2009-2010 Groundfish Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures

• Information on the Proposed Action
• Summary
• For more information
• Recent briefing materials (may include document drafts)

Information on the Proposed Action

Type of action:  Rulemaking (regulatory action)
Type of NEPA Document:  SEIS
Date of Council final action:  June 2008

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Summary

The proposed action establishes harvest guidelines applicable in 2009-10 for groundfish species, species groups, and geographic subunits, which for overfished (depleted) species are based on targets identified in the revised rebuilding plans. In order to constrain fisheries to these harvest guidelines, management measures for commercial and recreational fisheries are identified. Management measures considered for commercial fisheries include two-month cumulative landing limits for species, species groups, and geographic subunits for limited entry trawl and fixed gear sectors, and fisheries not license limited under the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, and gear restrictions to reduce bycatch of overfished species and reduce habitat impacts. Management measures considered for recreational fisheries include bag limits, size limits, and fishing seasons; which vary by state. In addition, area closures based on depth and intended to reduce bycatch of species apply to both commercial and recreational fisheries that are likely to catch these species. These closures vary by geographic area and time of year. A variety of fisheries catching groundfish are subject to this action, including limited entry trawl fisheries, limited entry fixed gear (pot and longline) fisheries, and other fisheries catching groundfish either as target species or incidentally.

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For more information

Contact:
Mr. John DeVore
Groundfish Staff Officer
Pacific Fishery Management Council
503-820-2280 or toll free 1-866-806-7204
John.DeVore@noaa.gov

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Recent briefing materials (may include document drafts)

June 2008

• Agenda Item F.9  Final Adoption of 2009-2010 Groundfish Harvest Specifications, Management Measures, and Rebuilding Plan Revisions
  • Agenda Item F.9.a, Supplemental Economic Analysis  Preliminary Economic Analysis of the 2009-10 Groundfish Spex Management Alternatives
  • Agenda Item F.9.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
  • Agenda Item F.9.b, Supplemental WDFW Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.9.b, Supplemental CDFG Report
  • Agenda Item F.9.b, Supplemental ODFW Report
  • Agenda Item F.9.b, Supplemental Tribal Report (Makah)
  • Agenda Item F.9.b, Supplemental Tribal Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.9.b, Supplemental Quinault Tribal Comments
  • Agenda Item F.9.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.9.c, Supplemental GMT Report



• Agenda Item F.4  Tentative Adoption of 2009-2010 Groundfish Harvest Specifications, Management Measures, and Rebuilding Plan Revisions
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 1  Excerpted Portions of the Preliminary Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Proposed Acceptable Biological Catch and Optimum Yield Specifications and Management Measures for the 2009-2010 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery (DEIS)
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 2  Preliminary Draft Chapter 4 of the 2009-10 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures EIS; Appending Agenda Item F.4.a, Attachment 1
  • Agenda Item F.4.a, Supplemental Attachment 3  Rebuilding Consequences of Delaying the Yelloweye Rockfish Ramp-Down and Maintaining an OY of 17 mt in 2010
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, CDFG Report  Yelloweye Rockfish Recreational Harvest Guideline Catch-Sharing Options for the 2009-2010 Regulatory Specifications and Implications for the California Recreational Fishery
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, CDFG Report 2  Practical Range of Management Specification Options for California’s 2009-2010 Commercial and Recreational Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental CDFG Report 3  Revisions to Chapter 2 and Chapter 4 for the 2009-2010 California Recreational Fishery Management Measures
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental CDFG Report 4  Changes to Commercial RCA Lines
  Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental ODFW Report  ODFW Report Summarizing Public Comment Received Regarding 2009-2010 Commercial and Recreational Groundfish Management Measures
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental ODFW Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental ODFW Report 3
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental NMFS Report  Response to Request for Spatial Analysis of NWFSC Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey and Observer Program Data for Canary and Yelloweye Rockfish
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental WDFW Report 1
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental WDFW Report 2
  • Agenda Item F.4.b, Supplemental Tribal Report (Quileute Tribe)
  • Agenda Item F.4.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item F.4.d, Public Comments
  • Agenda Item F.4.d, Supplemental Public Comments 2
  • Agenda Item F.4.d, Supplemental Public Comments 3 (Items Received at Meeting)

