Calendar

Jun
9
Fri
Hawaii Archipelago FEP Advisory Panel Meeting
Jun 9 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

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.

Jun
12
Mon
Fishery Data Collection and Research Committee
Jun 12 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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.

 

Jun
13
Tue
Non-Commercial Fishery Advisory Committee Meeting
Jun 13 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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

June NCFAC Mtg Public Agenda

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.

Jun
14
Wed
148th Scientific and Statistical Committee Meeting
Jun 14 – Jun 16 all-day

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
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
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
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
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

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Jun
22
Thu
American Samoa Standing Committee
Jun 22 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

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.

Jun
23
Fri
Executive & Budget Standing Committee
Jun 23 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

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.

AS Fishing Industry Advisory Committee
Jun 23 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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

FIAC Public Agenda

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.

 

AS Regional Ecosystem Advisory Committee
Jun 23 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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)

AS REAC Agenda-public

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.

 

Jun
24
Sat
AS Archipelago FEP Advisory Panel
Jun 24 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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)

AS FEP AP public agenda

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.

Jun
26
Mon
195th Council Meeting
Jun 26 – Jun 30 all-day

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:
https://tinyurl.com/195CouncilMtg
Event number: 2630 984 8417
Event password: CM195mtg

195th CM WPRFMC Public Agenda
195th CM FR notice