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.
Available meeting documents by day
Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. HST
| Time | No. | Agenda Item |
| 9:00 AM | 1 | Introductions |
| 9:10 AM | 2 | Approval of Draft Agenda and Assignment of Rapporteurs |
| 2(1) 148th SSC draft public agenda 2(2) 148th SSC FR notice |
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| 9:15 AM | 3 | Status of the 147th SSC Meeting Recommendations |
| 9:20 AM | 4 | Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Director Report |
| 5 Island Fisheries | ||
| 5.A | American Samoa Bottomfish Management Unit Species (BMUS) | |
| 9:40 AM | 5.A.1 | American Samoa BMUS WPSAR Report |
| 9:55 AM | 5.A.2 | American Samoa BMUS Benchmark Stock Assessment Report |
| 10:55 AM | 5.A.3 | American Samoa FEP Amendment for BMUS Revision (Action Item) |
| 11:25 AM | 5.B | CNMI BMUS ABC Specification for 2024-2025 (Action Item) |
| 11:55 AM | 5.C | MHI Kona Crab ABC Specification for 2024-2026 (Action Item) |
| 12:15 PM | 5.D | Uku Essential Fish Habitat Revision 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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| 10:30 AM | 7.B | Review of National Standards 4, 8 and 9 |
| 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 |
| 1:30 PM | 8.B | SPC Pre-Assessment Workshop |
| 2:00 PM | 8.C | South Pacific Albacore Inter-sessional Working Group |
| 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
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 | ||