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Related meetings: Scientific and Statistical Committee: April 5th - 9th, 2021, AGENDA, MEETING
A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER | ||
A1 | Approval of Agenda | |
Attachments: | SCHEDULE (Link) -Uploaded: 03/23/2021 08:39 AM AKDT | |
Doc Release Schedule (Link) -Uploaded: 03/23/2021 08:39 AM AKDT | ||
Short summary of all agenda items -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 05:28 PM AKDT | ||
Link to Audio Files -Uploaded: 04/21/2021 08:06 AM AKDT | ||
April Time Log -Uploaded: 04/06/2022 02:28 PM AKDT | ||
Council Summary Final -Uploaded: 04/06/2022 02:28 PM AKDT | ||
Newsletter (LINK) -Uploaded: 09/08/2022 05:01 PM AKDT | ||
B. REPORTS | ||
B1 | Executive Director's Report | |
Attachments: | B1 ED Report -Uploaded: 04/05/2021 08:25 AM AKDT | |
B2 | 5 Comments | NMFS Briefing on E.O. 14008 Tackling the Climate Crisis, Section 216(c) |
Attachments: | B2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 10:43 AM AKDT | |
B2 EO 14008 Climate Crisis -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 10:36 AM AKDT | ||
B2 NPFMC Comment on E.O. 14008 Section216 -Uploaded: 04/07/2021 01:50 PM AKDT | ||
PPT B2 EO 14008 -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 10:42 AM AKDT | ||
B3 | NMFS Management Report (including EFH and seabird bycatch updates) | |
Attachments: | B3 NMFS Management Report -Uploaded: 04/05/2021 10:55 AM AKDT | |
B3 NMFS Seabird Report to Council 2021 -Uploaded: 04/05/2021 11:08 AM AKDT | ||
B3 EFH 2022 5 Year Review Planning -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 10:30 AM AKDT | ||
B3 NMFS EFH Report -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 01:24 PM AKDT | ||
B3 Cook Inlet reference point letter to NPFMC -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 10:30 AM AKDT | ||
B3 EA to Waive Observer Coverage (link) -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 10:34 AM AKDT | ||
PPT B3 EFH Consult and 5YR Review Plan -Uploaded: 04/12/2021 07:11 AM AKDT | ||
B3 Alaska ER Council Letter -Uploaded: 04/15/2021 09:10 AM AKDT | ||
B4 | NOAA General Counsel Report | |
Attachments: | B4 Designated Official Memorandum -Uploaded: 03/16/2021 01:13 PM AKDT | |
B4 Recusal Determinations -Uploaded: 03/16/2021 01:17 PM AKDT | ||
B4 Litigation Update -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 05:37 PM AKDT | ||
B5 | ADF&G Report | |
Attachments: | B5 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 04/06/2021 12:46 PM AKDT | |
B5 State of Alaska Comment Letter Climate Change -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 01:18 PM AKDT | ||
B6 | USCG Report | |
Attachments: | B6 USCG Report -Uploaded: 03/31/2021 10:47 AM AKDT | |
B6 DHS OIG Questionnaire -Uploaded: 04/05/2021 10:57 AM AKDT | ||
B7 | USFWS Report | |
Attachments: | B7 USFWS Report -Uploaded: 03/31/2021 01:36 PM AKDT | |
B8 | US Navy Report on Northern Edge 2021 exercises | |
Attachments: | B8 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/31/2021 10:55 AM AKDT | |
PPT B8 US Navy Report on Northern Edge -Uploaded: 04/09/2021 08:35 AM AKDT | ||
B9 | NIOSH Report | |
Attachments: | B9 NIOSH Report -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 01:52 PM AKDT | |
B10 | Cooperative Reports (AFA, A80, CGOA rockfish, BSAI crab) | |
Attachments: | B10 Action Memo -Uploaded: 04/01/2021 02:01 PM AKDT | |
