Omnibus Workload Planning Process: Background Agenda Item I.9 Supplemental Staff Presentation 1 September 2018 Omnibus Workload Planning Process: Background Pacific Fisheries Management Council Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport 18740 International Blvd. Seattle, WA September 11, 2018

Overview Background: Process Revision Council Operating Procedure 9 Omnibus Council Action Intro slide: Omnibus process can be nebulous event. This presentation will inform and focus audience (Council ) on topic. There is a need to refine the process, hence the agenda item

Background: Groundfish Management Process Revision 2005: Change from annual to biennial management 2010: Identified biennial process needed revision Process Improvements Committee (PIC) convened Develop optimal management activities cycle Explore long-term solutions to groundfish management process PIC recommendations Streamline workload via dividing management activity process Define what are new and routine management measures Create a better project prioritization process Council Operating Procedure 9 Revised November 2013. Basic overview of how the two year process came to be. Due to issues in the development of the 2011/12 SPEX, the Council realized process improvements were needed in order to meet objectives and timelines of the management process. In order to accomplish those tasks, the Council developed an Ad Hoc committee to develop reports on science related processes, management measure development, NEPA preparation, NMFS review & management measure(s) implementation as well as defining ways to solve measures to determine if measures need an FMP or routine process. [Contrast would be between full/new rule making process or routine process; or between an FMP or a rulemaking process. This contrast leaves out new rulemakings which may or may not require and FMP amendment.]

Council Operating Procedure (COP) 9 Management Activity Cycle: Groundfish Designed for January implementation of biennial harvest specifications Divides Council groundfish management activity timeline On-year for routine & critical new management measures Off-year for other new management measures Includes Omnibus process Basic overview of how the Omnibus two year process came to be. Due to issues in the development of the 2011/12 SPEX, the Council realized process improvements were needed in order to meet objectives and timelines of the management process. In order to accomplish those tasks, the Council developed an Ad Hoc committee to develop reports on science related processes, management measure development, NEPA preparation, NMFS review & management measure(s) implementation as well as defining ways to solve measures to determine if measures need an FMP or routine process. Routine management measures OR Measures necessary to manage for ACLs, protected species, or habitat issues

Off-year work may continue into on-year COP 9 Biennial Management Activity Cycle “On” Year Routine & Critical New Management Measures “Off-year” Work on New Management Measures With respect to continuing into off-year, maybe say something about “or even subsequent off years” – doesn’t need to be in the slide Off-year work may continue into on-year

Off-Year Management Activities FPA Management Measures Final Action EFPs Omnibus Prioritization Process Off-year Priority Projects Pacific Whiting Management Measures Recommendations JUNE SEPT NOV MARCH APRIL JUNE Off-year prioritized work completed (or continued as appropriate) On-year Process Begins Off-year Priorities Projects

Ideas for Management Measures On or Off-Year? Ideas for Management Measures Has it been: Previously analyzed? Defined in regulation? YES NO It is a NEW measure Detailed Analysis YES Is it necessary for: ACL management, protected species, and/or habitat issues? Omnibus NO Off-Year: Measure forwarded for prioritization It is a ROUTINE measure On-year: Implement in SPEX process (or inseason) Limited Analysis

Omnibus Prioritization Process Opportunity for Council: Prioritize new groundfish issues for investigation Adopt schedule for Council decision process Manage workload, in the context of all groundfish related work Slide is opportunity for us to refresh/orient Council on process. Noting what it is. Additional opportunity to note workload issues. Process prioritizes management measures to be considered, cements workload into a schedule New measures can receive full attention of advisory bodies The omnibus process is designed to bring a broad context to the prioritization of off-year work on new management measures specified by COP 9. It was motivated by not only the need to set off-year priorities but also to realistically manage expectations for the work that could be accomplished within the Council process, with full NMFS and state engagement, including expectations for what NMFS might feasibly implement in the context of its multiple responsibilities.

Previous Omnibus Considerations Actions In Implementation Phase 19-20 Spex Other Past Council Actions to be Implemented Law Suits Ongoing EFP Work Existing PFMC Commitment Inseason Mgmt Pacific Halibut CSP & Regs EFH Review and RCAs ESA Issues Ecosystem Issues (FEP & CA Current) Harvest Policy Deliberations Stock Assess Meth & Work Whiting Spex & Set Asides Completion of Past New Mgmt Measure Priorities: Cost Recovery, EM, etc. Sectors Needs LE Fixed Gear Trawl – Shore IFQ Trawl – MS Co-op Trawl – CP Co-op Open Access Recreational Tribal OMNIBUS Previous lists for omnibus prioritizations have included things on which the Council had completed work and were awaiting NMFS implementation, pre-existing immediate and long-term commitments, as well as ideas for new management measures. This slide indicates the sectors affected (light blue) as well as some of the broader categories of workload considerations Slide offers opportunity to discuss all the potential subjects that can be evaluated by Council and prioritized. Gets to idea that Omnibus contains multiple and competing issues, thus the need to prioritize

Biennial Management Activity Cycle COP 9 Biennial Management Activity Cycle Omnibus “On” Year “Off-year”

Council Action: Discuss omnibus planning process in the context of existing workload commitments, and provide guidance on next steps. Potential questions to consider Is omnibus prioritization working? Are refinements needed? What are the workload concerns? How does Council want to proceed for the coming cycle? Timelines adhered to, allowing Jan. 1 implementation of new management measures Process prioritizes management measures to be considered, cements workload into a schedule New and routine management measures can receive full attention of advisory bodies Flexible process allows for additional management measures to be considered based on new information Allows for interdisciplinary development of management measures

QUESTIONS? Timelines adhered to, allowing Jan. 1 implementation of new management measures Process prioritizes management measures to be considered, cements workload into a schedule New and routine management measures can receive full attention of advisory bodies Flexible process allows for additional management measures to be considered based on new information Allows for interdisciplinary development of management measures

On-year Management Activities Modeling methods, stock assessments, OFLs… adopted Council provides guidance on SPEX development measures Harvest Specifications Management measures can be added for analysis JUNE SEPT NOV MARCH APRIL JUNE Rebuilding analyses, stock assessments, preliminary ACLs, etc. adopted 2-year allocations adopted Final range of management measures for SPEX analysis adopted Complete Off-year or continue as approipriate On-year Process Begins Management Measures Omnibus Prioritization Process