Deirdre Boelke Council Staff Herring AP and Committee August - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Deirdre Boelke Council Staff Herring AP and Committee August 16-17, 2016 1

Outline of Presentation 1. Review June 2016 Council meeting 2. Review Draft Discussion Document - #5 3. Summarize input to date from Herring PDT - Draft PDT Summary – July 28, 2016 - Doc. #7 2

Draft Purpose and Need (Section 1.2 - p.6) Purpose Need Reduce the potential for negative impacts on the herring fishery from Propose measures that would reducing the opportunity to fish the incentivize the midwater trawl fleet TAC in Area 3 and 1B, and avoid to minimize the incidental catch of potential impacts to the supply of haddock in the herring fishery while herring used as bait for the lobster providing the opportunity to fully fishery. harvest the sub ‐ ACL of herring for Reduce the potential for negative Herring Management Areas 3 and 1B impacts on the mackerel fishery since those vessels are also impacted by the GB haddock AM. 3

Section 2.0 Alternatives under consideration  Section 2.1 – GB Haddock AMs 2.2.1 No Action – in-season closure for herring vessels using MWT gear, and a pound for pound payback for any overage (Figure 2 on p. 5) 2.2.2 Modify the GB AM area - (currently based on an area where 90% of commercial haddock catch came from in 2006-2009) 2.2.3 Establish an AM season – (more complex for in-season AM, but could work if bycatch higher later in the year) 4

No Action Haddock AM areas 5

Section 2.2 – Implementation of GB Haddock AMs  2.2.1 No Action – AM is triggered in-season based on an extrapolation of observed catch to the entire fishery using the cumulative method.  2.2.2 Seasonal split of sub-ACL – 80% of sub-ACL would be available on May 1 and the remaining 20% would be added on Nov 1. AM area would close when fishery catches 80% and reopened on Nov1 if TAC remaining.  2.2.3 Amend how estimated catch is calculated – incorporate state portside sampling 6

PDT Analyses to date PDT has met in May and July to discuss analysis needs for this issue. GF FW46 analysis of haddock bycatch in the herring fishery 7

PDT Analyses (cont.) Updated VTR data (2010-2015) Bottom Midwater Purse Trawl Trawl Seine Jan ‐ Feb 498 655 C Mar ‐ Apr 80 202 C May ‐ Jun 4 307 237 Jul ‐ Aug 101 453 947 Sep ‐ Oct 51 506 462 Nov ‐ Dec 227 327 14 Total 961 2450 1660+ Updated Observer data (2010-2015) Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total # hauls observed 315 179 151 199 115 37 996 8

PDT Analyses (cont.) - What is next? - Sub-group of PDT members identified - Summarize more recent VTR and observer data to help identify potential alternatives - Summarize commercial haddock fishery data - If the haddock bycatch data on observed trips is strongly correlated to commercial haddock fishing data, the PDT could use the haddock fishery data to infer haddock bycatch levels in times and areas the herring fishery does not typically operate. - Sept Herring and PDT meetings planned for review 9