Briefing Books: 2012 - Pacific Fishery Management Council

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March 2012 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

Agenda Item A.3: Executive Director’s Report
- Agenda Item A.3, Attachment 1: Council Coordination Committee Interim Meeting Agenda, January 24-26, 2012
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 2: Executive Director’s Report
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 3: Improve Motions in Writing PowerPoint (Coon)
Agenda Item A.4: Proposed March 2012 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Highly Migratory Species Management

Agenda Item B.1: NMFS Report – Highly Migratory Species
- Agenda Item B.1.b, Attachment 1: HMS Regulatory Activities Report
Agenda Item B.2: Update on and Recommendations for International Management Activities
- Agenda Item B.2.a, Attachment 1: United States of America and Canada, Treaty on Pacific Coast Albacore Tuna Vessels and Port Privileges (With Annexes). Signed at Washington on 26 May 1981 and Annexes as Amended
- Agenda Item B.2.a, Attachment 2: Joint Letter to Mr. David Hogan on U.S. – Canada Albacore Treaty – Joint Position of WFOA & AAFA
- Agenda Item B.2.a, Attachment 3: Report on Negotiations between the U.S. and Canada on the Albacore Treaty, Buzz Brizendine
- Agenda Item B.2.a, Attachment 4: Letter to Russell Smith from Donald McIsaac with Council Recommendations to the U.S. Delegation to WCPFC8
- Agenda Item B.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: Meeting of the Permanent Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
- Agenda Item B.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: Information About Bilateral Negotiations on U.S.-Canada Albacore Treaty
- Agenda Item B.2.b, NMFS Report on International HMS Activities
- Agenda Item B.2.b, HMSMT Report
- Agenda Item B.2.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
- Agenda Item B.2.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
- Agenda Item B.2.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item B.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item B.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3 (Bissell Slides)
Agenda Item B.3: Swordfish Management Data Report and Future Management Recommendations
- Agenda Item B.3.b, NMFS Report: NMFS Report on West Coast Swordfish Fishery
- Agenda Item B.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
- Agenda Item B.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
- Agenda Item B.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT PowerPoint 1 (Hughes)
- Agenda Item B.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT PowerPoint 2: Development and Trials of Deep-Set Buoy Gear in Southern California
- Agenda Item B.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT PowerPoint 3: Leatherback and Loggerhead Critical Habitat
- Agenda Item B.3.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
- Agenda Item B.3.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item B.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item B.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item B.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
- Agenda Item B.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5 (Oceana PowerPoint)
- Agenda Item B.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 6 (SeaTurtles.Org PowerPoint)

C. Open Comment

Agenda Item C.1.b, Public Comment 1: Protect Currently Unexploited Forage Species E-Mail Campaign
Agenda Item C.1.b, Public Comment 2: E-Mail Letter from Bill James Regarding Changes to Section 660.330 Open Access Fishery
Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 3: Letter from Mike Pettis Regarding Fixed Gear Stacking Provision
Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 4: Little Fish, Big Deal Postcard Campaign
Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 5: Letter from the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA Washington) Regarding Protection of Forage Species
Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 6: Letter to Sanctuary Advisory Council Members from John Hunt Regarding Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Collecting Information for PFMC Ecosystem-Based Management
Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 7: Draft Agenda – FISHSMART Pacific Workshop on Improving the Survival of Released Fish Focusing on Barotrauma; May 8-9, 2012; Portland, Oregon
Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 8 (Geoff Shester)
Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental Public Comment 9: ADDITIONAL Comments from Bill James Regarding Changes to Section 660.330 Open Access Fishery

D. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

Agenda Item D.1: Exempted Fishing Permits for 2012
- Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1: Northwest Aerial Sardine Survey 2012 Application for Exempted Fishing Permit
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report

E. Habitat

Agenda Item E.1: Current Habitat Issues
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1: Letter on Columbia River Biological Opinion
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental HC Report

F. Groundfish Management

Agenda Item F.1: Planning and Necessary Actions for the 2012-2013 Pacific Whiting Fishing Seasons, Including Potential Impacts from the Pacific Dawn Litigation
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: (Full Version on Website Only) Status of the Pacific Hake (Whiting) Stock in U.S. and Canadian Waters in 2012
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Attachment 2: Summary Judgment in Case no. C10-4829-TEH: Pacific Dawn, LLC, et al. v. John Bryson, et al.
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Order on Remedy in Case no. C10-4829-TEH: Pacific Dawn, LLC, et al. v. John Bryson, et al.
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Federal Register Notice Dated February 22, 2012; Proposed Rule for the 2012 Tribal Fishery for Pacific Whiting
- Agenda Item F.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: Joint U.S.-Canada Scientific Review Group Report
- Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental NMFS Report: Letter to Chairman Wolford Regarding Remedy Order in Pacific Dawn, LLC v. Bryson
- Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental GMT Report 2
- Agenda Item F.1.d, Public Comment (Full Version Available on Briefing Book Website and CD Only)
- Agenda Item F.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (Full Version Available on Briefing Book Website Only)
Agenda Item F.2: Briefing on and Limited Actions for Emerging Issues in the 2013-2014 Biennial Specifications Process
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1: Comparison of Harvest Specifications Decided in November With Proposed Revised Harvest Specifications for Lingcod and the Other Fish Complex
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 2: Deriving Estimates of OFL for Species in the “Other Fish” Complex
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: PowerPoint – 2013-14 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures; PFMC, March 2012
- Agenda Item F.2.b, REVISED Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item F.2.c, Public Comment
Agenda Item F.3: National Marine Fisheries Service Report – Groundfish
- Agenda Item F.3.b, Attachment 1: Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
- Agenda Item F.3.b, Attachment 2: Risk Assessment of U.S. West Coast Groundfish Fisheries to Threatened and Endangered Marine Species (On Briefing Book website and CD Only) 45.28 mb
- Agenda Item F.3.b, Attachment 3: Endangered Species Act Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion and Section 7(a)(2) “Not Likely to Adversely Affect” Determination (On Briefing Book website and CD Only)
- Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental Science Centers PowerPoint
Agenda Item F.4: Scoping for Amendment 24: Improvements to the Groundfish Management Process
- Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 1: Staff White Paper on an FMP Amendment to Change the Groundfish Specifications and Management Measures Process
- Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 2: Amendment 24 (Groundfish Harvest Specifications Process Improvement) Ad-Hoc Workgroup
- Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item F.5: Stock Assessment Planning for Management Specifications in the 2015-2016 Fisheries
- Agenda Item F.5.a, Attachment 1: Draft Terms of Reference for the Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment and Review Process for 2013-2014
- Agenda Item F.5.a, Attachment 2: Draft SSC Terms of Reference for Groundfish Rebuilding Analysis
- Agenda Item F.5.a, Attachment 3: Draft Terms of Reference for the Methodology Review Process for Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species
- Agenda Item F.5.b, NMFS Report: Considerations for Selecting Species for Assessment in 2013
- Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental NOAA Fisheries PowerPoint
- Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item F.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item F.6: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
- Agenda Item F.6.b, PCFDC Report: Pacific Coast Fisheries Data Committee Report on Tracking Landings of Sablefish North of 36° N. Latitude
- Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: West Coast Groundfish IFQ Fishery Catch Summary for 2011: First Look
- Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental ODFW Informational Report
- Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item F.6.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item F.6.c, Public Comment
Agenda Item F.7: Harvest Set-Aside Flexibility
- Agenda Item F.7.a, Attachment 1: Draft Outline of the Environmental Assessment for Set-Aside Flexibility
- Agenda Item F.7.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item F.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item F.8: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions and Allocation Amendments and Actions
- Agenda Item F.8.a, Attachment 1: Immediate Time Frame Council Priority Trawl Trailing Actions: Descriptions And Next Steps
- Agenda Item F.8.a, Attachment 2: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions: Lenders, Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
- Agenda Item F.8.a, Attachment 3: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions: Whiting Season Opening Date and Southern Allocation, Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
- Agenda Item F.8.a, Attachment 4: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions: Gear Issues, Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
- Agenda Item F.8.b, NMFS Report 1: Draft Rulemaking Plan
- Agenda Item F.8.b, NMFS Report 2: NMFS Items for PIE 2
- Agenda Item F.8.b, NMFS Report 3: NMFS Items for Correction
- Agenda Item F.8.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item F.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item F.8.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item F.8.b, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item F.8.d, Council Decision Template

