September 2022 briefing book

September 2022 Council Meeting

A. Call to order

• A.3, Situation Summary: Executive Director’s Report
• A.4, Situation Summary: September 2022 Detailed Agenda

B. Open comment period

• B.1 Situation Summary: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
  • B.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Consultation with Pacific Council on Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Designation
  • B.1.a, Supplemental NMS Presentation 1: NMSA 304(a)(5) Relative to CHNMS Designation
  • B.1.a Supplemental Staff Report 1: Letter RE: Consultation with Pacific Fishery Management Council on Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Designation
  • B.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

C. Administrative

• C.1. Situation Summary: Research and Data Needs
  • C.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • C.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • C.1.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • C.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • C.1.b Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.2 Situation Summary: Equity and Environmental Justice
  • C.2, Attachment 1: NOAA Fisheries, Equity and Environmental Justice Strategy
  • C.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1:  NOAA Fisheries’ Draft Equity and Environmental Justice Strategy
  • C.2.a, Supplemental EAS Report 1
  • C.2.b Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.3. Situation Summary: Council Meeting and Process Efficiencies
  • C.3, Attachment 1: Council Efficiencies and Effectiveness white paper
  • C.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • C.3.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • C.3.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • C.3.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • C.3.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • C.3.a, Supplemental EWG Report 1
  • C.3.a, Supplemental EAS Report 1
  • C.3.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • C.3.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • C.3.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • C.3.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • C.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • C.3.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • C.3.b Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.4. Situation Summary: Marine Planning
  • C.4, Attachment 1, Draft Guidance Document
  • C.4.a, MPC Report 1
  • C.4.a, Supplemental MPC Report 2
  • C.4.a, Supplemental NOAA-BOEM Presentation 1: Ocean Planning to Inform Wind Energy (James Morris)
  • C.4.a, CPSAS Supplemental Report 1
  • C.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • C.4.b Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.5 Situation Summary: Fiscal Matters
  • C.5, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: Budget Committee Agenda
  • C.5, Supplemental Attachment 2:  Executive Directors Budget Report, September 2022
  • C.5.a, Supplemental BC Report 1
  • C.5.c Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.6 Situation Summary: Approval of Council Meeting Record
  • C.6, Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record: 267th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council, June 8-14, 2022 (Electronic Only)

• C.7 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • C.7, Attachment 1: ODFW Letter Regarding Council Designees
  • C.7, Attachment 2: CDFW Letter Regarding Council Designees
  • C.7, Attachment 3: Proposed revisions to COP 1
  • C.7, Attachment 4: Proposed revisions to COP 23
  • C.7.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • C.7.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • C.7.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • C.7.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • C.7.b Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.8 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • C.8, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • C.8, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 2022
  • C.8, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary (v. 9/13/22; 14:38)
  • C.8, Supplemental Attachment 4: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 2022 (v. 9/13/2022; 3:53 PM)
  • C.8.a, STT/MEW Report 1
  • C.8.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • C.8.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • C.8.a, Supplemental EWG Report 1
  • C.8.a, Supplemental EAS Report 1
  • C.8.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • C.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • C.8.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • C.8.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • C.8.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • C.8.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • C.8.b Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

D. Salmon management

• D.1 Situation Summary: Methodology Review – Final Topic Selection and Update on Model Improvements
  • D.1.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • D.1.a, Supplemental STT Report 2
  • D.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • D.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

E. Pacific halibut

• E.1 Situation Summary: 2023 Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Regulations
  • E.1, Attachment 1: 2022 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
  • E.1, Attachment 2: Visual Representation of the 2022 Area 2A Catch Sharing Plan for Pacific Halibut
  • E.1.a, ODFW Report 1: Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2023 Fishery
  • E.1.a, WDFW Report 1: Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan and 2023 Annual Regulations
  • E.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1:  2022 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A (8/4/2022)
  • E.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • E.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• E.2 Situation Summary: Commercial-Directed Fishery Regulations for 2023
  • E.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1:  Proposed Rule Published July 26, 2022
  • E.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • E.2.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • E.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

F. Habitat

• F.1 Situation Summary: Current Habitat Issues
  • F.1, Attachment 1: Proposed comment letter on Sacramento salmon temperature standards
  • F.1.a, SWFSC Report 1
  • F.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • F.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • F.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

