Field Reports – in written form only

Expenditure Report

Staff: Bill Herber, Deputy Director for Administration

Wolf Plan Review Process

Ron Anglin, Wildlife Division Administrator

Adopt Temporary Rules

Curt Melcher, Director

Attachments: (pdf)

• Financial Report
• January Field Report 2016
• Wolf Plan Review Process

The Commission will be asked to approve the draft August 7 and October 9, 2015 Commission minutes.

Attachments: (pdf)

• FINAL January 2016 Minutes
  
  

The Commission will be asked to adopt the schedule of damages used in assessing
commercial fishing violations during 2016.

Staff: Aaron Jenkins, Economist
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Notice Hearing and FIS
• Attachment 3 Draft OARs
• Attachment 4 ORS 506.720
• Attachment 5 Public Correspondence
• CF Damages (ppt)
  
  

The Commission will be asked to adopt the 2016 regulations for groundfish and review the 2014 annual commercial nearshore logbook report.

Staff: Maggie Sommer, Marine Fisheries Section Manager
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Hearing Need and FIS
• Attachment 3 Draft OARs
• Attachment 4 80 Federal Register 71975
• Attachment 5 80 Federal Register 77267
• Attachment 6 Public Correspondence
• Groundfish (ppt)
  
  

The Commission will be asked to approve Access and Habitat Board Appointment.

Staff: Isaac Sanders, Access and Habitat Program Coordinator
Public Testimony
Approval

Attachments: (pdf)

• Exhibit D Cover
• Exhibit D Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Exhibit D Attachment 2 Public Correspondence
• Access and Habitat (ppt)
  
  

The Commission will be will be provided an informational briefing on proposed changes to the process and timelines for setting big game hunting seasons and tag numbers.

Staff: Nick Myatt, Grand Ronde Watershed District Manager
    Kevin Blakely, Wildlife Division Deputy Administrator
Public Testimony
Informational

Attachments: (pdf)

• Exhibit E Cover
• Exhibit E Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Exhibit E Attachment 2 Public Correspondence
• Big Game Tag Setting (ppt)
  

February 12, 2016 – Tigard (Congressional District #1)

March 18, 2016 – Salem (Congressional District #5)

April 22, 2016 – Bandon (Congressional District # 4)

May – No Meeting schedules

June 9 & 10, 2016 – Salem

July – No Meeting Scheduled

August 5, 2016 – TBD

September 2, 2016 – TBD

October 7, 2016 – TBD

November – No Meeting Scheduled

December 2, 2016 – Salem

PLEASE NOTE

AGENDA

The Commission meeting will begin at 8:00 AM January 15, 2016, and proceed chronologically through the agenda. If you wish to receive written materials prepared for any of the agenda items, please contact the Director’s Office in Salem at 503.947.6044 to request a packet for those items which interest you or see the agency’s website at https://www.dfw.state.or.us/Comm/schedule.htm .

A recess will be taken at 12:00 Noon, when the Commission will have lunch and may discuss matters of general interest. The public is welcome to attend, and an announcement will be made of the location of the lunch. Lunch will not be provided to the public.

PUBLIC TESTIMONY

If you wish to give testimony on any item scheduled on this agenda, please sign up on the sheets provided the day of the meeting. You will be called to testify by the Commission Chair. The Commission places great value on information received from the public, and wants to avoid arbitrary limits on the time or attention allocated to each witness. Therefore, persons desiring to testify or otherwise present information to the Commission are encouraged to:

1. Provide written summaries of information to the Commission twenty (20 sets);
2. Limit testimony to three (3) minutes, recognizing that substance, not length, determines the value of
   testimony or written information;
3. Endorse rather than repeat testimony of other witnesses; and
4. Groups or organizations wishing to testify should designate one spokesperson whenever possible.

PUBLIC FORUM

If you wish to give testimony on any item not scheduled elsewhere on the agenda, please contact the Director’s Office, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 503.947.6044, at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. You will be called by the Commission Chair immediately following the Director’s report portion of the agenda. Please provide twenty (20) sets of written summaries or other materials to the Commission Assistant prior to your testimony. The Commission is unable to take action on items brought to their attention in this forum.

Thank you for taking the time to present your views.

Materials delivered to the Director’s Office sufficiently in advance of the meeting can be copied and distributed to the Commission. If you bring written materials to the hearing, please provide twenty (20) copies. If you have questions regarding this Agenda, please contact the Director’s Office, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 4034 Fairview Industrial Dr. SE, Salem, OR 97302, 503.947.6044.

PARKING

Parking is available to anyone who attends the Commission meeting.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION OF DISABILITIES

Reasonable accommodation, such as assistive hearing devices, sign language interpreters, and materials in large print or audiotape, will be provided as needed. In order to ensure availability, please contact the Director’s Office at 503.947.6044 at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to make your request. TTY users can reach ODFW by using the Oregon Telecommunications Relay Service. Please dial 711 and ask to be connected to 503-947-6044.