Briefing Book Archive: March 2012 Briefing Book

March 2012 Briefing Book

The Council meeting proposed agendas, agenda item situation summaries, and attachments, for the March 2012 Council Meeting are found below.

• A. Call to Order
• B. Highly Migratory Species Management
• C. Open Comment
• D. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
• E. Habitat
• F. Groundfish Management
• G. Salmon Management
• H. Pacific Halibut Management
• I. Administrative Matters
• Informational Reports
• Ancillary Meetings (Advisory Body and Committee Agendas)
• General Information
• Salmon Management Documents
• Roster

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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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.)

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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)

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Roster

• Membership Roster (Dated February 10, 2012)

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