File #: GF 16-063    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Groundfish Management Issue Status: Action Item
File created: 10/31/2016 In control: North Pacific Council
On agenda: 12/6/2016 Final action:
Title: BSAI Groundfish SAFE and Harvest Specifications - Plan Team report; set final specs for 2017-2018
Attachments: 1. C6-1 BSAI SAFE Introduction only, 2. Corrected Other Flatfish Intro 12-2-16, 3. Corrected Table 5 Intro (w/Revised OFlats 12-2-16), 4. SAFE documents (Hyperlink), 5. C6-2 Ecosystem SAFE Intros, 6. C6-3 Table 1 BSAI PT OFL-ABC recommendations (OFlat rev 12/2/16), 7. C6-3 Table 1 (EXCEL ver) BSAI PT OFL-ABC recommendations (OFlat rev 12/2/16), 8. C6-4 Joint Groundfish Plan Team report Nov2016, 9. C6-5 BSAI Groundfish Plan Team report, 10. C6-6 Pcod GHL maxTAC table, 11. C6-7 BSAI Tables 13-17 FFflex_PSC, 12. C6-8 Herring biomass estimate EBS 2017, 13. C6-9 Supple Herring PSC management, 14. C6 Freezer Longline BSAI Harvest Specs ppt for SSC, 15. C6 FLL attachment_Weight at age, Martell, 16. SUPPLEMENTAL: C6, 17. PRESENTATION: C6 Ecosystem, 18. PRESENTATION: BSAI Plan Team Report, 19. HANDOUT: C6 AP motion, 20. MOTION: C6
Dan Hull, Chairman
Chris Oliver, Executive Director
SUBJECT: title
BSAI Groundfish SAFE and Harvest Specifications - Plan Team report; set final specs for 2017-2018
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STAFF CONTACT: Diana Stram

ACTION REQUIRED: recommended action
Approve the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Report, including the Ecosystem Considerations Chapter and final BSAI groundfish harvest specifications for 2017 and 2018:

1. Overfishing Level, Acceptable Biological Catch, and Total Allowable Catch for all stocks.
2. Annual ABC reserve for 3 flatfish fisheries in 2017-2018.
3. Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) limits and seasonal apportionments of Pacific halibut, red king crab, Tanner crab, opilio crab, and herring to target fishery categories.
4. TAC considerations for the State Waters Pacific cod fishery.

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BACKGROUND:
At this meeting, the Council will adopt the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Report including the Ecosystem Considerations Chapter and final recommendations on groundfish harvest specifications and PSC limits to manage the 2017 and 2018 BSAI groundfish fisheries. Upon publication in the Federal Register, the 2017/2018 final harvest specifications will replace harvest specifications adopted last year for the start of the 2017 fisheries.

BSAI SAFE Report
The BSAI Groundfish Plan Team met in Seattle on November 14-18, 2016 to prepare the BSAI Groundfish SAFE report. The SAFE report forms the basis for BSAI groundfish harvest specifications for the next two fishing years. The introduction to the BSAI SAFE report and the executive summary of the Ecosystem Considerations chapter are attached in items 1 and 2 and were distributed to the Council and Advisory Panel; the SAFE introduction summarizes the Plan Team recommendations for each stock/complex. The full report, including the Ecosystems Considerations chapter, was distributed to the SSC and is available on the Council we...

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