September 2017 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

• Agenda Item A.4: Executive Director’s Report
  • Agenda Item A.4, Supplemental Attachment 1: Letter to Chris Oliver, Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries from Philip Anderson, dated September 2, 2017 regarding Pacific Council priorities
  • Agenda Item A.4, Supplemental Attachment 2: Letter to Chris Oliver, Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries from the CCC (Welcome letter, list of RFMC meetings)
• Agenda Item A.5: Proposed September 11-18, 2017 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Open Comment Period

• Agenda Item B.1: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Public Comment 1: Report by Gary Harden, Kiss the Fish Goodbye
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2: Letter and document from West Coast Pelagic Conservation Group re: “Pelagic Survey Highlights NOAA’s Collaborative Relationship With Industry“
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3: Oceana publication “Exploring the Living Seafloor: Southern California Bight Expedition“
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 4: E-mail from Ilene Kaplan re: aquaculture relevance and salmon returns regarding human consumption in 2017
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 5: Request for action on proposed rule to adjust Pacific sardine harvest guideline control rule (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item B.1.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: Exploring the Living Seafloor:  Southern California Expedition (Enticknap, Oceana)

C. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

• Agenda Item C.1: Acoustic Trawl Survey Methodology Review Terms of Reference
  • Agenda Item C.1, Attachment 1: Draft Terms of Reference for the 2018 Acoustic-Trawl Survey Methodology Review
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Supplemental USFWS Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.1.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1

D. Habitat

• Agenda Item D.1: Current Habitat Issues
  • Agenda Item D.1, Supplemental Attachment 1: Report on Habitat Committee Webinar on Oroville Dam Relicensing and Related Matters
  • Agenda Item D.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: Update on Coast Seafoods Aquaculture Development in Humboldt Bay (Weinstein, Audubon)

E. Groundfish Management

• Agenda Item E.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, NMFS WCR Report 1: Groundfish and Halibut Federal Register Notices
  • Agenda Item E.1.a, NMFS WCR Report 2: Rulemaking Plan for 2017, Groundfish
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, NMFS NWFSC Report 1: Letter from NWFSC Regarding Discard Mortality Rates in Commercial Nearshore Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, NMFS NWFSC Report 2: Estimated Discard and Catch of Groundfish Species in the 2016 US West Coast Fisheries (Electronic only)
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, NMFS NWFSC Report 3: Pacific Halibut Bycatch in US West Coast Fisheries (2002-2016) (Electronic only)
  • Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental NMFS NWFSC Presentation 1: Groundfish Science Report (McClure)
  • Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental IPHC Letter 1: Letter from IPHC to PFMC re: NWFSC Observer Program
• Agenda Item E.2: Off-Year Science Improvements
  • Agenda Item E.2, Attachment 1: Recommendations for Future Research and Data Needs from Recent Stock Assessments, STAR Panel Reports, SSC Methodology Reviews, and Past Advisory Body Reports on Off-Year Science Improvements (Electronic only)
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
• Agenda Item E.3: Stock Assessment Methodology Review
  • Agenda Item E.3, Attachment 1: Improving Catch Estimation Methods in Sparsely Sampled Mixed Stock Fisheries
  • Agenda Item E.3, Attachment 2: Proposal for a Methodological Review of the Data-Limited Methods Toolkit (DLMtool) for Use in the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Process
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
• Agenda Item E.4: Coastwide Non-Whiting Midwater Trawl Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) Final Action and Gear Modification EFP Review
  • Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental EFP Application 1: Year-Round Coastwide Midwater Rockfish EFP: Monitoring and Minimizing Salmon Bycatch When Targeting Rockfish in the Shorebased IFQ Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.4.d, Supplemental Staff Report: Staff Report on Initial Council Deliberations on Coastwide Non-Whiting Trawl Exempted Fishing Permits Final Action and Gear Modification Review

