September 2023 briefing book

September 2023 Council Meeting

A. Call to order

• A.3, Situation Summary: September 2023 Detailed Agenda
• A.4, Situation Summary: Executive Director’s Report

B. Open comment period

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

C. Salmon management

• C.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Report (salmon)
  • C.1.a, NMFS Report 1 – Regulatory Items
  • C.1.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.2 Situation Summary:  Methodology Review – Final Topic Selection
  • C.2.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1
  • C.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • C.2.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • C.2.a, Supplemental STT Report 2
• C.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.3 Situation Summary:  Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Amendment 24: Southern Resident Killer Whale Chinook Threshold Clarifications
  • C.3, Attachment 1: Pacific Salmon Fishery Management Plan Amendment 24: Proposed revision to Section 6.6.8
  • C.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • C.3.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • C.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

D. Pacific halibut management

• D.1 Situation Summary:  Preliminary Catch Sharing Plan and Regulations for Implementation in 2024 or Later
  • D.1, Supplemental Presentation 1:  Preliminary CSP and Annual Regulations for Implementation in 2024 or Later (Robin Ehlke)
  • D.1, Attachment 1: 2023 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A.
  • D.1, Attachment 2: Visual Representation of the 2023 Area 2A Catch Sharing
    Plan for Pacific Halibut
  • D.1, Attachment 3: Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan: Proposed Changes to Management Objectives
  • D.1, Attachment 4: Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan: Proposed Changes to
    Inseason Flexibility Provisions
  • D.1, Attachment 5: Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan: Proposed Changes to
    Non-tribal Sport Allocations
  • D.1, Attachment 6: Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan: Proposed Changes to Regulatory Items
  • D.1.a, NMFS Report 1: Report on the 2023 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A
  • D.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 2:  2023 Pacific Halibut Regulatory Activities in Area 2A
  • D.1.a, ODFW Report 1: History of Oregon Recreational Pacific Halibut Fisheries and Regulations
  • D.1.a, ODFW Report 2: Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2024 Fishery
  • D.1.a, WDFW Report 1: Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan
  • D.1.a, WDFW Report 2: Proposed Changes to the Catch Sharing Plan and 2024 Annual Regulations
  • D.1.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 1: Proposed Changes to the Catch Sharing Plan for the 2024 Fishery
  • D.1.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • D.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • D.1.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • D.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

E. Habitat issues

• E.1 Situation Summary: Current Habitat Issues
  • E.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • E.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

F. Ecosystem management

• F.1 Situation Summary: Initiative 4: Ecosystem and Climate Information – Progress Report
  • F.1.a, EWG Report 1
  • F.1.a, Supplemental EWG Report 2:  Risk Evaluation Tables for Petrale Sole and Sablefish
  • F.1.a, Supplemental EWG Presentation 1: Ecosystem & Climate Information Initiative (deReynier)
  • F.1.a, Supplemental EAS Report
  • F.1.a, Supplemental CPSMT Report 1
  • F.1.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • F.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • F.1.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • F.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • F.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

