Commercial Nearshore Fishery
Industry and Public Meeting for the 2021 Fishing Year &
Information on 2021-22 Stock Assessments
Brett Rodomsky Troy Buell
State Fishery Management Assistant State Fishery Manager
September 20201
At tonight’s meeting
• Pacific Fishery Management Council update
• Black Rockfish Management Area update
• 2020 fishery landings to date
• Process and options for setting 2021 state regulations
• Bi-monthly vessel catch limits
• Input from industry and other interested parties
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• Non-trawl Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA)
• Shoreward boundary moved from 30 fathoms to 40 fathoms
• Northern California-Oregon
• ONLY Hook and Line gears, excluding:
• Longline
• Dinglebar
• 2021-2022 fixed gear trip limits
• Similar to 2020 in-season changes for Limited Entry (LE) and Open Access (OA)
• LE refers to federal permits, vessels with only state permits are OA
• 2021 stock assessments for 2023-2024 management
Pacific Fishery Management Council
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Pacific Fishery Management CouncilLE and OA Fixed Gear Trip Limits
Stock 2019-2020 Outset 2020 In-season 2021-2022 proposed
Widow rockfish
Combined limit:
LE: 200 lbs/month
OA: 200 lbs/month
Combined limit:
LE: 800 lbs/month
OA: 800 lbs/month
Separate widow limit:
LE: 4,000 lbs./ 2 months
OA: 2,000 lbs./ 2 months
Shelf rockfish Separate shelf limit:
LE: 800 lbs./ month
OA: 800 lbs./ month
Shortbelly rockfish Separate shortbelly limit:
LE: 200 lbs./ month
OA: 200 lbs./ month
Canary rockfish LE: 300 lbs./ 2 months
OA: 300 lbs./ 2 months
LE: 3,000 lbs./ 2 months
OA: 1,000 lbs./ 2 month
LE: 3,000 lbs./ 2 months
OA: 1,000 lbs./ 2 month
Yellowtail rockfish LE: 1,000 lbs./ month
OA: 500 lbs./ month
LE: 3,000 lbs./ month
OA: 1,500 lbs./ month
LE: 3,000 lbs./ month
OA: 1,500 lbs./ month
Lingcod (OR/WA) LE: 2,000 lbs./ 2 months
OA: 900 lbs./ month
LE: 4,000 lbs./ 2 months
OA: 2,000 lbs./ month
LE: 4,000 lbs./ 2 months
OA: 2,000 lbs./ month
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Pacific Fishery Management CouncilStock Assessment Schedule
2021 assessments (2023-2024 mgmt.)
Full Update Data Moderate Catch-Only
Dover sole Sablefish Copper rockfish Canary rockfish
Vermilion/sunset
rockfishPacific spiny dogfish
Darkblotched
rockfish
LingcodSquarespotted
rockfish
Arrowtooth
flounder
Quillback rockfish Petrale sole
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Black Rockfish Management Areas
Reminder: Regulation Change Effective January 1, 2020
Black Rockfish Management Area daily trip limits:
Period 1: 500 lbs – this is a 200 lb increase
Period 2: 300 lbs
Period 3: 300 lbs
Period 4: 300 lbs
Period 5: 300 lbs
Period 6: 500 lbs - this is a 200 lb increase
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Review the 2020 Season(Landings thru Sept 10 or 69% of season)
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2020 Nearshore Permits
• 44 permits for Black & Blue (B/B) Rockfish without Nearshore Endorsement
• 33 B/B permitted vessels landed B/B Rockfish
• 75% active
• 67 B/B w/ Nearshore-Endorsed permits
• 54 NS vessels landed B/B or NS fish
• 81% active
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PermitsBlack/Blue & BB w/ Nearshore Endorsement
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2020 Permits Permit History: 2004 - 2020
2020 Effort(69% of the Season)
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Nearshore Effort: Trips by Port
* 2020 trips thru Sept 10, trips from other years from entire year 11
2020 Total Landings(69% of the season)
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Total Landings and Value by Port*
13* 2020 landings thru Sept 10, landings from other years from entire year
Black Rockfish Landings(61% of cap - 69% of season)
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Black Rockfish Landings by Port*
* 2020 landings thru Sept 10, landings from other years from entire year 15
2020 Black Rockfish Limit Attainment
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Blue and Deacon Rockfish Landings(19% of cap - 69% of season)
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Blue and Deacon Landings by Port*
* 2020 landings thru Sept 10, landings from other years from entire year 18
2020 Blue and Deacon Limit Attainment
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Other Nearshore Landings(72% of cap - 69% of season)
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Other Nearshore Landings by Port*
* 2020 landings thru Sept 10, landings from other years from entire year 21
2020 Other Nearshore Limit Attainment
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Greenling Landings(7% of cap - 69% of season)
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Greenling Landings by Port*
* 2020 landings thru Sept 10, landings from other years from entire year 24
2020 Greenling Limit Attainment
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Cabezon Landings(45% of cap - 69% of season)
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Cabezon Landings by Port*
* 2020 landings thru Sept 10, landings from other years from entire year 27
2020 Cabezon Limit Attainment
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2020 Landings Summarythru 69% of season
Black RF Blue & Deacon RF ONSRF Greenling Cabezon
Harvest
Guideline (lbs)270,948 40,345 26,896 260,806 66,580
Totals – 9/10 164,122 7,571 19,481 17,558 30,061
% of HG Landed 61% 19% 72% 7% 45%
Remainder 106,826 32,774 7,415 243,248 36,519
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Management Strategy
Provide sustainable fishing opportunity without
exceeding federal and state harvest limits or
Yelloweye rockfish impacts.