• Agenda Item E.5: Flexibility in Annual Catch Limit Management Response, Scoping
  • Agenda Item E.5, Attachment 1: National Standard 1 – Optimum Yield
  • Agenda Item E.5, Attachment 2: Considerations and Focus Questions for the Carryover Provisions Envisioned in Revised National Standard 1 Guidelines
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
• Agenda Item E.6: Electronic Monitoring – Preliminary Pacific Halibut Discard Mortality Rates and Third-Party Review
  • Agenda Item E.6, Attachment 1: Predictors of Halibut Viability for Electronic Monitoring in the West Coast Trawl IFQ Fishery
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Pacific Halibut Discard Mortality Rates and Discard Species List Changes
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Third Party Video Review
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: NMFS Report on EM (Hooper)
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.6.a, Supplemental GEMPAC Report 1
• Agenda Item E.7: Trawl Catch Share Review, Preliminary Range of Follow-On Actions, and Intersector Allocation
  • Agenda Item E.7, Attachment 1: Calendars for Trawl Catch Share and Intersector Allocation Reviews
  • Agenda Item E.7, Attachment 2: Chapters 4 and 5 of the “West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program Five-year Review”
  • Agenda Item E.7, Attachment 3: PCGFSS Abbreviated Community Summaries- Draft In Support of the 5-Year Review of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.7, Attachment 4: Follow-on Actions—Background, Discussion, and Analysis
  • Agenda Item E.7, Attachment 5: Proposed Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Language for Amendment 21-3
  • Agenda Item E.7.a, CAB Report 1: Community Advisory Board Report on Preliminary Range of Follow-on Actions
  • Agenda Item E.7.a, NMFS Report 1: Adaptive Management Program and Pass-Through of Quota Pounds
  • Agenda Item E.7.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Report on Trawl Rationalization Follow-On Actions
  • Agenda Item E.7.a, WDFW Report 1: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Catch Shares 5-Year Review, Range of Alternatives for Follow-on Actions
  • Agenda Item E.7.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.7.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.7.b, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Okoniewski/Gonzalez)
• Agenda Item E.8: Adopt Final Stock Assessments
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 1: Executive Summary of “DRAFT 2017 Lingcod Stock Assessment”
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 1: Full Document – “DRAFT 2017 Lingcod Stock Assessment” (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 2: Lingcod Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 3: Executive Summary of “Status of Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus) along the U.S. west coast in 2017
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 3: Full Document – “Status of Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus) along the U.S. west coast in 2017” (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 4: Pacific Ocean Perch Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 5: Executive Summary of “Stock assessment of the yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) in state and Federal waters off California, Oregon and Washington
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 5: Full Document – “Stock assessment of the yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) in state and Federal waters off California, Oregon and Washington (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 6: Yelloweye Rockfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 7: Executive Summary of “Status of Yellowtail Rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) Along the U.S. Pacific Coast in 2017”
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 7: Full Document – “Status of Yellowtail Rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) Along the U.S. Pacific Coast in 2017” (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 8: Yellowtail Rockfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 9: Executive Summary of “The Combined Status of Blue and Deacon Rockfishes in U.S. Waters off California and Oregon in 2017”
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 9: Full Document – “The Combined Status of Blue and Deacon Rockfishes in U.S. Waters off California and Oregon in 2017” (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 10: Blue and Deacon Rockfishes Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 11: Executive Summary of “Status of California Scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata) Off Southern California in 2017
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 11: Full Document – “Status of California Scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata) Off Southern California in 2017” (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item E.8, Attachment 12: California Scorpionfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, WDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.8.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
• Agenda Item E.9: Initial Harvest Specifications and Management Measure Actions for 2019-2020 Management
  • Agenda Item E.9, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: 2019 and 2020 Groundfish Harvest Specifications
  • Agenda Item E.9, Attachment 2: The Status of Canary Rockfish (Sebastes Pinniger) in the California Current in 2017: A Catch-Only Update
  • Agenda Item E.9, Attachment 3: A Catch-only Update of the Status of the Chilipepper Rockfish, Sebastes Goodei, in the California Current for 2017
  • Agenda Item E.9, Attachment 4: Projection Uncertainty: Assessing the Change in Uncertainty During Projection Periods Based on Decision Table States of Nature
  • Agenda Item E.9, Attachment 5: Estimating Among-Assessment Variation in Overfishing Limits
  • Agenda Item E.9, Supplemental Attachment 6: 2019 and 2020 Groundfish Harvest Specifications Under Default Control Rules
  • Agenda Item E.9.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.9.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.9.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.9.a, Supplemental WDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.9.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.9.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.9.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.9.b, Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item E.10: Final Action on Inseason Adjustments
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Supplemental REVISED GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Inseason Adjustments: Canary Rockfish Buffer
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Supplemental REVISED GMT Report 2:  Final Action on Inseason Adjustments
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Letter to the PFMC from NMFS re: Council recommendations for inseason action – adjustments to the 2017 limited entry and open access fixed gear lingcod trip limits
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Supplemental REVISED ODFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.10.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item E.10.b, Public Comment 1

F. Salmon Management

• Agenda Item F.1: Methodology Review Final Topic Selection
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental MEW Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 1: Revision to definition of Newport – Coos Bay Ocean Salmon Catch Area Line
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 2: Technical Revision to the Marine Survival Index of the OCN Coho Work Group Harvest Matrix
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental STT Report 1: Methodology Review
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental STT Report 2: Boundary Change Review
  • Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
• Agenda Item F.2: Sacramento River Winter Chinook Control Rule, Preliminary Recommendations
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, SRWCW Report 1: Evaluation of Alternative Sacramento River Winter Chinook Salmon Control Rules: Updated Management Strategy Evaluation Analysis
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental Ad Hoc SRWCW Presentation 1: Ad hoc SRWC Workgroup analysis of control rules (O’Farrell)
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1: Update on Current Activities
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1