G. Groundfish management

• G.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (Groundfish)
  • G.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1:  NMFS Report on Recently Published Groundfish Rulemakings & Workload
  • G.1.b, NWFSC Report 1: Estimated Discard and Catch of Groundfish Species in the 2021 West Coast Fisheries
  • G.1.b, NWFSC Report 2: Groundfish Mortality Report Tables (Electronic Only)
  • G.1.b, NWFSC Report 3: Pacific Halibut Bycatch 2002-2020
  • G.1.b, NWFSC Report 4: Pacific Halibut Bycatch Tables (Electronic Only)
  • G.1.b, NWFSC Report 5: Pacific Halibut Bycatch Infographic
  • G.1.b, Supplemental NWFSC Presentation 1
  • G.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.2 Situation Summary: Workload and New Management Measure Update
  • G.2, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: Proposed Revisions to Council Operating Procedure 19
  • G.2.a, GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Workload and New Management Measures Update
  • G.2.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2
  • G.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.2.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • G.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.3 Situation Summary: Electronic Monitoring Update
  • G.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.4 Situation Summary: Methodology Review – Preliminary Fishery Impact Model Topics and Final Assessment Methodologies
  • G.4.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • G.4.a, Supplemental SSC Groundfish Subcommittee Report 1
  • G.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.5 Situation Summary: Stock Definitions Update
  • G.5, Attachment 1: Fishery Management Plan Amendment 31 Stock Definitions: A Decision Roadmap
  • G.5, Attachment 2: Stock Assessment and Stock Definition Considerations for Selection of Species and Areas for Assessment in 2023
  • G.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1
  • G.5.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • G.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.6 Situation Summary: Non-Trawl Area Management
  • G.6, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1
  • G.6, Attachment 1 (Electronic Only): Proposed Amendment to the Pacific Groundfish Fishery Management Plan for Non-Trawl Sector Area Management Measures
  • G.6.a, WDFW Report 1: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Non-Trawl Area Management
  • G.6.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • G.6.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 1
  • G.6.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.6.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • G.6.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • G.6.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Oceana)
  • G.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.7 Situation Summary: Stock Assessment Check-In and Plan – Final Action
  • G.7, Attachment 1: Prospects for assessments tentatively adopted for 2023 in June, 2022
  • G.7.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1 (Hastie)
  • G.7.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • G.7.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • G.7.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.7.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.7.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.8 Situation Summary: Trawl Catch Share Program – Cost Project
  • G.8, Attachment 1: A Proposal to Study Costs Associated with the West Coast Groundfish Shorebased Trawl IFQ Program
  • G.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.8.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.8.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.9 Situation Summary: Trawl Catch Share Program and Inter-Sector Allocation Review – Planning
  • G.9, Attachment 1: Catch Share Program Review Planning: Trawl Catch Shares
  • G.9.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.9.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.9.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.10 Situation Summary: Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • G.10.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 1
  • G.10.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • G.10.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.10.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.10.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

H. Ecosystem management

• H.1 Situation Summary: Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiatives Appendix and New Initiative
  • H.1.a, Ecosystem Workgroup Report 1
  • H.1.a, Supplemental EWG Report 2
  • H.1.a, Supplemental EAS Report 1
  • H.1.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • H.1.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • H.1.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • H.1.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • H.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • H.1.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • H.1.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • H.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • H.1.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Michele Conrad)
  • H.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.2 Situation Summary: Western Regional Action Plan
  • H.2, Attachment 1: Draft Western Regional Action Plan to Implement the NOAA Fisheries Climate Science Strategy in 2022 -2024
  • H.2.a, Supplemental NOAA SWFSC/NWFSC Presentation 1:  Draft Western Regional Action Plan (WRAP 2.0) 2022 – 2024 for the NMFS Climate Science Strategy (Garfield/Zabel)
  • H.2.b, EWG Supplemental Report 1
  • H.2.b, Supplemental EAS Report 1
  • H.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • H.2.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

I. Highly migratory species management

• I.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (HMS)
  • I.1.a, Supplemental REVISED NMFS Report 1
  • I.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.2 Situation Summary: International Management Activities
  • I.2, Attachment 1: Report of the Twenty-Second Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean (Electronic Only)
  • I.2, Attachment 2: Chairs’ Summary of the 7th Joint IATTC and WCPFC-NC Working Group Meeting on the Management of Pacific Bluefin Tuna
  • I.2, Attachment 3: Harvest Strategy for North Pacific Albacore in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (IATTC Resolution C-22-04)
  • I.2, Attachment 4: Web Conference of the Permanent Advisory Committee to Advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission June 8, 2022, Meeting Minutes
  • I.2.b, NMFS Report 1
  • I.2.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • I.2.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.3 Situation Summary: Exempted Fishing Permits – Final Action
  • I.3, Attachment 1: Revised EFP Application from G. Harold
  • I.3, Attachment 2: Revised EFP Application from K. Honings
  • I.3, Attachment 3: EFP Application from K. Jacobs & T. Gomez
  • I.3, Attachment 4: Revised EFP Application from S. Mintz
  • I.3, Attachment 5: Revised EFP Application from N. Perez
  • I.3, Attachment 6: EFP Application from PIER
  • I.3.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • I.3.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • I.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.4 Situation Summary: Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures – Preliminary
  • I.4, Attachment 1: Draft Status of the U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species through 2021 (July 2022) (Electronic Only)
  • I.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1: Recent assessment data for all HMS MUS
  • I.4.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • I.4.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • I.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.5 Situation Summary: Swordfish Management and Monitoring Plan
  • I.5, Attachment 1 – Draft Swordfish Management and Monitoring Plan
  • I.5, Attachment 2 – Swordfish Management and Monitoring Plan Discussion paper
  • I.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1 (Enriquez)
  • I.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1
  • I.5.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • I.5.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • I.5.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (Labriola)
  • I.5.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 2 (FlyWire)
  • I.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

Advisory body and committee agendas

• Committee agendas for the September 2022 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation) – Habitat Committee agenda updated 09/02

Advisory body and committee memos

• Committee memos for the September 2022 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)

Informational reports

• Informational Report 1: Range of Gear Switching Alternatives Adopted for Analysis by the Council at Its September 2021 and June 2022 Meetings
• Informational Report 2: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 2023-2024 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures; Draft Analytical Document, the Preferrred Alternative
• Informational Report 3: In loving memory, David A. Jincks
• Supplemental Informational Report 4:  Status Report of the 2022 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California, preliminary data through July 31, 2022

General Information

• General Information: Chairs Reception, Covid Protocols (08/24), Seating Chart; Council Meeting Schedule