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September 18, 2023 – September 20, 2023 all-day
Pacific/Honolulu Timezone
2023-09-18T00:00:00-10:00
2023-09-21T00:00:00-10:00
Sept. 18-20, 2023 (M-W) Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Hawaii)
……………………… . .Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 p.m. (American Samoa)
Sept. 19-21, 2023 (Tu-Th) Time: 4:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Marianas)
Location: Hybrid for members and public; in-person attendance will be hosted at Hibiscus Ballroom, Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, HI
To access the meeting via WebEx, click link below:
https://wprfmc.webex.com/wprfmc/j.php?MTID=m689aafb64c6331267a6e5ce72a2d9a60
Event number: 2631 174 1476
Event password: CM196mtg (26196685 from phones)
196 CM Summary of Action Items_FINAL
DRAFT 196 CM WPRFMC Agenda
FR Notice
Major agenda items: 2024 U.S. Territorial BET catch limit and allocation specifications (final action item); Fishing regulation options in proposed PRIA NMS (action item); CNMI and Guam Marine Conservation Plans review (action item); AS bottomfish rebuilding plan discontinuation and ACL specification for 2024-2027 (action item); MHI Deep 7 bottomfish stock assessment discussion; Proposed GST CH designation update; Addressing EEJ in fisheries management discussion; Council program planning and multi-year priorities; and EM options in Western Pacific longline fisheries.
Documents available by Day
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Monday, September 18, 2023
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. HST
| 9:00 AM | 1 | Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:10 AM | 2 | Oath of Office – New Council Members |
| 03(1) PUBLIC DRAFT 196 CM WPRFMC Agenda_08-16-23 03(2) 149th SSC & 196th CM FR Notice 03(3) Executive Budget Standing Committee 196CMrev public 03(4) Pelagic and International SC 196th CM public 03(5) Fishing Rights SC 196CM_Agenda_Public 03(6) Program Planning SC 196CM_Agenda_Public |
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| 9:20 AM | 3 | Approval of the 196th CM Agenda |
| 9:50 AM | 4 | Approval of the 195th CM Meeting Minutes |
| 9:55 AM | 5 | Executive Director’s Report |
| 6 Agency Reports | ||
| 6.A | National Marine Fisheries Service | |
| 10:00 AM | 6.A.1 | Pacific Islands Regional Office |
| 06.A.1(1) PIRO Agency Report for 196CM | ||
| 10:10 AM | 6.A.2 | Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center |
| 06.A.2(1) PIFSC Report | ||
| 10:20 AM | 6.B | NOAA Office of General Counsel Pacific Islands Section |
| 6.C | Enforcement | |
| 06.B(1) GCPI Report to Council_196th Council Meeting | ||
| 10:30 AM | 6.C.1 | US Coast Guard |
| 06.C.1(1) 196th WPRFMC USCG Agency Report |
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| 10:40 AM | 6.C.2 | NOAA Office of Law Enforcement |
| 10:50 AM | 6.C.3 | NOAA Office of General Counsel Enforcement Section |
| 11:00 AM | 6.D | US State Department |
| 06.D(1) State Dept Report to 196 Council Meeting | ||
| 11:10 AM | 6.E | US Fish and Wildlife Service |
| 06.E(1)USFWS WesPac Report 196 | ||
| 11:20 AM | 6.F | Public Comment |
| 11:25 AM | 6.G | Council Discussion and Action |
Lunch Break 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
| 7 Hawai‘i Archipelago & Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA) | ||
| 1:00 PM | 7.A | Moku Pepa |
| 1:10 PM | 7.B | DLNR/DAR Report |
| 07.B(1) DLNR-DAR 196th Island Report | ||
| 7.C | Proposed Pacific Remote Island National Marine Sanctuary | |
| 07.C.0 CCC letter on Sanctuaries 07.18.2023 | ||
| 1:25 PM | 7.C.1 | Review of Fishing Regulations in the Pacific Remote Island Areas |
| 1:40 PM | 7.C.2 | Options for Developing Fishing Regulations in the Proposed PRI Sanctuary (Initial Action) |
| 2:10 PM | 7.D | MHI Deep 7 Bottomfish Stock Assessment WPSAR Terms of Reference |
| 07.D(1) Deep7_WPSAR ToR | ||
| 7.E | Hawaii Uku Fishery | |
| 2:25 PM | 7.E.1 | Uku EBFM Project |
| 07.E.1(1) Infographic Uku EBFM |
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| 2:45 PM | 7.E.2 | MHI Uku Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Profile Report Card |
| 07.E.2(1) Uku_ESP report_Ayers |
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| 3:05 PM | 7.F | Advisory Group Report and Recommendations |
| 7.F.1 | Advisory Panel | |
| 07.F(1) Final Aug HI AP Mtg Report |
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| 7.F.2 | Pelagic Plan Team | |
| 7.F.3 | Fishing Industry Advisory Committee | |
| 7.F.4 | Scientific & Statistical Committee | |
| 3:20 PM | 7.G | Public Comment |
| 3:35 PM | 7.H | Council Discussion and Action |
4 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
Fishers Forum – Ala Moana Hotel
What’s in the Gut?
