Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings, 34420-34422 [2020-12072]
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Dated: May 28, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
Issue 1: Likelihood of Continuation or
Recurrence of Dumping
Issue 2: Magnitude of the Margin of
Dumping Likely to Prevail
V. Final Results of Sunset Review
VI. Recommendation
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ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold its Fishery Data Collection and
Research Committee (FDCRC), Pelagic
and International Standing Committee,
Executive and Budget Standing
Committee, and 182nd Council
meetings to take actions on fishery
management issues in the Western
Pacific Region.
DATES: The meetings will be held June
22 through 25, 2020. For specific times
and agendas, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
SUMMARY:
The meetings will be held
by web conference via WebEx.
Instructions for connecting to the web
conference and providing oral public
comments will be posted on the Council
website at www.wpcouncil.org. For
assistance with the web conference
connection, contact the Council office at
(808) 522–8220.
The following venues will be the host
sites for the meetings: Hilton Guam
Resort & Spa, Chuchuko Room, 202
Hilton Rd., Tumon Bay, Guam; Hyatt
Regency Saipan, Royal Palm Ave.,
Micro Beach Rd., Saipan,
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI); and Department of Port
Administration, Airport Conference
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Room, Pago Pago Int’l Airport, Tafuna
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director,
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council; phone: (808) 522–8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All times
shown are in Hawaii Standard Time.
The FDCRC meeting will be held
between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 22,
2020. The Pelagic and International
Standing Committee will be held
between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on June 22,
2020. The Executive and Budget
Standing Committee meeting will be
held between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on June
22, 2020. The 182nd Council meeting
will be held between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
on June 23 to 25, 2020.
Please note that the evolving public
health situation regarding COVID–19
may affect the conduct of the June
Council and its associated meetings. At
the time this notice was submitted for
publication, the Council anticipated
convening the meeting by web
conference with host site locations in
Guam, CNMI and American Samoa.
Council staff will monitor COVID–19
developments and will determine the
extent to which in-person public
participation at host sites will be
allowable consistent with applicable
local or federal guidelines. If public
participation will be limited to web
conference only or on a first-come-firstserve basis consistent with applicable
guidelines, the Council will post notice
on its website at www.wpcouncil.org.
Agenda items noted as ‘‘Final Action’’
refer to actions that result in Council
transmittal of a proposed fishery
management plan, proposed plan
amendment, or proposed regulations to
the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, under
Sections 304 or 305 of the MSA. In
addition to the agenda items listed here,
the Council and its advisory bodies will
hear recommendations from Council
advisors. An opportunity to submit
public comment will be provided
throughout the agendas. The order in
which agenda items are addressed may
change and will be announced in
advance at the Council meeting. The
meetings will run as late as necessary to
complete scheduled business.
Background documents for the 182nd
Council meeting will be available at
www.wpcouncil.org. Written public
comments on final action items at the
182nd Council meeting should be
received at the Council office by 5p.m.
HST, June 19, 2020, and should be sent
to Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council, 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1400,
Honolulu, HI 96813, phone: (808) 522–
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8220 or fax: (808) 522–8226; or email:
info.wpcouncil@noaa.gov. Written
public comments on all other agenda
items may be submitted for the record
by email throughout the duration of the
meeting. Instructions for providing oral
public comments during the meeting
will be posted on the Council website.
This meeting will be recorded for the
purposes of generating the minutes of
the meeting.
Agenda for the Fishery Data Collection
and Research Committee
Monday, June 22, 2020, 11 a.m. to 1
p.m.