Link to Cooperative Reports -Uploaded: 03/15/2021 10:00 AM AKDT | ||
B11 | 28 Comments | Public Comment on B1 and B3 through B10 agenda items |
B12 | SSC Report | |
Attachments: | SSC DRAFT Report April 2021 -Uploaded: 04/13/2021 03:27 PM AKDT | |
PPT SSC Full Report -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 07:46 AM AKDT | ||
SSC FINAL Report April 2021 -Uploaded: 05/18/2021 09:54 AM AKDT | ||
B13 | AP Report | |
Attachments: | PPT AP Report except for C2 -Uploaded: 04/11/2021 09:45 PM AKDT | |
PPT AP Report - C2 only -Uploaded: 04/11/2021 09:45 PM AKDT | ||
AP Minutes April 2021 -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 07:58 AM AKDT | ||
C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS | ||
C1 | 3 Comments | C1 Scallops – SAFE report, ABC/OFL, Plan Team report |
Attachments: | C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 04/07/2021 11:55 AM AKDT | |
C1 Scallop SAFE 2021 -Uploaded: 04/07/2021 11:59 AM AKDT | ||
C1 Scallop Plan Team Report 2021 -Uploaded: 03/12/2021 05:30 PM AKST | ||
C1 AP Motion -Uploaded: 04/10/2021 12:34 PM AKDT | ||
PPT C1 Scallop SAFE -Uploaded: 04/07/2021 12:04 PM AKDT | ||
C1 Council Motion -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 10:49 AM AKDT | ||
C2 | 254 Comments | C2 BSAI Halibut ABM – Initial Review |
Attachments: | C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 01:26 PM AKDT | |
C2 October 2020 ABM Council Motion -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 01:40 PM AKDT | ||
C2 BSAI Halibut ABM PSC Limits Analysis -Uploaded: 03/23/2021 05:24 PM AKDT | ||
C2 BSAI Halibut ABM SIA -Uploaded: 03/22/2021 03:31 PM AKDT | ||
C2 Alaska House NPFMC Bycatch Letter -Uploaded: 04/01/2021 04:11 PM AKDT | ||
C2 Alaska State Legislature Letter -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 04:29 PM AKDT | ||
PPT C2 DEIS -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 07:46 AM AKDT | ||
C2 AP Motion -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 07:52 AM AKDT | ||
C2 Council Motion -Uploaded: 04/15/2021 03:37 PM AKDT | ||
D. OTHER ISSUES | ||
D1 | 9 Comments | D1 GOA sablefish pots 3-year review, IFQ committee report |
Attachments: | D1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 04/01/2021 10:02 AM AKDT | |
D1 GOA Sablefish Pots Report -Uploaded: 03/18/2021 04:01 PM AKDT | ||
D1 AP Motion -Uploaded: 04/10/2021 12:35 PM AKDT | ||
PPT D1 Sablefish pots 3 year review -Uploaded: 04/11/2021 09:04 PM AKDT | ||
Link to D4 Motion -Uploaded: 04/16/2021 03:03 PM AKDT | ||
D2 | 11 Comments | D2 IFQ access opportunities – expanded Discussion Paper, IFQ committee report |
Attachments: | D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 04/01/2021 10:02 AM AKDT | |
D2 IFQ Access Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 03/12/2021 06:34 PM AKST | ||
D2 IFQ Access Background Information -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 01:36 PM AKDT | ||
PPT D2 IFQ access -Uploaded: 04/11/2021 09:05 PM AKDT | ||
D2 AP Motion -Uploaded: 04/10/2021 12:37 PM AKDT | ||
D2 Council Action -Uploaded: 05/06/2021 08:06 AM AKDT | ||
D3 | 5 Comments | D3 RQE funding mechanism – Discussion paper |
Attachments: | D3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/29/2021 02:55 PM AKDT | |
D3 RQE Funding Mechanism Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 03/19/2021 05:16 PM AKDT | ||
