Date: June 9, 2023 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Web Conference via WebEx
Virtual Meeting via Webex:
https://wprfmc.webex.com/wprfmc/j.php?MTID=mda5b4ca610074256094c26a202e5a4be
Event number (if prompted): 2634 505 1352
Event password (if prompted): HIAP0609mtg
Hawaii FEP AP Agenda-public
FR Notice
Major agenda items: 2019-2022 HI AP plan report; HI fishermen observations; Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) Kona crab status determination criteria; Multi-year territorial bigeye tuna catch and allocation limit options; MHI small-boat fishery engagement plan review; and Setting the direction for the HI AP.
Date: June 12, 2023 Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Web Conference via WebEx
Major agenda items: Council research priorities discussion; Territorial Creel Survey Report review; MRIP Regional Implementation Plan review; and Data sharing agreements discussion.
Date: June 13, 2023 Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Web Conference via WebEx
To access the WebEx (audio & visual) click link below:
https://wprfmc.webex.com/wprfmc/j.php?MTID=m5f67d4d58c30b3d92a4622fa0d21c9b2
Event number (if prompted): 2633 378 9568
Event password (if prompted): NCFAC0613mtg
Major agenda items: Non-commercial data collection issues discussion on creel surveys, HI small-boat fishery plans, and the MRIP Regional Implementation Plan; NOAA socioeconomics project updates; and Offshore development issues review.
Date: June 14-16, 2023 (W-F) Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Hawaii)
…………………………………… Time: 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Washington)
June 15-17, 2023 (Th-Sa) . …Time: 5:00 am to 1:00 pm (Marianas)
……………………………… … Time: 6:00 am to 2:00 pm (Noumea)
Location: Council Office, Honolulu
Remote Access Option through WebEx:
https://tinyurl.com/148SSCMtg
Event number: 2631 765 8720;
Event password: SSC148mtg
148th SSC draft public agenda
148th SSC FR notice
Major agenda items: AS FEP amendment for bottomfish management unit species (BMUS) revision (action item); CNMI BMUS annual biological catch (ABC) specification for 2024-2025 (action item); MHI Kona crab ABC specification for 2024-2026 (action item); Uku EFH revision options (action item); False killer whale issues review; and 2022 Annual SAFE Report and recommendations review.
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[ps2id id=’148day1′ target=”/]Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. HST
| Time | No. | Agenda Item |
| 9:00 AM | 1 | Introductions |
| 01.1 Council Family List – Part 1 06.01.2023 | ||
| 9:10 AM | 2 | Approval of Draft Agenda and Assignment of Rapporteurs |
| 02.1 148th SSC draft public agenda 02.2 148th SSC FR notice |
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| 9:15 AM | 3 | Status of the 147th SSC Meeting Recommendations |
| 03.1 147SSC FINAL Report & Appendix | ||
| 9:20 AM | 4 | Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Director Report |
| 04.1 PIFSC Report 195th Council 148th SSC | ||
| 5 Island Fisheries | ||
| 5.A | American Samoa Bottomfish Management Unit Species (BMUS) | |
| 9:40 AM | 5.A.1 | American Samoa BMUS WPSAR Report |
| 05.A.1(1) WPSAR Panel Summary Report for American Samoa BMUS 05.A.1(2) WPSAR Franklin Individual Reviewer Report American Samoa BMUS |
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| 9:55 AM | 5.A.2 | American Samoa BMUS Benchmark Stock Assessment Report |
| 05.A(2) Nadon et al AS BMUS Benchmark Stock Assessment | ||
| 10:55 AM | 5.A.3 | American Samoa FEP Amendment for BMUS Revision (Action Item) |
| 05.A(3) AS BMUS Revision FEP Draft Amendment (Action Item) | ||
| 11:25 AM | 5.B | CNMI BMUS ABC Specification for 2024-2025 (Action Item) |
| 05.B(1) CNMI BMUS ACL Specs_2024-2025 (Action Item) | ||
| 11:55 AM | 5.C | MHI Kona Crab ABC Specification for 2024-2026 (Action Item) |
| 05.C(1) MHI Kona Crab ACL Spec 2023-2026 Discussion Doc (Action Item) | ||
| 12:15 PM | 5.D | Uku Essential Fish Habitat Revision Options Paper (Action Item) |
| 05.D(1) Refinement of Uku EFH in the MHI DRAFT Options Paper (Action Item) | ||
| 12:45 PM | 5.E | Public Comment |
| 12:55 PM | 5.F | SSC Discussion and Recommendations |
Lunch Break 1:00 – 2:00 PM
| 6 Protected Species | ||
| 6.A | Hawaii Deep-set and American Samoa Longline Fishery Final Biological Opinions (BiOps) | |
| 2:00 PM | 6.A.1 | Overview of the Final BiOps |
| 06.A.1(1) 2023 DSLL all species BiOp_FINAL-Addended 06.A.1(2) 2023 ASLL all species BiOp_FINAL |
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| 2:20 PM | 6.A.2 | Implementation of Reasonable and Prudent Measures |
| 6.B | False Killer Whale Issues | |
| 2:50 PM | 6.B.1 | New Approach for Insular False Killer Whale Abundance Estimates |
| 3:20 PM | 6.B.2 | Update on the New Assessment Approach for Hawaii Pelagic False Killer Whales |
| 3:50 PM | 6.B.3 | False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team Meeting Report |
| 4:20 PM | 6.C | Public Comment |
| 4:30 PM | 6.D | SSC Discussion and Recommendations |
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[ps2id id=’148day2′ target=”/]Thursday, June 15, 2023, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. HST
