4.0 Overview of Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries and their Management Dale Sweetnam, Fisheries Resources Division

SWFSC

• Brief description of West Coast CPS

fisheries,

• Changes in management with SWFSC

CPS assessment responsibilities,

• Identify collaborators and clients of the

Pacific Fisheries Management Council

CPS assessments.

Species in the CPS Fishery Management Plan and SWFSC responsibilities: Actively Managed Species

• Pacific Sardine - Assessed annually

• Pacific Mackerel - Assessed annually moving to every 4 years

(2015, 2019) June 2013 PFMC

Monitored Species – Low fishing pressure, rotating assessment schedule

• Jack Mackerel

• Northern Anchovy , Northern Subpopulation

• Northern Anchovy, Central Subpopulation

• Market Squid - CA State Managed Fishery, Large fishery but falls

out of full MSRA management consideration due to <1 year life-

span

Prohibited Species

• Krill – Prohibited fishery

Ecosystem Component Species – Pacific Herring, Jacksmelt – Monitored for

by-catch in CPS fisheries

SWFSC

Species in the CPS Fishery Management Plan and the SWFSC responsibilities:

SWFSC

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

West coast CPS landings (metric tons) by species, 1981-2012.

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Pacific Mackerel

Jack Mackerel

Anchovy

Squid

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$20,000,000

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$50,000,000

$60,000,000

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West coast CPS exvessel revenues (2012$) by species, 1981-2012.

Pacific Sardine

Pacific Mackerel

Jack Mackerel

Anchovy

Squid

SWFSC

Species in the CPS Fishery Management Plan and the SWFSC responsibilities:

SWFSC

CPS Fisheries

comprise 48%

of Total US West

Coast Landings

Pacific Coast Fishery Ecosystem Plan, 2013 PFMC

SWFSC

But account for

only 10-14%

of Total US West

Coast Revenues

Pacific Coast Fishery Ecosystem Plan, 2013 PFMC

Species in the CPS Fishery Management Plan and the SWFSC responsibilities:

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Figure 4.9. Average ex-vessel price ($/lb) by average landings (lbs) for PacFIN management groups 2000-2011.

CPEL

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SHLL

SRMP

CPS

Groundfish Crab

Shellfish

Species in the CPS Fishery Management Plan and the SWFSC responsibilities:

Pacific Coast Fishery Ecosystem Plan, 2013 PFMC

A Brief History of the West Coast Sardine Fishery:

• The Pacific Sardine (Sardinops

sagax caerulea) fishery was the

largest in North America in the 1930s

and 1940s with peak landings of

over 700,000 metric tons in 1936,

• The fishery developed in response to

the demand for food during World

War I and extended from southern

California to British Columbia,

• Sardine were used for either

reduction to fishmeal and oil or

canned for human consumption with

a small portion taken for live bait.

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British Columbia

Washington

Oregon

No. Cal. Reduction Ships

San Francisco

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A Brief History of the West Coast Sardine Fishery:

SWFSC

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from 1916/17 to 2008/09

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A Brief History of the West Coast Sardine Fishery:

• In 1967, after approximately fifty years of

fishing, a moratorium on fishing was

imposed by the California Legislature,

• By the time the moratorium was imposed,

most of the fisheries along the West Coast

had collapsed, even in southern California,

• The recession of landings started from the

north and moved southward.

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West Coast Landings of Pacific Sardine from 1968/69 to 2008/09

British Columbia

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Sardine resource

recovered – 1999

Management

authority shifts

from California

to NMFS 2000

A Brief History of the West Coast Sardine Fishery:

Changes in management with SWFSC CPS assessment responsibilities:

SWFSC

2000 - Amendment 8

Start of Federal Management:

• Annual harvest guideline (HG), quotas, allocations, timing of assessments

• Limited Entry (LE) program

• Management areas – Limited Entry zone of two sub areas (divided by Pt. Piedras Blancas), open access north of Pt. Arena

• Provisions for closing the fishery when HG achieved, incidental allowance, exempted fishing permits, etc.

Changes in management with SWFSC CPS assessment responsibilities:

SWFSC

California:

• Federal Limited Entry Program

• South of 39° N. latitude (Pt. Arena, CA)

CPS permit (>5mt); 65 permits; 30 vessels in 2011

• North of 39° N. latitude – Open Access

• Capacity goals and transferability provisions (Amendment 10)

• Fleet capacity is calculated on gross tonnage of individual vessels

• No logbook program in place (market squid logbooks required by

California)

Oregon:

• Managed as a developmental fishery 1999-2005

• State Limited Entry Program established 2005

• 2012 - 25 permits, 21 active vessels

• Logbooks required

Washington:

• Started as a “trial” fishery, changed to an “experimental” fishery in

2003

• State Limited Entry Program established in 2009 (up to 25 permits)

