September 2021 Briefing Book - Pacific Fishery Management Council

September 2021 Council Meeting

A. Call to Order

A.4 Situation Summary: Executive Director’s Report

A.5 Situation Summary: Supplemental REVISED Detailed September 2021 Agenda (v. Sept 9, 2021)

B. Open Comment Period

B.1 Situation Summary: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
- B.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C. Groundfish Management

C.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Report (Groundfish)
- C.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Recently Published Groundfish Rulemakings & Workload
- C.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Groundfish Fixed Gear Logbooks
- C.1.b, NMFS Report 1: Estimated Discard and Catch of Groundfish Species in the 2020 U.S. West Coast Fisheries
- C.1.b, NMFS Report 2: Groundfish Mortality Report Tables (Excel file, Electronic Only)
- C.1.b, NMFS Report 3: Pacific Halibut Bycatch in U.S. West Coast Fisheries (2002-2020)
- C.1.b, NMFS Report 4: Pacific Halibut Bycatch Tables (Excel file, Electronic Only)
- C.1.b, Supplemental NWFSC Presentation 1: Science Center Activities (Craig Russell)
- C.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- C.1.c, Supplemental EC Report
- C.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C.2 Situation Summary: Stock Assessment Methodology Review
- C.2, Attachment 1: Proposal for the methodological review of sdmTMB for index standardization
- C.2, Attachment 2: Proposal for a Methodology Review of a Combined Visual-Hydroacoustic Survey of Oregon’s Nearshore Semi-Pelagic Black (Sebastes melanops), Blue (Sebastes mystinus) and Deacon (Sebastes diaconus) Rockfish
- C.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- C.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C.3 Situation Summary: Pacific Whiting Utilization in the At-Sea Sectors
- C.3, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1 (Doerpinghaus)
- C.3, Attachment 1: Draft Analytical Document for Pacific Whiting Utilization in the At-Sea Sectors (Electronic Only)
- C.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- C.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- C.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- C.3.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C.4 Situation Summary: Electronic Monitoring — Final Action
- C.4, Attachment 1: Council Recommendation to Delay Final Rule Effectiveness for Electronic Monitoring Program Regulations for the West Coast Until 2023
- C.4, Supplemental Attachment 2: Letter from NMFS dated September 3, 2021
- C.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- C.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C.5 Situation Summary: Sablefish Gear Switching
- C.5, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1 (Doerpinghaus)
- C.5, Attachment 1: SaMTAAC Recommended Alternatives
- C.5, Attachment 2: Summary of Decision Points Within the Current Gear Switching Action Alternatives
- C.5, Attachment 3: Preliminary Analysis of Gear-Switching Alternatives
- C.5, Attachment 4: Supplement to Preliminary Analysis of Gear Switching Alternatives
- C.5, Supplemental Attachment 5: SaMTAAC Recommended Alternative: Graphic Summary
- C.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- C.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- C.5.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Gonzales)
- C.5.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 2 (Steele)
- C.5.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 3 (Lackey)
- C.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C.6 Situation Summary: Adopt Stock Assessments
- C.6, Attachment 1: Draft Executive Summary of “Status of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) along the northern U.S. west coast in 2021”
- C.6, Attachment 1; Full Assessment Electronic Only: “Status of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) along the northern U.S. west coast in 2021”
- C.6, Attachment 2: Draft Executive Summary of “Status of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) along the southern U.S. west coast in 2021”
- C.6, Attachment 2; Full Assessment Electronic Only: “Status of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) along the southern U.S. west coast in 2021”
- C.6, Attachment 3: Lingcod Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report
- C.6, Attachment 4: Draft Executive Summary of “The Status of Vermilion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) and Sunset Rockfish (Sebastes crocotulus) in U.S. waters off the Coast of California South of Pt. Conception in 2021”
