Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Exempted Fishing Permits Update

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1 Agenda Item H.4.a Supplemental NMFS PowerPoint (Electronic Only) September 2015 Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Exempted Fishing Permits Update Presentation for Pacific Fishery Management Council By Melissa Hooper, NMFS West Coast Region September

2 Outline Overview of EFP implementation Preliminary lessons learned from EFPs What s next Questions NMFS recommendations for whiting regulations 2

3 We are here EFP Development Implementation Analysis 3

4 EM Program (37 vessels) Whiting midwater trawl Non-whiting midwater trawl Bottom trawl Fixed gear Maximized retention 22 vessels (18) Maximized retention 5 vessels (0) Maximized retention 7 vessels (2) Maximized retention 7 vessels (6) Optimized retention 1 vessel (1) Catch monitor exemption 1 vessel (1) 4

5 Vessel Proportion Comparison: Total per Fishery vs. EFP Participants per Fishery 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Bottom Trawl Trap MSCV Whiting Shoreside Whiting EFP 7 vessels 7 vessels 12 vessels 19 vessels Total 68 vessels 14 vessels 19 vessels 25 vessels Courtesy of: PSMFC 5

6 Who can discard what? Gear Type Whiting midwater trawl Non-whiting midwater trawl, bottom trawl, fixed gear maximized retention Bottom trawl optimized retention May Discard Status quo (minor operational discards) Prohibited spp*, protected spp, mutilated and depredated fish, debris, inverts Whiting, Arrowtooth flounder, Dover sole, English sole, recognizable non-ifq spp, prohibited spp*, protected spp, mutilated fish, debris, inverts *Salmon must be retained 6

7 EFP Issued Equipment installed VMP reviewed VMP approved Go fish 7

Electronic Tickets Database (PSMFC) Office of Law Enforcement Video

8 VMS Declaration Paper Logbooks Data Entry Nightly Feed Logbook Database (PSMFC) Nightly Feed Vessel Account System (NMFS) Electronic Tickets Database (PSMFC) Office of Law Enforcement Video Data Video Review Storage on server x3 EM Data Database (PSMFC) Courtesy of: PSMFC 8

9 VMS Declarations Nightly Feed Paper Logbooks Data Entry Logbook Database Nightly Feed Vessel Account System Electronic Tickets Database Office of Law Enforcement Video Data Video Review Storage on server x3 EM Data Database Courtesy of: PSMFC 9

10 Number of Trips Number of Seadays Courtesy of: PSMFC Bottom Trawl Fixed Gear MSCV Shoreside Hake 10

11 EFP vs : Average Haul Review Rate Compared to Average Actual Sort Time % % % -37% % -41% -54% % -64% -75% -74% % -81% -82% Bottom Trawl EFP EFP EFP 2015 Bottom Trawl Trap Mothership Catcher Vessel Shoreside Hake Fixed Gear Mothership Catcher Vessel Whiting EFP 2015 Shoreside Whiting Courtesy of: PSMFC Average Actual Sort Time (minutes) Average Review Time (± %) 11

12 EFP vs : Average Haul Review Rate Compared to Average Actual Sort Time Max retention % % % -37% % -41% -54% % -64% -75% -74% % -81% -82% Bottom Trawl EFP EFP EFP 2015 Bottom Trawl Trap Mothership Catcher Vessel Shoreside Hake Fixed Gear Mothership Catcher Vessel Whiting EFP 2015 Shoreside Whiting Courtesy of: PSMFC Average Actual Sort Time (minutes) Average Review Time (± %) 12

13 What have we learned? There is a learning curve Tracking performance and following up is key (and a lot of work!) Logbooks are useful Equipment malfunctions do occur Tiered approach to regulations may be helpful 13

14 What s next? More bottom trawl and non-whiting midwater trawl vessels Compare logbook and EM discard estimates and develop business rules 14

15 NMFS Recommendations for Whiting Regulatory Amendment 15

16 NMFS Recommendations Reconsider inseason accounting for unintentional minor discards by mothership catcher vessels using logbook and EM data Revise FPA to specify that a third party would conduct video review funded by industry, but acknowledge that NMFS may need to conduct video review until such time as standards and infrastructure can be put in place to support third party review. 16

17 MSCV Discard Accounting Currently, catcher vessel observer data is incorporated into mothership observer data What to do in EM program? Council s FPA states for mothership sector deduct the aggregate accumulated unintentional minor discards (spillage) [preseason], estimated to be less than 0.5 percent of the mothership allocation. Intended to reduce review costs by reducing data collection 17

18 MSCV Discard Accounting FPA would result in little cost savings, because Whiting video review is extremely fast, low cost Video would still need to be reviewed for major discard events Not consistent with accounting for vessels with observers Stale information, not clear how it would be updated 18

19 MSCV Discard Accounting In EFPs, catcher vessel logbook discards incorporated into mothership observer data, then corrected with EM data Consistent with observer method Best available information NMFS recommends that the Council reconsider inseason accounting using EFP method 19

20 EM Program Funding Alternatives for video reviewer: 1. NMFS 2. PSMFC 3. EM Provider 4. Third party Council FPA: Certified third party once a certification process has been established, until then, the Government, NMFS, or their agent (e.g., PSMFC). 20

21 EM Program Funding Guidance from DOC-GC is that NMFS and industry cannot both be eligible to fund the same requirement in regulation. A program component is either NMFS s or the industry s responsibility, with NMFS s role defined by its obligations to pay for government services. In practice, the Council s FPA makes sense. But we need to take a different route to get there 21

22 EM Program Funding Revise FPA to specify that a third party would conduct video review funded by industry, but acknowledge that NMFS may need to conduct video review until such time that NMFS has put standards and infrastructure in place to support third party review. 22

23 Questions? Phone:

24 Photo Credits No images were modified. Use of images and logos does not represent endorsement by any organization of any content. Observer (slide 7) - NE Observer Program, NEFSC / NOAA Trawler (slide 7) Simon, Victor. Chartered Fishing Vessel Excalibur underway while conducting research for West Coast Groundfish bottom trawl survey photolib.noaa.gov Camera (slide 7) - NE Observer Program, NEFSC / NOAA 24

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