G. Salmon Management

Agenda Item G.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Salmon
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: A Bilateral NOAA/CDFO Evaluation of the Effects of Salmon Fisheries on Southern Resident Killer Whales (Dygert)
- Agenda Item G.1.c, SONCC Report 1: Instructions for Reviewing the Plan and Submitting Comments: Public Draft SONCC Coho Recovery Plan
- Agenda Item G.1.c, GSI Report: West Coast Salmon Genetic Stock Identification Collaboration 2011 Winter Season Update (Color Graphs – Best Viewed Electronically)
- Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: West Coast Salmon GSI Collaboration (Lawson)
Agenda Item G.2: Review of 2011 Fisheries and Summary of 2012 Stock Abundance Forecasts
- Review of 2011 Ocean Salmon Fisheries (Published February 2012)
- Supplemental: Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis and Environmental Assessment Part 1 For 2012 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations (Published February 2012)
- Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1: Excerpts from Chapter 3 of the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan Updated Through Amendment 16
- Agenda Item G.2.b, CDFG Report: Central Valley Chinook Salmon In-River Escapement Monitoring Plan (Full Version on Briefing Book Website and CD Only)
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental CDFG Report 2: Development of the Central Valley Chinook Salmon Escapement Monitoring Plan
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment (PowerPoint); San Joaquin Tributaries Association
Agenda Item G.3: Rebuilding Plan Consideration for Sacramento Fall Chinook and Strait of Juan de Fuca Coho
- Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1: Excerpts from Chapter 3 of the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan Updated Through Amendment 16
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: Rationale for 2011 Status Determination
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental STT Report: Proposed Rebuilding Plan for Sacramento River Fall Chinook
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
Agenda Item G.4: Identification of Management Objectives and Preliminary Definition of 2012 Salmon Management Alternatives
- Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 1: Guidance for Alternative Development and Assessment
- Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 2: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
- Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 3: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
- Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental NMFS Report: Letter Summarizing NOAA Fisheries’ Consultation Standards, and Guidance Regarding the Potential Effects of the 2012 Season on Listed Salmonid Species
- Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: White Paper; Abundance-based Ocean Salmon Fisheries Management Framework for Sacramento River Winter-run Chinook
- Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Recommendations
- Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Tribal Report
- Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental Hoopa Valley Tribe Report
- Agenda Item G.4.d: Public Comment
- Agenda Item G.4.e, Supplemental Tribal Recommendations
Agenda Item G.5: Council Recommendations for 2012 Management Alternative Analysis
- Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental STT Report: Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2012 Ocean Fisheries
Agenda Item G.6: Scoping of Salmon Amendment 17 to Consider Essential Fish Habitat Updates and Other Appropriate Issues
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Coast Salmon Scoping Document: Amendment 17 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Plan, Including Essential Fish Habitat and Other Considerations
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental Staff PowerPoint (Griffin)
- Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental PFMC/NMFS Report
- Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item G.6.d, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item G.7: Further Council Direction for 2012 Management Alternatives
- Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental STT Report: Initial Analysis of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2012 Ocean Salmon Fisheries; March 6, 2012
Agenda Item G.8: Adoption of 2012 Management Alternatives for Public Review
- Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental STT Report: Analysis of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2012 Ocean Fisheries
- Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental Hoopa Tribal Report
- Agenda Item G.8.b, Supplemental Tribal Report
- Agenda Item G.8.d, Supplemental Tribal Motion
Agenda Item G.9: Salmon Hearing Officers
- Agenda Item G.9.a, Attachment 1: Schedule of Salmon Fishery Management Alternative Hearings
- Agenda Item G.9.b, Supplemental USCG Report
- Agenda Item G.9.b, Supplemental WDFW Report: 2012 North of Falcon Salmon Preseason Planning Meeting Schedule

H. Pacific Halibut Management

Agenda Item H.1: Report on the International Pacific Halibut Commission Meeting
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1: IPHC News Release
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 2: 2012 Area 2A Pacific Halibut Allocations
- Agenda Item H.1.b, IPHC Meeting Summary: Summary of International Pacific Halibut Commission Meeting
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental IPHC PowerPoint
Agenda Item H.2: Incidental Catch Regulations in the Salmon Troll and Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 1: Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item H.3: Update on Review of Pacific Halibut Management Under the National Environmental Policy Act and Status of Preliminary Alternatives for Incidental Catch Retention of Pacific Halibut in the Limited Entry Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries (March 2012 Briefing Book)
- Agenda Item H.3.b, NMFS Report: National Marine Fisheries Service NEPA Scoping Results on Catch Sharing Plan Implementation and Changes to Incidental Catch Retention of Pacific Halibut in the Limited Entry Fixed Gear Sablefish Fishery
- Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.3.c, Public Comment

I. Administrative Matters

Agenda Item I.1: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
- Agenda Item I.1.a, Attachment 1: Draft Minutes: 208th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (April 2011)
- Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: DRAFT Voting Log; 208th Meeting, April 2011
- Agenda Item I.1.a, Attachment 2: Draft Minutes: 211th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (November 2011)
- Agenda Item I.1.a, Attachment 2: DRAFT Voting Log, 211th Meeting, November 2011
Agenda Item I.2: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
Agenda Item I.3: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 2: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 1-6, 2012 in Seattle, Washington
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 1-6, 2012 in Seattle, Washington
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Public Comment: Letter from Pew Environment Group Requesting Action on Unmanaged Forage Species Under the Ecosystem Agenda Item in June (see also Agenda Item C.1.b, Public Comment 1)

Informational Reports

Informational Report 1: Long-Term Effectiveness, Failure Rates, and “Dinner Bell” Properties of Acoustic Pingers in a Gillnet Fishery
Informational Report 2: Summary of 2011 Climatic and Ecological Conditions in the California Current LME; 2011 Annual Report, Volume 4, Annual 3 (Full Version Available on Briefing Book Website and CD Only)
Supplemental Informational Report 3: Mr. John J. Royal Memorial

Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)

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
Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
SSC Economic Subcommittee Agenda
DRAFT November 2011 SSC Minutes

General Information

General Information: (Driving Directions, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information)
Chairman’s Reception, Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 6 p.m.
Tax Exempt Form: DoubleTree Hotel, Sacramento, California (Must Show Proper I.D.)

Salmon Management Documents

Review of 2011 Ocean Salmon Fisheries (Published February 2012)
Supplemental: Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis and Environmental Assessment Part 1 For 2012 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations (Published February 2012)

April 2012 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

Agenda Item A.4: April 2012 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Open Comment

Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment: Comments on CROOS Program (Finley)

C. Habitat

Agenda Item C.1: Current Habitat Issues
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 1: Letter on Levee Vegetation
- Agenda Item C.1.a, REVISED Supplemental Attachment 2: Letter on Klamath Water
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 3: Letter from Humboldt County on Klamath Water
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental SAS Report

D. Enforcement

Agenda Item D.1: Current Enforcement Issues
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental USCG Report: PowerPoint
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental USCG Report 2: Letter and Information Regarding Fishing Vessel Safety

E. Salmon Management

Agenda Item E.1: National Marine Fisheries Report on Salmon Management
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: NOAA Fisheries / Fisheries and Oceans Canada Workshops to Examine the Effects of Salmon Fisheries on Southern Resident Killer Whales
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Letter to Chair Wolford Regarding Printed Salmon Regulation Booklets
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 3: Federal Register Notice, April 2, 2012 Regarding NMFS 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Chinook Salmon in the Upper Klamath and Trinity Rivers Basin as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act
Agenda Item E.2: Tentative Adoption of 2012 Ocean Salmon Management Measures for Analysis
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 1: Emergency Changes to the Salmon FMP
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 2: FR 97-22094: Policy Guidelines for the Use of Emergency Rules
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 3: Salmon Technical Team Proposed Rebuilding Plan for Sacramento River Fall Chinook
- Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 1: Westport, WA
- Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 2: Coos Bay, OR
- Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Hearing Report 3: Eureka, CA
- Agenda Item E.2.d, Supplemental PSC Report
- Agenda Item E.2.f, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item E.2.f, Supplemental Tribal Report: CRITFC Report and Slides
- Agenda Item E.2.f, Supplemental Comments of Hoopa Valley Tribe
- Agenda Item E.2.f, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item E.2.g, Public Comment
- Agenda Item E.2.g, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item E.2.h, Supplemental Tribal Motion
Agenda Item E.3: Sacramento Winter Run Chinook Impact Specifications
Agenda Item E.4: Methodology Review Process and Preliminary Topic Selection for 2012
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental MEW Report
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental STT Report
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item E.4.b, Supplemental Tribal Report
- Agenda Item E.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item E.5: Clarify Council Direction on 2012 Management Measures
- Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental STT Report: Preliminary Analysis of Tentative 2012 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures; April 13, 2012
Agenda Item E.6: Southern Oregon-Northern California Coast Coho Recovery Plan
- Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 1: Southern Oregon Northern California Coast Coho Salmon Recovery Plan (Full Document Available on CD and Online Only; 53.4 MB)
- Agenda Item E.6.a, Attachment 2: Council Staff Comments on the Public Review Draft SONCC Coho Recovery Plan
- Agenda Item E.6.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint (J. Weeder)
- Agenda Item E.6.c, HC Report: Draft Letter to NMFS Recovery Coordinator Julie Weeder
- Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental HC Report 2
- Agenda Item E.6.c, Supplemental SAS Report
Agenda Item E.7: Final Action on 2012 Management Measures
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental Tribal Report: Statement of the Columbia River Treaty Tribes
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Comments of the Hoopa Valley Tribe
- Agenda Item E.7.b, Supplemental STT Report
- Agenda Item E.7.d, Supplemental Tribal Motion

