Appendix B to the RATIONALIZATION of the PACIFIC COAST GROUNDFISH LIMITED ENTRY TRAWL FISHERY DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
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ANALYSIS OF COMPONENTS, ELEMENTS, AND OPTIONS FOR THE HARVEST COOPERATIVE ALTERNATIVE COOPERATIVE COMPONENTS ANALYSIS Appendix B TO THE RATIONALIZATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST GROUNDFISH LIMITED ENTRY TRAWL FISHERY DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PREPARED BY THE PACIFIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL 7700 NE AMBASSADOR PLACE, SUITE 101 PORTLAND, OR 97220 503-820-2280 WWW.PCOUNCIL.ORG AND THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE 7600 SAND POINT WAY NE, BIN C15700 SEATTLE, WA 98115-0070 206-526-6150 JUNE 2010 Table of Contents An Introduction to Harvest Cooperatives and the Pacific Whiting Cooperative Alternative ..... B-1 History on the Development of the Cooperative Alternative .......................................................... B-3 Description of Approach for Components Analysis ........................................................................ B-6 B-1 Whiting Sector Management under Co-ops ............................................................................ B-6 B-1.1 Whiting Management ..................................................................................................... B-6 B-1.2 Annual Whiting Rollovers ............................................................................................ B-15 B-1.3 Bycatch Species Management ...................................................................................... B-17 B-1.3.1 Bycatch Allocation Subdivision .................................................................... B-17 B-1.3.2 Bycatch Management .................................................................................... B-18 B-1.4 At-sea Observers/Monitoring........................................................................................ B-26 B-1.5 Mandatory Data Collection (Option) ............................................................................ B-33 B-1.6 Adaptive Management (Option) ................................................................................... B-36 B-1.7 Length Endorsement ..................................................................................................... B-39 B-2 Whiting Mothership Sector Co-Op Program ........................................................................ B-41 B-2.1 Participation in the Mothership Sector ......................................................................... B-42 B-2.2 Permits/Endorsement Qualification and Characteristics ............................................... B-51 B-2.2.1 Catcher Vessel Mothership Whiting Endorsement (CV(MS) Whiting Endorsement) ................................................................................................ B-51 B-2.2.2 Mothership Processor Permit ........................................................................ B-62 B-2.3 Co-op Formation and Operation Rules. ........................................................................ B-68 B-2.3.1 Who and Number of Co-ops ......................................................................... B-68 B-2.3.2 When ............................................................................................................. B-68 B-2.3.3 Co-op Agreement Standards ......................................................................... B-68 B-2.3.4 Annual Allocation Transferability ................................................................ B-70 B-2.4 Processor Ties ............................................................................................................... B-74 B-2.4.1 Formation and Modification of Processor Tie Obligations .......................................... B-74 B-2.4.2 Flexibility in Meeting Processor Tie Obligations ......................................... B-75 B-2.4.3 Mothership Processor Withdrawal ................................................................ B-76 B-2.5 NMFS Role ................................................................................................................... B-91 B-2.5.1 Permit and Endorsement Issuance ................................................................. B-91 B-2.5.2 Fishery Registration and Co-op Approval..................................................... B-91 B-2.5.3 Annual Allocation to Co-ops and the Non Co-op Fishery ............................ B-91 B-2.5.4 Fishery Management and Co-op Monitoring ................................................ B-92 B-3 Whiting Shoreside Sector Co-Op Program ........................................................................... B-93 B-3.1 Participation in the Shoreside Whiting Sector .............................................................. B-94 B-3.2 Permits/Endorsement Qualification and Characteristics ............................................... B-95 B-3.2.1 Catcher Vessel Shoreside Whiting Endorsement (CV(SS) Endorsement) ................................................................................................ B-95 B-3.2.2 Shoreside Co-op Eligible Processor Permit ................................................ B-100 B-3.4 Processor Ties ............................................................................................................. B-103 B-3.4.1 Initial Formation of Ties ............................................................................. B-103 B-3.4.2 Duration and Modification of Processor Ties (Options 1 and 2) ................................ B-103 B-3.6 Exclude Processor Ties and Processor Licensing (Option) ........................................ B-109 B-4 Co-ops for Catcher-Processors ............................................................................................. B-111 B-4.1 Participation in the Catcher-Processor Sector and Endorsement Qualification. ............ B-111 B-4.2 Co-op Formation and Operation Rules .......................................................................... B-111 Appendix B: Cooperative Program Components B-ii June 2010 B-4.3 NMFS Role ................................................................................................................. B-112 B-4.3.1 Permit and Endorsement Issuance ............................................................... B-112 B-4.3.2 Annual Allocation ....................................................................................... B-112 B-4.3.3 Fishery and Co-op Monitoring .................................................................... B-112 Appendix B: Cooperative Program Components B-iii June 2010 Table of Tables Table B-1. Mothership catcher vessel activity to mothership processing entities (2004 – 2006). ......... B-13 Table B-2. Shoreside catcher vessel activity to shoreside processing entities (2004 – 2006). .............. B-14 Table B-3. Incidental harvest of selected groundfish species, 2003-07 (mt). ........................................ B-25 Table B-4. Average portion of OY caught by at-sea activity................................................................. B-26 Table B-5. Status quo observer coverage and monitoring for all sectors. ............................................. B-28 Table B-6. Economic comparison of 2004 and 2007 revenues.............................................................. B-30 Table B-7. Permit level participation in the mothership whiting fishery and the effect of qualification years (only includes permits that meet the minimum metric ton threshold for CV(MS) endorsement qualification). .............................................................................. B-56 Table B-8. (Rows Excerpted from table in Appendix A Section A-2.1.3.a). Illustration of relative lb “weights” (sector catch in year 2003 divided by annual catch): 1994 to 2004. ..................................................................................................................................... B-59 Table B-9. Mothership catcher vessel accumulation limits and associated metric tonnage based on two hypothetical whiting OYs. ........................................................................................ B-62 Table B-10. Historic participation and mothership qualification. .......................................................... B-65 Table B-11. Potential mothership sector season length based on number of motherships and two hypothetical mothership sector allocation amounts. ............................................................. B-67 Table B-12. Range of mothership usage limits in metric tons based on two hypothetical mothership sector allocation amounts - compared to historic mothership company usage amounts. ...................................................................................................................... B-68 Table B-13. Summary statistics on shoreside whiting permit participation from 1997-2003. .............. B-96 Table B-14. Participation of limited entry trawl permits in the shoreside whiting fishery by year and qualification criteria. ...................................................................................................... B-98 Table B-15. Shoreside whiting processing company participation by year and qualification criteria. ................................................................................................................................ B-102 Table of Figures Figure B-1. Average monthly catch of widow rockfish by month and sector (2006 and 2007). ........... B-23 Figure B-2. Count of limited entry trawl permits by size category. ...................................................... B-41 Figure B-3. Initial mothership sector allocation shares to catcher vessel permits in comparison to 2004-2006 average share