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D1 Salmon Fishery Management Plan.pdf NPFMC April 1990 - 91st The Council needs to determine its preference for an OY for each salmon fishery in the EEZ. ... Pautzke Executive Director April 16, 1990 SUBJECT: Salmon Fishery Management Plan ACTION REQUIRED Receive report on ... However, approval may not occur before the 1990 troll salmon fishery, Agenda D-l 1 GP/MEETING in which case NMFS is... Agenda Item: D1	08:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Apr 24 1990
D1 Salmon Fishery Management Plan.pdf NPFMC September 1990 - 93rd Pautzke Executive Director DATE: September 18, 1990 SUBJECT: Salmon Fishery Management Plan ACTION REQUIRED Final action ... The Salmon Plan Team believes that salmon fishery managers will never allow the situation contemplated as overfishing by ... NMFS classified the Alaska troll salmon fishery as a Category 2 fishery, not because marine mammals are caught by trollers... Agenda Item: D3	08:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Sep 25 1990
D1 Salmon Fishery Management Plan.pdf NPFMC September 1989 - 88th Pautzke Executive Director DATE: September 20, 1989 SUBJECT: Salmon Fishery Management Plan ACTION REQUIRED Approve ... Hence, it is redundant to increase federal regulatory authority in management of the salmon fishery in the EEZ. ... Therefore, the Council should adopt a framework Plan which delegates management authority of the salmon fishery in the... Agenda Item: D3	08:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Sep 26 1989
D2 Salmon Fishery Management Plan.pdf NPFMC January 1990 - 90th Pautzke Executive Director DATE: January 5, 1990 SUBJECT: Salmon Fishery Management Plan ACTION REQUIRED Receive report ... For the most part, salmon fishery managers work on the basis of groups of salmon stocks (e.g., a complex of hundreds of ... fishery by the Alaska Board of Fisheries, or (C) Failing to achieve a spawning escapement goal set by the Pacific Salmon... Agenda Item: D2	08:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Jan 16 1990
NPFMC Discussion Paper Tribal Salmon Fishery Proposal.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2025 -274th fishery management measures Possible Cook Inlet EEZ tribal salmon fishery management measures Who can fish? ... We respectfully request the development of a discussion paper on how a Tribal Salmon Fishery (TSF) in the Cook Inlet Exclusive ... ● The TSF will primarily be a Sockeye salmon fishery - it will not target Chinook, Coho, Chum, or Pink salmon nor according... Agenda Item: E1 Comment Submitted by: Samuel Schimmel	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Mar 31 2025
NPFMC Tribal Salmon Fishery Proposal - 3_28_25, 2_28 PM.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2025 -274th fishery management measures Possible Cook Inlet EEZ tribal salmon fishery management measures Who can fish? ... We respectfully request the development of a discussion paper on how a Tribal Salmon Fishery (TSF) in the Cook Inlet Exclusive ... ● The TSF will primarily be a Sockeye salmon fishery - it will not target Chinook, Coho, Chum, or Pink salmon nor according... Agenda Item: E1 Comment Submitted by: Debra Call	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Mar 31 2025
NPFMC Tribal Salmon Fishery Proposal - 3_28_25, 1_12 PM.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2025 -274th fishery management measures Possible Cook Inlet EEZ tribal salmon fishery management measures Who can fish? ... We respectfully request the development of a discussion paper on how a Tribal Salmon Fishery (TSF) in the Cook Inlet Exclusive ... ● The TSF will primarily be a Sockeye salmon fishery - it will not target Chinook, Coho, Chum, or Pink salmon nor according... Agenda Item: E1 Comment Submitted by: Sam Schimmel	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Mar 31 2025
Possible Council Options for Action on the Commerical TRoll Salmon Fishery FMP.pdf NPFMC December 1977 - 11th Possible Council Options for Action on the Commercial Troll Salmon Fishery FMP Our current schedule for the Troll Salmon ... Limit the King salmon fishery to single hooks, barbless or otherwise, either for the entire season or only prior to the... Agenda Item: C3	08:00 AM - AKST Thursday, Dec 01 1977
C1 NOAA GC memo RE extent of Cook Inlet Area salmon fishery.pdf NPFMC April 2018 - 238th C1 Extent of Cook Inlet Area Salmon fishery APRIL 2018 1. No. ... commercial salmon fishery within the Cook Inlet EEZ Area to the State. ... fishery occurring within the EEZ, but not to the commercial salmon fishery occurring within the Cook Inlet EEZ Area, was... Agenda Item: C1	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Apr 02 2018
C1 Extent of Cook Inlet Area Salmon Fishery.pdf Cook Inlet Salmon Committee - 04/01/18-04/30/18 commercial salmon fishery within the Cook Inlet EEZ Area to the State. ... fishery occurring within the EEZ, but not to the commercial salmon fishery occurring within the Cook Inlet EEZ Area, was ... No one disputes that the exempted area of Cook Inlet is a salmon fishery....	09:00 AM - AKST Sunday, Apr 01 2018
C1 Cook Inlet Salmon AP.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2023 - 264th : uci saltwater sport salmon Fishery related communities (Continued) New Section 4.5.2.3: uci saltwater sport salmon Fishery ... sport salmon Fishery related communities (continued) New Section 4.5.2.3: uci saltwater sport salmon Fishery related communities ... FISHERY IN THE UCI 74  Saltwater Sport Salmon Fishery in the UCI is now considered directly affected by the action... Agenda Item: C1	07:00 AM - AKST Wednesday, Apr 05 2023