9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Reserved for work session time for SSC rapporteurs and working groups
| 7 Program Planning | ||
| 10:00 AM | 7.A | Review of the National Standard 1 Draft Guidance on Biomass Proxies |
| 07.A(1) NS1_ Biomass Proxies Draft Tech Memo | ||
| 10:30 AM | 7.B | Review of National Standards 4, 8 and 9 |
| 07.B(1) NS4-8-9 guidelines ANPR FR notice | ||
| 7.C | 2022 Annual SAFE Report and Recommendations | |
| 11:00 AM | 7.C.1 | Archipelagic and Pelagic Report Highlights |
| 11:20 AM | 7.C.2 | Archipelagic Report Recommendations |
| 11:30 AM | 7.C.3 | Pelagic Report Recommendations |
| 7.D | Review of Research Priorities | |
| 11:40 AM | 7.D.1 | Cooperative Research |
| 11:50 AM | 7.D.2 | Updating the Council’s Pelagic Fisheries Research Plan |
| 11:40 AM | 7.E | Public Comment |
| 11:50 AM | 7.F | SSC Discussion and Recommendations |
Lunch Break 12:00 – 1:00 PM
| Time | No. | Agenda Item |
| 8 Pelagic and International Fisheries | ||
| 1:00 PM | 8.A | Update on Proposed Sanctuaries in the Pacific Remote Island Areas & Northwest Hawaiian Islands |
| 08.A(1) PRIA Sanctuary Proposal FR notice 08.A(2) Pacific Remote Islands Sanctuary Nomination Package |
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| 1:30 PM | 8.B | SPC Pre-Assessment Workshop |
| 2:00 PM | 8.C | South Pacific Albacore Inter-sessional Working Group |
| 08.C(1) SP Albacore IWG report | ||
| 2:20 PM | 8.D | 2nd WCPO Longline Management Workshop |
| 2:40 PM | 8.E | WCPFC Tropical Tuna Scientific Requests |
| 3:00 PM | 8.F | IATTC Science Advisory Committee |
| 3:15 PM | 8.G | Public Comment |
| 3:25 PM | 8.H | SSC Discussion and Recommendations |
3:30 – 5 p.m.: Reserved for work session time for SSC rapporteurs and working groups
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[ps2id id=’148day3′ target=”/]Friday, June 16, 2023, 9 a.m – 12 p.m.
| Time | No. | Agenda Item |
| 9 Other Business | ||
| 9.A | September SSC Meetings Dates | |
| 10 Summary of SSC Recommendations to the Council | ||
Date: June 22, 2023 Time: 10 a.m. to noon (SST)
Location: Sadie’s by the Sea Conference Rm., Utulei Beach, Route 1, Pago Pago, AS (in-person only)
American Samoa Standing Committee Public Agenda
Major agenda items: 2022 Annual SAFE Report review; AS bottomfish stock assessment report review and MUS revision; Equity and environmental justice (EEJ) discussion; AS sea turtle discussion; and Fagatele Marine and proposed PRIA national marine sanctuaries discussion.
Date: June 23, 2023 Time: 10 a.m. – Noon
Location: Sadie’s by the Sea Conference Rm., Utulei Beach, Route 1, Pago Pago, AS (in-person only)
Executive Budget Standing Committee Agenda
Major agenda items: Financial and administrative matters; Pelagic research plan discussion; Council Coordination Committee meeting report; and Deputy director/senior staff meeting report.
Date: June 23, 2023 Time: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. (SST)
Location: Tauese P. F. Sunia Ocean Center, Utulei, AS
https://wprfmc.webex.com/wprfmc/j.php?MTID=m48a53d530aede18319fe956c41e453b4
Event number (if prompted): 2632 505 7829
Event Password (if prompted): FIAC0623mtg
Major agenda items: Final HI deep-set and AS longline fishery BiOps review; Proposed PRIA national marine sanctuary discussion; Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) tropical tuna workshop report; AS-based U.S. purse seine fishery updates; and AS longline fishery 2022-2023 performance, WCPFC South Pacific albacore fishery issues and impacts of reducing the AS Large Vessel Prohibited Area.
Date: June 24, 2023 Time: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. (SST)
Location: Sadie’s by the Sea Conference Rm., Utulei Beach, Route 1, Pago Pago, AS (in-person only)
Major agenda items: AS fishery ecosystem issues discussion on climate change and fisheries, and bottomfish stock assessment and catch limits; and AS conservation issues discussion on sand mining, sharks, EEJ, proposed PRIA national marine sanctuary and fishery development updates.
Date: June 24, 2023 Time: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. (SST)
Location: Flying Fox Gastropub, Pava‘ia‘i, AS
Virtual Meeting via Webex:
https://wprfmc.webex.com/wprfmc/j.php?MTID=mbe7aed3406549530c98608b35521ff42
Event number (if prompted): 2630 964 3578
Event password (if prompted): ASAP0626mtg (27270627 from phones)
Major agenda items: AS bottomfish stock assessment report review and MUS revision; Final AS longline fishery BiOp review; 2022 Annual SAFE Report review; MSA five-year research priorities review; and Fishermen observations and AP fishery issues and priorities.
June 27 – 29, 2023 (T-Th) Time: 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Hawaii)
……………………… ….. … … Time: 9:30 am to 5:00 p.m. (American Samoa)
June 28 – 30, 2023 (W-F) … Time: 6:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Marianas)
Location: Rex Lee Auditorium, Pago Pago, American Samoa
To access the WebEx (audio & visual) click link below:
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Event number: 2630 984 8417
Event password: CM195mtg