D3 Enforcement Committee eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 03/22/2021 07:58 AM AKDT | ||
D3 Enforcement Committee Minutes -Uploaded: 04/05/2021 08:46 AM AKDT | ||
PPT D3 Enforcement Committee -Uploaded: 04/12/2021 01:09 PM AKDT | ||
D3 AP Motion -Uploaded: 04/10/2021 12:38 PM AKDT | ||
PPT D3 RQE -Uploaded: 04/06/2021 11:38 AM AKDT | ||
D3 Council Motion -Uploaded: 04/13/2021 02:30 PM AKDT | ||
D4 | 6 Comments | D4 IFQ Committee report - action as necessary |
Attachments: | D4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 10:03 AM AKDT | |
D4 IFQ Committee Report -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 08:31 AM AKDT | ||
D4 IFQ Committee eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 03/22/2021 07:57 AM AKDT | ||
D4 AP Motion -Uploaded: 04/10/2021 12:40 PM AKDT | ||
PPT D4 IFQ committee -Uploaded: 04/07/2021 07:38 AM AKDT | ||
D4 Council Motion -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 09:45 AM AKDT | ||
D5 | 83 Comments | D5 Salmon bycatch – (a) 3 BS/GOA Chinook/chum genetics reports, (b) (COUNCIL ONLY) pollock IPA reports |
Attachments: | D5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 04/06/2021 10:01 AM AKDT | |
D5a 2019 BS Chinook Genetics Report -Uploaded: 03/30/2021 11:27 AM AKDT | ||
D5a 2019 Chum Genetics Report -Uploaded: 04/01/2021 02:30 PM AKDT | ||
D5a 2019 GOA Chinook Genetics Report -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 08:38 AM AKDT | ||
D5a 2018 BS Chinook Genetics Report -Uploaded: 03/31/2021 01:35 PM AKDT | ||
D5a 2018 GOA Chinook Genetics Report -Uploaded: 03/31/2021 01:40 PM AKDT | ||
D5a 2018 Chum Genetics Report -Uploaded: 04/01/2021 02:29 PM AKDT | ||
D5a 2017 BS Chum Genetics Report -Uploaded: 03/24/2021 09:24 AM AKDT | ||
D5b 2020 CV Pollock IPA Report -Uploaded: 03/19/2021 02:49 PM AKDT | ||
D5b 2020 CP IPA Report -Uploaded: 03/15/2021 10:41 AM AKDT | ||
D5b 2020 Mothership IPA Report -Uploaded: 03/15/2021 04:05 PM AKDT | ||
D5b 2019 CP IPA Report -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 08:25 AM AKDT | ||
D5b 2019 CV Pollock IPA Report -Uploaded: 03/22/2021 11:32 AM AKDT | ||
D5b 2019 Mothership IPA Report -Uploaded: 03/22/2021 11:32 AM AKDT | ||
D5 USFW Y-K RAC Letters -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 05:24 PM AKDT | ||
PPT D5 Larson Bycatch Genetics -Uploaded: 04/08/2021 10:21 AM AKDT | ||
PPT D5 Barry Bycatch Genetics -Uploaded: 04/08/2021 01:27 PM AKDT | ||
PPT D5 Chum Bycatch Genetics -Uploaded: 04/08/2021 10:27 AM AKDT | ||
PPT D5 Chinook Bycatch -Uploaded: 04/08/2021 10:57 AM AKDT | ||
D5b 2021 SeaShare letter to NPFMC -Uploaded: 04/09/2021 10:21 AM AKDT | ||
PPT D5b SeaShare -Uploaded: 04/09/2021 01:44 PM AKDT | ||
PPT D5 Salmon Introduction -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 09:27 AM AKDT | ||
D5 AP Motion -Uploaded: 04/11/2021 02:14 PM AKDT | ||
PPT D5b CP-IPA Presentation -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 03:04 PM AKDT | ||
PPT D5b IPA Reports - MSSIP -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 03:11 PM AKDT | ||
D5 Council Motion -Uploaded: 04/16/2021 12:27 PM AKDT | ||
D6 | 1 Comment | D6 Economic data reports – Workshop report, SSPT report; Revise EDR action alternatives as necessary |
Attachments: | D6 Action Memo -Uploaded: 04/01/2021 02:21 PM AKDT | |
D6 EDR stakeholder workshop report Aug 2020 -Uploaded: 03/23/2021 03:13 PM AKDT | ||
