North Pacific Fishery Management Council

North Pacific Fishery Management Council

NPFMC Council/AP December 2022 - 262nd

NPFMC Meetings
Closed for written comment at 12/02/2022 12:00 PM AKST
216 Comments

Meeting Navigation

Meeting Time: 12/05/2022 07:00 AM AKST

Council, December 8-14, 2022; Aleutian Room, Hilton Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska; 8am-5pm

Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81451130091

Meeting ID: 814 5113 0091     
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Advisory Panel, December 6-9, 2022, Denali Room, Hilton Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska; 8am-5pm

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88671612019
Meeting ID: 886 7161 2019
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Public comment:

Please submit written comment for the Council and Advisory Panel by clicking on the 'Comment Now' links next to the relevant agenda item, below. The comment period will open on November 18, 2022 and the deadline for written comments is 12:00 pm (Alaska time) on Friday, December 2, 2022. Submitted comments will be reviewed then visible online after the deadline closes, as per the Council's comment policy. The AP and Council will also take in-person and remote oral testimony during the meetings. During the meeting, you will be able to click on the applicable 'Sign-up' link next to each agenda item below, and indicate whether or not you'll be testifying remotely or in person. 

 

The AP and the Council meeting will be broadcast on zoom. If you intend to give oral testimony remotely, you must be connected to the meeting, either through zoom on your device or using a call-in phone number above. All information provided through the eAgenda or during testimony is part of the public record. We are recording the meeting and will post the recordings shortly after the meeting is over. 

If you'd like to receive text alerts on Council timing, text the word "NPFMC" to the number 1-833-237-1598.

 

Related meetings:

Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), December 5-7, 2022; AGENDA

Bering Sea FEP LKTK Subsistence Taskforce, December 5, 2022, 8:30 am-5 pm; AGENDA

Charter Halibut Committee, December 7, 2022, 8am-1pm; AGENDA

 


