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Fishery Management Background: Pacific Council Perspective

Fishery Management Background: Pacific Council Perspective. Review of SWFSC Economics and Social Sciences Review Jim Seger Staff Officer — Economist. In this Presentation. Fishery management background How we work together How the council uses economics What economics is used for

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Fishery Management Background: Pacific Council Perspective

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  1. Fishery Management Background:Pacific Council Perspective Review of SWFSC Economics and Social Sciences Review Jim Seger Staff Officer — Economist

  2. In this Presentation • Fishery management background • How we work together • How the council uses economics • What economics is used for • What SWFSC economists provide SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  3. Fishery Management Background SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  4. Regional Fishery Management Councils • Constituted under the Magnuson-Stevens Act • Pacific Council (PFMC) is one of eight Councils: • California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho • Voting members (14) and Nonvoting members (5) • Five meetings a year • Various standing & ad hoc advisory committees SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  5. Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) • Council Recommendations and National Standards • Federal action • State consistency • National Standards Include Social & Economic Issues • Reflected in goals and objectives of the fishery management plans SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  6. Council Authority and Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) • PFMC Functions and FMPs • Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) • Highly Migratory Species (HMS) • Salmon • Groundfish • Also a Fishery Ecosystem Plan SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  7. How We Work Together SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  8. Economists and Social Scientists on Teams/SSC SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  9. How the Council Uses Economics SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  10. How the Council Uses Economics • Evaluation of fishery performance and documenting problems • Designing policy responses • Identifying and analyzing social and economic impacts related to proposed actions: SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  11. Typical Social or Economic Elementsof FMP Goals and Objectives • Optimum yield and net national benefits to the nation • Efficiency & capacity control • Profitability, viability, stability (avoid disruption) • Utilization & bycatch/discard/waste minimization • Commercial & rec and related consumers and quality of products • Communities and local production • Fairness and Equity • Continuity for existing participants (traditional, diversity) • Min gear conflicts • Safety • Coordination -- International, inter-Council, state-Federal, Tribal • Social acceptability and public outreach • Monitoring and enforcement. • Efficient/flexible/creative management SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  12. What Economics is Used for and What SWFSC Economists Provide SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  13. Social and Economic Information is Used For… • Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) documents • Harvest Specifications and Management Measures • FMPs, FMP Amendments, and Regulatory Amendments SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  14. CPS Management In Action • Annual Management Cycle • Routine (automatic or notice actions) (FMP 2.1.1) • Biological Points of Concern (FMP 2.1.2) • Resource and conservation • Impacts on other management measures • Socio-economic impacts • Costs and benefits • Socio-Economic Point of Concern Framework (FMP 2.1.3) • Achievement of goals and objectives • Impacts on other fisheries and other management measures • Sociobiological impacts • Socioeconomic impacts • Costs and benefits • Allocation Actions (FMP 2.1.4) • (present and historical participation, economics, agreements, biological impacts, consistency with national standards and FMP goals and objectives). • FMP Amendments SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  15. CPS Examples • SAFE Document • CPS volume and exvessel value by fishery and in context of all fisheries • Prices • Number of vessels • CPS as share of total revenue for CPS vessels • Exports as a share of landings • Annual Specifications • Regulatory Flexibility Analysis – Sardine and Pacific Mackerel • Disproportionality and Profitability • Vessel counts, volumes, total exvessel revenue, price (limited cost data) • Qualitative assessment of changes • Amendment 11 – Sardine Allocation (August 2005) • Purse Sein Fleet (exvessel revenue, subarea rev, months with landings shortfalls, unharvested HG), • Buyers/Processors (similar – used producer surplus instead of exvessel) • Fishing Communities (regional change in personal income, • proportionality between areas) SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  16. HMS Management In Action • Biennial Management Cycle (used for management measures) • General Procedure (FMP 5.1) • Three-meeting process • Action meets general legislative and EO requirements for analysis • Biological Point-of-Concern Framework (FMP 5.1) • Achievement of goals and objectives • Impacts on other management measures, other fisheries, and bycatch • Sociobiological impacts • Socioeconomic impacts • FMP Amendments SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  17. HMS Examples • SAFE Document • HMS volume and exvessel value by fishery and in context of all fisheries • Number of commercial vessels • Recreational catch and average catch per angler • Biennial Specifications • Bluefin tuna rec bag limit • General qualitative analysis • General Process • Drift gillnet hard caps (September 2015) • Bootstrap Model – landings, sets, revenue, variable profits (SWFSC cost & earnings survey) • Original FEIS – August 2003 • Wide ranging qualitative social and economic analyses • Existence values; Consumer surplus; Trade • Typical volume, value, vessel counts • Administration costs SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  18. Fishery Ecosystem Plan (July 2013) • Ecosystem Plan Development Team supported by economists • NEPA document considered importance to communities • Largely descriptive of fishing activities by sector and community. • Commercial • Numbers of vessels, processors/buyers, seafood business • Exvessel value, volume and price per pound (by port in aggregate) • Impacts for primary and secondary dealers, importers/brokers, restaurants and grocers • Employment, income, sales, value-added • Recreational • Catch, angler residences, expenditures • Jobs, income • Communities • Demographic info & fishing-related income impacts SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

  19. Questions/Discussion SWFSC Econ & Social Sciences Review, July 25, 2017

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