D6 EDR stakeholder workshop report Nov 2020 -Uploaded: 03/23/2021 03:13 PM AKDT | ||
D6 SSPT Report -Uploaded: 03/29/2021 03:53 PM AKDT | ||
D6 SSPT CEC LKTKS Taskforce Scope and Function -Uploaded: 03/31/2021 08:18 AM AKDT | ||
D6 Reference EDR Purpose and Need Statements -Uploaded: 04/01/2021 02:38 PM AKDT | ||
D6 AP Motion -Uploaded: 04/11/2021 02:14 PM AKDT | ||
PPT D6 Introduction EDR.SSPT -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 03:08 PM AKDT | ||
PPT D6 EDR Summary of Themes -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 03:08 PM AKDT | ||
PPT D6 SSPT Report -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 03:08 PM AKDT | ||
D6 Council Motion -Uploaded: 04/16/2021 02:34 PM AKDT | ||
D7 | 3 Comments | D7 Research Priorities – Set 3-year priorities |
Attachments: | D7 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/29/2021 03:54 PM AKDT | |
D7 Research Priorities 2021 Complete List -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 01:04 PM AKDT | ||
D7 Research Priorities 2021 Urgent No Action -Uploaded: 03/29/2021 03:54 PM AKDT | ||
D7 New Research Priorities for 2021 -Uploaded: 03/29/2021 03:54 PM AKDT | ||
D7 Groundfish and Crab Plan Team Recommendations -Uploaded: 04/07/2021 03:48 PM AKDT | ||
D7 BSFEP Team research priorities -Uploaded: 04/01/2021 02:14 PM AKDT | ||
D7 Human Dimensions Research Priorities -Uploaded: 04/02/2021 01:04 PM AKDT | ||
D7 Background - Council Research Priorities June 2018 -Uploaded: 04/07/2021 02:25 PM AKDT | ||
PPT D7 Research Priorities -Uploaded: 04/16/2021 08:29 AM AKDT | ||
D7 Motion -Uploaded: 04/16/2021 03:28 PM AKDT | ||
D8 | 0 Comments | D8 AFSC Community Report (ACEPO) – Review (SSC ONLY) |
Attachments: | D8 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/24/2021 08:36 AM AKDT | |
D8 ACEPO ESSR -Uploaded: 03/22/2021 09:22 AM AKDT | ||
E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES | ||
E1 | 9 Comments | E Committees, New Business, and Tasking |
Attachments: | E Action Memo - Apr 2021 -Uploaded: 04/04/2021 09:06 PM AKDT | |
E Three Meeting Outlook - PRE-MEETING DRAFT -Uploaded: 04/04/2021 10:51 PM AKDT | ||
E NPFMC Committees -Uploaded: 04/14/2021 10:38 AM AKDT | ||
E CEC Terms of Reference -Uploaded: 04/01/2021 10:01 AM AKDT | ||
E IFQ Program Task List -Uploaded: 03/24/2021 09:27 AM AKDT | ||
E Observer Analytical Tasklist Sept 2020 -Uploaded: 04/01/2021 10:01 AM AKDT | ||
E Groundfish Workplan 2021 -Uploaded: 03/31/2021 04:01 PM AKDT | ||
E Preliminary Draft June 2021 agenda -Uploaded: 04/05/2021 08:35 AM AKDT | ||
E Planning for inperson meetings - April 2021 -Uploaded: 04/04/2021 09:07 PM AKDT | ||
E Summary of Executive Committee Meeting -Uploaded: 04/13/2021 08:14 AM AKDT | ||
E AP Handbook April 2021 -Uploaded: 04/13/2021 04:05 PM AKDT | ||
E SSC Handbook April 2021 -Uploaded: 04/13/2021 04:05 PM AKDT | ||
E AP Motions -Uploaded: 04/11/2021 02:14 PM AKDT | ||
E Three Meeting Outlook - DURING MEETING DRAFT -Uploaded: 04/16/2021 01:30 PM AKDT | ||
PPT E Staff tasking - Council Apr 2021 -Uploaded: 04/16/2021 11:40 AM AKDT | ||
E EFH Motion -Uploaded: 04/16/2021 05:39 PM AKDT | ||
E IFQ Tasking Motion -Uploaded: 04/16/2021 05:55 PM AKDT | ||
E OECM Motion -Uploaded: 04/16/2021 05:56 PM AKDT | ||
E Motion Greenland Turbot -Uploaded: 04/16/2021 06:02 PM AKDT | ||
E Three Meeting Outlook - POST MEETING -Uploaded: 04/22/2021 07:56 AM AKDT |