- C.6, Attachment 4; Full Assessment Electronic Only: “The Status of Vermilion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) and Sunset Rockfish (Sebastes crocotulus) in U.S. waters off the Coast of California South of Pt. Conception in 2021”
- C.6, Attachment 5: Draft Executive Summary of “The Status of Vermilion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) and Sunset Rockfish (Sebastes crocotulus) in U.S. waters off the Coast of California North of Pt. Conception in 2021”
- C.6, Attachment 5; Full Assessment Electronic Only: “The Status of Vermilion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) and Sunset Rockfish (Sebastes crocotulus) in U.S. waters off the Coast of California North of Pt. Conception in 2021”
- C.6, Attachment 6: Draft Executive Summary of “Status of Vermilion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) Along the U.S. West – Oregon Coast in 2021”
- C.6, Attachment 6; Full Assessment Electronic Only: “Status of Vermilion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) Along the U.S. West – Oregon Coast in 2021”
- C.6, Attachment 7: Draft Executive Summary of “Status of Vermilion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) Along the U.S. West – Washington Coast in 2021”
- C.6, Attachment 7; Full Assessment Electronic Only: “Status of Vermilion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) Along the U.S. West – Washington Coast in 2021”
- C.6, Attachment 8: Vermilion and Sunset Rockfishes Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report
- C.6, Attachment 9: Catch Only Projection for Arrowtooth Flounder (Atheresthes stomias) in 2021
- C.6, Attachment 10: Catch Only Projection for Petrale Sole (Eopsetta jordani) in 2021
- C.6, Attachment 11: Catch Only Projection for Canary Rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) in 2021
- C.6, Attachment 12: Catch Only Projection for Darkblotched Rockfish (Sebastes crameri) in 2021
- C.6, Attachment 13: Yelloweye Rockfish Catch Report for 2015-2020
- C.6.a, Supplemental STAR Panel Presentation 1: Vermilion and Sunset Rockfishes
- C.6.a, Supplemental STAR Panel Presentation 2: Data-Moderate: Copper, Quillback, Squarespot
- C.6.a, Supplemental STAR Panel Presentation 3: North and South Lingcod
- C.6.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
- C.6.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- C.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- C.6.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Merit McCrea)
- C.6.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 2 (Jeff Jessop)
- C.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C.7 Situation Summary: Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
- C.7.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C.8 Situation Summary: Initial Harvest Specifications and Management Measure Actions for 2023-2024 Management
- C.8, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: 2023 and 2024 Groundfish Harvest Specifications under Default Harvest Control Rules
- C.8, Attachment 2: Harvest Specification Projections for Select West Coast Groundfish Stocks in 2023 and Beyond Informed by the New Sigmas Implemented in 2020
- C.8, Supplemental Attachment 3: Joint Council Staff and National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Harvest Specifications and Management Measure Documentation
- C.8.a, ODFW Report 1: ODFW Report on 2023-2024 Preliminary Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- C.8.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
- C.8.a, GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on 2023-24 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- C.8.a, REVISED Supplemental GMT Report 2
- C.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report 3
- C.8.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- C.8.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- C.8.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
- C.8.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Oceana)
- C.8.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C.9 Supplemental Situation Summary: Emergency Action to Consider a Season Extension for the 2021 Limited Entry Fixed Gear Primary Sablefish Fishery – Final Action
- C.9, Supplemental Attachment 1: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
- C.9.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- C.9.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- C.9 Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

