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FOURTY – FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CANADA – U.S. GROUNDFISH COMMITTEE

May 11, 2000

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order
  2. Appointment of Secretary
  3. Approval of Agenda
  4. Adoption of Minutes of May 1999 Meeting
  5. Progress on 1999 Recommendations from the Parent Committee to Itself
  6. Progress on 1999 Recommendations from the TSC to the Parent Committee
  7. Progress on recommendations from Parent Committee to the TSC
  8. 2000 Recommendations of the TSC to the Parent Committee
  9. 2000 Recommendations from Parent Committee to TSC
  10. Recommendations from Parent Committee to Itself
  11. Other Business
  12. Meeting Location

 

  1. Call to Order

    2. Mark Saunders (Canada) called the meeting to order at 9:00 am on May 11, 2000.

    Parent Committee Members

    TSC members and others present

  2. Appointment of Secretary

    3. Lesley MacDougall of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans was appointed secretary for the meeting.

  3. Approval of Agenda

    4. Agenda was approved.

  4. Adoption of Minutes of May 1999 Meeting

    5. Minutes of the forty-first Annual Meeting (1999) were adopted.

  5. Progress on 1999 Recommendations from the Parent Committee to Itself
  1. Canadian and U. S. letters to be written to encourage management participation at TSC.

    2. Letters sent out ½ month ago: Jane Ducosmo – asked to come but couldn’t, Jim Glocken – letter sent but he couldn’t come. Perhaps a phone call should have been made as well.
  2. Canadian and US members are to explore options for developing a process by which Canadian and US managers can jointly manage trans-boundary stocks.

    3. Stephen: we talked about communications between lingcod researchers. Based on this year’s recommendations we need to carry on. Sanders: part of the hake negotiations is a move for joint review and joint management protocol – we need to keep it on the table. Strategic plan – perhaps some recommendations will come from that. MOU available? Will be, with the records of both countries in draft. Bill Robinson or Will Stell (delegates at last conference)

  3. US member to draft a letter to PSMFC requesting a summary of annual activities, especially for PacFIN

    4. Stephen: said letter posted on website, part of annual process.

  4. Review progress on recommendations by convening a September conference call.

    September call happened in February – maybe sooner next year.

  1. Progress on 1999 Recommendations from TSC to Parent Committee
  1. TSC asks that the Parent committee recommend that Canadian and US managers develop a process to discuss yield options to prevent overharvest of trans-boundary stocks.

    Saunders: Did occur in hake negotiations, and other species were discussed as well.

  2. 2. TSC requests that the parent committee solicit an annual summary of groundfish activities from the PSMFC, especially the PacFIN office, in order to make the annual TSC report more comprehensive.

    PacFIN information is available in hardcopy, and will be placed on the website, and will be part of the annual report (Stephen). Will still be making hardcopies of the reports, and need an updated list of people who want the current reports as well as reports from previous years. Resolved: a recommendation from parent committee to itself to get old reports to those on the cc’d list that want them, and update the list.

  3. TSC requests that the parent committee write a letter to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission asking them to host the symposium.

    4. SWMFC will pay for the publication costs. Decided a letter of appreciation should be sent to the sponsors of the symposium.

  4. The TSC requests that the parent committee write a letter to Dr. Michael Tillman explaining the importance of the TSC and requesting his annual participation and provide an annual report to TSC by the SWFSC. Send a copy of the request to the NWFSC Director.

    5. Letters were sent out, but this recommendation should be carried forward this year as well.

  5. TSC asks the Parent Committee for guidance on the best use of the TSC website.

    6. Advice was given to the TSC. Endorsed polling recipients, without suggesting specific people. Committee did not feel that hardcopies should stop being produced. Decided that the TSC website should be linked to a public site.

  6. TSC asks the Parent Committee to facilitate a process allowing Canadian and US researchers to assess the potential for joint assessment and technical review, and co-ordinate timing of assessments and reviews to allow managers to consider the current advice from both countries in developing yield options.

    This process is occurring for hake. Both sides want a joint review, and single assessment for transboundary stocks. No movement from management from on stocks requiring separate assessments. Committee decided this recommendation needed to be carried forward, and requires more discussion. Will be added to the agenda for the Newport meeting.

  1. Progress on recommendations from Parent Committee to the TSC
  1. Parent Committee recommends that the TSC review the format for agency reports.

    A draft format was sent out, but received little feedback. Management discussion was removed from DFO report. Suggestion: stock assessment, research and management for each species currently, perhaps management should be removed, and a separate summary of management activities should be submitted. Most reports are similarly formatted, but Washington’s reports by activities not species. Looking for consistency. One page summaries of management issues, with pointers to websites etc for more detailed information may help to keep the reports concise.

  1. 2000 recommendations from the TSC to the Parent Committee
  1. The TSC requests that the PSMFC post the PFMC draft Groundfish Strategic Plan on the TSC website and post updates to the plan in a timely manner.

    2. Groundfish Strategic Plan: US member agrees to post strategic plan, subject to release by the PSFMC.
  2. The TSC requests that the parent committee write a letter to Dr. Michael Tillman explaining the importance of the TSC and requesting his annual participation and provide an annual report to TSC by the SWFSC. CC the request to the NWFSC Director Usha Varasi, to Rod MacInnis (SW Reg. Dir), and director of Tiburon lab Churchill Grimes.

    3. Parent Committee agrees that these letters should be sent.

  3. The TSC notes that the combined Canadian/U.S. harvest of hake continues to exceed the adopted coast wide yield option and recommends to the Parent Committee that the bilateral negotiations be encouraged to arrive at a solution. Further, Canadian and U.S. managers have adopted divergent yield options for trans-boundary stocks including yellowtail rockfish and lingcod. The TSC asks that the Parent Committee recommend that the Canadian and U.S. managers develop a process to discuss yield options to prevent overharvest of trans-boundary stocks.

    Parent Committee endorses bringing together Canadian and U. S. managers to discuss yield options.

  1. 2000 Recommendations from the Parent Committee to TSC.
    2.

    1. The Parent Committee recommends TSC annually review the appropriateness of their report format. In addition they should consider removing management headings for individual species and ask management to provide annual reports.

    2. Parent Committee recommends TSC include a discussoion in their 2001 meeting of assessment review and mangement of trans-boundary stocks.

  2. 2000 Recommendations from the Parent Committee to itself
    3.

    1. The Parent Committee is to develop a distribution list for hard copy of the TSC report and ensure that the 1999 and future reports are distributed.

    2. Parent Committee recommends letters to California Sea Grant and California Seafood council expressing our appreciation for funding of the Sardine Symposium 2000.

    3. Continue to explore options for developing a process by which Canadian and U.S. managers can jointly manage trans-boundary stocks.

    4. All agencies need to be solicited to attend next year’s meeting. TSC Chair needs to contact Parent Committee and report on 1999 anticipated meeting attendance, follow – up letter will be drafted if attendance is needed from TSC members.

    5. Review progress on recommendations by convening a September conference call.

     

  3. Other Business
    4.

    The Parent Committee would like to thank DFO (except Mark Saunders) for hosting this year’s meeting.

    The Parent Committee recognizes Tom Barnes for chairing the TSC meeting for the past two years.

  4. 2001 Meeting Location
    5.

    The 2001 Annual Parent Committee meeting will be held May 10th, in Newport, Oregon, U. S.

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