6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
Hibiscus Ballroom, Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, HI
FF-HI(1) 196 CM Fishers Forum Flyer 8.5×11
FF-HI(2) 196 CM Draft Fishers Forum Agenda 8-23-23
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. HST
| 8 American Samoa Archipelago | ||
| 9:00 AM | 8.A | Motu Lipoti |
| 08.A(1) AS Island Report | ||
| 9:10 AM | 8.B | DMWR Report |
| 08.B(1) DMWR Report for 196th Council Meeting | ||
| 8.C | American Samoa Bottomfish | |
| 9:25 AM | 8.C.1 | P* and SEEM Working Group Reports |
| 08.C.1(1)_rev1 FINAL Report of the AS BMUS SEEM 08.C.1(2)_rev1 Final Report of the AS BMUS Pstar |
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| 9:45 AM | 8.C.2 | Discontinuing the Rebuilding Plan and Annual Catch Limit Specifications for 2024-2026 (Initial Action) |
| 8.C.2(1)_rev1 Discontinuing the Rebuilding Plan and ACL Specs for 2024-2026 (Initial Action) | ||
| 10:15 AM | 8.D | Advisory Group Report and Recommendations |
| 8.D.1 | Advisory Panel | |
| 08.D(1) Final Report Aug AS AP |
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| 8.D.2 | Fishing Industry Advisory Committee | |
| 8.D.3 | Scientific & Statistical Committee | |
| 10:25 AM | 8.E | Public Comment |
| 10:35 AM | 8.F | Council Discussion and Action |
Lunch Break 12:30 – 1:30 PM
| 9 Mariana Archipelago | ||
| 9.A | Guam | |
| 10:45 AM | 9.A.1 | DoAg/DAWR Report |
| 11:00 AM | 9.A.2 | Isla Informe |
| 11:10 AM | 9.A.3 | Review of the Guam Marine Conservation Plan (Action Item) |
| 09.A.3(1) Guam MCP for review |
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| 9.B | CNMI | |
| 11:25 AM | 9.B.1 | Arongol Falú |
| 09.B.1(2) Friends of the Mariana Trench withdraws sanctuary nomination |
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| 11:35 AM | 9.B.2 | DLNR/DFW Report |
| 09.B.2(1) 196th CNMI Agency Report |
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| 11:50 AM | 9.B.3 | Review of the CNMI Marine Conservation Plan (Action Item) |
| 12:00 PM | 9.C | Advisory Group Report and Recommendations |
| 9.C.1 | Advisory Panel | |
| 09.C.1(1) Final Report AUG GU AP 09.C.1(2) Final Report CNMI AP Meeting |
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| 9.C.2 | Fishing Industry Advisory Committee | |
| 9.C.3 | Scientific and Statistical Committee | |
| 12:10 PM | 9.D | Public Comment |
| 12:20 PM | 9.E | Council Discussion and Action |
| 10 Protected Species | ||
| 10.A | ESA and MMPA Updates | |
| 1:30 PM | 10.A.1 | Green Sea Turtle Critical Habitat Proposed Designations |
| 10.A.1(1) NMFS Proposed Rule_Green Turtle Critical Habitat(marine) 10.A.1(2) USFWS Proposed Rule_Green Turtle Critical Habitat (terrestrial) |
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| 2:00 PM | 10.A.2 | Other Updates |
| 2:10 PM | 10.B | Update on the Hawaii Pelagic False Killer Whale Assessment Approach |
| 10.B(1) NMFS_TM_Pelagic False Killer Whale Management Area Report | ||
| 2:30 PM | 10.C | Advisory Group Report and Recommendations |
| 10.C.1 | Advisory Panel | |
| 10.C.2 | Fishing Industry Advisory Committee | |
| 10.C.3 | Pelagic Plan Team | |
| 10.C.4 | Scientific & Statistical Committee | |
| 2:40 PM | 10.D | Public Comment |
| 2:50 PM | 10.E | Council Discussion and Action |
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 pm HST
| 11 Program Planning and Research | ||
| 9:00 AM | 11.A | Climate Change Governance Policy |
| 9:20 AM | 11.B | Inflation Reduction Act Overview |
| 11.C | NMFS Priorities for Addressing Climate Change in Fishery Management | |
| 9:40 AM | 11.C.1 | National Activities and Priorities (including Ocean Climate Action Plan) |
| 11.C.1(1) Ocean-Climate-Action-Plan_Final (1) 11.C.1(2) NOAA Fisheries Climate Science Strategy |