F. Pacific Halibut Management

Agenda Item F.1: Final Incidental Catch Regulations for the 2012 Salmon Troll and Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
- Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report 2
- Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report

G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

Agenda Item G.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on CPS Management
- This Agenda Item Was Cancelled (No report)
Agenda Item G.2: Exempted Fishing Permit for 2012 Northwest Aerial Sardine Survey
- Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1: West Coast Aerial Sardine Survey 2012 Application for Exempted Fishing Permit, Revised
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report

H. Administrative Matters

Agenda Item H.1: Coastal Marine Spatial Planning Update
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1: Draft National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan (on Briefing Book Website and CD Only)
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 2: Draft National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan Power Point Briefing to the Councils Coordination Committee
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 3 (Handout Version of H.1.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint)
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: National Ocean Policy — Update (Stein)
Agenda Item H.2: Legislative Matters
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 1: April 2012 Staff Summary of Federal Legislation in the 112th U.S. Congress
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 2: H.R. 1837, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 3: Congressional Research Service Report on H.R. 1837, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 4: Comparison of CVPIA and H.R. 1837 as Amended
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 5: List of Groups Opposed to H.R. 1837 Including the Council
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 6: July 5, 2011 Formal Request for Council comments on H.R. 1837 from U.S. Congresswoman Grace Napolitano
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 7: Draft Council Staff Report on H.R. 1837
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental LC Report
- Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item H.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item H.3: DRAFT Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Migratory Birds
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 1: Memo from Samuel Rauch to the Pacific Fishery Management Council
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 2 (Electronic Only): Executive Order 13186
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 3: Draft MOU between the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item H.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item H.4: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- Agenda Item H.4.a, Attachment 1: March 2012 Council Meeting Motion Establishing an Amendment 24 Ad Hoc Workgroup
- Agenda Item H.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Ad Hoc South of Humbug Pacific Halibut Workgroup Draft Objectives and Duties
- Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental CDFG Report
- Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item H.5: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 2: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 21-26, 2012 in San Mateo, California
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Final Motion on an Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan From the June 2011 Council Meeting
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, June 21-26, 2012 in San Mateo, California
- Agenda Item H.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: Salmon Workload Assessment
- Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental CDFG Report
- Agenda Item H.5.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2

I. Groundfish Management

Agenda Item I.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Groundfish
- Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: Groundfish and Halibut Notices, 2/13/12 through 3/16/12
- Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental NWFSC Report: Shelf Rockfish Hook and Line Survey
- Agenda Item I.1.c, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint (McClure/Stein)
Agenda Item I.2: Implementation of the 2012 Pacific Whiting Fishery Under the U.S.-Canada Pacific Whiting Agreement
- Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item I.2.d, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item I.3: Tentative Adoption of 2013-2014 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 1: Anticipated Council Actions and References Relevant to Decision-Making
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 2: Preferred 2013 and 2014 Overfishing Limits (OFLs in mt) and Acceptable Biological Catches (ABCs in mt) and Preliminary Preferred 2013 and 2014 Annual Catch Limits for West Coast Groundfish Stocks and Stock Complexes
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 3: Estimated Time to Rebuild and Spawning Potential Ratio Harvest Rate Relative to Alternative 2013-2014 ACLs for Overfished West Coast Groundfish Stocks
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 4: Summary of the Management Measures Analysis
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Attachment 5: Excerpts from the Preliminary DEIS (Available on Briefing Book Website and CD Only)
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: Projected Mortality and Allocations Under the Preferred Alternative and a Summary of Longnose Skate and Dogfish Shark Management Measures
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 7: Appendix D – Detailed Management Measures Analysis; 2013-2014 Groundfish Harvest Specifications Preliminary DEIS (Available on Briefing Book Website Only)
- Agenda Item I.3.a, Supplemental PowerPoint (Ames/Seger)
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental FWS Report: Proposed Seabird Conservation Measures to Mitigate and Track Expected Impacts on Short-tailed Albatross
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental CDFG Report: Comments on 2013-14 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental CDFG Report 2: Allocations for Blackgill Rockfish and Cowcod South of 40°10′ N Latitude
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental Tribal Report
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Public Comments
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
- Agenda Item I.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5
Agenda Item I.4: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions
- Agenda Item I.4.a, Attachment 1: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions: Descriptions And Next Steps
- Agenda Item I.4.a, Attachment 2: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions: Whiting Season Opening Date and Southern Allocation, Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
- Agenda Item I.4.a, Attachment 3: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions: Chafing Gear, Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
- Agenda Item I.4.b, NMFS Electronic Monitoring: 2012 Electronic Monitoring Feasibility Plan
- Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: Meeting Monitoring Priorities in U.S. Fisheries (Mark C. Holliday, Ph.D.)
- Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental PSMFC Report: Electronic Monitoring
- Agenda Item I.4.c, NMFS Draft Rulemaking Plan: Draft Rulemaking Plan
- Agenda Item I.4.c, NMFS Trailing Actions: NMFS List of Trailing Actions
- Agenda Item I.4.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item I.4.c, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item I.4.c, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item I.4.d, Supplemental Public Comment
- Agenda Item I.4.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item I.4.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
Agenda Item I.5: Reconsideration of Initial Individual Fishery Quotas in the Mothership and Shoreside Pacific Whiting Trawl Fisheries
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 1: February 29, 2012 Letter from Frank Lockhart
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 2: March 16, 2012 Letter from Frank Lockhart
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Guidance for Making Allocation Decisions Related to Catch Shares
- Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental NMFS Report ANPR: Proposed Rulemaking Regarding the Reconsideration of the Allocation of Whiting
- Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item I.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item I.6: Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Review
- Agenda Item I.6.b, EFHRC Report
- Agenda Item I.6.b, Supplemental EFHRC Report 2
- Agenda Item I.6.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item I.6.c, Supplemental Tribal Report
- Agenda Item I.6.c, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item I.6.d, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item I.7: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
- Agenda Item I.7.b, Supplemental CDFG Report
- Agenda Item I.7.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item I.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item I.8: Adoption of 2013-2014 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- Agenda Item I.8.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: Options for Routine Management of Unused Harvest Set-Asides
- Agenda Item I.8.b, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item I.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item I.8.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item I.8.c, Supplemental Public Comment

Informational Reports

Informational Report 1: FWS Columbia River 2012 Chinook Mass Marking
Informational Report 2: Groundfish Informational Briefing
- For reference materials, please see: Agenda Item I.3: Tentative Adoption of 2013-2014 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- Informational Report 2, Supplemental Attachment 1 (PowerPoint): 2013-14 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Advance Informational Briefing (Larger View Slides)
- Informational Report 2 Supplemental Slide Handouts (“Talking Points”) These are the same as the above slides, but include the main “talking points” (Smaller View Slides)
Supplemental Informational Report 3: Letters from IPHC to State Directors (OR, WA, CA) Regarding Request to Develop and Implement Necessary Date Collection Programs to Permit Estimation of Discard Mortality, Starting With 2012 Recreational Fisheries
Supplemental Informational Report 4: 7 P.M. Tuesday, Boren Room, Presentation on Fisheries Observing Using Video-Based Electronic Monitoring
Supplemental Informational Report 5: The West Coast Salmon Genetic Stock Identification Collaboration Annual Report, 2011

Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)

Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
Habitat Committee (HC) Agenda
Legislative Committee (LC) Agenda
Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW) Agenda
Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
SSC Economic and Groundfish Subcommittee Agenda
DRAFT March 2012 SSC Minutes

General Information

General Information: Driving Directions, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, Transportation Options from Airport to the Sheraton, Restaurant Information
Chair’s Reception, Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 6 p.m.
Tax Exempt Form, Sheraton Seattle Hotel (Must Show Proper I.D)

Salmon Management Documents

Preseason Report II: Proposed Alternatives and Environmental Assessment Part 2 for 2012 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations; Regulation Identifier Number 0648-XA921 (March 2012)