D. Highly Migratory Species Management

D.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (HMS)
- D.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: HMS Activities
- D.1.d, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Enticknap)
- D.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

D.2 Situation Summary: International Management Activities
- D.2, Attachment 1: Report of the Twenty-First Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean (Electronic Only)
- D.2, Attachment 2: Chairs’ Summary of the 6th Joint IATTC and WCPFC-NC Working Group Meeting on the Management of Pacific Bluefin Tuna
- D.2, Attachment 3: Update on Management Strategy Evaluation of Pacific Bluefin Tuna
- D.2, Supplemental Attachment 4: Draft Conservation and Management Measure for Pacific Bluefin Tuna
- D.2, Supplemental Attachment 5: Proposal IATTC-98 G-2
- D.2, Supplemental Attachment 6: Requests to the ISC (WCPFC-NC17-2021/DP-01)
- D.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: International HMS Activities
- D.2.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
- D.2.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

D.3 Situation Summary: Exempted Fishing Permits – Final
- D.3, Attachment 1: Revised Exempted Fishing Permit Application for Pelagic Hook Gear Received From Mr. John Bateman
- D.3, Attachment 2: Revised Exempted Fishing Permit Application for Midwater Snap Gear Received From Mr. Austen Brown
- D.3, Attachment 3: June 2021 Exempted Fishing Permit Application to Use Deep-Set Buoy Gear in State Waters Received From Mr. Nathan Perez
- D.3.a, REVISED Supplemental CDFW Report 1
- D.3.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report
- D.3.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
- D.3.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
- D.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

E. Administrative Matters

E.1 Situation Summary: Marine Planning
- E.1, Attachment 1: BOEM Notice California Offshore Wind Leasing Process
- E.1, Attachment 2: California State Lands Commission Notice of Public Review of a Draft Environmental Assessment
- E.1, Supplemental Attachment 3: DRAFT letter on Morro Bay Call Area Extensions
- E.1, Supplemental Attachment 4: DRAFT letter on Humboldt Bay Wind Energy Area
- E.1, Supplemental Attachment 5: Letter to California State Lands Commission
- E.1.a, Supplemental Marine Planning Committee Report 1
- E.1.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 1: ODFW Comments on OROWindMap Fishery Data Layers
- E.1.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 2: ODFW Comments on OROWindMap Biological, Human (non-fishing) and Physical Data Layers
- E.1.a Supplemental BOEM Presentation 1: Offshore Wind Energy Planning and Leasing
- E.1.a, Supplemental USCG Report 1
- E.1.a, Supplemental EWG Report 1
- E.1.a, Supplemental EAS Report 1
- E.1.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
- E.1.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- E.1.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
- E.1.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- E.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- E.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
- E.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- E.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

E.2 Situation Summary: Fiscal Matters
- E.2, Supplemental Attachment 1: Budget Committee Agenda
- E.2, Supplemental Attachment 2: Executive Director’s Report to the Budget Committee
- E.2.a, Supplemental REVISED BC Report 1
- E.2.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

E.3 Situation Summary: Legislative Matters
- E.3, Attachment 1: Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
- E.3, Attachment 2: H.R. 4690, the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act (Electronic Only)
- E.3, Attachment 3: MSA with changes proposed in H.R. 4690 (Electronic Only)
- E.3, Attachment 4: Staff comparison of H.R. 4690 and discussion draft
- E.3, Attachment 5: Section-by-section summary of H.R. 4690
- E.3, Supplemental Attachment 6: Letter from Congress re: H.R. 4690
- E.3, Supplemental Attachment 7: Draft Legislative Committee Letter on H.R. 4690
- E.3.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
- E.3.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
- E.3.b, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- E.3.b, Supplemental HC Report 1
- E.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- E.3.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
- E.3.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- E.3.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

E.4 Situation Summary: Approval of Council Meeting Record
- E.4, Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record: 260th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (June 21-26 & 28-30, 2021)

E.5 Situation Summary: Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology
- E.5, Attachment 1: Draft Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species
- E.5.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
- E.5.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
- E.5.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- E.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
- E.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

E.6 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- E.6, Attachment 1: USCG Letter Regarding Council Designees and Enforcement Consultants
- E.6, Attachment 2: CDFW Nomination Letter Regarding the Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup
- E.6, Attachment 3: Public Review Draft Proposed Revisions to Council Operating Procedures 2, 3, and 4
- E.6, Supplemental Attachment 4: Supplemental Proposed Revisions to COPs
- E.6, Supplemental Attachment 5: Letter from NMFS re: Ms. Keeley Kent designee
- E.6.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- E.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

E.7 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- E.7, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- E.7, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 2021
- E.7, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary (v. 09/14/2021)
- E.7, Supplemental Attachment 4: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 2021 (v. 09/14/21)
- E.7.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- E.7.a Supplemental EAS Report 1
- E.7.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
- E.7.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
- E.7.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
- E.7.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
- E.7.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
- E.7.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- E.7.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
- E.7.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

F. Salmon Management

F.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Salmon)
- F.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Letter to Council on Stock Status Changes
- F.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Recent Developments With Potential Impacts for Salmon Management
- F.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 3: Letter from NMFS approving Amendment 21 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan
- F.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

