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TILLAMOOK BAY CLAM ADVISORY
COMMITTEE: Meeting #8 / Jan 2022
Host: ODFW Marine Resources Program
2040 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport, OR 97365
(541) 867-4741
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TILLAMOOK BAY CLAM ADVISORY
COMMITTEE: Meeting #8
Committee Operation and Ground Rules:
• Be prompt, prepared, and present.
• Focus on topics and stay on time. Share your ideas, but be concise.
• Involve everyone in discussion.
• Be courteous and polite. Please don’t interrupt others and avoid side
conversations.
• Listen and discuss with an open mind. Respect differing opinions.
• Provide constructive suggestions rather than negative criticisms.
• Our goal is general consensus; support group decisions once consensus is
reached.
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TBCAC Members
Committee Advisor Stakeholder Group
Craig Andes Commercial Harvesters
Shane Riley Commercial Harvesters
Brett Senff Commercial Harvesters
Kristi Foster Conservation
Clair Thomas Conservation
Brent Collier Sport Harvesters
Barbara Trout Sport Harvesters
Steve Williams Sport Harvesters
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TILLAMOOK BAY CLAM ADVISORY
COMMITTEE: Meeting #8
January 27, 2022 / 3-5 PM
Agenda:
3:00 Introduction, Agenda, and Goals
3:15 Review progress and discuss next steps
3:30 Review the Oregon Shellfish Initiative report for use as a template
4:00 Discuss drafting the interim TBCAC report. Set timeline and identify authors
4:15 Review the current version of Ghost Hole recommendation
4:30 Identify and prioritize the next issues to work on that are mandated by SB-1025
4:50 Summary and Next Steps
5:00 Adjourn
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Meeting Goals
1. Planning update, review progress, discuss next steps
for TBCAC
2. Review format for OR Shellfish Task Force Report as
template for TBCAC Interim Report
3. Set up workplan for TBCAC Interim Report / due
Summer 2022
4. Review progress on Ghost Hole issue
5. Discuss new topics for future TBCAC meetings
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Planning Update
Deadlines:
• ODFW provides Interim Report to OR Legislature in 2022 (likely Nov)
• SEACOR completes intertidal surveys 2022 (likely Sept)
• TBCAC delivers Interim Report to ODFW by Aug-Sep 2022
• SEACOR completes subtidal surveys in 2023
• TBCAC delivers Final Report to ODFW by May-Jun* 2023
• ODFW delivers Final Report to Legislature before end of December 2023
* date for delivery of TBCAC Final Report is flexible / should be by late spring-summer of 2023
6 6Review TBCAC progress (to date)
Progress (May 2020 to Jan 2022):
• Formation of TBCAC as advisory committee to ODFW
• Held 8 TBCAC meetings (2020-2022)
• TBCAC received background info/briefings about multiple issues and management of bay
clam fisheries
• TBCAC identified and prioritized 21 topics for discussion
• Developed preliminary recommendations to address 6-8 priority issues
• Committee continues to make progress on difficult topics
• TBCAC working to identify multiple topics for future meetings
• Gained approval to submit TBCAC Interim Report to ODFW in Summer 2022
Future Progress:
• ODFW will deliver Interim Report to Legislature (Nov 2022)
• Initial work started to generate TBCAC Final Report to ODFW by May-Jun* 2023
• Final ODFW Report to Legislature before end of December 2023 7 6Addressed by SB1025 Requires
Next Steps:
Topic or Issue ODFW Action
TBCAC Mandate SEACOR data
Send the enrolled version of SB-1025 to TBCAC members for
✓ Posted on TBCAC website
Issues Remaining
use during preparation of TBCAC report
Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) over historic and recent periods, Created backgrounder #1, available
✓ as well as catch, participants, etc. on website
Overview of the commercial bay clam fisheries (roles, Created backgrounder #2, available
✓ mechanics, tracking, markets, etc) on website
Improve tracking of commercial bay clam landings through
✓ rules such as mandatory 24-hr reporting and electronic tickets X Temporary Rule for e-tix 2021
TBCAC can address several remaining HB3114 funds to increase capacity for
issues without new SEACOR stock ✓ Funding streams to support shellfish program and staffing 2022; ODFW will consider
recommendations on personnel shifts
estimates ✓
Frequency, funding, and planning for ODFW/SEACOR stock