June 2012 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

Supplemental Agenda Item A.3: Executive Director’s Report
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 1: Council Coordination Committee Interim Meeting Agenda, April 30-May 3, 2012
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 2: 2012 Annual Council Coordination Committee Decision Outcomes Document
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 3: May 18, 2012 Letter to Dr. Jane Lubchenco from RFMC Chairs and Executive Directors
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 4: Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries 3 Website Home Page
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 5: Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries 3 and Council Coordinating Committee Structure and Schedule Graphic for May 6-11, 2013
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 6: Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries 3, Current Refinements in Conference Purpose Statement, Session Themes and Focus Topics
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 7: Letter to Todd J. Zinser, Inspector General
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 8: Letter to The Honorable Barney Frank and The Honorable John F. Tierney
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 9: Memo to Dr. Jane Lubchecno Regarding Review of FMC’s and Fishery Rulemaking
Agenda Item A.4: Proposed June 20-26, 2012 Council Meeting Agenda

B. Open Comment

Agenda Item B.1: Open Comment 1
Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 2: Federal Register Notice Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Regarding NMFS Proposed Revisions to Existing Regulations Governing the Confidentiality of Information Submitted in Compliance With Any Requirement or Regulation Under the MSA
Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 3: GMT Report on FR Notice Regarding Proposed Revisions to Confidentiality of Information
Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 4: Coastside Fishing Club/CDFG Salmon Smolt Acclimation Pen (PowerPoint)
Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 5: FISHTRAX.org, Heather Mann
Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 6: Testimony of Scott Hartzell

C. Habitat

Agenda Item C.1: Current Habitat Issues
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 1: Letter on Levee Vegetation
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 2: Letter on Klamath Water Management
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Supplemental PowerPoint Presentation: Comparative Survival Study; June 12, 2012 Habitat Committee Meeting
- Agenda Item C.1.b, REVISED Supplemental Habitat Committee Report

D. Groundfish Management

Agenda Item D.1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Attachment 1: Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
- Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint
- Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental Attachment 1: 2011 Catch Share Fishery Preliminary Landings and Retention Rates
Agenda Item D.2: Barotrauma Workshop Report and Potential Use of Recompression Catch-and-Release Survival Estimates
- Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 1: Summary Recommendations of Participants at the 2012 Portland, Oregon and 2011 Atlanta, Georgia Barotrauma Workshops
- Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 2: Annotated Bibliography of Research Conducted on Barotrauma and Recompression of Rockfish Species Caught and Released Using Hook-and-Line Gears
- Agenda Item D.2.a, Attachment 3: Slides from a PowerPoint Presentation Given by Dr. Alena Pribyl at the Portland Barotrauma Workshop Entitled, “Venting and Recompression: Techniques and Appropriate Uses”
- Agenda Item D.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: CDFG Report From April 2012 Briefing Book Regarding Calculating Cowcod Mortality in the California Recreational Fishery
- Agenda Item D.2.c, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Vetter): Post-release Survival and Behavior of Deep-Dwelling Rockfishes (genus Sebastes) Suffering From Barotrauma: Using Recompression Devices to Reduce Bycatch Mortality
- Agenda Item D.2.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item D.2.c, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item D.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item D.2.e, Supplemental Amended Motion in Writing
Agenda Item D.3: Stock Assessment Planning
- Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 1: A “Refreshed” Estimation of the Relative Strength of the 2010 Year Class for Bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis
- Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 2: Draft Terms of Reference for the Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment and Review Process for 2013-2014
- Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 3: Draft Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Rebuilding Analysis for 2013-2014
- Agenda Item D.3.a, Attachment 4: Draft Terms of Reference for the Methodology Review Process for Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species
- Agenda Item D.3.b, NMFS Report: Considerations for Selecting Species for Assessment in 2013
- Agenda Item D.3.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint
- Agenda Item D.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item D.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item D.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item D.4: Exempted Fishing Permits for 2013-2014 Fisheries
- Agenda Item D.4.a, Attachment 1: Evaluation of an epibenthic trolled longline to selectively catch chilipepper rockfish (Sebastes goodei) off California
- Agenda Item D.4.a, Attachment 2: Groundfish EFP Proposal: Yellowtail Rockfish Jig Fishing off California
- Agenda Item D.4.a, Attachment 3: Supporting a Spatial Analysis of the Distribution and Size of Rebuilding Stocks in the Rockfish Conservation Area Through Directed Fishing Surveys
- Agenda Item D.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item D.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item D.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item D.4.b, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item D.4.c, Public Comments
Agenda Item D.5: Tentative Adoption of 2013-2014 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- Agenda Item D.5.a, Attachment 1: Anticipated Council Actions and References Relevant to Decision-Making
- Agenda Item D.5.a, Attachment 2: Table 1. Preferred 2013 and 2014 overfishing limits, acceptable biological catches, and annual catch limits for west coast groundfish stocks and stock complexes; and Table 2. Estimated time to rebuild and spawning potential ratio harvest rate relative to alternative 2013-2014 ACLs for overfished west coast groundfish stocks
- Agenda Item D.5.a, Attachment 3: Executive Summary and Description of the Preferred Season Structures and Management Measures, An Excerpt from the Preliminary DEIS
- ~~Agenda Item D.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Supplementary Information Related to Comments Received to Date on Preliminary Council Actions~~ (This item was not provided at the meeting)
- Agenda Item D.5.a, Attachment 5: Proposed Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for the 2013-2014 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery and Amendment 21-2 to the Pacific Coast Fishery Management Plan; DEIS (Available on Website Only. Note: As of June 12 the DEIS released for public comment is accessed through this link; the contents of this document are the same as the preliminary DEIS made available here on June 6 and included on the Briefing Book CD.)
- Agenda Item D.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: Council Staff and GMT Subgroup Report on Considering Risk in the IFQ Trawl Sector When Setting ACLs For Canary Rockfish and POP
- Agenda Item D.5.b, NMFS Letter: At-Sea Pacific Whiting Incidental Catch in 2011
- Agenda Item D.5.b, Supplemental Makah Report
- Agenda Item D.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item D.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item D.5.b, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item D.5.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item D.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item D.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item D.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
Agenda Item D.6: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions
- Agenda Item D.6.a, Attachment 1: Status of Trailing Actions and Calendar
- Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: PSMFC Status Report on the 2012 Electronic Monitoring Field Study
- Agenda Item D.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Letter to RFMC Executive Directors from Ms. Kitty Simmonds Regarding Recommendation of Establishing CCC Subcommittee on Electronic Monitoring Issues
- Agenda Item D.6.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item D.6.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item D.7: Reconsideration of Initial Catch Share Allocations in the Mothership and Shoreside Pacific Whiting Fisheries
- Agenda Item D.7.a, Attachment 1: Reconsideration of Initial Catch Share Allocations in the Mothership and Shoreside Pacific Whiting Fisheries, Draft Environmental Assessment
- Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Description of the Affected Environment
- Agenda Item D.7.a, Attachment 3: Description of Segments of the QS Allocations Potentially Affected by Reconsideration of Allocation of Whiting
- Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Guidance for Making Allocation Decisions Related to Catch Shares
- Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: Whiting Catch Share Allocations: Supplemental Analysis
- Agenda Item D.7.a, Supplemental Staff PowerPoint: Whiting Reallocation Analysis (Freese/Seger)
- Agenda Item D.7.b, NMFS Report 1: Draft Rulemaking Schedule for the Reconsideration of Initial Individual Fishery Quotas in the Mothership and Shoreside Pacific Whiting Trawl Fisheries (RAW 1 and 2)
- Agenda Item D.7.b, NMFS Report 2: Federal Register, 77(98): 29955-29961 (RAW 1, Proposed Rule, Request for Comments)
- Agenda Item D.7.b, NMFS Report 3: Issues Related to the Reconsideration of Allocation of Whiting: Divestiture and Transfer of Quota
- Agenda Item D.7.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item D.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item D.7.c, Public Comment (Full Version Available on Briefing Book CD and Website Only)
- Agenda Item D.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item D.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item D.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
- Agenda Item D.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5
- Agenda Item D.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 6
- Agenda Item D.7.d, Attachment 1: Council Decision Template
Agenda Item D.8: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
- Agenda Item D.8.b, NMFS Report: 2011 Surplus Carry-Over
- Agenda Item D.8.b, Supplemental ODFW Report: IFQ Program off Oregon
- Agenda Item D.8.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item D.8.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item D.8.c, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item D.9: Final 2013-2014 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
- Agenda Item D.9.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item D.9.b, Supplemental GAP Report

