PEIS Discussion Framework for Ecosystem Committee

The Council and staff are seeking input on development of a purpose and need and alternatives for the Programmatic EIS. Ideas are welcome and may be provided in any format, however, the questions below aim to help frame the work on the Programmatic and assist the Committee in developing a purpose and need statement and identification of alternatives. The staff discussion document should provide you context for answering the following questions. (Please note that page 1 of the discussion document contains the same questions that are on this form.) 

Any answers are, by no means, meant to be final, and the purpose of the questions is to help organize thoughts and to stimulate discussion at the April 2023 Committee meeting. Staff will organize and compile these answers for Committee discussion. 

You do not need to answer every question and you have the option to go back and change your responses after submitting the form. You can also submit more than one response to this form.

Please submit your response(s) no later than Monday, March 27th.

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1. Why does the Council need to reinitiate a Programmatic evaluation at this time?
2. What outcome(s) do you want to achieve through this process?
3. What scope would you like to see for the new policy?
  • Focused on groundfish fishery, specific species, or all Council-managed fisheries?
  • A broader or specific geographic range?
  • Affecting all the management policy or specific components?
4. What changes would you like to see to the current groundfish management policy and its nine goals and suite of 45 objectives?

          The goals and objectives can be found here.
  • Do you feel there are any management goals and/or objectives that need to be added to a new management policy? If so, what are they?
  • Are there any management goals and/or objectives that have not been prioritized enough in Council decision making? If so, which ones?
  • Are there any management goals and/or objectives with which you no longer agree, or which need language to be updated? If so, which ones?
5. Are there any specific regulatory or management-related steps you can think of at this time to better align the Council with future purpose and management objectives?
These may not necessarily end up being folded into the Programmatic, but can provide additional illustration as the Committee and Council decide how to structure alternatives. 
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