F.2 Situation Summary: Methodology Review – Final Topic Selection
- F.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- F.2.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
- F.2.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

F.3 Situation Summary: Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Endangered Species Act Consultation
- F.3.a, Supplemental SONCC Workgroup Report 1 (Electronic Only): Fishery Harvest Control Rule Risk Assessment
- F.3.a, Supplemental SONCC Workgroup Presentation 1: Final Harvest Control Rule Risk Assessment
- F.3.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Southern Oregon / Northern California Coast Coho ESU – NMFS’ Considerations
- F.3.a, Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Comments of the Hoopa Valley Tribe
- F.3.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
- F.3.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
- F.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
- F.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

G. Pacific Halibut Management

G.1 Situation Summary: 2022 Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Regulations
- G.1, Attachment 1: 2021 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
- G.1, Attachment 2: Visual Representation of the 2021 Area 2A Catch Sharing Plan for Pacific Halibut
- G.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Report on the 2021 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A
- G.1.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 1: Proposed changes to the Pacific halibut Catch Sharing Plan for fisheries off of Oregon in 2022
- G.1.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
- G.1.a, Supplemental WDFW Report 1
- G.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- G.1.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
- G.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

G.2 Situation Summary: Commercial-Directed Fishery Regulations for 2022
- G.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

H. Ecosystem Management

H.1 Situation Summary: Fishery Ecosystem Plan Five-Year Review
- H.1.a, EWG Report 1
- H.1.a, Supplemental EWG Report 2
- H.1.a, Supplemental EWG Presentation 1: Pre-recorded Fishery Ecosystem Plan Update (available from Council’s YouTube Channel)
- H.1.a, Supplemental EWG Presentation 2: “Live” Fishery Ecosystem Plan Update – deReynier
- H.1.a, Supplemental EAS Report 1
- H.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
- H.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
- H.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
- H.1.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
- H.1.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
- H.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

H.2 Situation Summary: Climate and Communities Initiative
- H.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

I. Habitat Issues

I.1 Situation Summary: Current Habitat Issues
- I.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
- I.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

Advisory Body and Committee Agendas AND Committee Memos

Advisory Body and Committee Agendas

Committee agendas for the September 2021 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)

Advisory Body and Committee Memos

Committee memos for the September 2021 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)

Informational Reports, General Information, and Membership Roster

Informational Reports

Informational Report 1: Data and Management Strategies for Recreational Fisheries with Annual Catch Limits – The National Acadamies Press (Electronic Only)
Informational Report 2: Electronic Monitoring in the West Coast Groundfish Fishery • Exempted Fishing Permit Report • 2015-2020
Informational Report 3: Monterey Bay Regional Chilipepper Rockfish Final EFP Report
Informational Report 4: Year-Round Coastwide Midwater Rockfish EFP: Monitoring and Minimizing Salmon Bycatch When Targeting Rockfish in the Shorebased IFQ Fishery 2019-2020 Rockfish EFP Report
Supplemental Informational Report 5: West Coast Region Electronic Technologies Implementation Plan (August 2021)
Supplemental Informational Report 6: Status Report of the 2021 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California, preliminary data through July 31, 2021
Supplemental Informational Report 7: Yellowtail Rockfish Jig Fishing off California (Platt/SFCFA)
Supplemental Informational Report 8: 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue: Violations of the ESA Related to the California/Oregon/Washington Sablefish Pot Fishery
Supplemental Informational Report 9: USDA Invests $700 million to Provide Relief to Small Producers, Processors, Distributors, Farmers Markets and Seafood Processing Vessels and Processors Impacted by COVID-19

General Information and Membership Roster

General Information: Membership Roster (dated August 19, 2021 for the September 2021 briefing book); “Seating Chart”; Council Meeting Schedule

September 2021 Council Meeting

A. Call to Order

B. Open Comment Period

C. Groundfish Management

D. Highly Migratory Species Management

E. Administrative Matters

F. Salmon Management

G. Pacific Halibut Management

H. Ecosystem Management

I. Habitat Issues

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

General Information and Membership Roster

Recent reports