Agenda Item H.8.b Supplemental Public Comment 3 (Electronic Only) September 2015 Increasing habitat protection and economic opportunity through collaborative efforts to reconfigure groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Conservation Areas and the Trawl Rockfish Conservation Area SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT Northern Collaborative Working Group Tom Libby Shems Jud Brad Pettinger Seth Atkinson Central Collaborative Working Group Kate Kauer Seth Atkinson Shems Jud Note: Participation in a working group does not necessarily reflect organizational or institutional endorsement of the outcomes indicated in this document. Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 Northern Regions .......................................................................................................................... 3 1. Canada to Cape Falcon .............................................................................................. 5 Nitinat Canyon ........................................................................................................ 8 Olympic 2 Northeastern Modification .................................................................... 8 Olympic 2 Southeastern Modification .................................................................. 10 Olympic 2 Western Modification .......................................................................... 10 Biogenic 1 Eastern Modification .......................................................................... 12 Biogenic 1 Southern Modification ........................................................................ 13 Biogenic 2 Northern Modification ........................................................................ 14 Biogenic 2 Eastern Modification .......................................................................... 15 Grays Canyon Northern Modification .................................................................. 15 Grays Canyon Eastern Modification .................................................................... 17 Grays Canyon Western Modification .................................................................... 17 Grays Canyon Southern Modification .................................................................. 18 Willapa Shelf ......................................................................................................... 19 Willapa Deep ........................................................................................................ 20 Astoria Deep ......................................................................................................... 20 Trawl RCA Canada to 48°00’ ............................................................................... 21 Trawl RCA 48°00’ to 45°46’ ................................................................................ 23 2. Cape Falcon to Cape Blanco .................................................................................... 24 Garibaldi Reef ....................................................................................................... 27 Stonewall Bank Modification ................................................................................ 28 ii Daisy Bank Northern Modification ....................................................................... 30 Daisy Bank Western Modification ........................................................................ 30 Daisy Bank Southern Modification ....................................................................... 30 Heceta Bank Modification .................................................................................... 32 Arago Reef ............................................................................................................ 35 Bandon High Spot Northern Modification ............................................................ 37 Bandon High Spot Southern Modification ............................................................ 39 Trawl RCA 45°46’ to 43°57’ ................................................................................ 41 Trawl RCA 43°57’ to 42°50’ ................................................................................ 42 3. Cape Blanco to 40°10’ ............................................................................................... 43 Blanco Reef ........................................................................................................... 46 Rogue River Reef ................................................................................................... 47 Brush Patch ........................................................................................................... 48 Saint George Reef ................................................................................................. 49 Reading Rock Reef ................................................................................................ 50 Reading Rock Shelf-Slope Break .......................................................................... 51 Trinidad Canyon ................................................................................................... 52 Mad River Rough Patch ........................................................................................ 53 Eel River Canyon Modification 1 ......................................................................... 55 Eel River Canyon Modification 2 ......................................................................... 56 Eel River Canyon Modification 3 ......................................................................... 57 Eel River Canyon Modification 4 ......................................................................... 57 Blunts Reef Modification ....................................................................................... 59 Mendocino Ridge Modification 1 .......................................................................... 60 Mendocino Ridge Modification 2 .......................................................................... 60 iii Mendocino Ridge Modification 3 .......................................................................... 60 Trawl RCA 42°50’ to 40°10’ ................................................................................ 61 Central Regions ........................................................................................................................... 64 4. 40°10’ to Ano Nuevo ................................................................................................. 65 Delgada Canyon ................................................................................................... 69 Spanish Canyon Line Adjustment 1 ...................................................................... 69 Spanish Canyon Line Adjustment 2 ...................................................................... 69 Navarro Canyon.................................................................................................... 70 Point Arena South Modification 1 ........................................................................ 71 Point Arena South Modification 2 ........................................................................ 71 Point Arena South Modification 3 ........................................................................ 71 Point Arena South Modification 4 ........................................................................ 71 The Football .......................................................................................................... 72 Gobbler’s Knob ..................................................................................................... 72 Cordell Bank Modification 1 ................................................................................ 73 Cordell Bank Modification 2 ................................................................................ 74 Cordell Bank Modification 3 ................................................................................ 74 Cordell Bank Modification 4 ................................................................................ 74 Point Reyes Reef ................................................................................................... 75 Rittenburg Bank .................................................................................................... 75 Farallon Islands Modification .............................................................................. 76 Farallon Escarpment ............................................................................................ 77 Pescadero Reef ...................................................................................................... 78 Pigeon Point Reef ................................................................................................. 78 Trawl RCA 40°10’ to 37°07’ ................................................................................ 79 iv 5. Ano Nuevo to Point Conception............................................................................... 81 Ascension Canyonhead ......................................................................................... 84 MBNMS Ascension and Ano Nuevo Canyon Complex ......................................... 85 MBNMS Lower Portion of Cabrillo Canyon ........................................................ 85 MBNMS South of Davenport ................................................................................ 85 MBNMS Outer Soquel Canyon ............................................................................