E. Highly Migratory Species Management

Agenda Item E.1: Management Reference Points and Measures for 2013-2014 Fisheries
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1: Table 4-3, HMS FMP
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 2: March 15, 2011, Letter from Kitty Simonds, WPFMC Executive Director, to Samuel Rauch III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
Agenda Item E.2: International Management Activities and Recommendations
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 1: Northern Committee Schedule for Development of International Management Framework for North Pacific Albacore Tuna and Associated Conservation Measure
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 2: Reference Points, Decision Rules, and Management Strategy Evaluation for Tunas and Associated Species in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (IATTC Document SAC-03-09) by Mark Maunder
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 3: April 17, 2012, Letter from Michael Tosatto, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Administrator, to Council Chair Dan Wolford Reporting Outcomes of the Eighth Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 4: March 13, 2012, Letter from Dr. Donald O. McIsaac to Mr. Samuel Rauch III
- Agenda Item E.2.b, NMFS Report: Report on International Management Activities
- Agenda Item E.2.b, HMSMT Report
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
- Agenda Item E.2.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item E.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4 (Bissell Slides)

F. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

Agenda Item F.1: National Marine Fisheries Services Report on CPS
- Agenda Item F.1.b, NMFS Report
- Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: Overview of Coastal Pelagic Species Workshop II:Considerations for Rights Based Management in the Pacific Sardine Fishery
- Agenda Item F.1.c, NMFS SWFSC Report
- Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Vetter/Werner)
- Agenda Item F.1.d, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item F.1.d, Supplemental CPSAS Report
Agenda Item F.2: Pacific Mackerel Management for 2012-2013
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: (Available on Briefing Book Website Only) Pacific Mackerel (Scomber japonicus) Stock Assessment for USA Management in the 2011-2012 Fishing Year
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report

G. Administrative Matters

Agenda Item G.1: Consideration of Further Protection of Currently Managed Forage Species
- Agenda Item G.1.b, EPDT Report
- Agenda Item G.1.b Supplemental EPDT PowerPoint (deReynier)
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental Senate Letter: to Dan Wolford from Honorable Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental EAS Report
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report 2
- Agenda Item G.1.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
- Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5
- Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 6
- Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 7 (Shester Written Paper and PowerPoint)
- Agenda Item G.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 8
- Agenda Item G.1.d, Supplemental WDFW Motion
- Agenda Item G.1.d, Supplemental CDFG Motion
- Agenda Item G.1.d, Supplemental REVISED Final Council Action
Agenda Item G.2: Legislative Matters
- Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1: June 2012 Staff Summary of Federal Legislation in the 112th U.S. Congress
- Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 2: S. 2184, the Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act of 2012
- Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 3: April 13, 2012 Letter From North Pacific Council Executive Director Mr. Oliver to U. S. Senator Murkowski Regarding S. 2184
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental Legislative Committee Report
- Agenda Item G.2.c Supplemental HMSAS Report
Agenda Item G.3: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for National Standard 1 Guidelines
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments; consideration of revision to National Standard 1 Guidelines (77 FR 26239, May 3, 2012)
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 2: Sec. 600.310 National Standard 1—Optimum Yield
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Letter to Eric Schwaab from Kitty Simonds, WPFMC
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: National Standard 1 Guidelines PowerPoint
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental STT Report
Agenda Item G.4: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
- Agenda Item G.4.a, Attachment 1: Draft Minutes: 212th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (March 2012)
- Agenda Item G.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Draft Minutes: 213th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (April 2012)
Agenda Item G.5: Fiscal Matters
- Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental Budget Committee Report
Agenda Item G.6: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: Ad Hoc South of Humbug Pacific Halibut Policy Committee
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Letter from NOC to Chairman Wolford Regarding Regional Planning Body Appointment
Agenda Item G.7: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- Agenda Item G.7.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item G.7.a, Attachment 2: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, September 13-18, 2012 in Boise, Idaho
- Agenda Item G.7.a, Attachment 3: Proposed Workshops and SSC Subcommittee Meetings for 2012
- Agenda Item G.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item G.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 5: Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, September 13-18, 2012 in Boise, Idaho
- Agenda Item G.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: Possible Regulation Amendment Process for Consideration of Electronic Monitoring as a Replacement for the 100% Observer Coverage Requirement
- Agenda Item G.7.b, HMSMT Report
- Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report 2
- Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: Letter to State Directors From Bob Turner, Regarding Amendment to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan
- Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
- Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report 2
- Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item G.7.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item G.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment

H. Ecosystem Based Management

Agenda Item H.1: Council Fishery Ecosystem Plan Development
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1: Draft Pacific Coast Fishery Ecosystem Plan
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 2: Draft Outline for an Annual State-of-the-Ecosystem Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental EPDT Report
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Supplemental EPDT PowerPoint (deReynier)
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental EAS Report
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report

I. Enforcement Issues

Agenda Item I.1: Annual NMFS Enforcement Report
- Agenda Item I.1.b, Supplemental NMFS OLE Report: Pacific Coast Enforcement Highlights for 2011

Informational Reports

Supplemental Informational Report 1: Oregon Live Editorial from Ben Enticknap Regarding World Oceans Day; Forage Fish

Council Groundfish Informational Session

PowerPoint: 2013-14 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Advance Informational Briefing

Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)

Budget Committee (BC) Agenda
Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) Agenda
Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) Agenda
Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS) 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
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
Draft April 2012 SSC Minutes

Committee Memos

Committee Memo: Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team, Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel, and Interested Persons
Committee Memo: Ecosystem Plan Development Team, Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel, and Interested Persons
Committee Memo: Enforcement Consultants
Committee Memo: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, Groundfish Management Team, and Interested Persons
Committee Memo: Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, Highly Migratory Species Management Team, and Interested Persons
Committee Memo: Scientific and Statistical Committee

General Information

General Information: Chair’s Reception, Driving Directions, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information

September 2012 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

Agenda Item A.3: Supplemental WCGA Update
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 1: Questions from the WCGA on Ocean Health to the NOC Relative to CMSP et al
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 2: WCGA Grant Obligations
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 3: NROC Relationship With NE Regional Planning Body
- Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 4: Addressing Capacity & Organization of WCGA Action Coordination Teams
Agenda Item A.4: September 13-18, 2012 Agenda

B. Enforcement Issues

Agenda Item B.1: Current Enforcement Issues; September
- Agenda Item B.1.b: Washington Enforcement Report, Joint Enforcement Agreement (JEA) 2012-2013 Final Report
- Agenda Item B.1.b: Supplemental Tri-State Enforcement PowerPoint

C. Highly Migratory Species Management

Agenda Item C.1: NMFS Report on Highly Migratory Species Management
- Agenda Item C.1.a, Attachment 1: Northern Committee of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, Eighth Regular Session, Provisional Annotated Agenda
- Agenda Item C.1.b, NMFS Report: NMFS HMS International and Regulatory Activities Report
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Report on the Results of the 8th Regular Session of the Northern Committee, September 3-6, 2012
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Attachment 1: Report of the Twelfth Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Tuna And Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean Plenary Session
- Agenda Item C.1.c, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Werner)
- Agenda Item C.1.e, Public Comment
- Agenda Item C.1.e, Supplemental Public Comment 2

D. Habitat

Agenda Item D.1: Current Habitat Issues
- Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1: Council Letter to the Secretary of the Interior
- Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 2: Reply from Donald Glaser, Bureau of Reclamation
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item D.1.c, Supplemental SAS Report

E. Salmon Management

Agenda Item E.1: California Hatchery Review Report
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1: News Release
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 2: CHSRG Report Excerpt – Recommendations
- Agenda Item E.1.b, CHSRG Report: California Hatchery Review Report (electronic/on line only)
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental CHSRG PowerPoint
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental STT Report
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item E.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item E.2: 2012 Salmon Methodology Review
- Agenda Item E.2.a, Attachment 1: Email to the Agencies From Chuck Tracy Dated June 19, 2012
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental MEW Report
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental NWIFC Report: Comparison of Two Methods for Estimating Coho Salmon Encounters and Release Mortalities in the Ocean Mark-Selective Fishery
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental ODFW Report: Request for SSC and STT Review of Proposed Changes to the A13/OCN Workgroup Coho Marine Survival Index
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental STT Report
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item E.2.b, Supplemental Tribal Comments
Agenda Item E.3: Salmon Fishery Management Plan Amendment 17 Annual Regulatory Cycle and Minor Updates
- Agenda Item E.3.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan Amendment 17: Annual Regulatory Cycle and Minor Updates
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental CDFG Report: Proposed Modification to Ocean Salmon Regulatory Timeline
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental STT Report
- Agenda Item E.3.b, Supplemental SAS Report
Agenda Item E.4: FMP Amendment 18 – Update of Essential Fish Habitat for Salmon
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Coast Salmon Plan Amendment 18 Draft Preliminary Alternatives
- Agenda Item E.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Table 1 Replacement
- Agenda Item E.4.c, Supplemental NMFS Report
- Agenda Item E.4.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item E.4.c, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item E.4.c, Supplemental HC Report
Agenda Item E.5: Lower Columbia Endangered Species Act Salmon and Steelhead Recovery Plan
- Agenda Item E.5.a, Attachment 1: Fact Sheet on Proposed Lower Columbia Recovery Plan
- Agenda Item E.5.a, Attachment 2: Executive Summary from Proposed Lower Columbia Recovery Plan
- Agenda Item E.5.a, Attachment 3: Proposed ESA Recovery Plan for Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon, Lower Columbia River Chinook Salmon, Columbia River Chum Salmon, and Lower Columbia River Steelhead (full main document available on the briefing book CD and online at http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Salmon-Recovery-Planning/Recovery-Domains/Willamette-Lower-Columbia/LC/plan.cfm). Get the Appendices Only by visiting: http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Salmon-Recovery-Planning/Recovery-Domains/Willamette-Lower-Columbia/LC/plan.cfm
- Agenda Item E.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Letter from Will Stelle Regarding Extension of Public Comment Period on the Proposed ESA Recovery Plan for LCR Coho Salmon
- Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: Overview of Proposed ESA Recovery Plan (Patty Dornbusch)
- Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item E.5.b, Supplemental HC Report