April 2008

• Agenda Item H.1  Harvest Specifications for 2009-2010 Fisheries
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 1  Pacific Fishery Management Council and National Marine Fisheries Service Schedule and Process for Developing 2009-2010 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, Attachment 2  Tables and Graphics Relevant to Deciding 2009-2010 Groundfish Harvest Specifications
  • Agenda Item H.1.a, November 2007 SSC Report on Rebuilding Analyses  Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Rebuilding Analyses for 2009-2010 Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental GMT Report 2 (Corrected Tables)
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental GMT Report 3 (Additional Corrected Table)
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item H.1.d, Supplemental Public Comment



• Agenda Item H.5  Part I of Management Measures for 2009-2010 Fisheries
  • Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 1  2009-2010 Management Issues Recommended by the GMT in November 2007
  • Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 2  California Department of Fish and Game Practical Range of Management Specifications for California’s 2009-2010 Commercial and Recreational Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item H.5.a, Attachment 3  Recent Year Catch Estimates Relevant to Deciding a Range of 2009-2010 Management Measures
  • Agenda Item H.5.b, ODFW Report  Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Preliminary Management Measure Alternatives for the 2009-2010 Oregon Recreational Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental CDFG Report  Preliminary Practical Range of Management Specification Options for California's 2009-2010 Commercial and Recreational Groundfish Fisheries
  • Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental NMFS Report  Letter from Russell Woodruff to Robert Lohn Providing Written Notification of the Quileute Tribe's Interest in Harvesting Pacific Whiting Starting in 2009
  • Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental Tribal Report
  • Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental Tribal Report 2
  • Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental Tribal Report 3
  • Agenda Item H.5.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
  • Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item H.5.c, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item H.5.d, Public Comment
  • Agenda Item H.5.d, Supplemental Public Comment 2
  • Agenda Item H.5.e, Supplemental WDFW Motion in Writing



• Agenda Item H.7  Part II of Management Measures for 2009-2010 Fisheries
  • Agenda Item H.7.b, Supplemental Joint ODFW/CDFG Report
  • Agenda Item H.7.b, Supplemental ODFW Report
  • Agenda Item H.7.b, Supplemental ODFW Report 2
  • Agenda Item H.7.b, Supplemental CDFG Report
  • Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item H.7.c, Supplemental GAP Report

November 2007

• Agenda Item D.4  Management Recommendations for 2009-2010 Groundfish Fisheries -- Part I
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Attachment 1  TABLE 2-1(a-c). DRAFT GMT-recommended Alternatives for Acceptable Biological Catches (ABCs) and Total Catch Optimum Yields (OYs) (mt) for 2009 and 2010
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Attachment 2  TABLE 2-2. Basis for the 2009-2010 Optimum Yield Alternatives Recommended by the GMT for Analysis
  • Agenda Item D.4.a, Attachment 3  TABLE 2-3. Estimated Time to Rebuild Relative to Alternative 2009-2010 OYs for Depleted West Coast Groundfish Species
  • Agenda Item D.4.b, Supplemental WDFW Report
  • Agenda Item D.4.c, Supplemental GMT Report
  • Agenda Item D.4.d, Supplemental SSC Report
  • Agenda Item D.4.d, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item D.4.e, Supplemental Public Comment
  • Agenda Item D.4.e, Supplemental Public Comment 2

• Agenda Item D.9  Management Recommendations for 2009-2010 Groundfish Fisheries -- Part II
  • Agenda Item D.9.a, Attachment 1  Issues to Consider in the 2009-2010 Groundfish Specifications and Management Measures Process
  • Agenda Item D.9.b, Supplemental CDFG Report
  • Agenda Item D.9.c, Supplemental GMT Report as corrected on the Council Floor
  • Agenda Item D.9.d, Supplemental GAP Report
  • Agenda Item D.9.d, Supplemental EC Report
  • Agenda Item D.9.e  Public Comment

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