Exhibit B

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Issues for Consideration

• Approve the Oregon Forage Fish Management Plan

• Adopt implementing regulations

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Marine Food Web

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Managed/Monitored Forage “Fish”(Fished)

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Anchovy Market Squid

Mackerels Herring

Sardine

Unmanaged Forage Fish(Unfished)

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Surf Smelt & Sand Lance Night Smelt

Pacific Saury Eulachon

Midwater Squids

Broader Context of the Forage Fish Management Plan

• In May 2016, NEW federal regulations to protect unmanaged forage fish in federal waters

• Broad public support to add complementary, precautionary regulations in state waters

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Federal Forage Fish Regulatory Intent

• Define unmanaged forage fish (list)– Shared Ecosystem Component (SEC) Species

• Protect SEC species and ecosystem:– Prohibit new “directed” commercial fisheries,

until managers have adequate information to evaluate proposed activity

• Protect fishing activity:– Allow continuation of existing commercial

fisheries

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West Coast Landings(metric tons/fishing trip)

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Estimated SEC Species

Without Squids

10 m.t. threshold defines “directed fishing”

West Coast Landings(metric tons/calendar year)

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Without Squids

Estimated SEC Species

30 m.t. threshold defines “directed fishing”

Humboldt Squid

Oregon Landings (metric tons/calendar year)

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PresumedHumboldt Squid 

(not EC squid species)

Oregon Forage Fish Management PlanIntent

• Complement Federal regulatory intent– Extends protections to state waters– Same species and definition of “directed fishing”

• Tailored management approach and analysis, specific to Oregon waters

• Plan based on the Department’s Marine Fishery Management Plan Framework

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Oregon Forage Fish Management PlanManagement Goals

• Support ecosystem resilience and reliance on forage fish

• Allow existing fisheries to continue

• Support sustainability of existing fisheries, relative to the reliance on forage fish prey

• Monitor forage fish landings

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Existing State Rules

• Smelt landings limited to 1% of a landing by weight

• No requirement to report landings of some miscellaneous species – Those with no commercial value,

including some Shared EC Species– Fish tickets do not capture total

poundage landed in Oregon

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Proposed State Rules

• Define Shared Ecosystem Component Species

• Prohibit directed fishing, defined as:– Vessels landing

• Shared EC Species without any other species,• > 10 metric tons/trip, OR• > 30 metric tons/year

• Require reporting of miscellaneous species on fish receiving tickets (aggregate weight)

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Oregon Forage Fish Management PlanPublic Process

• Extensive public process for federal waters (completed May 2016)

• Coordinated, overlapping public process for Oregon (2014-2016)

• Oregon advisory group (2015-2016)– Commercial fishing interests– Recreational fishing interests– Ecosystem interests

• Oregon public comment period (2016)– Direct mailings to commercial fishing industry

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Public Comments

• Over 1,400 letters– Overwhelming support

• Requested changes:– Prioritize data gaps, describe how they

might be filled; spawning ground data gaps are of particular interest

– Include currently managed species– Add conservation measures for the EC

species– Include how future proposals for directed

fishing will be evaluated

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Staff Recommendation

• Approve the Oregon Forage Fish Management Plan

• Adopt State Rules to Implement the Plan beginning January 1, 2017

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Glass squids (Pacific)‐‐Cranchiidae