F. Pacific Halibut Management

Agenda Item F.1: Pacific Halibut Management South of Humbug Mountain
- Agenda Item F.1.b, Attachment 1: Ad Hoc South Of Humbug Pacific Halibut Workgroup Report on Biological, Monitoring, Assessment, and Apportionment Issues in Area 2A
- Agenda Item F.1.b, CFGC Letter: California Fish and Game Commission Letter to IPHC, NMFS, and PFMC
- Agenda Item F.1.b, IPHC Letter: International Pacific Halibut Commission Letter responding to CFGC Letter
- Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental SHPHW PowerPoint
- Agenda Item F.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item F.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item F.2: 2013 Pacific Halibut Regulations
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Attachment 1: 2012 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Report on the 2012 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A (9/3/2012)
- Agenda Item F.2.b, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to Catch Sharing Plan and 2013 Annual Regulations
- Agenda Item F.2.b, ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2013 Fishery
- Agenda Item F.2.b, CDFG Report: California Department of Fish and Game Report on Final Recreational Catch Estimates and Proposed Changes to the 2013 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item F.2.c, Public Comment
Agenda Item F.3: Pacific Halibut Bycatch Estimate for Use in the 2013 Groundfish Fisheries
- Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 1: Letter from NMFS NWFSC to Dan Wolford
- Agenda Item F.3.b, NMFS Report 1: Draft excerpts from Pacific Halibut Bycatch in the U.S. West Coast IFQ Groundfish Fishery (2011) and non-IFQ Groundfish Fisheries (2002–2011)
- Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: DRAFT Pacific Halibut Bycatch in the U.S. West Coast IFQ Groundfish Fishery (2011) and non-IFQ Groundfish Fisheries (2002-2011)
- Agenda Item F.3.b, Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: Northwest Fisheries Science Center Groundfish Observer Program
- Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item F.3.c, Supplemental GAP Report

G. Administrative Matters

Agenda Item G.1: Legislative Matters
- Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 1: September 2012 Staff Summary of Federal Legislation
- Agenda Item G.1.a, Attachment 2: August 23, 2012 Letter from Congressman Thompson and Congresswoman Herrera-Buetler
- Agenda Item G.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: H.R. 6362, a Bill to Direct the Secretary of Commerce to Issue a Fishing Capacity Reduction Loan to Refinance the Existing Loan Funding the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Fishing Capacity Reduction Program
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental LC Report
Agenda Item G.2: Research Planning
- Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1: Initial Draft, Research and Data Needs, 2013
- Agenda Item G.2.b, NMFS FSC Report
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental FSC PowerPoint (Werner/Stein)
- Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental STT Report
- Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item G.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item G.3: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1: Draft Minutes: 206th Session of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (November 2010)
Agenda Item G.4: Fiscal Matters
- Agenda Item G.4.b, Supplemental Budget Committee Report
Agenda Item G.5: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 1: Draft COP Protocol for Consideration of Exempted Fishing Permits for Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries
- Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 2: Federal Register Notice regarding Proposed Rule for Confidentiality Regulations
- Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 3: Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 3, June 2012 (Confidentiality Comments by the GMT)
- Agenda Item G.5.a, Attachment 4: Advisory Body Composition
- Agenda Item G.5.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item G.5.c, Public Comment: Letter from Midwater Trawlers Cooperative
Agenda Item G.6: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Attachment 2: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 1-7, 2012 in Costa Mesa, California
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item G.6.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, November 2-7, 2012 in Costa Mesa, California
- Agenda Item G.6.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item G.6.c, Supplemental Public Comment

H. Groundfish Management

Agenda Item H.1: NMFS Report on Groundfish Management
- Agenda Item H.1.b, Attachment 1: Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint (McClure)
Agenda Item H.2: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions for Cost Recovery and Process Issues
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 1: Final Council Cost Recovery Program Recommendations (September 2011)
- Agenda Item H.2.a, Attachment 2: Status of Trailing Actions and Calendar
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: Cost Recovery, Issues Needing Clarification from the Council
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Future Carryover Options
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 3: Modifications to Chafing Gear Regulations for Midwater Trawl Gear
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.2.b, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item H.2.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item H.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (MTC Codend Pics)
Agenda Item H.3: Stock Assessment Planning
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 1: Assessment Methods for Data-Moderate Stocks – Report of the Methodology Review Panel Meeting
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 2: Collaborative Optical-Acoustic Survey Technigue (COAST) – Report of the Methodology Review Panel Meeting
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 3: Draft Terms of Reference for the Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment and Review Process for 2013-2014
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 4: Draft Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Rebuilding Analysis for 2013-2014
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Attachment 5: Draft Terms of Reference for the Methodology Review Process for Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species
- Agenda Item H.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: Report on the Meeting of the SSC Groundfish and Economic Subcommittees and Groundfish Management Team
- Agenda Item H.3.b, NMFS Report: NMFS Report on Groundfish Stock Assessment Planning for 2013
- Agenda Item H.3.b, GMT Report: Comments from Members of the Groundfish Management Team to the Scientific and Statistical Committee Regarding the Stock Assessment and Rebuilding Analysis Terms of Reference Documents and Continuing Issues with the Evaluation of Rebuilding Plans
- Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2: Report on Stock Assessment Planning
- Agenda Item H.3.b Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint: Stock Assessment Planning
- Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item H.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.3.c, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item H.4: Update on Biological Opinion for the Groundfish Fishery, Including Consideration of Seabird Protection Regulations
- Agenda Item H.4.b, NMFS Draft Biological Opinion: Draft Reasonable and Prudent Measures, Terms and Conditions, and Conservation Recommendations
- Agenda Item H.4.b, USFWS Draft Biological Opinion: Draft Reasonable and Prudent Measures, Terms and Conditions, and Conservation Recommendations
- Agenda Item H.4.b, NMFS Report: Excerpt of the Alaska Streamer Line Regulations
- Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item H.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item H.5: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
- Agenda Item H.5.b, NMFS Report: West Coast Groundfish IFQ Fishery Catch Summary: Mid-year Report, 2012
- Agenda Item H.5.b, WDFW Report: WDFW Report on Inseason Adjustments
- Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental ODFW Report: ODFW Report on the IFQ Program off Oregon
- Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item H.6: Phase 1 Report for Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Review
- Agenda Item H.6.a, Supplemental EFHRC PowerPoint
- Agenda Item H.6.a Attachment 1: Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) to Modify Essential Fish Habitat for Pacific Coast Groundfish
- Agenda Item H.6.a Attachment 2: Public Comments on the Draft RFP
- Agenda Item H.6.b, EFHRC Report 1: Pacific Coast Groundfish 5-Year Review of Essential Fish Habitat Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council Phase 1: New Information (Full Report Online and CD Only)
- Agenda Item H.6.b, Supplemental EFHRC Report 2
- Agenda Item H.6.b , NMFS Report: NMFS Science Center Synthesis Outline: NMFS Science Center Analysis of the Council’s EFHRC Groundfish EFH Phase 1 Report
- Agenda Item H.6.b, Supplemental NMFS Science Center PowerPoint (McClure)
- Agenda Item H.6.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item H.6.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item H.6.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.6.b Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item H.6.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item H.6.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item H.6.c, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Shester)
Agenda Item H.7: Reconsideration of Initial Catch Share Allocations in the Mothership and Shoreside Pacific Whiting Fisheries
- Agenda Item H.7.a Supplemental Agenda Item Overview (Seger)
- Agenda Item H.7.a, Attachment 1: Reconsideration of Initial Catch Share Allocations in the Mothership and Shoreside Pacific Whiting Fisheries, Draft Environmental Assessment
- Agenda Item H.7.a, Attachment 2: Guidance For Making Allocation Decisions
- Agenda Item H.7.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Supplemental Analysis/Errata
- Agenda Item H.7.b, NMFS Report: A Draft Rulemaking Schedule for the Reconsideration of Allocation of Whiting for the Shoreside and Mothership Sectors of the Trawl Rationalization Program
- Agenda Item H.7.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: Reconsideration of Initial Catch Share Allocations in the Mothership and Shoreside Pacific Whiting Fisheries, NMFS Recommendations For Related Provisions in RAW 2
- Agenda Item H.7.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item H.7.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 6
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 7
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 8
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 9
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 10
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 11
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 12
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 13
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment 14
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Ocean Gold)
- Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental Public Comment PowerPoint (Midwater Trawlers Cooperative)