C4 Appendix 12.pdf NPFMC October 2020 - 251st commercial salmon fishery within the Cook Inlet EEZ Area to the State. ... commercial salmon fishery within the Cook Inlet EEZ Area to the State. ... fishery occurring within the EEZ, but not to the commercial salmon fishery occurring within the Cook Inlet EEZ Area, was... Agenda Item: C4	08:00 AM - AKST Friday, Oct 02 2020
C1 Cook Inlet Specifications.pdf NPFMC Council/AP February 2025 -273rd on the interactions between the region-wide Cook Inlet salmon fishery (not specific to the CI EEZ salmon fishery) and ESA-listed ... Under Alternative 1 the CI EEZ salmon fishery would be closed. ... NMFS regulatory area for the Cook Inlet EEZ Pacific salmon fishery.... Agenda Item: C1	08:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Feb 04 2025
C1 Cook Inlet Salmon SSC.pdf SSC April 2023 sport salmon Fishery related communities (continued) New Section 4.5.2.3: uci saltwater sport salmon Fishery related communities ... FISHERY IN THE UCI 82  Saltwater Sport Salmon Fishery in the UCI is now considered directly affected by the action ... Fishery, 2015-2021 Q Guide Residence Community O Port of Landing UCI Drift Gillnet Commercial Salmon Fishery, 2009-2021...	08:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Apr 04 2023
TIFC AP COM.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2025 -274th fishery management measures Possible Cook Inlet EEZ tribal salmon fishery management measures Who can fish? ... We respectfully request the development of a discussion paper on how a Tribal Salmon Fishery (TSF) in the Cook Inlet Exclusive ... ● The TSF will primarily be a Sockeye salmon fishery - it will not target Chinook, Coho, Chum, or Pink salmon nor according... Agenda Item: E1 Comment Submitted by: Samuel Schimmel	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Mar 31 2025
E AP Report.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2025 -274th Fishery The AP recommends the Council initiate a discussion paper on how a Tribal Salmon Fishery can be implemented into ... ● The AP heard public testimony that the Cook Inlet EEZ salmon fishery is underutilized and the TAC is not being fully ... ● The AP noted that since a future TSF in the Cook Inlet EEZ commercial salmon fishery would be unfamiliar territory... Agenda Item: E1	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Mar 31 2025
C4 Appendix 12.pdf SSC - October 2020 commercial salmon fishery within the Cook Inlet EEZ Area to the State. ... commercial salmon fishery within the Cook Inlet EEZ Area to the State. ... fishery occurring within the EEZ, but not to the commercial salmon fishery occurring within the Cook Inlet EEZ Area, was...	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Sep 28 2020
B3 UCIDA Motion to Expedite .pdf NPFMC January/February 2020 - 248th fishery management plan (“FMP”) for the Cook Inlet salmon fishery and impermissibly deferring the fishery’s management ... The Cook Inlet Commercial Salmon Fishery Is Being Managed out of Existence. ... The Cook Inlet Commercial Salmon Fishery Is Being Managed out of Existence. C.... Agenda Item: B3	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Jan 27 2020
2020 11 27 _ SS Comments_CI SalmonFMP_.pdf NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd Alternative 4 is not an appropriate approach to regulation of the commercial salmon fishery in Cook Inlet. ... Alternative 2 allows NMFS and the State of Alaska to appropriately manage the commercial Cook Inlet salmon fishery in a ... The State of Alaska has a long history of management of commercial salmon fishery and should retain the authority previously... Agenda Item: C2 Comment Submitted by: Loretta Brown	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
2020 comments to NPFMC Alt 4.pdf NPFMC April 2021 - 254th My entire livelihood revolves around the commercial salmon fishery. ... I have spent every summer of my life in the Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishery. ... Worley 11/25/2020 06:19 PM AKST The Cook Inlet driftnet salmon fishery is dying unnecessarily.... Agenda Item: B11 Comment Submitted by: Erik Huebsch	07:00 AM - AKST Monday, Apr 05 2021
C1 Cook Inlet EA-RIR.Final Review Draft.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2023 - 264th commercial salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ. ... salmon fishery to the State of Alaska (State) and prohibits commercial salmon fishing with net gear. ... Given the extremely small harvest of the recreational salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ, combined with their ability... Agenda Item: C1	07:00 AM - AKST Wednesday, Apr 05 2023
C1 REFERENCE Failed motion.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2023 - 264th of the recreational salmon fishery in the East Area ... Manage the recreational salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ with Federal regulations. ○ Suboption 1. ... Consistent with existing State of Alaska regulations for the saltwater recreational salmon fishery in Upper Cook Inlet.... Agenda Item: C1	07:00 AM - AKST Wednesday, Apr 05 2023
Reports, Contracts and Prop.pdf NPFMC April 1980 - 32nd fishery off Alaska; - to define the relationship of the troll salmon fishery on chinook stocks off Southeast Alaska with ... Single agency management of the salmon fishery off Alaska is no " longer possible. ... Branson, Executive Director SUBJECT: REP 80-2 "A Study of the Offshore Chinook and Coho Salmon Fishery off Alaska: ACTION... Agenda Item: H1	08:00 AM - AKST Thursday, Apr 24 1980
C4 Cook Inlet Salmon Initial Review.pdf NPFMC October 2020 - 251st salmon fishery to the State of Alaska (State), and prohibits commercial salmon fishing with net gear. ... What are the necessary conservation and management measures for the commercial salmon fishery in the EEZ? ... Alternatives for amending the Salmon FMP to manage the commercial salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ .... 55 2.1.... Agenda Item: C4	08:00 AM - AKST Friday, Oct 02 2020