X
HB3114 funds to increase capacity for
assessment surveys 2022
Utilize the commercial fleet for SEACOR bay clam stock
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Three essential issues require SEACOR
assessment surveys
Backgrounder #3 review of stock
Possible annual landing caps for intertidal commercial harvest
X X
stock estimates:
In Progress assessment process on website;
of bay clams
Temp Rule for intertidal cockles 2021
• available for intertidal zone (Fall 2022)
Vessel conflicts in the vicinity of the Ghost Hole area, and
In Progress
possible ways to reduce user conflict X Signage; press release for awareness
• available for subtidal zone (Fall 2023)
Identify primary locations in the intertidal zone used by Previous ODFW study;
In Progress
recreational clammers Info in Backgrounder #1 on website
Incorporate information from commercial harvest into periodic
In Progress
stock assessments X
TBCAC can also provide
Improved monitoring of recreational and commercial harvest
In Progress
of bay clams X Temporary Rule for e-tix 2021
recommendations that focus on
Special management area(s) reserved for recreational harvest Invited ODA to discuss managed
only (vs commercial bay clam harvest and mariculture of X X areas (Meeting #4); Will work with
oysters) ODA to change management lines
approach rather than new biomass Revisit commercial quotas for the bay clam dive fishery X X
values Renewal requirements and transferability of commercial dive
clam permits
Potential change to a limited-entry permit for commercial
intertidal rake fishery
Discuss Individual Fishing Quotas (IFQs) for commercial bay
clam fisheries as alternative management system
Stockpiling bay clams without a market or commercial sales
Assessment of bycatch in commercial and recreational bay
clam harvests
Investigate how variability in market demand impacts
commercial harvest rates for bay clams
Socio-economic assessment of the commercial bay clam fishery
8TBCAC Interim and Final Report
Possible Template:
Oregon Shellfish Task Force
(2016)
• Overview
• Pathway to an Oregon Shellfish Initiative
• Partnership for Oregon Shellfish
• Summary of Task Force
Recommendations
• Call to Action for 2017 Legislature
• Specific legislation to be introduced in
2017
• Appendix: List, priority rank, description,
and timeline for 32 recommendations
9TBCAC Interim Report
TBCAC delivers Interim Report to ODFW by Aug-Sep 2022
Timeline for TBCAC EXAMPLE / DRAFT INTERIM REPORT:
Interim Report:
• Table of contents Tillamook Bay Clam Advisory Committee:
• Draft report Interim Report (2020-2022)
• TBCAC review
• TBCAC Interim • Overview of Bay Clam Management Issues
Report
• Formation of the Tillamook Bay Clam Advisory Committee
Authors: • Summary of TBCAC Meetings and Activities
• Identification of Priority Topics and Issues
• Primary writers • Summary of TBCAC Recommendations
• TBCAC Workplan for 2022-2023 to address remaining
issues
• Endorsement by • Appendix: List and description for TBCAC
full membership of recommendations
TBCAC
10✓ TBCAC Recommendations:
Vessel Conflicts in the Ghost Hole
1. Open other areas and/or survey new sites to assess clam abundance:
• Open Sow and Pig area north of main channel
• Include S&P area in next SEACOR survey
2. Temporal restrictions around Ghost Hole: – different opinions about
restrictions
• Seasonal closures in Sept, Oct, and/or Nov (Fall Chinook season)
3. Increase Awareness about Dive Clam Operations:
• Install new signage at boat launches, docks and other venues
4. Oregon Marine Board Rule: – designate safety buffer around dive boats
• i.e., 200 ft away from “Diver-Down Flag” to match guidelines for WA and CA
11 13✓ TBCAC Recommendations:
Vessel Conflicts in the Ghost Hole
TBCAC “Ghost Hole Workgroup” developed recommendation (Nov 24, 2021)
Problem Statement:
Conflicts between recreational fishermen and commercial subtidal bay clam
harvesters (Dive Fishery) continue to occur in the Ghost Hole despite attempts
to educate anglers and commercial fishermen about very real safety issues.
To date no serious injuries have occurred but most familiar with the conflict
believe it is only a matter of time before a serious accident happens.
SB – 1025 and the Tillamook Bay Clam Advisory Committee (TBCAC) identified
“Vessel conflicts in the vicinity of the Ghost Hole area” as a priority for
development of recommendations to reduce or eliminate the conflict.