G. Groundfish management

• G.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (groundfish)
  • G.1, Attachment 1: Humpback Whale Stipulated Settlement Agreement
  • G.1.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1:  Recently Published Groundfish Rulemaking & Workload
  • G.1.b, NWFSC Report 1: Estimated Discard and Catch of Groundfish Species in the 2022 U.S. West Coast Fisheries
  • G.1.b, NWFSC Report 2: Groundfish Mortality Report Tables (Electronic Only Excel workbook)
  • G.1.b, Supplemental NWFSC Presentation 1:  Science Center Activities (Craig Russell)
  • G.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.2 Situation Summary: Adopt Stock Assessments
  • *New* Stock assessment presentations and PPT slides
    • G.2, Attachment 1: Draft Assessment of “Status of copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) along the U.S. California coast north of Point Conception in 2023” (Electronic Only)
    • G.2, Attachment 2: Draft Assessment of “Status of copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) along the U.S. California coast south of Point Conception in 2023” (Electronic Only)
    • G.2, Attachment 3: Draft Assessment of “Status of Rex Sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus) along the U.S in 2023” (Electronic Only)
    • G.2, Attachment 4: Draft Assessment of “Status of Shortspine Thornyhead (Sebastolobus alascanus) along the US West coast in 2023” (Electronic Only)
    • G.2, Attachment 5: STAR Panel Report for Copper Rockfish in California, Rex Sole, and Shortspine Thornyhead (Electronic Only)
    • G.2, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 6: Draft Assessment of “Status of Black Rockfish (Sebastes melanops) in 2023 in state and federal waters off Washington state” (Electronic Only)
    • G.2, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 7: Draft Assessment of “Status of Black Rockfish (Sebastes melanops) in 2023 in state and federal waters off Oregon” (Electronic Only)
    • G.2, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 8: Assessment, “Status of Black Rockfish (Sebastes melanops) in U.S. Waters off California in 2023”
    • G.2, Attachment 9: Black Rockfish STAR Panel Report (Electronic Only)
    • G.2, Attachment 10: Draft Assessment of “Status of Canary Rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) along the U.S. West Coast in 2023” (Electronic Only)
    • G.2, Attachment 11: Draft Assessment of “Status of Petrale Sole (Eopsetta jordani) along the U.S. West Coast in 2023” (Electronic Only)
    • G.2, Attachment 12: Canary Rockfish STAR Panel Report
    • G.2, Attachment 13: Petrale Sole STAR Panel Report
    • G.2, Attachment 14: Catch-Only Projection: Status of Widow Rockfish (Sebastes entomelas) along the U.S. West Coast in 2023
    • G.2, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 15: Catch-Only Rebuilding Projection: Status of Yelloweye Rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) along the U.S. West Coast in 2023
    • G.2, Attachment 16: Draft Assessment of “Status of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) along the U.S. West Coast in 2023” (Electronic Only)
    • G.2.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
    • G.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
    • G.2.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (McCrea)
    • G.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.3 Situation Summary: Stock Assessment Methodology Review – Final Topics
  • G.3.a, Supplemental NWFSC Report 1:  Proposal for Methodology Review of Suitability of Fish Age Estimates Developed Using Fourier Transformed Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Inclusion in Groundfish Stock Assessments
  • G.3.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • G.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.4 Situation Summary: Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction; Limited Entry Fixed Gear Follow On Actions
  • G.4, Supplemental Staff Presentation 1 (Doerpinghaus)
  • G.4, Attachment 1 – Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction; Limited Entry Fixed Gear Follow-On Action Timeline
  • G.4, Attachment 2 – Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction; Limited Entry Fixed Gear Follow-On Action Purpose and Need and Range of Alternatives
  • G.4.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.4.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.4.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • G.4.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1:  Whale Safe Oceans: Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction (Ben Enticknap, Oceana)
  • G.4.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.5 Situation Summary: Cordell Bank Conservation Area Revisions – Scoping
  • G.5.a, CDFW Report 1 – California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Cordell Bank Conservation Area Revisions
  • G.5.a, Supplemental CDFW Presentation 1:  Cordell Bank Conservation Area Revisions
  • G.5.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • G.5.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.5.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • G.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.6 Situation Summary: Initial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Actions for 2025-2026
  • G.6, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: 2025 and 2026 Groundfish Harvest Specifications under Default Harvest Control Rules
  • G.6, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 2: Harvest Specification Projections for Select West Coast Groundfish Stocks in 2025 and Beyond Informed by the Sigmas Implemented in 2020 (rev. 09/11)
  • 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 GMT Report 2:  Schematic for sablefish default harvest control rule
  • G.6.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • G.6.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.7 Situation Summary: Final Trawl Cost Project Phase 1 Report and Next Steps for the Trawl Catch Share and Allocation Reviews
  • G.7, Attachment 1: Comparative Cost Study for the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program (Electronic Only)
  • G.7, Attachment 2: Catch Share and Intersector Allocation Review Process
  • G.7.a, Supplemental Presentation 1:  Review of Catch Share Cost Study (Darrell Brannan)
  • G.7.b, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • G.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.7.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.8 Situation Summary: Harvest Specifications Technical Corrections and Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • G.8, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: Joint Council Staff and NWFSC report on Technical Corrections to the 2023-2024 Harvest Specifications
  • G.8, Attachment 2: Whiting Mothership Cooperative: Inseason Report
  • G.8, Attachment 3: Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative: Inseason Report
  • G.8, Supplemental Attachment 4:  Shorebased Whiting Cooperative- Inseason Report
  • G.8.a, Supplemental Attachment 5:  Joint Council Staff and Northwest Fishery Science Center Report on Technical Corrections to the 2023-2024 Harvest Specifications for Yellowtail Rockfish North of 40° 10′ N. Lat.
  • G.8.a, Supplemental REVISED NMFS Report 1:  2023 Chinook Bycatch – Preliminary in-season assessment of ESU-specific impacts in Pacific hake trawl fisheries
  • G.8.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1:  Spring 2023 in-season Chinook bycatch: Evaluation of predicted ESU impacts (Paul Moran)
  • G.8.a, CDFW Report 1: CDFW Report on Inseason Adjustments for 2023
  • G.8.a, Supplemental CDFW Report 2:  Additional Inseason Actions for 2023
  • G.8.a, Supplemental REVISED CDFW Report 3:  2023 Inseason Groundfish Harvest in California
  • G.8.a, Supplemental ODFW Report 1:  Report on the 2023 Oregon Recreational Bottomfish Fishery
  • G.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1 (Electronic Only):  Report on Inseason Adjustments Final Action
  • G.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report 2:  Quillback Rockfish
  • G.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report 3:  Technical Corrections for 2024 Harvest Specifications
  • G.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report 4:  Information Report on Harvest Specifications, Technical Corrections, and Inseason Adjustments
  • G.8.a, Supplemental GMT Report 5
  • G.8.a, Supplemental STT Report 1
  • G.8.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • G.8.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • G.8.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1 (McQuaw)
  • G.8.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