C3 Cook Inlet Salmon EA.pdf NPFMC Council/AP February 2026 - 278th on the interactions between the region-wide Cook Inlet salmon fishery (not specific to the CI EEZ salmon fishery) and ESA-listed ... NMFS regulatory area for the Cook Inlet EEZ Pacific salmon fishery. ... under a range of proposed harvest strategies for the CI EEZ salmon fishery.... Agenda Item: C3	08:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Feb 03 2026
C1 Cook Inlet Salmon Council.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2023 - 264th : uci saltwater sport salmon Fishery related communities (Continued) New Section 4.5.2.3: uci saltwater sport salmon Fishery ... sport salmon Fishery related communities (continued) New Section 4.5.2.3: uci saltwater sport salmon Fishery related communities ... FISHERY IN THE UCI 65  Saltwater Sport Salmon Fishery in the UCI is now considered directly affected by the action... Agenda Item: C1	07:00 AM - AKST Wednesday, Apr 05 2023
D1 Take of Dall Porpoise Chinook Salmon Harvest.pdf NPFMC February 1981 - 38th Act to the Japanese salmon fishery. 2. ... the salmon fishery within the U.S. 200-mile zone. ... Catch of Salmon by the Japanese Mothership Salmon Fishery in 1980.... Agenda Item: D1	08:00 AM - AKST Thursday, Feb 26 1981
Resolution - Ross.pdf NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd The State’s management of the UCI salmon fishery limited harvest opportunities by both time and area. ... UCIDA also requests the Secretary of Commerce declare an economic disaster for the UCI drift gillnet salmon fishery and ... fishery.... Agenda Item: C2 Comment Submitted by: Roland Maw	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
Heimbuch Council Salmon FMP Comment Oct 2020.docx NPFMC October 2020 - 251st NMFS clearly lacks the infrastructure and expertise to manage a salmon fishery in Alaska at this time. ... As the analysis points out, Alaska is far better equipped to carry out management of the full salmon fishery. ... Should state management of this important salmon fishery be abandoned in favor of federal management, that not only leads... Agenda Item: C4 Comment Submitted by: Hannah Heimbuch	08:00 AM - AKST Friday, Oct 02 2020
C3 Cook Inlet Salmon EA-RIR for Initial Review.pdf NPFMC Council/AP December 2022 - 262nd salmon fishery to the State of Alaska (State) and prohibits commercial salmon fishing with net gear. ... What are the necessary conservation and management measures for the commercial salmon fishery in the EEZ? ... For 2022, the State successfully managed the Cook Inlet salmon fishery, including commercial salmon fishing in the Cook... Agenda Item: C3	07:00 AM - AKST Monday, Dec 05 2022
1606086335357_NPFMC sample letter 2020.doc NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd Supporting Alternative 4 would effectively eliminate the entire upper Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishery. ... Our local fisherman, businesses and towns benefit greatly from the upper Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishery ... We support joint management of the Cook Inlet salmon fishery between the State of Alaska and NPFMC / NMFS using the directions... Agenda Item: C2 Comment Submitted by: Kim Cresap	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
GOA Chinook PSC Limit Adjustments 3.28.18.pdf NPFMC April 2018 - 238th / https://www.thenorthernview.com/news/dfo-contemplating-sweeping-north-coast-salmon-fishery-closure/ mailto:seafa@gci.net ... / 2 Emphasis added 3 https://www.thenorthernview.com/news/dfo-contemplating-sweeping-north-coast-salmon-fishery-closure ... Website: http://www.seafa.org https://www.thenorthernview.com/news/dfo-contemplating-sweeping-north-coast-salmon-fishery-closure... Agenda Item: C6 Comment Submitted by: Kathy Hansen	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Apr 02 2018
C4 Cook Inlet Salmon Initial Review.pdf SSC - October 2020 salmon fishery to the State of Alaska (State), and prohibits commercial salmon fishing with net gear. ... What are the necessary conservation and management measures for the commercial salmon fishery in the EEZ? ... Alternatives for amending the Salmon FMP to manage the commercial salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ .... 55 2.1....	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Sep 28 2020
D1 Salmon FMP.pdf NPFMC May 1982 - 48th x summary: The Secretary of Commerce proposes to close the Southeast Alaska salmon fishery in the fishery conservation ... southeast Alaska ocean salmon fishery "Q (all species) in the FCZ from June 7 through June 16 is a necessary initial step ... High Seas Salmon Fishery off Alaska; Harvest Limit and Proposed Closure agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration... Agenda Item: D1	08:30 AM - AKST Wednesday, May 19 1982
Huebsch - Pacific Coast Salmon FMP.pdf Cook Inlet Salmon Committee - 03/06/19 ASSESSMENT PART 3 FOR OCEAN SALMON FISHERY REGULATIONS (Latest annual edition) vi Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery ... Fishery Management Plan March 2016 INTRODUCTION This document is the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan, a ... Chapter 6 in 48 Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan March 2016 4....	09:00 AM - AKST Wednesday, Mar 06 2019
C3 Cook Inlet Salmon Memo_Council.pdf NPFMC Council/AP February 2026 - 278th SAFE Report This is the third Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report for the Federal salmon fishery in ... C3 Cook Inlet Salmon SAFE FEBRUARY 2026 2 Proposed harvest specifications for the 2025 CI EEZ salmon fishery were published ... fishery and recommend status determination criteria (SDC), buffers, and the resulting acceptable biological catch (ABC)... Agenda Item: C3	09:00 AM - AKST Sunday, Feb 01 2026
