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Exhibit B
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Issues for Consideration
• Approve the Oregon Forage Fish Management Plan
• Adopt implementing regulations
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Marine Food Web
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Managed/Monitored Forage “Fish”(Fished)
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Anchovy Market Squid
Mackerels Herring
Sardine
Unmanaged Forage Fish(Unfished)
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Surf Smelt & Sand Lance Night Smelt
Pacific Saury Eulachon
Midwater Squids
Broader Context of the Forage Fish Management Plan
• In May 2016, NEW federal regulations to protect unmanaged forage fish in federal waters
• Broad public support to add complementary, precautionary regulations in state waters
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Federal Forage Fish Regulatory Intent
• Define unmanaged forage fish (list)– Shared Ecosystem Component (SEC) Species
• Protect SEC species and ecosystem:– Prohibit new “directed” commercial fisheries,
until managers have adequate information to evaluate proposed activity
• Protect fishing activity:– Allow continuation of existing commercial
fisheries
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West Coast Landings(metric tons/fishing trip)
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Estimated SEC Species
Without Squids
10 m.t. threshold defines “directed fishing”
West Coast Landings(metric tons/calendar year)
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Without Squids
Estimated SEC Species
30 m.t. threshold defines “directed fishing”
Humboldt Squid
Oregon Landings (metric tons/calendar year)
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PresumedHumboldt Squid
(not EC squid species)
Oregon Forage Fish Management PlanIntent
• Complement Federal regulatory intent– Extends protections to state waters– Same species and definition of “directed fishing”
• Tailored management approach and analysis, specific to Oregon waters
• Plan based on the Department’s Marine Fishery Management Plan Framework
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Oregon Forage Fish Management PlanManagement Goals
• Support ecosystem resilience and reliance on forage fish
• Allow existing fisheries to continue
• Support sustainability of existing fisheries, relative to the reliance on forage fish prey
• Monitor forage fish landings
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Existing State Rules
• Smelt landings limited to 1% of a landing by weight
• No requirement to report landings of some miscellaneous species – Those with no commercial value,
including some Shared EC Species– Fish tickets do not capture total
poundage landed in Oregon
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Proposed State Rules
• Define Shared Ecosystem Component Species
• Prohibit directed fishing, defined as:– Vessels landing
• Shared EC Species without any other species,• > 10 metric tons/trip, OR• > 30 metric tons/year
• Require reporting of miscellaneous species on fish receiving tickets (aggregate weight)
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Oregon Forage Fish Management PlanPublic Process
• Extensive public process for federal waters (completed May 2016)
• Coordinated, overlapping public process for Oregon (2014-2016)
• Oregon advisory group (2015-2016)– Commercial fishing interests– Recreational fishing interests– Ecosystem interests
• Oregon public comment period (2016)– Direct mailings to commercial fishing industry
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Public Comments
• Over 1,400 letters– Overwhelming support
• Requested changes:– Prioritize data gaps, describe how they
might be filled; spawning ground data gaps are of particular interest
– Include currently managed species– Add conservation measures for the EC
species– Include how future proposals for directed
fishing will be evaluated
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Staff Recommendation
• Approve the Oregon Forage Fish Management Plan
• Adopt State Rules to Implement the Plan beginning January 1, 2017
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Glass squids (Pacific)‐‐Cranchiidae