H. Administrative matters

• H.1 Situation Summary: Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Designation
  • H.1, Attachment 1, Chumash NMS Fact Sheet
  • H.1, Supplemental Attachment 2:  Biden-Harris Administration proposes new Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary off California coast; NOAA seeks public comment on Chumash Heritage sanctuary draft proposal
  • H.1, Supplemental Attachment 3 (Electronic Only):  Federal Register notice dated August 25, 2023; Proposed rule; Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
  • H.1, Supplemental Attachment 4 (Electronic Only):  Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Draft Management Plan
  • H.1, Supplemental Attachment 5 (Electronic Only):  Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Draft Environmental Impact Statement
  • H.1, Supplemental Attachment 6 (Electronic Only):  Environmental Compliance Consultation Letters for Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Proposed Designation Process
  • H.1, Supplemental Attachment 7 (Electronic Only):  Chumash Boundary Alternatives
  • H.1.a, Supplemental ONMS Presentation 1:  Proposed Designation of Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
  • H.1.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report
  • H.1.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • H.1.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • H.1.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.2 Situation Summary: Greater Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries Coral Restoration and Research Plan – Scoping
  • H.2, Attachment 1: Staff White Paper
  • H.2.a, ONMS Report 1; Scoping Document
  • H.2.a, Supplemental ONMS Report 2:  Deep-Sea Coral Research and Restoration Scoping Tool
  • H.2.a, Supplemental ONMS Presentation 1 (Karen Reyna)
  • H.2.a, Supplemental CPSAS Report 1
  • H.2.a, Supplemental SAS Report 1
  • H.2.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • H.2.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • H.2.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • H.2.a, Supplemental EC Report 1
  • H.2.b, Supplemental Public Presentation 1:  Deep-Sea Coral Research and Restoration (Oceana)
  • H.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.3 Situation Summary: Marine Planning Update
  • H.3, Attachment 1: Congressional letter
  • H.3, Attachment 2: American Clean Power letter
  • H.3, Attachment 3: BOEM Response letter
  • H.3, Supplemental Attachment 4: BOEM Press Release
  • H.3, Supplemental Attachment 5: Request for Comments
  • H.3, Supplemental Attachment 6: NCCOS Draft Report OR WEAs
  • H.3, Supplemental Attachment 7: WEA Maps
  • H.3, Supplemental Attachment 8:  Golden State Wind Fisheries Communications Plan
  • H.3, Supplemental Attachment 9:  Even Keel Wind – Draft Fisheries Communications Plan
  • H.3, Supplemental Attachment 10:  Draft for Review – Equinor Wind US California Fisheries Communications Plan
  • H.3, Supplemental Attachment 11:  Letter from BOEM to The Honorable Tina Kotek, Governor of Oregon
  • H.3, Supplemental Attachment 12:  Letter from The Honorable Tina Kotek, Governor of Oregon to BOEM
  • H.3.a, MPC Report 1
  • H.3.a, Supplemental MPC Report 2
  • H.3.a, Supplemental BOEM/NCCOS Presentation 1: Pacific Region Oregon Draft Wind Energy Areas (Necy Sumait/Jessica Carlton)
  • H.3.a, Supplemental MPC Presentation 1 (Conroy)
  • H.3.a, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • H.3.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • H.3.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.4 Situation Summary: Magnuson-Stevens Act Confidentiality Provisions – Proposed Rule – CANCELLED