12 13✓ TBCAC Recommendations:
Vessel Conflicts in the Ghost Hole
Recommendation:
Prohibit subtidal harvest of bay clams in the Ghost Hole area from the Floating Toilet north to
Hobsonville Point from September 1 to November 15 annually.
Note: (Implementation of this recommendation is contingent upon modification of the Oregon
Department Agriculture (ODA) health closure areas to allow commercial harvest north of
Hobsonville Point adjacent to the mouth of the Miami River and in the area known as the Sow and
Pigs.)
Until modifications of the ODA health closure areas can be implemented ODFW should implement
rules which;
• Restrict subtidal harvest of bay clams in the Ghost Hole area from the Floating Toilet north to
Hobsonville Point from midnight until noon from September 1 to November 15 annually. “While
this restriction will help reduce conflict in the Ghost Hole region, TBCAC recognizes the impacts of
this recommendation to the commercial bay clam harvesters.”
Further Action Needed for 2022: request ODA to modify health closure area in Tillamook
Bay 13 13Addressed by SB1025 Requires
Next Steps:
Topic or Issue ODFW Action
TBCAC Mandate SEACOR data
Send the enrolled version of SB-1025 to TBCAC members for
✓ Posted on TBCAC website
Issues Remaining
use during preparation of TBCAC report
Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) over historic and recent periods, Created backgrounder #1, available
✓ as well as catch, participants, etc. on website
Overview of the commercial bay clam fisheries (roles, Created backgrounder #2, available
✓ mechanics, tracking, markets, etc) on website
Improve tracking of commercial bay clam landings through
✓ rules such as mandatory 24-hr reporting and electronic tickets X Temporary Rule for e-tix 2021
Issues for Future TBCAC Meetings: HB3114 funds to increase capacity for
✓ Funding streams to support shellfish program and staffing 2022; ODFW will consider
recommendations on personnel shifts
TBCAC Mtg #9 / March 2022 ? ✓
Frequency, funding, and planning for ODFW/SEACOR stock
X
HB3114 funds to increase capacity for
TBCAC Mtg #10 / May 2022 ?
assessment surveys 2022
Utilize the commercial fleet for SEACOR bay clam stock
✓
TBCAC Mtg #11 / July 2022 ?
assessment surveys
Backgrounder #3 review of stock
Possible annual landing caps for intertidal commercial harvest
In Progress
of bay clams X X assessment process on website;
Temp Rule for intertidal cockles 2021
Vessel conflicts in the vicinity of the Ghost Hole area, and
In Progress
possible ways to reduce user conflict X Signage; press release for awareness
Incorporate information from
Identify primary locations in the intertidal zone used by Previous ODFW study;
In Progress
recreational clammers Info in Backgrounder #1 on website
commercial harvest into periodic
Incorporate information from commercial harvest into periodic
In Progress
stock assessments X
stock assessments
Improved monitoring of recreational and commercial harvest
In Progress
of bay clams X Temporary Rule for e-tix 2021
Special management area(s) reserved for recreational harvest Invited ODA to discuss managed
only (vs commercial bay clam harvest and mariculture of X X areas (Meeting #4); Will work with
Special management area(s) reserved oysters) ODA to change management lines
for recreational harvest Revisit commercial quotas for the bay clam dive fishery X X
Renewal requirements and transferability of commercial dive
clam permits
Potential change to a limited-entry permit for commercial
intertidal rake fishery
Discuss Individual Fishing Quotas (IFQs) for commercial bay
Future TBCAC Meetings clam fisheries as alternative management system
Stockpiling bay clams without a market or commercial sales
Assessment of bycatch in commercial and recreational bay
clam harvests
Investigate how variability in market demand impacts
commercial harvest rates for bay clams
Socio-economic assessment of the commercial bay clam fishery
14✓ Recommendations:
Utilize Information from Commercial Clammers to
Improve Management
1. Engage Commercial Bay Clam Harvesters in Stock Estimate Surveys:
• Identify specific areas where SEACOR should conduct surveys in intertidal
and subtidal zones
• Provide size distribution of harvested clams
• Identify rates of repopulation by clams into harvested areas
• Document observations about clam populations
2. Contribute Information to Improve Monitoring and Management:
• Develop a digital app to provide required information for logbooks
• Others?
15 13Discussion Notes
• Discussion:
16 17Wrap-Up Summary & Next Steps
Notes:
17 17You can also read