A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
A1 Approval of Agenda
Attachments: Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 10/31/2022 02:30 PM AKDT
Review Document Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 11/01/2022 12:17 PM AKDT
NPFMC COVID Policy_Dec -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 09:55 AM AKST
Short Summary of Agenda Items -Uploaded: 12/05/2022 08:25 AM AKST
YouTube (LINK) -Uploaded: 01/10/2023 04:00 PM AKST
December 2022 Time Log -Uploaded: 01/10/2023 04:43 PM AKST
Newsletter (LINK) -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 02:02 PM AKST
Council Summary December 2022 -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 04:18 PM AKST
B. REPORTS
B1 Executive Director's Report (oral)
Attachments: B1 ED Report -Uploaded: 12/03/2022 11:14 AM AKST
B1 Bayer Scallop PT Nomination -Uploaded: 11/08/2022 08:18 AM AKST
LINK B1 SSC and AP Nominations -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 02:53 PM AKST
B1 Ocean Leadership Awards Flyer -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 09:35 AM AKST
B1 ComFish 2023 Flyer -Uploaded: 11/29/2022 11:17 AM AKST
B1 Harassment policy for Council process participants -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 12:20 PM AKST
B1 Model harassment policy for council staff -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 12:20 PM AKST
B1 MREP flyer -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 12:20 PM AKST
B1 SSC Feb 2023 Workshop flyer -Uploaded: 12/05/2022 04:44 PM AKST
B1 Boom and Bust Bering Sea Flyer -Uploaded: 12/07/2022 11:05 AM AKST
B1 NPRB Arctic IERP Program Brochure -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 08:33 AM AKST
B2 NMFS Management Report (including year-end inseason management report, final Observer Annual Deployment Plan) (oral)
Attachments: B2 NMFS Report December 2022 -Uploaded: 12/06/2022 09:39 AM AKST
B2 NMFS to NPFMC Section 7 Reinitiation -Uploaded: 11/22/2022 01:32 PM AKST
B2 GOA 2022 Inseason Mgmt Report -Uploaded: 12/01/2022 09:20 AM AKST
B2 BSAI 2022 Inseason Mgmt Report -Uploaded: 12/01/2022 01:19 PM AKST
B2 NMFS Report - Status of Reg Amendments -Uploaded: 12/06/2022 09:39 AM AKST
B2 Report of the 27th Annual Conference for Central Bering Sea Pollock -Uploaded: 12/06/2022 05:14 PM AKST
PPT B2 ESA GOA BSAI Reinitiation -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 08:26 AM AKST
B2 2023 Anual Deployment Plan -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 12:18 PM AKST
B2 Notice of Availability for Halibut ABM -Uploaded: 12/09/2022 10:24 AM AKST
LINK Halibut ABM EIS Information Page -Uploaded: 12/09/2022 10:56 AM AKST
B3 NOAA General Counsel Report (oral)
Attachments: B3 Designated Official Memorandum -Uploaded: 11/16/2022 02:37 PM AKST
B3 Recusal Determinations -Uploaded: 11/16/2022 02:37 PM AKST
B3 UCIDA v NMFS_Remedy Order -Uploaded: 11/29/2022 11:28 AM AKST
B4 NOAA Enforcement Report (oral)
Attachments: B4 OLE Report -Uploaded: 11/29/2022 11:23 AM AKST
PPT B4 OLE -Uploaded: 12/05/2022 08:58 AM AKST
B5 ADF&G Report (oral)
Attachments: B5 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 12:34 PM AKST
PPT B5 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 12:35 PM AKST
B6 USCG Report
Attachments: B6 USCG Report -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 02:20 PM AKST
B7 USFWS Report
Attachments: B7 USFWS Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2022 02:03 PM AKST
B8 5 Comments Public Comment on B1 through B7 agenda items
B9 SSC Report
Attachments: PPT SSC admin issues Dec 2022 -Uploaded: 12/05/2022 09:01 AM AKST
PPT C2 SSC Report -Uploaded: 12/09/2022 07:55 AM AKST
C2 SSC Report -Uploaded: 12/09/2022 07:56 AM AKST
PPT C4 SSC Report -Uploaded: 12/11/2022 02:12 PM AKST
PPT C5 SSC Report -Uploaded: 12/12/2022 09:00 AM AKST
SSC Report Dec 2022_FINAL -Uploaded: 08/29/2023 11:00 AM AKDT
B10 AP Report
Attachments: AP admin issues Dec 2022 -Uploaded: 12/05/2022 07:11 PM AKST
AP Minutes December 2022 -Uploaded: 12/13/2022 01:53 PM AKST
C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS
C1 27 Comments C1 Red King Crab Savings Area Emergency Rule Request - Review (Council Only)
Attachments: C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 12/01/2022 10:20 AM AKST
C1 Red King Crab Savings Area Analysis -Uploaded: 11/29/2022 09:11 PM AKST
LINK Enlarged Figures and Tables from RKCSA Analysis -Uploaded: 12/05/2022 10:41 AM AKST
DOWNLOAD C1 Animations-Gear contact over years -Uploaded: 12/06/2022 02:11 PM AKST
PPT C1 RKC Savings Area Analysis -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 09:04 AM AKST
C1 Motion for RKCSA ER FINAL -Uploaded: 12/09/2022 11:04 AM AKST