Draft RFP for Study of Offshore Chinook and Coho Salmon Fishery.pdf NPFMC March 1980 - 31st fishery off Alaska; - to define the relationship of the troll salmon fishery on chinook stocks off Southeast Alaska with ... Single agency management of the salmon fishery off Alaska is no longer possible. ... Branson Subject: Draft RFP for a study of the Offshore Chinook and Coho Salmon Fishery ACTION REQUIRED Information Only... Agenda Item: I1	08:00 AM - AKST Wednesday, Mar 26 1980
B3 Cook Inlet reference point letter to NPFMC.pdf NPFMC April 2021 - 254th The ACL for the Cook Inlet EEZ commercial salmon fishery is zero. ... For the Cook Inlet salmon fishery, several economic, social, and ecological factors are involved in the definition of OY ... The OY range for the Cook Inlet salmon fishery is the combined catch from all salmon fisheries within Cook Inlet, which... Agenda Item: B3	07:00 AM - AKST Monday, Apr 05 2021
Testimony to NPFMC .docx NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd That’s right, it has been ten years since we notified the Council that the Cook Inlet salmon fishery was being harmed, because ... The Cook Inlet salmon fishery, when managed for MSY, had harvest of three to six million salmon with a value of fifty to ... There is something disturbingly wrong, that while the Cook Inlet salmon fishery is crumbling under State management, the... Agenda Item: C2 Comment Submitted by: David Martin	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
C2 Salmon FMP Action Memo.pdf NPFMC December 2011 - 206th a MEMORANDUM Council and SSC MembiTO: FROM: November 29,2011DATE: Salmon Fishery Management PlanSUBJECT: ACTION REQUIRED ... Review final analysis and adopt the revised and updated Salmon Fishery Management Plan BACKGROUND 1 The PPA maintains ... Fishery Management Plan (FMP), and chose Alternative 3 as its Preferred Preliminary Alternative (PPA).... Agenda Item: C2	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Dec 05 2011
JPC_Agenda_2020-11-05.pdf Joint Protocol Committee - 11/05/20 Staff Reports Salmon fishery management in the EEZ of Cook Inlet The Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries ... fishery in the EEZ, such as status determination criteria, annual catch limits, and accountability measures. ... fishery that occurs in the EEZ waters of Cook Inlet that had been removed from Federal management with the 2012 revisions...	01:00 PM - AKST Thursday, Nov 05 2020
C1 Enforcement Committee Minutes April 2023.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2023 - 264th Alternative 3 would result in NMFS managing the UCI EEZ salmon fishery under the Salmon FMP. ... The State has an existing management and enforcement infrastructure for the Cook Inlet salmon fishery in place. ... Under Alternative 2, there would be Federal management of the UCI EEZ salmon fishery with specific management measures... Agenda Item: C1	07:00 AM - AKST Wednesday, Apr 05 2023
C1 Cook Inlet EA-RIR.Final Review Draft.pdf SSC April 2023 commercial salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ. ... salmon fishery to the State of Alaska (State) and prohibits commercial salmon fishing with net gear. ... Given the extremely small harvest of the recreational salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ, combined with their ability...	08:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Apr 04 2023
B2 UCIDA Litigation.pdf NPFMC February 2017 - 232nd fishery from the FMP was contrary to the MSA; the Court concluded that because the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery requires ... and the start of the 2017 commercial salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet Area to develop, consider, submit for Secretarial ... Amendment 12 accomplished this feat by simply removing the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery altogether from the Salmon FMP.... Agenda Item: B1	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Jan 30 2017
C1 Enforcement Committee Minutes April 2023.pdf Enforcement Committee - 04/04/23 Alternative 3 would result in NMFS managing the UCI EEZ salmon fishery under the Salmon FMP. ... The State has an existing management and enforcement infrastructure for the Cook Inlet salmon fishery in place. ... Under Alternative 2, there would be Federal management of the UCI EEZ salmon fishery with specific management measures...	01:00 PM - AKST Tuesday, Apr 04 2023
B2 TIFC Letter.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2025 -274th fishery management measures Possible Cook Inlet EEZ tribal salmon fishery management measures Who can fish? ... Thank you for participating in the March 4, 2025, working session to discuss the establishment of a Tribal Salmon Fishery ... For reference, we have also included cunent management measures for the Cook Inlet EEZ Area commercial salmon fishery to... Agenda Item: B2	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Mar 31 2025
B2 NMFS Tribal Engagement Report June 2024.pdf NPFMC Council/AP June 2024 - 270th NMFS is currently focused on implementing Cook Inlet commercial and sport salmon fishery as required by court order. ... a tribal salmon fishery set-aside in the Cook Inlet EEZ: Ninilchik Traditional Council, Kenaitze Indian Tribe, Native Village ... fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ Area.... Agenda Item: B2	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Jun 03 2024
B3 UCIDA Motion to Enforce Judgment.pdf NPFMC October 2019 - 246th The Cook Inlet Commercial Salmon Fishery B. The Cook Inlet Commercial Salmon Fishery C. ... The Ninth Circuit Held That an FMP Is Required for the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery C. ... The Ninth Circuit Held That an FMP Is Required for the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery D.... Agenda Item: B3	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Sep 30 2019