Predictability
• cumulative trip limits set at season start
• year-round season
• market supply
• few or no in-season changes
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Commercial Harvest Guidelines
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Black Rockfish Bimonthly Trip Limits
Species
group
2019
Outset
2019 w/
In-season
changes
2020
Outset
2020 w/
In-season
changes
Black RF
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
1,500
1,500
1,800
1,800
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
2,400
2,100
2,100
1,500
1,500
1,800
1,800
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,800
2,400
2,700
2,700
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Black RF Trip Limit Projections
2019 Base Year
Period Trip Limit
1 1,500
2 1,800
3 2,100
4 2,100
5 1,800
6 1,500
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Black RF Trip Limit Projections
2019 Base Year
Period Trip Limit
1 1,500
2 1,800
3 2,100
4 2,100
5 1,800
6 1,500
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2018 Base Year
Period Trip Limit
1 1,500
2 1,500
3 1,800
4 1,800
5 1,800
6 1,500
Black RF Bimonthly Trip Limits
Species
group
2019
Outset
2019 w/
In-season
changes
2020
Outset
2020 w/
In-season
changes
2021
Black RF
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
1,500
1,500
1,800
1,800
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
2,400
2,100
2,100
1,500
1,500
1,800
1,800
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,800
2,400
2,700
2,700
?
?
?
?
?
?
Goal: 2-month cumulative trip limits to achieve a 12-month season in 2021 with few or no in-season adjustments
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Other Nearshore RF Trip Limit Projections
2019 Base Year
Period Trip Limit
1 300
2 300
3 300
4 300
5 300
6 300
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Other Nearshore RF Trip Limit Projections
2019 Base Year
Period Trip Limit
1 300
2 300
3 300
4 300
5 300
6 300
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2018 Base Year
Period Trip Limit
1 450
2 450
3 450
4 450
5 450
6 450
Cabezon Trip Limit Projections
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2019 Base Year
Period Trip Limit
1 1,500
2 1,500
3 1,500
4 1,500
5 1,500
6 1,500
Cabezon Trip Limit Projections
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2019 Base Year
Period Trip Limit
1 1,500
2 1,500
3 1,500
4 1,500
5 1,500
6 1,500
2017 Base Year
Period Trip Limit
1 2,500
2 2,500
3 2,500
4 2,500
5 2,500
6 2,500
Other Bimonthly Trip Limits
Goal: 2-month cumulative trip limits to achieve a 12-month season in 2021 with few or no in-season adjustments
Species
group
2019
Outset
2019 w/
In-season
changes
2020
Outset
2020 w/
In-season
changes
2021
Blue RF 300 100 1,500 1,500 ?
Other NS
RF450 250 450 450 ?
Cabezon 2,000 45 1,000 2,000 ?
Greenling 800 1,000 1,000 1,000 ?
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Commercial Nearshore Fishery Data Update
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/publications/ 41
Thank you!
Marine Resources Program
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
2040 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport, OR 97365
(541) 867-4741
Contact us!
Brett Rodomsky
(541) 265-8306 ext. 286
Troy Buell
(541) 867-0300 ext. 225
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