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Amendment 23/Groundfish Monitoring, Recreational Fishery, and Other Items

Council Staff

Council Meeting January 30, 2019

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Amendment 23/Groundfish Monitoring

Amendment 23/Groundfish Monitoring Timeline

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Amendment 23/Groundfish Monitoring Timeline

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A23 Purpose and Need Statement

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To implement measures to improve reliability and accountability

• f 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.

Draft A23 Alternatives – September 10, 2018

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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

Council Staff Memo re follow-up on A23 draft alternatives (January 8, 2019)

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• Highlights PDT questions for the Committee on

development of draft A23 alternatives (mainly dockside monitoring alternatives)

• Summarizes recent GAP and Committee discussion
• n development of draft A23 alternatives
• Provides status of additional A23 PDT analyses

PDT Questions for Committee on Development

• f Dockside Monitoring (DSM) Alternatives

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 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

• r sector responsibility?

PDT Questions for Committee on Development

• f Dockside Monitoring (DSM) Alternatives

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 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

Groundfish Committee Final Meeting Summary – January 15, 2019

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• Committee discussed PDT questions on development
• f 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

Planning for SSC Peer Review of PDT A23 Analyses

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• Purpose: To ensure that any new and novel analyses
• f 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

Planning for Joint Committee/GAP/PDT Meeting

• n A23 Monitoring Standards

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• 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.

Planning for Joint Committee/GAP/PDT Meeting

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• 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

Additional A23 Update

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• 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

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Amendment 23/Groundfish Monitoring

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• 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.

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Proposal for a New Groundfish Sector

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• 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”

Proposal for a New Groundfish Sector

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• 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.

Proposal for a New Groundfish Sector

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Groundfish Catch Share Review

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• 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.

Groundfish Catch Share Review

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• Discuss the draft outline for the Groundfish Catch

Share Review report, and Groundfish Committee’s discussion, and

• Develop recommendations on the draft outline.

Groundfish Catch Share Review

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Recreational Measures

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Gulf of Maine Cod Haddock Georges Bank Cod

Current Management Measures

Recent Recommendations

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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,

• f 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

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Provide recommendations to GARFO on fishing year 2019 recreational measures for Gulf of Maine cod, Gulf of Maine haddock, and Georges Bank cod

Recreational Management Measures

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• 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

Limited Entry Party/Charter

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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

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