DOCUMENT AGENDA

108^th Meeting of the Scientific and Statistical Committee

October 17-19, 2011

Council Office

8:30 a.m. Monday, October 17

1. Introductions Paul Callaghan

1(1) Council Family List-PUBLIC

2. Approval of Draft Agenda and Assignment of Rapporteurs Paul Callaghan

2(1) Public 108^th SSC Agenda

2(2) FR Notice

3. Status of the 107^th SSC Meeting Recommendations Paul Callaghan

4. Report from the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Director Sam Pooley

4(1) PIFSC Report

5. Program Planning

5(1) EFH Review Letter from PIRO

A. Specification of Acceptable Biological Catches (ACTION ITEM)

5.A(1)CORAL REEF ACL/ABC Specification Document

5.A(2) NON-Finfish ACL/ABC Specification Document

5.A(3) BMUS ACL/ABC Specification Document

1. Species with No MSY, Existing Quota, or Reference Points (Tier 5) Marlowe Sabater

a. Coral Reef Fish for All Island Areas

b. Vulnerable Species for All Island Areas

c. Mollusks, Crustaceans, Other Invertebrates for All Island Areas

2. Species with MSY, Existing Quota, or Reference Points (Tier 3 and 4)

a. Coastal Pelagics in Hawaii Marlowe Sabater

b. Non-Finfish for All Island Areas Sarah Pautzke

i. Lobster

ii. Kona Crab

iii. Deepwater Shrimp

iv. Black Corals

v. Precious Corals

c. Bottomfish Paul Dalzell

i. BMUS in American Samoa, Guam, CNMI

ii. Non Deep 7 BMUS for Hawaii

B. Alternatives for Non-commercial Data Collection in Hawaii Joshua DeMello

5.B(1) Hawaii FEP Amendment for Non-commercial Data Collection

5.B(2) Federal Permit & Logbook Reporting Requirements under Each Alternative

C. Report Data Program Review Sunny Bak

D. EFH for CNMI, Guam and Am. Samoa Michael Parke

1. EFH/HAPC for CNMI, Guam and Am. Samoa Michael Parke

5.D.1(1) CNMI, GU, AS EFH Project Description

2. Hawaii Bottomfish EFH/HAPC draft Amendment (Action Item) Mark Mitsuyasu

5.D.2(1) HI EFH Draft Amendment

5.D.2(2) EFH Appendices

5.D.2(3) MHI BF Socio-economic study

E. Status of FEP Amendments Sarah Pautzke

F. Review of the WPRFMC 5 Year Research Priorities Marlowe Sabater

5.F(1) 5-year Research Priorities Document

G. Cooperative Research Priorities Marlowe Sabater

5.G(1) Cooperative Research Priorities Document

H. Report on Marianas TMNM Science and Expo Wkshp Mike Tosatto/Sam Pooley

5.H(1) Report on Marianas Monument Workshop

I. Non-Commercial Fisheries Data Advisory Committee Recommendations Joshua DeMello

5.I(1) NCFAC Report

J. Public Comment

5.J(1) NMFS Letter on Monument Fishing Regulations

K. SSC Discussion and Recommendations Paul Callaghan

8:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 18

Video Presentation - Traditional Fishing on Guam Introduced by Judy Amesbury

6. Pelagic Fisheries

6(1) Swordfish retention letter from PIRO

6(2) WCPFC BET letter from PIRO

6(3) Shark Fin Law Interpretation from DLNR

A. Action Items

1. Amendment Options for American Samoa Swordfish Fishery Paul Dalzell

6.A.1(1) AS Swordfish Amendment Doc

B. Information on Yellowfin Tuna Around the Hawaiian Islands

- Management Implications David Itano

6.B(1) Information on YFT around th Hawaiian Islands

C. Striped Marlin Catch Limit Paul Dalzell

6.C(1) Striped Marlin Catch Limit Doc

D. American Samoa and Hawaii Longline Quarterly Reports David Hamm/Russell Ito

6.D(1) AS LL Report

6.D(2) HI LL Report

E. International Fisheries Meetings

1. Kobe III Paul Dalzell

6.E.1(1) Kobe III Report

2. Kobe III Bycatch Working Group Paul Dalzell

6.E.2(1) Kobe III Bycatch WG Report

3. WCPFC Science Committee Keith Bigelow

6.E.3(1) WCPFC Sci Comm Report

4. WCPFC Northern Committee Tom Graham

6.E.4(1) WCPFC Northern Comm Report

5. WCPFC Technical Compliance Committee Eric Kingma

6.E.5(1) WCPFC TCC Agenda/Report

6.E.5.1(1) WCPFC TCC Draft Summary Report

6.E.5(2) WCPFC TCC Projections based on the 2011 stock assessments

6.E.5(3) Implementation & Effectiveness of CMM 2008-01

6.E.5(4) Status of tuna fisheries in the Western & Central Pacific Ocean-2010

6. IATTC 82^nd Meeting Rick Deriso

6.E.6(1) IATTC 82^nd Meeting Agenda

6.E.6(2) IATTC 82^nd Meeting Report

6.E.6(3) IATTC Resolutions

7. NP RFMO PrepCon Rini Ghosh

6.E.7(1) NP RFMO Rules of Procedure

6.E.7(2) NP RFMO Report

F. Public Comment

G. SSC Discussion and Recommendations Paul Callaghan

7. Protected Species

7(1) Long-term climate forcing in Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting

7(3) Managing for Extinction Article

7(4) Monk Seal PEIS Letter

1. Loggerhead Turtle Final Listing Rule and New Biological Opinion PIRO

7.A(1) Logerhead turtle Final rule and BiOp

2. False Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan Proposed Rule and
   Take Reduction Team Meeting PIRO

7.B(1) FKW TRT Proposed rule

7.B(2) FKW TRT Reports

7.B(3) Council TRT Letter

7.B(4) FSW Subcommittee Summary

3. Proposed 2012 List of Fisheries PIRO

7.C(1) 2012 LOF FR Notice

7.C(2) Council Comments on LOF

4. Analysis of Leatherback Turtle Bycatch Patterns in the
   Hawaii Longline Fishery Don Kobayashi

7.D(1) LBT Bycatch in HI LL Fishery Doc

5. Public Comment
6. SSC Discussion and Recommendations Paul Callaghan

8:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 19

8. Other Meetings & Workshops

8(3) Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee

A. Report on National SSC Workshop Bob Skillman/Craig Severance

8.A(1) National SSC Wkshp Report

B. Mariana Trench MNM Workshop Judy Amesbury

See 5.H.(1)

9. Other Business

A. 109^th SSC Meeting (March 2012, Venue TBD) Paul Callaghan

B. Future Format of the SSC Robert Skillman

C. Future SSC Membership

10. Summary of SSC Recommendations to the Council Paul Callaghan

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