• H.5 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Geographic Strategic Plan and Regional Equity and Environmental Justice Implementation Plan
  • H.5, Attachment 1: NOAA Fisheries 2022-2025 Strategic Plan
  • H.5, Attachment 2: NOAA Fisheries West Coast Geographic Strategic Plan (2023-2026) (Working Draft)
  • H.5, Attachment 3: NOAA Fisheries Equity and Environmental Justice Strategy
  • H.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1:  Draft West Coast Geographic Strategic Plan 2023-2026 (Wulff)
  • H.5.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 2:  West Coast EEJ Regional Implementation Plan (Sommer)
  • H.5.b, Supplemental EEJC Report 1
  • H.5.b, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • H.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • H.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • H.5.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.6 Situation Summary: National Standard 4, 8, and 9 Considerations; and National Standard 1 Technical Guidance
  • H.6, Attachment 1: ANPR for National Standard 4, 8, and 9 Guidelines.
  • H.6, Attachment 2: 50 CFR 600.325, National Standard 4—Allocations Guidelines
  • H.6, Attachment 3: 50 CFR 600.345, National Standard 8—Communities Guidelines
  • H.6, Attachment 4: 50 CFR 600.350, National Standard 9—Bycatch Guidelines
  • H.6, Attachment 5: Technical Guidance for Estimating Status Determination Reference Points and their Proxies in Accordance with the National Standard 1 Guidelines (Electronic Only)
  • H.6, Supplemental Attachment 6:  Comments of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council on ANPR
  • H.6.a, Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1:  ANPR to Potentially Update National Standard 4, 8 and 9 Guidelines (Wendy Morrison)
  • H.6.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • H.6.a Supplemental EWG Report 1
  • H.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.7 Situation Summary: Fiscal Matters
  • H.7, Supplemental Attachment 1:  Budget Committee September 8, 2023 Meeting Agenda
  • H.7, Supplemental Attachment 2:  Executive Director’s Report
  • H.7.a Supplemental BC Report 1
  • H.7.b Supplemental EWG Report 1
  • H.7.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.8 Situation Summary: Approval of Council Meeting Record
  • H.8, Attachment 1: Draft Council Meeting Record: 272nd Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council, June 21-27, 2023 (Electronic Only)

• H.9 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • H.9, Attachment 1: IDFG Kiefer Appointment
  • H.9, Attachment 2: COP 9, Schedule 1 Biennial Management Cycle and Activities Related to Groundfish Management
  • H.9, Attachment 3: COP 9, Schedule 4 Annual management cycle and activities related to Pacific halibut management
  • H.9, Supplemental Attachment 4:  U.S. Coast Guard personnel changes to the Pacific Fishery Management Council
  • H.9.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.10 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • H.10, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at a-Glance Summary
  • H.10, Attachment 2: Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 2023
  • H.10, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at a-Glance Summary (version 9/13/2023 14:47)
  • H.10, Supplemental Attachment 4:  Draft Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 2023 (version 9/13/2023 3:57 PM)
  • H.10.a Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • H.10.a Supplemental EWG Report 1
  • H.10.a, Supplemental EAS Report 1
  • H.10.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • H.10.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • H.10.a, Supplemental GMT Report 1
  • H.10.a Supplemental GAP Report 1
  • H.10.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

