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Update on Federal Actions to Protect Unmanaged Forage Fish California Fish and Game Commission Meeting April 13, 2016 Santa Rosa Deb Wilson-Vandenberg California Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Region Overview • Shared Ecosystem Component Species • Timeline of Federal Events • Next Steps Shared Ecosystem Component Species • Round and Thread herring • Mesopelagic fishes (Myctophids or lanternfish) R. Kuiter • Pacific sandlance Alaskafisheries.noaa • Pacific saury J. Harding/NOAA • Silversides CDFW • Osmerid (“true”) smelts NOAA Fisheries • Pelagic squids (not Humboldt squid) CDFW Shared Ecosystem Component Species NOAA Fisheries MARE Ray Troll NOAA Fisheries • Important for Fishery Management Plan Species • Important for Birds, Marine Mammals, People Deb Wilson-Vandenberg Deb Wilson-Vandenberg D. Micus Federal Actions Timeline • April 2013 – Adopted Fishery Ecosystem Plan • Began Forage Fish Initiative • April 2014 – Adopted Purpose and Need Statement • March 2015 – Adopted language for Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment (CEBA – 1) • September 2015 – Finalized regulatory language • March 2, 2016 – NMFS approved CEBA –1 • Spring 2016 – Final rule publishes Next Steps • CDFW Director’s authority to conform state regulations (FGC Section 7652) • Exploring consistencies with existing State activities CDFW For More Information • http://www.pcouncil.org/wpcontent/uploads/2015/08/D2a_SUP_NMFS_Rpt_forage_SEPT 2015BB.pdf • http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/publications/fishery_ management/ecosystem/ceba1_ea_final_march2016.pdf Thank You and Questions? NOAA Fisheries Deb Wilson-Vandenberg Senior Environmental Scientist 831-649-2892 [email protected] Incidental Landing Limits …“directed fishing” means that a fishing vessel lands Shared EC Species without landing any species other than Shared EC Species, or lands Shared EC Species with other species in amounts more than: 10 mt combined weight from any fishing trip; or 30 mt combined weight in any year. Restrictions on At-Sea processing: Process more than 1 mt of Shared EC Species other than squid in any calendar year; or, process more than 40 mt of any Shared EC squid species in any calendar year. Landings (Thousands of mt) 250 Commercial Landings for California Forage Fish, 1978 - 2012 Minor Forage Species 200 Major Forage Species 150 100 50 0 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 CalCOFI La Jolla December 2013 Data Source: Commercial Fisheries Information System Database 2003 2008 10