I. Open Comment Period

Agenda Item I.1, Open Comment 1: Fixed Gear Needs a Bigger Share
Agenda Item I.1, Open Comment 2: Safety Concerns Relating to the Observer Program for Nearshore Fixed Gear Vessels
Agenda Item I.1, Open Comment 3: Letters of Support of Forage Fish Conservation
Agenda Item I.1, Supplemental Open Comment 4: Additional Letters of Support of Forage Fish Conservation (Full Version Available on Web Only)

Informational Reports

Informational Report 1: Final Memorandum of Understanding Between NMFS and USFWS to Promote the Conservation of Migratory Bird Populations
Informational Report 2: Call for Papers: Predator and Forage Fish Dynamics in Eastern Boundary, Especially the California Currents (dainley@penguinscience.com)
Informational Report 3: Albacore Landings by Canadian Vessels in U.S. West Coast Ports CORRECTED
Supplemental Informational Report 4: Status Report of the 2012 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California
Supplemental Informational Report 5: NOAA Fisheries Update: “A Presentation to the Pacific Fishery Management Council”; Paul Doremus, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations

Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)

Budget Committee (BC) Agenda
Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
Essential Fish Habitat Review Committee (EFHRC) Agenda
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
Habitat Committee (HC) Agenda
Legislative Committee (LC) Agenda
Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
SSC Economic Subcommittee Agenda

Committee Memos

Enforcement Consultants
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, Groundfish Management Team
Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Review Committee
Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Salmon Technical Team, and Model Evaluation Workgroup
Scientific and Statistical Committee

General Information

General Information: Chair’s Reception, Driving Directions, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information, Tax Exempt Form

November 2012 Briefing Book

A. Call to Order

Agenda Item A.3, Supplemental Attachment 1: Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries Conference 3 Flyer
Agenda Item A.4: Proposed Agenda for the November 3-7, 2012 Council Meeting

B. Open Comment Period

Agenda Item B.1, Open Comment Period: ~~Lenfest Ocean Program Presentation on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 7 p.m., Balboa Bay 2 Room~~ (PRESENTATION CANCELLED)
Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 2: Highly Migratory Species, Proposed Drift Gillnet Expansion Letter From Oceana (With Signatories, Website Only)
Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 3: Letters From American Cetacean Society Regarding Forage Fish
Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 4: Letters Regarding California-Based Drift Gillnet Fishery
Agenda Item B.1, Supplemental Open Comment 5: Oceana – The Swordfish Fishery and Our Blue Serengeti

C. Salmon Management

Agenda Item C.1: NMFS Report (Salmon)
- Agenda Item C.1.b, NMFS Report: Evaluating the Effects of Salmon Fisheries on Southern Resident Killer Whales: A Bilateral Workshop Process Co-Sponsored by NOAA Fisheries and Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Agenda Item C.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report 2: 2012 West Coast Salmon GSI Sampling
Agenda Item C.2: Preseason Salmon Management Schedule for 2013
- Agenda Item C.2.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Fishery Management Council Schedule and Process for Developing 2013 Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Measures
Agenda Item C.3: 2012 Salmon Methodology Review
- Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 1: Implementation and Assessment of Proposed Bias-Correction Methods for Mark-Selective Fisheries into Fishery Regulation Assessment Model (FRAM) for Coho
- Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 2: Impacts of Mark-Selective Ocean Recreational Fisheries on Washington Coast Coho Stocks
- Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 3: Technical Revision to the Oregon Coastal Natural (OCN) Coho Work Group Harvest Matrix
- Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 4: Comparison of Two Methods for Estimating Coho Salmon Encounters and Release Mortalities in the Ocean Mark-selective Fishery
- Agenda Item C.3.a, Attachment 5: Review of Modifications to Chinook FRAM Size Limit Algorithms Implemented to Allow Evaluation of Size Limit Changes
- Agenda Item C.3.b, STT Report
- Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental MEW Report
- Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item C.3.b, Supplemental PSMFC Report

D. Habitat

Agenda Item D.1: Current Habitat Issues
- Agenda Item D.1.a, Attachment 1: Council Letter to the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
- Agenda Item D.1.b, Supplemental HC Report

E. Pacific Halibut Management

Agenda Item E.1: 2013 Pacific Halibut Regulations
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 1: 2012 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan For Area 2A
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Attachment 2: Fall 2012 Newsletter Excerpt
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: IPHC News Release, October 9, 2012, Changes to the IPHC Interim and Annual Meetings
- Agenda Item E.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: IPHC Information Bulletin #70, New Format for IPHC Staff Harvest Advice
- Agenda Item E.1.b, NMFS Report: Report on the 2012 Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Area 2A
- Agenda Item E.1.b, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Catch Sharing Plan and 2013 Annual Regulations
- Agenda Item E.1.b, ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Proposed Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the 2013 Fishery
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental IPHC Report 1: Pacific Halibut Management Catch Sharing Plan
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item E.1.b, Supplemental GAP Report

F. Administrative Matters

~~Agenda Item F.1: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes~~
- Agenda Item Cancelled
Agenda Item F.2: Fiscal Matters
- Agenda Item F.2.b, Supplemental Budget Committee Report
Agenda Item F.3: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
- Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 1: Letter from the Quinault Indian Nation Requesting a Seat on the CPSMT and Nominating Mr. Alan Sarich to That Seat
- Agenda Item F.3.a, Attachment 2: Complete Listing of Nominations for the 2013-2015 Advisory Body Term
- Agenda Item F.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Nominations or Support Letters for Advisory Body Members Received After the Initial Deadline (10/11/12)
Agenda Item F.4: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
- Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 2: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, March 5-11, 2013 in Tacoma, Washington
- Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
- Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 4: Preliminary Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, March 6-11, 2013 in Tacoma, Washington
- Agenda Item F.4.b, CPSMT Report: Workshop to Re-Evaluate Parameters of the Harvest Control Rule for Pacific Sardine
- Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report 2
- Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item F.4.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item F.4.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2

G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

Agenda Item G.1: NMFS Report (CPS)
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental NMFS Report
- Agenda Item G.1.b, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Vetter)
Agenda Item G.2: Exempted Fishing Permit Process
- Agenda Item G.2.a, Attachment 1: Draft Council Operating Procedure 23
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item G.2.b, Supplemental CPSAS Report
Agenda Item G.3: Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment and Management for 2013, Including Preliminary EFP Proposals and Tribal Set-Aside
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 1: Letter from Ed Johnstone, Quinault Fisheries Policy Spokesperson, Regarding the Quinault Indian Nation’s Intent to Establish a Tribal Allocation and to Participate in the 2013 Pacific Sardine Fishery
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 2: Notice of Intent to conduct EFP research, from Northwest Sardine Survey, LLC
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 3: Final EFP proposal for 2012 activities, from Northwest Sardine Survey, LLC. (Available Electronically on CD and the Briefing Book Website Only)
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 4: West Coast Vancouver Island (WCVI) Swept Area Trawl Survey Methodology. (Available Electronically on CD and the Briefing Book Website Only)
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 5: WCVI Methodology Review Panel Report
- Agenda Item G.3.a, Attachment 6: Northwest Aerial Sardine Survey – Sampling Results in 2012. (Available Electronically on CD and the Briefing Book Website Only)
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Assessment Report: Executive Summary, Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2012 for U.S. Management in 2013
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental Assessment Report 2: Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2012 for U.S. Management in 2013 (Available Electronically Below):
  - Main Document
  - Figures
  - Appendix A: Acoustic-Trawl Estimates of Sardine Biomass off California During Spring 2012
  - Appendix B: Acoustic-Trawl Estimates of Sardine Biomass off the Coasts of the United States of America and Canada During Summer 2012
  - Appendix C: SS Files for Update Model X6e
- Agenda Item G.3.b, Supplemental SWFSC PowerPoint (Hill)
- Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental CPSMT Report
- Agenda Item G.3.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item G.3.d, Public Comment
- Agenda Item G.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item G.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item G.3.d, Supplemental Public Comment 4 (Shester PowerPoint)

