Pacific Council Update

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• Pacific Council Update
• Donald O. McIsaac
• Executive Director

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Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Why?
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Why?-Things arent working-Tragedy of
the Commons
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Pros and Cons Some Pros

• Increased Efficiencies
• Improved Economics

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Pros and Cons Another Pro

• Conservation Benefits
• Avoidance of Bycatch and Discards
• Improved Biological Information
• Gear Switching, Adaptive Management

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Cons and Cons Some Cons

• Possible Concentration of Wealth and
  Monopolization
• Possible Community Impacts
• Processors Perspective Change in Balance of
  Bargaining Power

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Processor Shares

• Processor Allocation of Harvester Shares
• 20?

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Schedule of Process

• Oct 3 Prelim Draft EIS out to public
• Oct 27-29 Community hearings on DEIS
• Nov 2-7 Council selects preferred alt.
• Jan 2009 Report to Congress
• 2009 Documents finalized, regulations drafted
• 2010 NMFS decision process, implementation
  infrastructure completed
• Jan 1, 2011 (?) Trawl Rationalization in place

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Sacramento River Fall Chinook Jacks
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Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan

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• Questions?