1. Welcome Remarks and Introductions
2. Update on Previous FDCRC
Recommendations
3. Regulations for Mandatory License
and Reporting
A. Guam
B. CNMI
4. Budgets to Support Fishery Data
Collection
A. Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act
Funding
B. Western Pacific Fishery
Information Network and Territory
Science Initiative Funding
5. Data Collection Improvement Updates
A. Implementation of the Electronic
Reporting Suite
B. Updates on the Data Collection
Outreach Activities
6. Discussion on Addressing the Pacific
Islands Fisheries Monitoring and
Assessment Planning Summit
Recommendations
A. Moving Towards Electronic SelfReporting
B. Moving Shore-Based Creel to
Marine Recreational Information
Program
C. Data Governance for the Electronic
Self-Reporting System
7. Report on FDCRC-Technical
Committee
8. Public Comment
9. Discussions and Recommendations
Agenda for the Pelagic and
International Standing Committee
Monday, June 22, 2020, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
1. Report on Impacts of COVID–19 on
Fisheries
2. Status of Past Council Actions and
Amendments
3. Stock Status Determination for
Oceanic Whitetip Shark and Striped
Marlin
4. Summary of Available Information on
Sea Turtle Interactions in Foreign
Pelagic Fisheries
5. Considerations for Developing
Reasonable and Prudent Measures
(RPMs) and/or Reasonable and
Prudent Alternatives (RPAs) for the
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Deep-set and American Samoa
Longline Fisheries
6. 2021 U.S. and Territorial Longline
Bigeye Specifications (Final Action)
7. Mandatory Electronic Reporting for
the Hawaii Longline Fishery (Initial
Action)
8. International Fisheries
A. Western and Central Pacific
Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
Permanent Advisory Committee
Report
B. Preparation for WCPFC Science
Committee
C. Pre-Assessment Workshop
Outcomes for Yellowfin and Bigeye
D. Workshop on Area-Based
Management of Blue Water
Fisheries
9. Advisory Group Report and
Recommendations
A. Advisory Panel Report
B. Pelagic Plan Team Report
C. Scientific and Statistical
Committee Report
10. Other Issues
11. Public Comment
12. Discussion and Recommendations
Agenda for the Executive and Budget
Standing Committee
Monday, June 22, 2020, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
1. Financial Reports
2. Administrative Reports
3. COVID–19 Impacts
A. Regional Impacts
B. Council Operations and Actions
4. Freedom of Information Act, Office of
Inspector General and
Congressional Requests
5. Council Coordination Committee
Meeting
A. Report of the May Meeting
B. Planning for September Meeting
6. Council Family Changes
7. Marine Conservation Plans
8. Meetings and Workshops
9. Other Issues
10. Public Comment
11. Discussion and Recommendations
Agenda for the 182nd Council Meeting
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m.
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Approval of the 182nd Agenda
3. Approval of the 181st Meeting
Minutes
4. Executive Director’s Report
5. Agency Reports
A. NOAA Office of General Counsel,
Pacific Islands Section
B. National Marine Fisheries Service
1. Pacific Islands Regional Office
2. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science
Center
C. U.S. State Department
D. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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E. Enforcement
1. U.S. Coast Guard
2. NOAA Office of Law Enforcement
3. NOAA Office of General Counsel,
Enforcement Section
F. Public Comment
G. Council Discussion and Action
6. Regional Reports on COVID19
Impacts and Activities
A. American Samoa
B. Guam
C. CNMI
D. Hawaii
E. Pelagic and International Fisheries
7. Program Planning and Research
A. National Legislative Report
B. 2019 Annual Stock Assessment and
Fishery Evaluation Reports
C. Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology
D. Electronic Technologies
Implementation Plan
E. President Executive Order on
Seafood Competitiveness
F. Stock Definitions in the Bottomfish
and Pelagic Fisheries
G. Advisory Group Reports and
Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel Report
2. Archipelagic Plan Team Report
3. Pelagic Plan Team Report
4. FDCRC Report
5. Scientific and Statistical Committee
Report
H. Public Comment
I. Council Discussion and Action
8. Community Engagement and Public
Relations
Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m.
9. American Samoa Archipelago
A. Motu Lipoti
B. Department of Marine and Wildlife
Resources Report (Legislation and
Enforcement)
C. American Samoa Bottomfish
Fishery
1. Status of the Interim Measure
2. Status of the Annual Catch Limit
Specification
3. Development of the Bottomfish
Rebuilding Plan
D. American Samoa Community
Activities
E. Advisory Group Report and
Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel Report
2. Archipelagic Plan Team Report
3. Scientific and Statistical Committee
Report
F. Public Comment
G. Council Discussion and Action
10. Mariana Archipelago
A. Guam
1. Isla Informe
2. Department of Agriculture/Division
of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources
Report (Legislation and
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3. Review of Guam Marine
Conservation Plan
4. Guam Community Activities
B. CNMI
1. Arongol Falu´
2. Department of Land and Natural
Resources/Division of Fish and
Wildlife Report
3. CNMI Community Activities
C. Advisory Group Reports and
Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel Report
2. Scientific and Statistical Committee
Report
D. Public Comment
E. Council Discussion and Action
11. Hawai1i Archipelago and Pacific
Remote Island Areas (PRIA)
A. Moku Pepa
B. Department of Land and Natural
Resources/Division of Aquatic
Resources Report (Legislation,
Enforcement)
C. Update on Managing Hawaii’s
Small-boat Fishery
D. Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) Uku
Fishery
1. Western Pacific Stock Assessment
Review Report on the Uku
Benchmark Stock Assessment
2. Peer-Reviewed Benchmark Stock
Assessment of Uku in MHI
E. Review of PRIA Marine
Conservation Plan
F. Hawaii Community Activities
G. Advisory Group Report and
Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel Report
2. Pelagic Plan Team Report
3. Scientific and Statistical Committee
Report
H. Public Comment
I. Council Discussion and Action
Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 4 p.m. to 5
p.m.
Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
Thursday, June 25, 2020, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m.
12. Protected Species
A. Endangered Species Act (ESA) and
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Updates
1. Status of ESA Consultations
B. Assessing Population Level
Impacts of Marine Turtle
Interactions in the American Samoa
Longline Fishery
C. Summary of Available Information
on Sea Turtle Interactions in
Foreign Pelagic Fisheries
D. Advisory Group Report and
Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel Report
2. Pelagic Plan Team Report
3. Scientific & Statistical Committee
Report
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E. Public Comment
F. Council Discussion and Action
13. Pelagic & International Fisheries
A. Status of Council Actions and
Amendments
1. Amendment 8: International
Measures Implemented into the
Pelagic Fishery Ecosystem Plan and
Western and Central Pacific Ocean
Striped Marlin Catch Limits
2. Amendment 9: Multi-year
Specifications for U.S. and
Territorial Bigeye Longline
Allocation Limits
3. Amendment 10: Shallow-set Trip
Limits for Sea Turtle Interactions
B. Mandatory Electronic Reporting for
the Hawaii Longline Fishery (Initial
Action Item)
C. 2021 U.S. and Territorial Longline
Bigeye Specifications (Final Action
Item)
D. Stock Status Determination for
Oceanic Whitetip Shark and Striped
Marlin
E. Considerations for Developing
RPMs and/or RPAs for the Deep-set
and American Samoa Longline
Fisheries
F. Pre-Assessment Workshop
Outcomes for Yellowfin and Bigeye
Tunas
G. International Fisheries
1. WCPFC Permanent Advisory
Committee Report
2. Workshop on Area-Based
Management of Blue Water
Fisheries
H. Advisory Group Report and
Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel Report
2. Pelagic Plan Team Report
3. Scientific and Statistical Committee
Report
I. Standing Committee Report and
Recommendations
J. Public Comment
K. Council Discussion and Action
14. Administrative Matters
A. Financial Reports
1. Current Grants
B. Administrative Reports
C. Council Coordination Committee
Meetings
D. Council Family Changes
E. Meetings and Workshops
F. Standing Committee Report and
Recommendations
G. Public Comment
H. Council Discussion and Action
Non-emergency issues not contained
in this agenda may come before the
Council for discussion and formal
Council action during its 182nd
meeting. However, Council action on
regulatory issues will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any regulatory issue
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document that requires emergency
action under section 305(c) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the
public has been notified of the Council’s
intent to take action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are accessible to
people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522–8220
(voice) or (808) 522–8226 (fax), at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 1, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Menhaden Fishery
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of withdrawal of federal
moratorium.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces the
withdrawal of the Federal moratorium
on fishing for Atlantic menhaden in the
waters of the Commonwealth of
Virginia. NMFS withdraws the
moratorium, as required by the Atlantic
Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act (Atlantic Coastal Act),
based on its determination that Virginia
is now in compliance with the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission’s
(Commission) Interstate Fishery
Management Plan for Atlantic
Menhaden.
SUMMARY:
June 4, 2020.
Jennifer Wallace, Acting
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13362, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Derek Orner, Fishery Management
Specialist, NMFS Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, (301) 427–8567; derek.orner@
noaa.gov.