G. Pacific Halibut Management

• Agenda Item G.1: 2018 and Beyond Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Regulation Changes
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 1: 2017 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 2: Visual Representation of the 2017 Area 2A Catch Sharing Plan for Pacific Halibut
  • Agenda Item G.1, Attachment 3: Historical Catch Sharing Plan Allocations and Catch
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, IPHC Report 1: IPHC Regulatory Area 2A Directed Commercial Pacific Halibut Fishery Sample Vessel Fishing Period Limit Options for Longer Fishing Periods
  • Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental IPHC Presentation 1: Sample Vessel Fishing Period Limit Options in IPHC Regulatory Area 2A
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, NMFS Report 1: Report on the 2017 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, WDFW Report 1: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan Changes for 2018
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental WDFW Report 2: Recommendations based on August 28, 2017 WDFW Meeting re: Proposed Changes to the Catch Sharing Plan and 2018 Annual Regulations
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, ODFW Report 1: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2018 Fishery
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, ODFW Report 2: Summary of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Public Meetings on Proposed Changes to the Non-Tribal Directed Commercial Fishery for Pacific Halibut
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental Tribal Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item G.1.c, Public Comment 1

H. Administrative Matters

• Agenda Item H.1: Legislative Matters
  • Agenda Item H.1, Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
  • Agenda Item H.1, Attachment 2: Comparison of four MSA reauthorization/modification bills
  • Agenda Item H.1, Attachment 3: Congressional testimony of Dan Hull, Chris Oliver, and Dr. John Quinn regarding MSA Reauthorization
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental WDFW Report 1
• Agenda Item H.2: Fiscal Matters
  • Agenda Item H.2, Supplemental Attachment 1: Executive Director’s Report to the Budget Committee
  • Agenda Item H.2.a, Supplemental Budget Committee Report 1
• Agenda Item H.3: Approval of Council Meeting Record
  • Agenda Item H.3, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record: 240th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (June 7-14, 2017) Electronic Only
• Agenda Item H.4: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • Agenda Item H.4, Attachment 1: Proposed Revisions to Schedule 5 of COP 9
• Agenda Item H.5: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • Agenda Item H.5, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • Agenda Item H.5, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 14-20, 2017 in Costa Mesa, California
  • Agenda Item H.5, Attachment 3: Groundfish Workload Priorities
  • Agenda Item H.5, Supplemental Attachment 4: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary (09/18/2017)
  • Agenda Item H.5., Supplemental Attachment 5: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 14-20, 2017 in Costa Mesa, California (dated 09/18/2017)
  • Agenda Item H.5, Supplemental Attachment 6: Groundfish Workload (09/18/2017)
  • Agenda Item H.5.a, GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental EFH/RCA Project Team Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item H.5.a , Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: American Indians Born in Canada and the Right of Free Access to the United States (Fathali)

I. Ecosystem-Based Management

• Agenda Item I.1: Climate Vulnerability Assessment Report
  • Agenda Item I.1, Attachment 1: Methodology for Assessing the Vulnerability of Marine Fish and Shellfish Species to a Changing Climate
  • Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental NWFSC and SWFSC Presentation 1: California Current Fish Climate Vulnerability Assessment (McClure)
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental EWG Report 1
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental EAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental HC Report 1
• Agenda Item I.2: Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiatives: Scoping and Selection
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup Report 1
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental EWG Presentation 1 (deReynier, pre-recorded MP3 video presentation)
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental EWG Report 2
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental EAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1