UCIDA comments to NPFMC 4-21.pdf NPFMC April 2021 - 254th Salmon management practices and salmon escapement goals developed by the State of Alaska for the Cook Inlet salmon fishery ... The Council cannot close the Cook Inlet EEZ and meet the requirements of the MSA in the rest of the Cook Inlet salmon fishery ... fishery.... Agenda Item: B11 Comment Submitted by: Dave Martin	07:00 AM - AKST Monday, Apr 05 2021
Pink Resolution - Ross.pdf NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd UCIDA also requests the Secretary of Commerce declare an economic disaster for the UCI drift gillnet pink salmon fishery ... In 2020, a minimum of 4 million dollars of economic value was lost by the UCI Commercial Drift pink salmon fishery. ... Further, many fishermen personally asked and encouraged the State of Alaska to conduct a pink salmon fishery in UCI.... Agenda Item: C2 Comment Submitted by: David Martin	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
B3 Litigation Report UCIDA v NMFS combined.pdf NPFMC Council/AP June 2024 - 270th STATEMENT OF FACTS The Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery 42. ... The State of Alaska’s Management of the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery 52. ... The FMP only sets OY for NMFS’s artificially defined “Cook Inlet EEZ salmon fishery.”... Agenda Item: B3	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Jun 03 2024
C1 Cook Inlet Salmon Council Presentation.pdf NPFMC Council/AP February 2025 -273rd Update on the request for a tribal salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ Area 2 HOAR/< ' w ■'■'■•f&WT Of Seldovia ... Overview of Federal Management 3. 2024 Cook Inlet EEZ Salmon Fishery 4. 2024 SSC Recommendations and how they were addressed ... This EA assesses the environmental impacts of adopting the 2025 harvest specifications for the CI EEZ salmon fishery',... Agenda Item: C1	07:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Feb 04 2025
MOTION C1.pdf NPFMC April 2018 - 238th The Council will initiate a call for nominations for Cook Inlet salmon fishery stakeholders to be members of the committee ... fishery in the EEZ adjacent to Cook Inlet. ... fishery in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) adjacent to Cook Inlet.... Agenda Item: C1	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Apr 02 2018
C3 Motion.pdf NPFMC Council/AP December 2022 - 262nd Option 1: Delegate recreational salmon fishery management measures to the State (as described at Section 2.4.3, pg. 81) ... Option 4: Fix a commercial salmon fishery closure date for the Cook Inlet EEZ as an option for establishing commercial fishing ... Option 3: Adopt recreational salmon fishery management measures (as described at Section 2.5.9, pg. 113) and include monitoring... Agenda Item: C3	07:00 AM - AKST Monday, Dec 05 2022
2025 SAFE REPORT comments.pdf NPFMC Council/AP February 2025 -273rd Any proposed TAC will not achieve MSY in this salmon fishery. 3. ... Harvest Specifications, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 16 to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan for Alaska (FMP) does not apply ... Setting a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the Upper Cook Inlet EEZ salmon fishery is entirely inconsistent with managing... Agenda Item: C1 Comment Submitted by: David Martin	08:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Feb 04 2025
fox12-5-2020 meeting.doc NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd Your discussion paper for this Salmon Fishery FMP state: “Salmon fishery management in the EEZ of Cook Inlet The Fishery ... Now with an ADF&G Commissioner (Minnie Trump) who has never successfully managed a salmon fishery and that ignores all ... fishery without the drift fishery fishing in the entire Central District, which is generally the EEZ.... Agenda Item: C2 Comment Submitted by: Jeff Fox	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
C3 Salmon16EARIR.pdf NPFMC Council/AP February 2024 - 268th salmon fishery to the State of Alaska (State) and prohibits commercial salmon fishing with net gear. ... This considered management measures that comply with Magnuson-Stevens Act requirements for the Cook Inlet salmon fishery ... The Council’s October 2022 motion created the following purpose and need statement for managing the salmon fishery in the... Agenda Item: C3	07:00 AM - AKST Monday, Feb 05 2024
CTE Mbr Proposal - Huebsch - Management objectives.pdf Cook Inlet Salmon Committee - 02/25/20-02/26/20 The goal is to promote stable management and maintain the health of the salmon fishery resource and environment. ... This FMP represents the Council’s contribution to a comprehensive management regime for the salmon fishery that will be ... The Council and NMFS, in cooperation with the State, are committed to the long-term management of the Alaska salmon fishery...	09:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Feb 25 2020
INPFC Study Group Report.pdf NPFMC June 1977 - 8th S. intciTerence in any Asian salmon fishery con ducted in the Soviet zone. ... The group had at its disposal the following working papers: 1) Preliminary Management Plan: High Seas Salmon Fishery of ... Subarea IV would also include waters in v hich the Japanese land-based driftnet salmon fishery takes place, as well as... Agenda Item: D2	08:00 AM - AKST Thursday, Jun 23 1977
D1 Salmon Management.pdf NPFMC September 1992 - 104th Should the Treaty be terminated for any reason, the Salmon FMP could be needed to control the salmon fishery. ... The Council has twice considered whether to withdraw the Fishery Management Plan for the High Seas Salmon Fishery off Alaska ... fishery.... Agenda Item: D1	08:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Sep 22 1992