H. Enforcement Issues

Agenda Item H.1: Current Enforcement Issues
- Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1: December 14, 2011 Letter to OLE from Executive Director Don McIsaac on Enforcement Priorities for 2012
- Agenda Item H.1.b, NMFS Report
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental EC Report
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report

I. Groundfish Management

Agenda Item I.1: NMFS Report (Groundfish)
- Agenda Item I.1.b, Attachment 1: Federal Register Notices Published Since the Last Council Meeting
- Agenda Item I.1.b, Attachment 2: Estimated Discard and Catch of Groundfish Species in the 2011 US West Coast Fisheries (Available Electronically on CD and the Briefing Book Website Only)
- Agenda Item I.1.c, REVISED Supplemental NWFSC PowerPoint (McClure/Stein)
- Agenda Item I.1.d, Supplemental SSC Report
Agenda Item I.2: Amendment 24 (Improvements to the Groundfish Management Process)
- Agenda Item I.2.a, Attachment 1: Amendment 24 Workgroup Report on Proposed Changes to the Groundfish Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Process
- Agenda Item I.2.a, Supplemental Staff Overview PowerPoint: Amendment 24 Workgroup Recommendations, Improvements to the Groundfish Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Process
- Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item I.2.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item I.2.c, Supplemental Public Comment
Agenda Item I.3: Progress Report on Using Descending Devices to Mitigate Barotrauma in Recreational Fisheries
- Agenda Item I.3.b, GMT Report: Groundfish Management Team Progress Report on Developing Mortality Rates for Rockfish Released Using Descending Devices
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental GMT Report 2
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental GMT Presentation: GMT Progress Report on Developing Mortality Rates for Rockfish Released Using Descending Devices (PowerPoint)
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental RecFIN Technical Committee Letter: Regarding GMT Progress Report on Descending Devices for Rockfish Discards
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item I.3.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item I.4: Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
- Agenda Item I.4.b, ODFW Report: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Inseason Recreational Fishery Yelloweye Rockfish Impacts
- Agenda Item I.4.b, WDFW Report: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Inseason Adjustments for 2013
- Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: IFQ Fishery Catch Update
- Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item I.4.b, Supplemental GAP Report
Agenda Item I.5: Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions and Updates
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental Staff Agenda Item Overview Presentation (Seger)
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 1: Trailing Actions, Status Of Trailing Actions And Calendar
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 2: Chafing Gear ES, Chafing Gear Draft Environmental Assessment Executive Summary
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 3: Chafing Gear EA, Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions: Chafing Gear Draft Environmental Assessment (Available Electronically on CD and the Briefing Book Website Only)
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 4: Gear Workshop, Trawl Gear Regulation Change Proposals Developed at Trawl Fishery Gear Workshop
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 5: Lender Issues, Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions Issue: Lenders. Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 6: Whiting Season, Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions Issue: Whiting Season and Southern Allocation, Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 7: Widow Reallocation, Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions Issue: Widow Rockfish QS Reallocation, Draft Council Decision Analysis Document
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 8: Whiting Carryover. Pacific Whiting Carryover Implementation
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Attachment 9: Electronic Monitoring, Possible Regulation Amendment Process for Consideration of Electronic Monitoring as a Replacement for the 100% Observer Coverage Requirement
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 10: PowerPoint Presentation From the Shorebased Whiting Carryover Workshop, November 2, 2012
- Agenda Item I.5.a, Supplemental Attachment 11: Excertps from the 2006 Biological Opinion on Salmon Regarding the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7 Consultation – Supplemental Biological Opinion Consultation Number: 2006/00754
- Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental NMFS Report: Summary of Adaptive Management Program
- Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental NOAA Presentation: Computational Vision-based Monitoring, Current Agency Collaborative Research Efforts (Brady)
- Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental PSMFC Report: Electronic Monitoring Update
- Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental US Advisory Panel Draft Minutes: DRAFT US Canada Whiting Treaty, October 22, 2012 Advisory Panel U.S. Delegation Minutes
- Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental Workshop Report: Summary of the November 2, 2012 Pacific Whiting Carryover Workshop
- Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item I.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item I.5.c, Public Comment
- Agenda Item I.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item I.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item I.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 4
- Agenda Item I.5.c, Supplemental Public Comment 5 (MTC PowerPoint)

J. Highly Migratory Species Management

Agenda Item J.1: Council Recommendations on International Highly Migratory Species Management
- Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 1: Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission 84th Meeting (Extraordinary), La Jolla, California (USA) 24 – 25 October 2012; Provisional Agenda
- Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 2: Review of the Implementation and Effectiveness of CMM 2008-01, WCPFC-SC8-2012/ SC8-WCPFC8-01
- Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 3: Conservation and Management Measure for Bigeye, Yellowfin and Skipjack Tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean; Paper prepared by the WCPFC Chair and WCPFC Vice-Chair
- Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 4: Excerpt from Report of the Twelfth Meeting Of The International Scientific Committee For Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean Plenary Session 18-23 July 2012, Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan
- Agenda Item J.1.a, Attachment 5: Draft Conservation and Management Measure for Pacific Bluefin Tuna (Northern Committee Eighth Regular Session, September 3-6, 2012)
- Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 6: WCPFC Ninth Regular Session, Provisional Agenda (2-6 December 2012, Manila Philippines)
- Agenda Item J.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 7: WCPFC Overlap Area Considerations by IATTC
- Agenda Item J.1.b, Supplemental HMSMT Report
- Agenda Item J.1.b, Supplemental HMSAS Report
- Agenda Item J.1.c, Public Comment: Letter from the American Albacore Fishing Association
- Agenda Item J.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 2
- Agenda Item J.1.c, Supplemental Public Comment 3

K. Ecosystem Based Management

Agenda Item K.1: Council Fishery Ecosystem Development
- Agenda Item K.1.a, Attachment 1: Draft Pacific Coast Fishery Ecosystem Plan
- Agenda Item K.1.a, Supplemental Attachment 2: Final Motion From June 2012
- Agenda Item K.1.b, Supplemental EPDT Presentation
- Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental EAS Report
- Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental EAS Presentation
- Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item K.1.c Supplemental HMSAS Report
- Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental SAS Report
- Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item K.1.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item K.1.d, Public Comment
- Agenda Item K.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2 (With Signatories, Website Only)
- Agenda Item K.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 3
- Agenda Item K.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment 4
- Agenda Item K.1.e, Supplemental WDFW Motion
Agenda Item K.2: Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Implementation Report
- Agenda Item K.2.b, NWFSC and SWFSC Report
- Agenda Item K.2.b, Supplemental NWFSC and SWFSC Presentation
- Agenda Item K.2.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item K.2.c, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item K.2.c, Supplemental GAP Report
- Agenda Item K.2.c, Supplemental HC Report
- Agenda Item K.2.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item K.2.c, Supplemental EAS Report
Agenda Item K.3: California Current Ecosystem Report
- Agenda Item K.3.a, Supplemental Attachment 1: Draft Annual State of the California Current Ecosystem Report
- Agenda Item K.3.b, Supplemental EPDT Presentation
- Agenda Item K.3.c, Supplemental SSC Report
- Agenda Item K.3.c, Supplemental GMT Report
- Agenda Item K.3.c, Supplemental CPSAS Report
- Agenda Item K.3.c, Supplemental EAS Report

Informational Reports

Informational Report 1: Federal Register Notice Dated September 28, 2012, 90-Day Finding on Petitions to List the Northeastern Pacific Ocean Distinct Population Segment of Great White Shark as Threatened or Endangered Under the ESA
Informational Report 2: DRAFT Terms of Reference for the Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review Process for 2013-2014 (Dated October 2012)
Informational Report 3: Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative Amendment 20 Catcher/Processor Cooperative Preliminary Annual Report 2012 (Dated October 2012)
Informational Report 4: H.R. 2706, Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 (January 3, 2012)
Supplemental Informational Report 5: Whiting Mothership Cooperative; an Amendment 20 Mothership Catcher Vessel Cooperative Preliminary Report on the 2012 Pacific Whiting Fishery
Supplemental Informational Report 6: Status Report of the 2012 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California

Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)

Budget Committee (BC) Agenda
Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) Agenda
Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) Agenda
Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS) 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
Pacific Whiting Carryover Workshop Agenda
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda
SSC DRAFT Summary Minutes (from their September 13-14, 2012 meeting)

Committee Memos

Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team, Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel
Ecosystem Plan Development Team, Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel
Enforcement Consultants
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, Groundfish Management Team
Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, Highly Migratory Species Management Team
Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Salmon Technical Team, and Model Evaluation Workgroup
Scientific and Statistical Committee Memo

General Information

General Information: Annual Banquet (Dr. John Coon, Deputy Chief Mike Cenci are the honorees), Driving Directions, Seating Chart, Hotel Information, Restaurant Information, Tax Exempt Form