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A. Call to Order | ||
A1 | Opening Remarks | |
B. Open Comment | ||
B1 | Comment Now | Comments on Non-Agenda Items |
C. Habitat Issues | ||
C1 | Comment Now | Current Habitat Issues |
D. Pacific Halibut | ||
D1 | Comment Now | Incidental Catch Limits for the Salmon Troll Fishery – Final Action |
E. Salmon Management | ||
E1 | Comment Now (1) | National Marine Fisheries Service Report |
E2 | Comment Now (10) | Tentative Adoption of 2023 Management Measures for Analysis |
E3 | Comment Now (1) | Clarify Council Direction on 2023 Management Measures |
E4 | Comment Now | Methodology Review Preliminary Topic Selection |
E5 | Comment Now (1) | Sacramento and Klamath River Fall Chinook Conservation Objectives Scoping |
E6 | Comment Now | Improvements to Southern Oregon/Northern California Coho Ocean Fishery Exploitation Rate Forecasts |
E7 | CANCELLED-Southern Resident Killer Whale Chinook Threshold and Other Fishery Management Plan Clarifications – Scoping | |
E8 | Comment Now | Further Direction on 2023 Management Measures |
E9 | Comment Now | Klamath Dam Removal Update |
E10 | Comment Now (1) | 2023 Management Measures – Final Action |
F. Administrative Matters | ||
F1 | Comment Now | Regional Implementation of the National Equity and Environmental Justice Strategy |
F2 | Comment Now | Council Meeting and Process Efficiencies |
F3 | Comment Now | North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC) Update |
F4 | Comment Now | Marine Planning |
F5 | Comment Now | Legislative Matters |
F6 | Comment Now | Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures |
F7 | Comment Now | Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning |
G. Groundfish Management | ||
G1 | Comment Now | National Marine Fisheries Service Report |
G2 | Comment Now | Trawl Cost Recovery Annual Report |
G3 | Comment Now | Trawl Catch Share Cost Project – Update |
G4 | Comment Now | Inseason Adjustments – Final Action |
G5 | Comment Now (1) | Sablefish Gear Switching –Check-in and Refine the Range of Alternatives |
G6 | Comment Now | Considerations for a Sablefish Assessment Update |
H. Coastal Pelagic Species Management | ||
H1 | Comment Now | National Marine Fisheries Service Report |
H2 | Comment Now | Exempted Fishing Permits for 2023-2024 – Final Action |
H3 | Comment Now | Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Housekeeping – Final Action |
H4 | Comment Now | Sardine Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for 2023-2024 – Final Action |
H5 | Comment Now | Coastal Pelagic Species Essential Fish Habitat Amendment |