B3 Litigation Report UCIDA v NMFS.pdf NPFMC Council/AP February 2026 - 278th Management of the Cook Inlet salmon fishery 1. ... Management of the Cook Inlet salmon fishery .................................... 8 1. ... Management of the Cook Inlet salmon fishery “Cook Inlet is one of the nation’s most productive salmon fisheries.”... Agenda Item: B3	08:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Feb 03 2026
Heimbuch Joint Protocol Committee Salmon FMP Comment Nov 2020.docx Joint Protocol Committee - 11/05/20 NMFS clearly lacks the infrastructure and expertise to manage a salmon fishery in Alaska at this time. ... As the analysis points out, Alaska is far better equipped to carry out management of the full salmon fishery. ... Should state management of this important salmon fishery be abandoned in favor of federal management or outright closure... Comment Submitted by: Hannah Heimbuch	01:00 PM - AKST Thursday, Nov 05 2020
C2 Cook Inlet Salmon Analysis.pdf NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd salmon fishery to the State of Alaska (State) and prohibits commercial salmon fishing with net gear. ... What are the necessary conservation and management measures for the commercial salmon fishery in the EEZ? ... The goal is to promote stable management and maintain the health of the salmon fishery resource and environment.... Agenda Item: C2	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
Council Summary April 2023.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2023 - 264th of the recreational salmon fishery in the East Area ... Manage the recreational salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ with Federal regulations. ○ Suboption 1. ... Consistent with existing State of Alaska regulations for the saltwater recreational salmon fishery in Upper Cook Inlet... Agenda Item: A1	07:00 AM - AKST Wednesday, Apr 05 2023
C3 Review of MFCMA.pdf NPFMC May 1981 - 41st fishery within our FCZ and over Japan’s salmon fishery utilizing salmon of U.S. origins beyond the zone. ... Under the INPFC the regulation of Japan's salmon fishery within the U.S. ... Now, after several years, Japan’s salmon fishery within our zone is subject only to a Preliminary Management Plan.... Agenda Item: C3	08:00 AM - AKST Thursday, May 28 1981
#021-001 Appellants' Opening Brief (ca9-2025-05523) (2026-01-21).pdf NPFMC Council/AP February 2026 - 278th Management of the Cook Inlet salmon fishery .................................... 8 1. ... Management of the Cook Inlet salmon fishery “Cook Inlet is one of the nation’s most productive salmon fisheries.” ... “The Cook Inlet salmon fishery contains five species of Pacific salmon: Chinook, Silver, Sockeye, Pink, and Chum.”... Agenda Item: C3 Comment Submitted by: David Martin	09:00 AM - AKST Sunday, Feb 01 2026
NPFMC Comment letter 2020.doc NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd Supporting Alternative 4 would effectively eliminate the entire upper Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishery. ... Our local fisherman, businesses and towns benefit greatly from the upper Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishery ... We support joint management of the Cook Inlet salmon fishery between the State of Alaska and NPFMC / NMFS using the directions... Agenda Item: C2 Comment Submitted by: Russell Parks	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
United Cook Inlet Drift Association Comments on Agenda Item C2.pdf NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd salmon fishery. ... This gives the State exactly what it wants – total control of the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery. ... The Cook Inlet Commercial Salmon Fishery ............................................... 6 C.... Agenda Item: C2 Comment Submitted by: David Martin & John McCombs	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
Permit Application Review.pdf NPFMC March 1978 - 14th March 20, 1978 Agenda #9 DRAFT MARCH 1978 PILOT OBSERVER PROGRAM FOR THE TROLL SALMON FISHERY OFF ALASKA INTRODUCTION ... Specifically, rejection of time/area closure proposals in a draft plan for the management of the troll salmon fishery in ... Analysis of feasibility of economically obtaining representative biological and harvest data on the troll salmon fishery... Agenda Item: C4	08:00 AM - AKST Friday, Mar 24 1978
B3 Litigation Report for UCIDA v NMFS.pdf NPFMC Council/AP December 2024 - 272nd Most fundamentally, NMFS still has failed to create a lawful FMP amendment for the Cook Inlet salmon fishery as the ... For the first 40-plus years after the passage of the MSA, NMFS ignored the Cook Inlet salmon fishery entirely and ... On April 12, 2024, NMFS published proposed harvest specifications “for the salmon fishery of the Cook Inlet... Agenda Item: B3	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Dec 02 2024
C1 Salmon Stakeholder Report.pdf Cook Inlet Salmon Committee - 04/01/18-04/30/18 Fishery Management Plan for the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery. ... Fishery Management Plan for the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery. ... Management Plan for the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery....	09:00 AM - AKST Sunday, Apr 01 2018
C1 Action Memo Cook Inlet Salmon FMP Amendment-Apr2023.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2023 - 264th fishery. ... fishery that occurs in the EEZ. ... fishery in the EEZ, such as status determination criteria, annual catch limits, and accountability measures.... Agenda Item: C1	07:00 AM - AKST Wednesday, Apr 05 2023
B2 NMFS Report.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2025 -274th Proposal for a Tribal Salmon Fishery in Cook Inlet February 2025 A2 Report topics In February, 2025, NMFS provided an A2 ... The Tikahtnu Commission sent NMFS a letter with proposal on March 26, 2025 for a Tribal salmon fishery and this proposal ... and options for management measures for a Tribal salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ Area under the Magnuson-Stevens Act... Agenda Item: B2	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Mar 31 2025