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Background
On October 31, 2019, the Commission
found that the Commonwealth of
Virginia is out of compliance with the
Commission’s Interstate Fishery
Management Plan (Plan) for Atlantic
menhaden. Specifically, the
Commission required Virginia to
implement a total allowable harvest
from the Chesapeake Bay Reduction
Fishery that would not exceed 51,000
metric tons (mt). Amendment 3 was
approved in the fall 2017, and was to be
fully implemented by the
Commonwealth of Virginia for the 2018
fishing season. Virginia, however, did
not implement the Commission’s
recommended 51,000 mt cap and
instead maintained its pre-existing
87,216 mt cap. At the time, Atlantic
menhaden in Virginia were managed by
the legislature and not the Virginia
Marine Resources Commission, which
manages all other Virginia fishery
species. The Virginia delegation to the
Commission agreed it was out of
compliance and voted for a noncompliance finding at the Commission’s
Atlantic Menhaden and Policy Boards
as well as the Commission’s Business
Section. The Commission forwarded its
findings of their October 31, 2019 vote
in a formal non-compliance referral
letter that was received by NMFS on
November 18, 2019. On December 17,
2019, NMFS notified the
Commonwealth of Virginia and the
Commission of its determination that
Virginia failed to carry out its
responsibilities under the Commission’s
Atlantic Menhaden Plan and that the
measures Virginia had failed to
implement and enforce are necessary for
the conservation of the menhaden
resource. In this determination and
notification, NMFS detailed the actions
necessary to avoid the implementation
of a Federal moratorium for menhaden
in Virginia waters. Details of this
determination were provided in a
Federal Register notice published on
December 27, 2019 (84 FR 71329), and
are not repeated here.
Activities Pursuant to the Atlantic
Coastal Act
The Atlantic Coastal Act specifies
that, if, after a moratorium is declared
with respect to a State, the Secretary is
notified by the Commission that it is
withdrawing the determination of
noncompliance, the Secretary shall
immediately determine whether the
State is in compliance with the
applicable Plan. If the Secretary
determines that the State is in
compliance, then the moratorium shall
be withdrawn. On May 12, 2020, NMFS
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Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold its Fishery Data Collection and Research Committee (FDCRC),
Pelagic and International Standing Committee, Executive and Budget
Standing Committee, and 182nd Council meetings to take actions on
fishery management issues in the Western Pacific Region.
DATES: The meetings will be held June 22 through 25, 2020. For specific
times and agendas, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held by web conference via WebEx.
Instructions for connecting to the web conference and providing oral
public comments will be posted on the Council website at
www.wpcouncil.org. For assistance with the web conference connection,
contact the Council office at (808) 522-8220.
The following venues will be the host sites for the meetings:
Hilton Guam Resort & Spa, Chuchuko Room, 202 Hilton Rd., Tumon Bay,
Guam; Hyatt Regency Saipan, Royal Palm Ave., Micro Beach Rd., Saipan,
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI); and Department of
Port Administration, Airport Conference Room, Pago Pago Int'l Airport,
Tafuna Village, American Samoa.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director,
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; phone: (808) 522-8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All times shown are in Hawaii Standard Time.
The FDCRC meeting will be held between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 22,
2020. The Pelagic and International Standing Committee will be held
between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on June 22, 2020. The Executive and Budget
Standing Committee meeting will be held between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on
June 22, 2020. The 182nd Council meeting will be held between 11 a.m.
and 5 p.m. on June 23 to 25, 2020.
Please note that the evolving public health situation regarding
COVID-19 may affect the conduct of the June Council and its associated
meetings. At the time this notice was submitted for publication, the
Council anticipated convening the meeting by web conference with host
site locations in Guam, CNMI and American Samoa. Council staff will
monitor COVID-19 developments and will determine the extent to which
in-person public participation at host sites will be allowable
consistent with applicable local or federal guidelines. If public
participation will be limited to web conference only or on a first-
come-first-serve basis consistent with applicable guidelines, the
Council will post notice on its website at www.wpcouncil.org.
Agenda items noted as ``Final Action'' refer to actions that result
in Council transmittal of a proposed fishery management plan, proposed
plan amendment, or proposed regulations to the U.S. Secretary of
Commerce, under Sections 304 or 305 of the MSA. In addition to the
agenda items listed here, the Council and its advisory bodies will hear
recommendations from Council advisors. An opportunity to submit public
comment will be provided throughout the agendas. The order in which
agenda items are addressed may change and will be announced in advance
at the Council meeting. The meetings will run as late as necessary to
complete scheduled business.