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| 10:00 AM | 11.C.2 | Regional Activities and Priorities (including Pacific Islands Regional Action Plan and CEFI) |
| 11.C.2(1) Pacific Islands Regional Action Plan-Final-May23 11.C.2(2) NOAA-Climate-Ecosystems-and-Fisheries-Initiative-Fact-Sheet |
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| 11.D | Council Program Planning and Multi-Year Priorities | |
| 10:20 AM | 11.D.1 | Council Management Priorities for Addressing Climate Change |
| 10:35 AM | 11.D.2 | Inflation Reduction Act Planning |
| 10:50 AM | 11.E | National Legislative Report |
| 11.E(1) 196CM Legislative Report | ||
| 11:00 AM | 11.F | Report on National Standard 4, 8, & 9 Review |
| 11.F(1) WPRFMC NS 4 8 9 | ||
| 11:15 AM | 11.G | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Committee on Assessing Equity in the Distribution of Fisheries Management Benefits |
| 11.G(1) NASEM Committee on Assessing EEJ in dist of fisheries mgmt benefits | ||
| 11:30 AM | 11.H | National Seafood Strategy |
| 11.H(1) NOAA National Seafood Strategy | ||
| 11:40 AM | 11.I | Regional Communications & Outreach Report |
| 11.I(1)rev1 Regional Comm-Outreach Report | ||
| 11:50 AM | 11.J | Advisory Group Report and Recommendations |
| 11.J.1 | Advisory Panel | |
| 11.J.2 | Fishing Industry Advisory Committee | |
| 11.J.3 | Pelagic Plan Team | |
| 11.J.4 | Education Committee | |
| 11.J.4(1) Education Committee Report |
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| 11.J.5 | Scientific & Statistical Committee | |
| 12:00 PM | 11.K | Program Planning Standing Committee Report |
| 12:05 PM | 11.L | Fishing Rights of Indigenous People Standing Committee Report |
| 12:10 PM | 11.M | Public Comment |
| 12:20 PM | 11.N | Council Discussion and Action |
Lunch Break 12:30 – 1:30 PM
| 12 Pelagic & International Fisheries | ||
| 1:30 PM | 12.A | American Samoa Longline Fishery Report |
| 12.A(1) AS LL Fishery Report | ||
| 1:40 PM | 12.B | Hawaii Longline Fishery Report |
| 12.B(1) HI LL Fishery Report | ||
| 2:00 PM | 12.C | 2024 US Territorial Bigeye Tuna Catch Limit and Allocation Specification (Final Action) |
| 12.C(1) Options Paper 2024 BET Territorial Specifications 2023-08-10 | ||
| 2:20 PM | 12.D | Scenarios for Implementing Electronic Monitoring in Western Pacific Longline Fisheries |
| 12.D(1) Electronic Monitoring 2023-08-21 Draft Discussion Document | ||
| 12.E | International Fisheries | |
| 2:50 PM | 12.E.1 | 19th Meeting of the ISC |
| 12.E.1(1) ISC23 Plenary Report FINAL 12.E.1(2) Stock Assessment Report for WCNPO Striped Marlin – FINAL (1) |
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| 3:05 PM | 12.E.2 | 19th Scientific Committee of the WCPFC |
| 12.E.2(1) WCPFC DRAFT SC19 Outcomes Document 12.E.3(1) Formal WCPFC TTMW3 Summary Report |
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| 3:15 PM | 12.E.3 | 3rd WCPO Longline Management Workshop |
| 3:25 PM | 12.F | Advisory Group Report and Recommendations |
| 12.F.1 | Advisory Panel | |
| 12.F.2 | Fishing Industry Advisory Committee | |
| 12.F.3 | Pelagic Plan Team | |
| 12.F.4 | Scientific & Statistical Committee | |
| 3:35 PM | 12.G | Pelagic and International Standing Committee Report |
| 3:40 PM | 12.H | Public Comment |
| 3:50 PM | 12.I | Council Discussion and Action |
| 13 Administrative Matters | ||
| 4:00 PM | 13.A | Financial Reports |
| 4:10 PM | 13.B | Administrative Reports |
| 4:15 PM | 13.C | Council Family Changes |
| 4:20 PM | 13.D | Meetings and Workshops |
| 13.D(1) Calendar and Meeting List | ||
| 4:30 PM | 13.E | Report on Program Plan |
| 4:50 PM | 13.F | Executive and Budget Standing Committee Report |
| 4:55 PM | 13.G | Public Comment |
| 5:00 PM | 13.H | Council Discussion and Action |
| 14 Other Business |