Summary of council actions on secretary's pmp's.pdf NPFMC December 1976 - 2nd Troll Salmon Fishery of the Pacific Coast 1. ... Troll Salmon Fishery of the Pacific Coast 1. ... High Seas Salmon Fishery of the Bering Sea 1. No action. TRAWL FISHERY OF _-!e GULF OF ALASKA Table 11.... Agenda Item: D1	08:00 AM - AKST Thursday, Dec 02 1976
C3 Action Memo Cook Inlet Salmon.pdf NPFMC Council/AP December 2022 - 262nd fishery that occurs in the EEZ. ... fishery within it from Federal management under the FMP. ... fishery in the EEZ, such as status determination criteria, annual catch limits, and accountability measures.... Agenda Item: C3	07:00 AM - AKST Monday, Dec 05 2022
Foreign Fishing Vessel Permits Table.pdf NPFMC December 1977 - 11th _/ Does not include salmon fishery 2/ Support vessel for Polish fleet Prepared November 29, 1977 Law Enforcement Branch ... . - VESSELS PERMITTED TO FISH BY OCEAN AREA F( PWF *Does not include 350 registration permits for the high seas salmon* ... fishery issued by the Department of State. • NORTHWEST WESTERN PERMITS ISSUED________ ATLANTIC_________ CA/OR/WA COAST... Agenda Item: C12	08:00 AM - AKST Thursday, Dec 01 1977
2022.12.02 NPFMC COMMENT LETTER.pdf NPFMC Council/AP December 2022 - 262nd Id. 38 Id. at 1062; see also id. at 1064 (“No one disputes that the exempted area of Cook Inlet is a salmon fishery. ... The Ninth Circuit determined that the Cook Inlet salmon fishery must be managed “through” the FMP.115 ... The Court also finds that NMFS’s Final Rule prohibiting commercial salmon fishing in the Cook Inlet salmon fishery... Agenda Item: C3 Comment Submitted by: David Martin	07:00 AM - AKST Monday, Dec 05 2022
C1 Cook Inlet Salmon Stakeholder Report.pdf NPFMC April 2018 - 238th Fishery Management Plan for the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery. ... Fishery Management Plan for the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery. 2. 3. ... Management Plan for the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery.... Agenda Item: C1	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Apr 02 2018
Disater relief letter.docx NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd They worked hard, invested heavily and firmly established themselves in the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery. ... For the Survival of the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery, the community of Nikolaevsk and other small Cook Inlet coastal fishing ... Today, the coastal fishing community of Nikolaevsk remains an indispensable, integral part of the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery... Agenda Item: C2 Comment Submitted by: Nikolai Yakunin	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
B2 FR Proposed Rule on Cook Inlet Salmon.pdf NPFMC Council/AP December 2023 - 267th Alaska Salmon Fishery (FMP): A. ... Regulations governing the commercial drift gillnet salmon fishery and recreational salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ ... Subpart J—Salmon Fishery Management § 679.110 Applicability.... Agenda Item: B2	07:00 AM - AKST Monday, Dec 04 2023
B1 JPC Meeting Summary Report.pdf NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd Inlet commercial drift gillnet salmon fishery in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), such as status determination criteria ... Alternative 3 would result in Federal management of the commercial salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ by the Council and ... Alternative 2 would result in Federal management of the commercial salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ with specific management... Agenda Item: B1	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
B3 General Counsel Report.pdf NPFMC December 2021 - 257th Fishery The State of Alaska’s Management of the Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery ... FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS The Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery 60. ... STATEMENT OF FACTS The Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery 49.... Agenda Item: B3	07:00 AM - AKST Thursday, Dec 02 2021
C2_Michael Gatling_comments.pdf NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd To: Members of North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, I have been involved in the Cook Inlet Commercial Salmon Fishery ... This was unethically late submitted, is unvetted, and would collapse the longstanding viable Cook Inlet salmon fishery in... Agenda Item: C2 Comment Submitted by: Michael Gatling	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
GOA Groundfish FMP.pdf NPFMC April 1980 - 32nd SALMON FISHERY Section 230. Gear 240. General gear specifications and operation 250. ... SALMON FISHERY Section 230. Gear 240. General gear specifications and operation 250. ... fishery.... Agenda Item: F1	08:00 AM - AKST Thursday, Apr 24 1980
Staff tasking subsitute amendment.pdf NPFMC Council/AP April 2025 -274th Council Motion on a Cook Inlet EEZ Area tribal salmon fishery E - Staff Tasking substitute motion April 7, 2025 The ... Council requests a discussion paper to inform potential alternatives and options for establishing a tribal salmon fishery... Agenda Item: E1	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Mar 31 2025
C1_Action_Memo_SSC.pdf SSC February 2025 Proposed harvest specifications for the 2024 CI EEZ salmon fishery were published on April 12, 2024 (89 FR 25857); ... In implementing the CI EEZ C1 Cook Inlet Salmon Action Memo February 2025 2 salmon fishery in 2024, NMFS published ... fishery while still allowing harvests in all other (i.e., State) fisheries and achieving spawning escapement goals that...	07:00 AM - AKST Monday, Feb 03 2025