• 2011 – 25 permits issued, 7 active vessels

• Logbooks required

Changes in management with SWFSC CPS assessment responsibilities:

SWFSC

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

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2008

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2012

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Pacific Sardine Landings by State

California Oregon Washington

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California Oregon Washington

Changes in management with SWFSC CPS assessment responsibilities:

SWFSC

2005 - Amendment 11

PFMC approves a long-term seasonal allocation program to equitably apportion the available sardine resource along the entire west coast: • 35% of the HG to be allocated coastwide on January 1

• 40% of the HG, plus any portion not harvested from the initial allocation, to be reallocated coastwide on July 1

• On September 15 the remaining 25% of the HG, plus any portion not harvested from earlier allocations, to be reallocated coastwide.

2006 - Amendment 12

PFMC approves a complete ban on commercial fishing of krill

Changes in management with SWFSC CPS assessment responsibilities:

SWFSC

2010 - Amendment 13

PFMC approves revised Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Rules to conform with National Standards 1 Guidelines of MSA reauthorization:

• Modified existing Harvest Control Rules for Actively managed species to include a buffer for scientific uncertainty

• Maintain the default harvest control rules for monitored stocks as modified to specify the new management reference points.

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overfishing

scientific

uncertainty

increasing

catch

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"new"

system

management

uncertainty

Current West Coast Sardine Fishery Management:

SWFSC

CPS fisheries use “roundhaul gear” mainly purse

or drum seine vessels for all CPS including

sardines, mackerel, tuna and market squid

State Limited Entry

Oregon: 25 permits; 17 vessels in 2011

Washington: 25 permits; 7 vessels in 2011

Current West Coast Sardine Fishery Management:

SWFSC

• Average age of vessels - 34 years

• Length rages from 40 to 98 feet

• Gross Tonnage ranges from 23.8 to 340.2, average 88.7

• Fleet GT Capacity = 5,650.9, current = 5,408.4

Current Market Squid Fishery:

• Same purse seines vessels with additional CA squid permits

• Nets are modified to be longer with decrease mesh size

• Lightboats and brail vessels are also permitted

• Incandescent lighting up to 30,000 watts

Current California Market Squid Fishery Management:

SWFSC

California Market Squid FMP in 2005 implemented regulations to

address the following:

Fishery Control Rules

• Seasonal Catch limit of 107,047 mt (118,000 short tons)

• Weekend closures to allow for uninterrupted spawning

• Monitoring program (Egg Escapement) with mandatory logbooks

• Attracting lights limited to 30,000 watts, shielded to reduce bird interactions

Restricted Access Program - based on historical participation in the fishery:

• Market squid Vessel Permits: 69 transferable, 8 non-transferable

• Market squid Brail Permits: 42 transferable, 0 non-transferable

• Market squid Light boat permits: 33 transferable, 3 non-transferable

Ecological Concerns

• Seabird closure area restricting the use of attracting lights for commercial purposes in any waters of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

• Additional closure areas to the fishery to protect squid spawning habitat include the Channel Islands Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the newly established MPAs along the central California coast as well areas closed to the use of purse seine gear including the leeward side of Catalina Island, Carmel and Santa Monica Bays.

Who are the collaborators on CPS assessments?

SWFSC

• Western Region, NOAA Fisheries – Regulatory

and NEPA responsibilities

• California, Oregon, and Washington continue to

monitor the CPS fisheries landings for fishery

dependent biological information including:

o Collection of catch information on a real

time basis for allocation monitoring

o Collection of biological Information:

length, weight, Age (otolith aging), sex

and maturity, etc.

o Collection of by-catch and incidental

catch information

• Tribal Interests – CPSMT membership

• International Collaborators - Biological and landings

information

• Canada - DFO

• Mexico-Conapesca, Inapesca

Who are the clients of the Pacific Fisheries Management Council CPS assessments?

SWFSC

• CPS Fishing Industry which takes an active role in their management (e.g., aerial surveys, squid paralarvae surveys, participation in the Council process),

• International Management Partners (DFO - Canada, CONAPESCA – Mexico),

• University researchers also interested in sustainable fisheries management (e.g., UW, SIO),

• Other interests which value CPS for human consumption and as forage (sport fishers, NGOs, etc.),

• Trinational Sardine Forum (all interested parties)

SWFSC

Strengths

• Informal exchange of data e.g., Trinational Sardine Forum

• Strong relationships with the CPS fishing industry, partners

Challenges

• Formal transfer of information between international managers

• Continuation of state port sampling programs, especially for monitored species with minimal landings

• Representation in management process, both state and federal

Strategies for Improvement

• Continue formal process with Mexico e.g., MexUS-Pacifico

Questions?

Acknowledgements to Sam Herrick and James Hilger for CPS economic updates

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