Dan Hull, Chairman
Chris Oliver, Executive Director
SUBJECT: title
Pollock ICA/IPA Reports; Update on Salmon Genetics; Salmon PSC Genetics Distribution Discussion Paper
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STAFF CONTACT: Diana Stram
ACTION REQUIRED: recommended action
Review and action as necessary.
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BACKGROUND:
Chinook salmon Incentive Plan Agreements annual reports
Under regulations to implement the Amendment 91 Bering Sea Chinook salmon bycatch management program, annual reports are required of each IPA entity and are provided to the Council at the April Council meeting. Regulations at 50 CFR 679.21(f)(13) stipulates that IPA entities report annually on the following:
* Incentive measures in effect in the previous year;
* How incentive measures affected individual vessels;
* How incentive measures affected salmon savings beyond current levels;
* IPA amendments approved by NMFS since the last annual report and the reasons for amendments;
* Sub-allocations to each participating vessel;
* Number of Chinook PSC and amount of pollock (mt) at the start of each fishing season;
* Number of Chinook PSC and amount of pollock (mt) caught at the end of each season;
* In-season transfers among entities of Chinook salmon PSC or pollock among AFA cooperatives;
* Transfers among IPA vessels; and amount of pollock (mt) transferred.
Regulations promulgated under Amendment 110 as it relates to IPAs also incorporated chum salmon bycatch into the IPAs in lieu of the exemption to the Chum Salmon Savings Area previously enacted under Amendment 84. Some description of how chum salmon will be managed under the IPAs should be included in reports from the IPAs. Reports from each of the three IPAs are attached.
Non-Chinook (chum) salmon intercooperative agreement (ICA) annual report
In conjunction with requirements under Amendment 84, the Non-Chinook Inter-Cooperative Agreement (ICA) provides an annual report on the efficacy of Chum (Non-Chinook) salmon bycatch management measures under the rolling h...
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