Background documents for the 182nd Council meeting will be
available at www.wpcouncil.org. Written public comments on final action
items at the 182nd Council meeting should be received at the Council
office by 5p.m. HST, June 19, 2020, and should be sent to Kitty M.
Simonds, Executive Director; Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council, 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813, phone:
(808) 522-8220 or fax: (808) 522-8226; or email:
[email protected]. Written public comments on all other agenda
items may be submitted for the record by email throughout the duration
of the meeting. Instructions for providing oral public comments during
the meeting will be posted on the Council website. This meeting will be
recorded for the purposes of generating the minutes of the meeting.
Agenda for the Fishery Data Collection and Research Committee
Monday, June 22, 2020, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
1. Welcome Remarks and Introductions
2. Update on Previous FDCRC Recommendations
3. Regulations for Mandatory License and Reporting
A. Guam
B. CNMI
4. Budgets to Support Fishery Data Collection
A. Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act Funding
B. Western Pacific Fishery Information Network and Territory
Science Initiative Funding
5. Data Collection Improvement Updates
A. Implementation of the Electronic Reporting Suite
B. Updates on the Data Collection Outreach Activities
6. Discussion on Addressing the Pacific Islands Fisheries Monitoring
and Assessment Planning Summit Recommendations
A. Moving Towards Electronic Self-Reporting
B. Moving Shore-Based Creel to Marine Recreational Information
Program
C. Data Governance for the Electronic Self-Reporting System
7. Report on FDCRC-Technical Committee
8. Public Comment
9. Discussions and Recommendations
Agenda for the Pelagic and International Standing Committee
Monday, June 22, 2020, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
1. Report on Impacts of COVID-19 on Fisheries
2. Status of Past Council Actions and Amendments
3. Stock Status Determination for Oceanic Whitetip Shark and Striped
Marlin
4. Summary of Available Information on Sea Turtle Interactions in
Foreign Pelagic Fisheries
5. Considerations for Developing Reasonable and Prudent Measures (RPMs)
and/or Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs) for the
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Deep-set and American Samoa Longline Fisheries
6. 2021 U.S. and Territorial Longline Bigeye Specifications (Final
Action)
7. Mandatory Electronic Reporting for the Hawaii Longline Fishery
(Initial Action)
8. International Fisheries
A. Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
Permanent Advisory Committee Report
B. Preparation for WCPFC Science Committee
C. Pre-Assessment Workshop Outcomes for Yellowfin and Bigeye
D. Workshop on Area-Based Management of Blue Water Fisheries
9. Advisory Group Report and Recommendations
A. Advisory Panel Report
B. Pelagic Plan Team Report
C. Scientific and Statistical Committee Report
10. Other Issues
11. Public Comment
12. Discussion and Recommendations
Agenda for the Executive and Budget Standing Committee
Monday, June 22, 2020, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
1. Financial Reports
2. Administrative Reports
3. COVID-19 Impacts
A. Regional Impacts
B. Council Operations and Actions
4. Freedom of Information Act, Office of Inspector General and
Congressional Requests
5. Council Coordination Committee Meeting
A. Report of the May Meeting
B. Planning for September Meeting
6. Council Family Changes
7. Marine Conservation Plans
8. Meetings and Workshops
9. Other Issues
10. Public Comment
11. Discussion and Recommendations
Agenda for the 182nd Council Meeting
Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Approval of the 182nd Agenda
3. Approval of the 181st Meeting Minutes
4. Executive Director's Report
5. Agency Reports
A. NOAA Office of General Counsel, Pacific Islands Section
B. National Marine Fisheries Service
1. Pacific Islands Regional Office
2. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
C. U.S. State Department
D. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
E. Enforcement
1. U.S. Coast Guard
2. NOAA Office of Law Enforcement
3. NOAA Office of General Counsel, Enforcement Section
F. Public Comment
G. Council Discussion and Action
6. Regional Reports on COVID19 Impacts and Activities
A. American Samoa
B. Guam
C. CNMI
D. Hawaii
E. Pelagic and International Fisheries
7. Program Planning and Research
A. National Legislative Report
B. 2019 Annual Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Reports
C. Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology
D. Electronic Technologies Implementation Plan
E. President Executive Order on Seafood Competitiveness
F. Stock Definitions in the Bottomfish and Pelagic Fisheries
G. Advisory Group Reports and Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel Report
2. Archipelagic Plan Team Report
3. Pelagic Plan Team Report
4. FDCRC Report
5. Scientific and Statistical Committee Report
H. Public Comment
I. Council Discussion and Action
