Briefing Book Archive: September 2012 Briefing Book

September 2012 Briefing Book

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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