Amendment 23/Groundfish Monitoring, Recreational Fishery, and Other Items Council Staff Council Meeting January 30, 2019 1
Amendment 23/Groundfish Monitoring 2
Amendment 23/Groundfish Monitoring Timeline 3
Amendment 23/Groundfish Monitoring Timeline 4
A23 Purpose and Need Statement To implement measures to improve reliability and accountability of catch reporting and to ensure a precise and accurate representation of catch (landings and discards). To improve the accuracy of collected catch data. Accurate catch data are necessary to ensure that catch limits are set at levels that prevent overfishing and to determine when catch limits are exceeded. To create fair and equitable catch reporting requirements for all commercial groundfish fishermen, while maximizing the value of collected catch data and minimizing costs for the fishing industry and the National Marine Fisheries Service. 5
Draft A23 Alternatives – September 10, 2018 4.1 Fishery Program Administration 4.1.1 Sector Administration Provisions 4.1.1.1 Sector Reporting Requirements 4.1.1.2 Knowing Total Monitoring Coverage Level at a Time Certain 4.1.1.3 Funding for the Groundfish Monitoring Program 4.2 Commercial Fishery Measures 4.2.1 Groundfish Monitoring Program Revisions 4.2.1.1 Monitoring Coverage Levels 4.2.1.1.2 Option 2: Fixed Total Monitoring Coverage Level 4.2.1.1.3 Option 3: Alternative Methodologies to Using a CV Standard to Determine Annual Coverage Level Target 4.2.1.2 Dockside Monitoring Program 4.2.1.2.2 Option 2: Dockside Monitoring Program 6
Council Staff Memo re follow-up on A23 draft alternatives (January 8, 2019) • Highlights PDT questions for the Committee on development of draft A23 alternatives (mainly dockside monitoring alternatives) • Summarizes recent GAP and Committee discussion on development of draft A23 alternatives • Provides status of additional A23 PDT analyses 7
PDT Questions for Committee on Development of Dockside Monitoring (DSM) Alternatives Is the Committee’s intent that the DSM program is to ensure accurate reporting by dealers and to prevent illicit activity circumventing the dealer regulations (e.g., unreported offloads)? If so, is the Committee willing to consider a DSM program as a dealer responsibility, rather than a vessel or sector responsibility? 8
PDT Questions for Committee on Development of Dockside Monitoring (DSM) Alternatives Is the Committee’s intent that the voluntary DSM program in A23 would be in lieu of another requirement, or would grant some exemption or additional benefit to a sector adopting the voluntary DSM program? Several questions and considerations related to DSM program design (e.g. use of certified scales, dock/vessel/dealer access for dockside monitors, insurance requirements) Additional PDT discussion on a number of other details, including how DSM would be administered in smaller, remote ports, who would pay for DSM, and how DSM would align with existing reporting requirements 9
Groundfish Committee Final Meeting Summary – January 15, 2019 • Committee discussed PDT questions on development of draft A23 alternatives • Discussion on intended goals and objectives of a DSM program and some of the details of DSM program design • No consensus on DSM program objectives or design 10
Planning for SSC Peer Review of PDT A23 Analyses • Purpose: To ensure that any new and novel analyses of A23 issues and management alternatives get sufficient independent review. • Memo from Groundfish PDT Chair to Committee re Peer review of the Groundfish PDT analysis for Amendment 23 (October 25, 2018) – provides outlines of planned analyses to be reviewed • Timeline: Possibly February 11
Planning for Joint Committee/GAP/PDT Meeting on A23 Monitoring Standards • PDT Memo re Planning for joint meeting for Amendment 23 (October 30, 2018) – provides PDT’s draft proposal for meeting • Proposed goals/objectives and intended outcomes for the Committee: • Agree on the problems facing the groundfish fishery to be addressed through A23. • Identify a monitoring baseline for the fishery in which to assess how to improve the monitoring program. • Recommend standards for improving catch accounting and monitoring. 12
Planning for Joint Committee/GAP/PDT Meeting on A23 Monitoring Standards • Two-day meeting hosted by Groundfish Committee Day 1 - PDT presents analyses and GAP/Committee can ask questions, PDT presents strawman document for improving catch accounting and monitoring Day 2 – GAP meets in morning, Committee in afternoon, make recommendations on PDT’s strawman document • Timeline: Possibly March/April 13
Additional A23 Update • Staff will compile draft alternatives, glossary of key terms, summary of scoping comments, and background information to be included as appendices, into the draft EIS for A23 14
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Amendment 23/Groundfish Monitoring • Discuss the range of alternatives for A23, including the PDT’s questions on the development of the alternatives, and Groundfish Committee’s discussion and, • Possibly make recommendations on draft alternatives. 16
Proposal for a New Groundfish Sector 17
Proposal for a New Groundfish Sector • Overview of the process for approval for new sectors, following FW55 implementation • “Mooncusser Sector” would be lease only in fishing year 2019 • Groundfish PDT indicated no major issues and noted the sector operations plan provides for a mechanism for the sector to become active • Groundfish Committee recommended to the Council the approval of the “Mooncusser Sector” 18
Proposal for a New Groundfish Sector • Discuss the proposal for a new groundfish sector: Mooncusser Sector , the Groundfish PDT’s report, and Groundfish Committee’s recommendation, and • Provide a recommendation to GARFO on the possible approval of a new groundfish sector. 19
Groundfish Catch Share Review 20
Groundfish Catch Share Review • Draft outline developed by the technical working group – comprised of Council, GARFO, and NEFSC staff • Groundfish Committee generally felt the outline for the report was thorough and consistent with other reviews. They also discussed the possibility of adding an outreach component. 21
Groundfish Catch Share Review • Discuss the draft outline for the Groundfish Catch Share Review report, and Groundfish Committee’s discussion, and • Develop recommendations on the draft outline. 22
Recreational Measures 23
Current Management Measures Gulf of Maine Cod Haddock Georges Bank Cod 24
Recent Recommendations Council : That in the consultation process for Georges Bank cod recreational measures, the Council requests that the Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office review different methodologies for determining the recreational management measures for fishing year 2019. Carried 15/0/1, June 13, 2018 Recreational Advisory Panel : The Recreational Advisory Panel recommends to the Groundfish Committee to develop options for 2019 management measures, for consideration in January 2019, of separate measures by recreational fishing mode (party, charter, and private) for Gulf of Maine cod and Gulf of Maine haddock, while being fair and equitable across modes. By consensus , October 29, 2018 25
Recreational Management Measures Provide recommendations to GARFO on fishing year 2019 recreational measures for Gulf of Maine cod, Gulf of Maine haddock, and Georges Bank cod 26
Limited Entry Party/Charter • Planning underway for listening sessions • Developing a background document for the public and will be requesting feedback from the Recreational Advisors • Ideally the sessions would occur prior to the April Council meeting 27
Framework Adjustment 58 What would in-season/late implementation mean? • Rebuilding plans • Inadequate progress letter August 31, 2017 • Two year deadline ends on August 31, 2019 • Annual Catch Limit – Default • Eastern Georges Bank cod: May 1, 2019 to July 31, 2019 • Eastern Georges Bank management area would close • NAFO Fishery – minimum fish sizes in groundfish plan • Scallop Fishery on Georges Bank • Accountability Measures for yellowtail flounder, policy for FY2019 and FY2020 • Scallop PDT’s projected estimate is 12mt of 17mt sub -ACL 28
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