenda
• Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS) Agenda
• Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG) Agenda
• Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Groundfish Management Team (GMT) 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
• Ad Hoc Sacramento River Winter Chinook Workgroup (SRWCW) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) DRAFT June 2016 Minutes
• Scientific and Statistical Committee Ecosystem Subcommittee Agenda

ADVISORY BODY AND COMMITTEE MEMOS

• Supplemental Budget Committee Memo: Memo to Budget Committee (Electronic Only)
• CPS Memo: Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team, Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel, and Interested Persons
• Ecosystem Memo: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel, Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup, and Interested Persons
• Enforcement Memo: Enforcement Consultants
• Groundfish Memo: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, Groundfish Management Team, and Groundfish Interested Persons
• HMS 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, Sacramento River Winter Chinook Workgroup, and Interested Persons
• SSC Memo: Scientific and Statistical Committee

Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster

INFORMATIONAL REPORTS

• Informational Report 1: Letter to PFMC from NOS re: Pending nomination of GFNMS-CBNMS-MBNMS for World Heritage Status
• Informational Report 2: Letter to the Honorable Barack H. Obama, President of the United States from RFMCs re: designation of marine national monuments using Antiquities Act
• Informational Report 3: NMFS announces FY17 Saltonstall-Kennedy Federal Funding Opportunity
• Informational Report 4: Pacific Halibut Bycatch in US West Coast Fisheries (2002-2015); NOAA Publication date: August 2016 (Electronic Only)
• Informational Report 5: Limited Entry Fixed Gear Sablefish Fishery Data
• Supplemental Informational Report 6: Oceana is inviting the public to a presentation (Discoveries from Southern California; Exploring the Living Seafloor) on Friday, September 16 from 6 pm to 7 pm
• Supplemental Informational Report 7: 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue: Violations of the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act Related to the California Drift Gillnet Fishery and the California/Oregon/Washington Sablefish Pot Fishery
• Supplemental Informational Report 8: Update: Marine Resources Education Program (MREP) Workshop, Santa Cruz
• Supplemental Informational Report 9: Status Report of the 2016 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California; Preliminary Data Through August 31, 2016

GENERAL INFORMATION, CHAIR’S RECEPTION, MEMBERSHIP ROSTER

• General Information, September 2016: Chairs’ Reception, Tax Exempt Form, Hotel Map, Council Seating Chart, Membership Roster

Protocol for Submitting Electronic Slide Presentation Materials at the Meeting

• Please see the Protocol Policy on submitting electronic slide presentation materials at the Council meetings for full direction, expectations, and equipment available for use during presentations.