I. Highly migratory species management

• I.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report (HMS)
  • I.1.a, National Marine Fisheries Report 1
  • I.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC Presentation 1:  Highly Migratory Species: Research Update (Yau)
  • I.1.c Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • I.1.d, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.2 Situation Summary: International Management Activities
  • I.2, Attachment 1: Summary Report of the Nineteenth Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Northern Committee (Electronic Only)
  • I.2, Attachment 2: Guide to Key Elements in the Report of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Northern Committee 19th Regular Session
  • I.2, Attachment 3: Report of the Twenty-Third Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean (Electronic Only)
  • I.2.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1:  Updates on recent meetings of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Northern Committee
  • I.2.a, Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • I.2.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.3 Situation Summary: Exempted Fishing Permits – Final
  • I.3, Attachment 1: Letter from Donald Krebs
  • 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: Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act – Transition Update
  • I.4, Attachment 1: Staff Compilation of Amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act by the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act
  • I.4, Attachment 2: Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act, Original Statutory Language
  • I.4.a, Supplemental NMFS Report 1:  Drift Gillnet Transition Program Updates
  • I.4.a Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • I.4.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • I.4.c, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.5 Situation Summary: Highly Migratory Species Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Amendment – Preliminary
  • I.5 Supplemental Staff Presentation 1:  HMS EFH overview (Griffin)
  • I.5, Attachment 1: HMS EFH proposed modifications
  • I.5, Attachment 2: HMS EFH Appendix F (Electronic Only)
  • I.5.a, Supplemental SSC Report 1
  • I.5.a, Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • I.5.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • I.5.a, Supplemental HC Report 1
  • I.5.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.6 Situation Summary: Opah Stock Considerations
  • I.6, Attachment 1: Excerpts from the Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan
  • I.6.a, National Marine Fisheries Report 1
  • I.6.a, Supplemental SWFSC Presentation 1:  Opah Science Summary and Research Activities (Yau)
  • I.6.a Supplemental HMSMT Report 1
  • I.6.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1
  • I.6.b, Public Comments (If received, Electronic Only)

Advisory body and committee agendas

• Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS)
• Enforcement Consultants (EC)
• Equity and Environmental Justice Committee (EEJC)
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP)
• Groundfish Management Team (GMT)
• Habitat Committee (HC)
• Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS)
• Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT)
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS)
• Salmon Technical Team (STT)
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC)
• SSC Groundfish Subcommittee

Advisory body and committee memos

• Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel, Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup, and Interested Persons
• Enforcement Consultants
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, Groundfish Management Team, and Groundfish Interested Persons
• Habitat Committee and Interested Persons
• Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, Highly Migratory Species Management Team, and Interested Persons
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Salmon Technical Team, Model Evaluation Workgroup, and Interested Persons
• Scientific and Statistical Committee

SSC materials

For SSC meeting discussion, the following items are available (Electronic Only)

• Scientific and Statistical Committee DRAFT June 2023 minutes
• SSC Economics Subcommittee Report on “An Initial Review Draft of a Comparative Cost Study for the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program” Pacific Fishery Management Council Online Meeting May 11, 2023
• Scientific and Statistical Committee’s Groundfish Subcommittee Report on 2023 Stock Assessments (online meeting, August 14-15, 2023)
• Scientific and Statistical Committee’s Groundfish Subcommittee Report on 2023 Stock Assessments (online meeting, August 28-29, 2023)

Informational reports

• Informational Report 1: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Final Report on 2021-2022 Exempted Fishing Permit
• Informational Report 2:  Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Final Report on Exempted Fishing Permit Project to Conduct Enhanced Yelloweye Recreational Fishery Biological Sampling
• Informational Report 3:  2021/2022 Final Report for the Emley Platt EFP; 2023/2024 Interim Report
• Informational Report 4:  Monterey Bay Regional Chilipepper Rockfish Final Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) Report 2021-2022
• Informational Report 5:  NOAA Fisheries’ Marine Recreational Information Program Certification of West Coast Recreational Fishing Surveys
• Supplemental Informational Report 6:  Procedural Directive: Guidance on Council Authority for Preparing Fishery Management Plans for Stocks that May Extend across the Geographic Areas of more than one Council, pursuant to MSA §304(f)
• Supplemental Informational Report 7:  Year-Round Coastwide Midwater Trawl Gear EFP: Monitoring and Minimizing Salmon Bycatch When Targeting Rockfish in the Shorebased IFQ Fishery; 2021-2022 Final Trawl Gear EFP Report
• Supplemental Informational Report 8:  “Reintroducing Salmon to the Upper Columbia River”; Presentation to the PFMC Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Sept 8, 2023

General Information and Membership Roster

• Chair’s Reception Saturday, 9 September, 2023
• DoubleTree Spokane City Center hotel map
• Covid steps
• Pacific Council Meeting Schedule 2023-2025
• Pacific Council Seating Diagram
• Membership Roster Supplemental REVISED dated August 23, 2023 for the September 2023 meeting