J. Highly Migratory Species Management

• Agenda Item J.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (HMS)
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Report on Highly Migratory Species Regulatory Matters
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, NMFS Report 2: NMFS West Coast Region Updates Provided for the June 15, 2017, Pacific Offshore Take Reduction Team Webinar (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, NMFS Report 3: Letter from Assistant Administrator Chris Oliver to Executive Director Chuck Tracy Responding to Council Recommendations for the Western and Central North Pacific Ocean Stock of Striped Marlin
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 4: HMS Activities
  • Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 5: Notice of Availability and Proposed Rule to Implement Amendment 5 to the HMS Fishery Management Plan: Federal Limited Entry Drift Gillnet Permit
  • Agenda Item J.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item J.2: Swordfish Management Project Planning
  • Agenda Item J.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • Agenda Item J.2.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item J.2.b, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item J.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item J.2.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3
  • Agenda Item J.2.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1: (Gonzalez, Pacific Seafood)
  • Agenda Item J.2.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 2: (Shester, Oceana)
• Agenda Item J.3: Recommendations for International Management Activities
  • Agenda Item J.3, Attachment 1: Report of the Seventeenth Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean
  • Agenda Item J.3, Supplemental Attachment 2: WCPFC Northern Committee Outcomes
  • Agenda Item J.3, Supplemental Attachment 3: 3rd ISC North Pacific Albacore Management Strategy Evaluation Workshop October 17-19, 2017
  • Agenda Item J.3.a, NMFS Report 1
  • Agenda Item J.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Outcomes of the Northern Committee Meeting and the Joint Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Northern Committee Working Group Meeting on the Management of Pacific Bluefin Tuna
  • Agenda Item J.3.a, Supplemental NMFS SWFSC Presentation 1: The 17th Meeting of the ISC & NC13: Activity Report (DiNardo, ISC Chairman)
  • Agenda Item J.3.a, Supplemental Joint CDFW-NMFS Report 1
  • Agenda Item J.3.c, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item J.3.c, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
• Agenda Item J.4: Fishery Management Plan Amendment 4: Status Determination Criteria Final Action
  • Agenda Item J.4, Attachment 1: HMS FMP Showing Proposed Amendment Changes in Final Form
  • Agenda Item J.4, Attachment 2: HMS FMP Showing Proposed Amendment Changes in Legal Blackline (Electronic Only)
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • Agenda Item J.4.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
• Agenda Item J.5: Proposed Deep-Set Buoy Gear Exempted Fishing Permits
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 1: Council June 2017 Recommendations on Deep-Set Buoy Gear Exempted Fishing Permit Issuance
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 2: Summary of Deep-Set Buoy Gear Exempted Fishing Permit Applications Submitted for the September 2017 Council Meeting
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 3: Letter from Bob Ball with Requested Additional Information
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 4: Resubmitted DSBG EFP Application from A. Lutoshkin
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 5: Resubmitted DSBG EFP Application from R. Rynkevic
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 6: Resubmitted DSBG EFP Application from T. Sokolova
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 7: DSBG EFP Application from R. Ellis
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 8: DSBG EFP Application from J. Foster
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 9: DSBG EFP Application from J. Hall and F. Crivello, III
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 10: DSBG EFP Application from Joshua Porter
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 11: DSBG EFP Application from Justin Porter
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 12: DSBG EFP Application from A. Rasmussen
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 13: DSBG EFP Application from A. Sidenko
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 14: DSBG EFP Application from M. Smith
  • Agenda Item J.5, Attachment 15: DSBG EFP Application from M. Tofoya
  • Agenda Item J.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item J.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Presentation 1: Proposed Deep-Set Buoy Gear Exempted Fishing Permits (Hellmers)
  • Agenda Item J.5.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item J.5.b, Supplemental Public Comment 1
• Agenda Item J.6: Authorization of Deep-Set Buoy Gear and Federal Permitting
  • Agenda Item J.6.a, HMSMT Report 1
  • Agenda Item J.6.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
  • Agenda Item J.6.a, Supplemental HMSMT Presentation 1: Authorization of Deep-Set Buoy Gear and Federal Permitting
  • Agenda Item J.6.a , Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • Agenda Item J.6.a, Supplemental CFGC Report 1: Letter from the the California Fish and Game Commission re: Request to consider the range of alternatives for deep-set buoy gear, including linked buoy gear, and authorize use of this gear type
  • Agenda Item J.6.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • Agenda Item J.6.b, Public Comment 1
  • Agenda Item J.6.b, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Full Version E-Only)
  • Agenda Item J.6.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3

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

ANCILLARY AGENDAS

• Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS) Agenda
• Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Ad Hoc Ecosystem Worksgroup (EWG) 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
• Ad Hoc Sacramento River Winter Chinook Workgroup (SRWCW) Agenda
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
• SSC DRAFT June 2017 Minutes
• SSC Ecosystem Subcommittee Agenda

ADVISORY BODY AND COMMITTEE MEMOS

• 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: Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program – 2018 SK Grant Competition is Currently Open
• Informational Report 2: NMFS Published Draft List of Foreign Fisheries for Public Comment
• Supplemental Informational Report 3: Quinault Indian Nation Anchovy Request
• Supplemental Informational Report 4: Informational Report on the Marine Resources Education Program
• Supplemental Informational Report 5: Status Report of the 2017 Ocean Salmon Fisheries Off Washington, Oregon, and California; preliminary data through August 31, 2017

GENERAL INFORMATION AND MEMBERSHIP ROSTER

• General Information: Chairs Reception, Tax Exempt Form, Seating Chart, and Hotel Information
• Membership Roster dated August 22, 2017 (for the September 2017 Briefing Book)

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