C2 PUBLIC COMMENT.pdf NPFMC April 2017 - 233rd No one disputes that the exempted area of Cook Inlet is a salmon fishery. ... The Cook Inlet salmon fishery should be managed as a unit throughout the species’ range. ... After reviewing the discussion paper, we have many questions regarding how management of the EEZ portion of our salmon fishery... Agenda Item: C2	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Apr 03 2017
C3 Cook Inlet Salmon Memo_SSC.pdf SSC February 2026 SAFE Report This is the third Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report for the Federal salmon fishery in ... C3 Cook Inlet Salmon SAFE FEBRUARY 2026 2 Proposed harvest specifications for the 2025 CI EEZ salmon fishery were published ... fishery and recommend status determination criteria (SDC), buffers, and the resulting acceptable biological catch (ABC)...	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Feb 02 2026
Address by Joe Demantle Jr and Jessie Foster.pdf NPFMC November 1978 - 21st The first is the Bering Sea bottomfish plan, and the second is the FMP for the High Seas Salmon Fishery Off the Coast of ... The first is the Bering Sea bottomfish plan, and the second is the FMP for the High Seas Salmon Fishery Off the Coast of ... fishery operations east of 175 degree East Longitude unless such fishery operations are agreed to for a temporary period... Agenda Item: C1	08:00 AM - AKST Thursday, Nov 30 1978
C1 Action Memo Cook Inlet Salmon FMP Amendment-Apr2023.pdf SSC April 2023 fishery. ... fishery that occurs in the EEZ. ... fishery in the EEZ, such as status determination criteria, annual catch limits, and accountability measures....	08:00 AM - AKST Tuesday, Apr 04 2023
C2 Action Memo.pdf NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd fishery that occurs in the EEZ. ... fishery within it from Federal management under the FMP. ... fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ and implemented under the authority delegated to the State by the FMP... Agenda Item: C2	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
Heimbuch Salmon FMP Comment Dec 2020.pdf NPFMC Council December 2020 - 252nd NMFS clearly lacks the infrastructure and expertise to manage a salmon fishery in Alaska at this time, and it is difficult ... The original Salmon Fishery Management Plan for the Western Area didn’t include recreational fisheries, so it is perhaps ... fishery.... Agenda Item: C2 Comment Submitted by: Hannah Heimbuch	07:45 AM - AKST Friday, Dec 04 2020
9.28.2020 Council Letter.pdf NPFMC October 2020 - 251st If the Council proceeds on its present path, the fate of the commercial salmon fishery in Cook Inlet is clear. ... Applying the Tier system as it is described in the EA/RIR to the inseason management of the Cook Inlet salmon fishery ... The Chignik salmon fishery was not allowed even one commercial fishery opening this year, a repeat of their 2018 disaster... Agenda Item: C4 Comment Submitted by: David Martin	08:00 AM - AKST Friday, Oct 02 2020
DavidMartin.pdf SSC February 2025 Any proposed TAC will not achieve MSY in this salmon fishery. 3. ... Harvest Specifications, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 16 to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan for Alaska (FMP) does not apply ... Setting a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the Upper Cook Inlet EEZ salmon fishery is entirely inconsistent with managing... Comment Submitted by: David Martin	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Feb 03 2025
B3 Litigation Report UCIDA v NMFS.pdf NPFMC Council/AP October 2025 - 276th District Court for the District of Alaska challenging Amendment 16 to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan and implementing ... Reg. at 33267. 22 Fishery Management Plan for the High Seas Salmon; Fishery off the Coast of Alaska, 44 Fed. ... If NMFS concludes that 21 Fishery Management Plan for the High Seas Salmon; Fishery off the Coast of Alaska, 44 Fed.... Agenda Item: B3	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Sep 29 2025
F1 Status of Contracts and RFP's.pdf NPFMC March 1981 - 39th The project appears to be on schedule. 80-5: A Study of the Offshore Chinook and Coho Salmon Fishery Off Alaska. ... fishery. ... fishery and resource off Alaska from Cape Suckling to Dixon Entrance and the relationship of that fishery and resource... Agenda Item: F1	08:00 AM - AKST Wednesday, Mar 25 1981
1981_07_Newsletter_Issue_6.pdf NPFMC July 1981 - 42nd Call for Proposals for 1982 Troll Salmon Fishery Proposals for regulations for the 1982 troll salmon fishery in the Fishery ... The Southeast Alaska troll salmon fishery opened on May 15 and by July 10, about 145,000 or 53% of the optimum yield had... Agenda Item: A1	08:00 AM - AKST Thursday, Jul 23 1981
foxjoint meeting 2020.doc Joint Protocol Committee - 11/05/20 Your agenda for this meeting states: “Salmon fishery management in the EEZ of Cook Inlet The Fishery Management Plan for ... fishery in the EEZ, such as status determination criteria, annual catch limits, and accountability measures. ... fishery that occurs in the EEZ waters of Cook Inlet that had been removed from Federal management with the 2012 revisions... Comment Submitted by: Jeff Fox	01:00 PM - AKST Thursday, Nov 05 2020
B Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet & Handouts.pdf NPFMC April 2019 - 244th Bristol Bay's salmon fishery is a 1. ... It bears repeating the Bristol Bay salmon fishery is the cornerstone of Alaska's seafood industry, including its reputation ... On behalf of the thousands of Americans who fish in Bristol Bay and depend on its salmon fishery for their livelihoods,... Agenda Item: B9	08:00 AM - AKST Monday, Apr 01 2019

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