8. Community Engagement and Public Relations
Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
9. American Samoa Archipelago
A. Motu Lipoti
B. Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources Report (Legislation
and Enforcement)
C. American Samoa Bottomfish Fishery
1. Status of the Interim Measure
2. Status of the Annual Catch Limit Specification
3. Development of the Bottomfish Rebuilding Plan
D. American Samoa Community Activities
E. Advisory Group Report and Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel Report
2. Archipelagic Plan Team Report
3. Scientific and Statistical Committee Report
F. Public Comment
G. Council Discussion and Action
10. Mariana Archipelago
A. Guam
1. Isla Informe
2. Department of Agriculture/Division of Aquatic and Wildlife
Resources Report (Legislation and Enforcement)
3. Review of Guam Marine Conservation Plan
4. Guam Community Activities
B. CNMI
1. Arongol Fal[uacute]
2. Department of Land and Natural Resources/Division of Fish and
Wildlife Report
3. CNMI Community Activities
C. Advisory Group Reports and Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel Report
2. Scientific and Statistical Committee Report
D. Public Comment
E. Council Discussion and Action
11. Hawai[revaps]i Archipelago and Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA)
A. Moku Pepa
B. Department of Land and Natural Resources/Division of Aquatic
Resources Report (Legislation, Enforcement)
C. Update on Managing Hawaii's Small-boat Fishery
D. Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) Uku Fishery
1. Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review Report on the Uku
Benchmark Stock Assessment
2. Peer-Reviewed Benchmark Stock Assessment of Uku in MHI
E. Review of PRIA Marine Conservation Plan
F. Hawaii Community Activities
G. Advisory Group Report and Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel Report
2. Pelagic Plan Team Report
3. Scientific and Statistical Committee Report
H. Public Comment
I. Council Discussion and Action
Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
Thursday, June 25, 2020, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
12. Protected Species
A. Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act
Updates
1. Status of ESA Consultations
B. Assessing Population Level Impacts of Marine Turtle Interactions
in the American Samoa Longline Fishery
C. Summary of Available Information on Sea Turtle Interactions in
Foreign Pelagic Fisheries
D. Advisory Group Report and Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel Report
2. Pelagic Plan Team Report
3. Scientific & Statistical Committee Report
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E. Public Comment
F. Council Discussion and Action
13. Pelagic & International Fisheries
A. Status of Council Actions and Amendments
1. Amendment 8: International Measures Implemented into the Pelagic
Fishery Ecosystem Plan and Western and Central Pacific Ocean Striped
Marlin Catch Limits
2. Amendment 9: Multi-year Specifications for U.S. and Territorial
Bigeye Longline Allocation Limits
3. Amendment 10: Shallow-set Trip Limits for Sea Turtle
Interactions
B. Mandatory Electronic Reporting for the Hawaii Longline Fishery
(Initial Action Item)
C. 2021 U.S. and Territorial Longline Bigeye Specifications (Final
Action Item)
D. Stock Status Determination for Oceanic Whitetip Shark and
Striped Marlin
E. Considerations for Developing RPMs and/or RPAs for the Deep-set
and American Samoa Longline Fisheries
F. Pre-Assessment Workshop Outcomes for Yellowfin and Bigeye Tunas
G. International Fisheries
1. WCPFC Permanent Advisory Committee Report
2. Workshop on Area-Based Management of Blue Water Fisheries
H. Advisory Group Report and Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel Report
2. Pelagic Plan Team Report
3. Scientific and Statistical Committee Report
I. Standing Committee Report and Recommendations
J. Public Comment
K. Council Discussion and Action
14. Administrative Matters
A. Financial Reports
1. Current Grants
B. Administrative Reports
C. Council Coordination Committee Meetings
D. Council Family Changes
E. Meetings and Workshops
F. Standing Committee Report and Recommendations
G. Public Comment
H. Council Discussion and Action
Non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before
the Council for discussion and formal Council action during its 182nd
meeting. However, Council action on regulatory issues will be
restricted to those issues specifically listed in this document and any
regulatory issue arising after publication of this document that
requires emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to
take action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are accessible to people with disabilities. Requests
for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be
directed to Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522-8220 (voice) or (808) 522-8226
(fax), at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 1, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-12072 Filed 6-3-20; 8:45 am]
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