C1 Motion 2 RKCSA FINAL -Uploaded: 12/09/2022 03:24 PM AKST
C2 9 Comments C2 Snow Crab Rebuilding Analysis - Initial Review
Attachments: C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/29/2022 03:58 PM AKST
Snow Crab Rebuilding Analysis -Uploaded: 11/10/2022 03:22 PM AKST
LINK Appendix 1 Snow Crab -Uploaded: 11/10/2022 03:28 PM AKST
C2 Crab Plan Team Report November 2022 -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 04:18 PM AKST
PPT C2 Snow Crab -Uploaded: 12/05/2022 04:45 PM AKST
C2 AP Motion -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 02:21 PM AKST
C2 Council Motion -Uploaded: 12/10/2022 08:53 AM AKST
C3 8 Comments C3 Cook Inlet Salmon FMP Amendment - Initial Review
Attachments: C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/29/2022 09:21 AM AKST
C3 Cook Inlet Salmon FMP Amendment Analysis -Uploaded: 11/23/2022 09:45 AM AKST
PPT AP C3 Cook Inlet Salmon -Uploaded: 12/05/2022 04:47 PM AKST
C3 AP Motion -Uploaded: 12/09/2022 10:21 AM AKST
PPT Council C3 Cook Inlet Salmon -Uploaded: 12/09/2022 06:48 PM AKST
C3 Council Motion -Uploaded: 12/10/2022 04:25 PM AKST
C4 4 Comments C4 BSAI Groundfish - Final harvest specifications, BS and AI Ecosystem Status Reports, SAFE report, adopt ABC/OFLs; Plan Team Report
Attachments: C4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 12/01/2022 10:00 AM AKST
C4 BSAI SAFE Intro -Uploaded: 11/23/2022 02:06 PM AKST
LINK to Groundfish Plan Team Agenda Nov 2022 -Uploaded: 11/02/2022 02:06 PM AKDT
LINK to all SAFE Chapters -Uploaded: 11/19/2022 01:32 PM AKST
LINK C4 EBS Ecosystem Status Report -Uploaded: 11/21/2022 10:08 AM AKST
LINK C4 AI Ecosystem Status Report -Uploaded: 11/22/2022 08:34 AM AKST
C4 BSAI GFPT Minutes November 2022 -Uploaded: 11/23/2022 02:06 PM AKST
C4-C5 Joint GFPT Minutes Nov 2022 -Uploaded: 11/23/2022 01:17 PM AKST
C4 Herring Biomass Estimate Letter -Uploaded: 11/29/2022 09:50 AM AKST
C4 AI ESR in Brief -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 03:22 PM AKST
C4 EBS ESR In Brief -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 03:22 PM AKST
C4 EBS ESR Chinook Handout -Uploaded: 12/06/2022 02:19 PM AKST
C4 BSAI Final Gfish Specs 2023-2024 Plan Team Recommended -Uploaded: 12/05/2022 10:05 AM AKST
C4 BSAI Specs Tables 13-18 Updated 12-6-22 -Uploaded: 12/06/2022 03:21 PM AKST
C4 Pacific cod and sablefish GHL and maxTAC -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 02:35 PM AKST
C4 EBS ESR Chum Salmon Graphic -Uploaded: 12/11/2022 09:22 AM AKST
PPT AP C4 EBS ESR -Uploaded: 12/07/2022 11:15 AM AKST
PPT AP C4 BSAI Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 11:01 AM AKST
PPT AP C4 Joint Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 11:01 AM AKST
PPT C4 AI ESR 2022 -Uploaded: 12/07/2022 11:29 AM AKST
PPT Council C4 EBS ESR -Uploaded: 12/09/2022 09:16 AM AKST
PPT Council C4 Joint Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 12/10/2022 01:29 PM AKST
C4 AP Motion -Uploaded: 12/10/2022 03:39 PM AKST
PPT Council C4 BSAI PT Report -Uploaded: 12/11/2022 09:07 AM AKST
C4 Council Motion BSAI Specs -Uploaded: 12/11/2022 04:42 PM AKST
C5 1 Comment C5 GOA Groundfish - Final harvest specifications, GOA Ecosystem Status Report, SAFE Report, adopt ABC/OFLs; Plan Team Report
Attachments: C5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/29/2022 10:44 AM AKST
LINK to Groundfish Plan Team Agenda Nov 2022 -Uploaded: 11/02/2022 02:06 PM AKDT
C5 GOA Groundfish SAFE Intro -Uploaded: 11/23/2022 01:45 PM AKST
LINK to all SAFE Chapters -Uploaded: 11/19/2022 01:32 PM AKST
LINK C5 GOA Ecosystem Status Report -Uploaded: 11/21/2022 10:09 AM AKST
C5 GOA Groundfish Plan Team Recommended OFL ABC 23-24 -Uploaded: 11/21/2022 12:30 PM AKST
C5 GOA Groundfish PSC and DMR tables 2023 2024 -Uploaded: 11/29/2022 10:44 AM AKST
C5 GOA Groundfish Plan Team Minutes November 2022 -Uploaded: 11/23/2022 12:09 PM AKST
C4-C5 Joint GFPT Minutes Nov 2022 -Uploaded: 11/23/2022 01:17 PM AKST
C5 GOA ESR in Brief -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 03:23 PM AKST
PPT C5 GOA ESR -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 11:02 AM AKST
PPT AP C5 GOA Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 02:14 PM AKST
PPT C4-C5 Joint Plan Team report -Uploaded: 12/11/2022 09:10 AM AKST
C5 AP Motion -Uploaded: 12/10/2022 02:45 PM AKST
PPT C5 SSC Report -Uploaded: 12/12/2022 08:41 AM AKST
C5 Council Motion Gulf Specs -Uploaded: 12/12/2022 11:27 AM AKST
C6 2 Comments C6 2023 Charter Halibut Management Measures - Final Action
Attachments: C6 Action Memo Charter Halibut -Uploaded: 11/29/2022 09:20 AM AKST
LINK Charter Halibut Management Cmtee eAgenda 10-21-22 -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 08:29 AM AKST
LINK to Charter Halibut Management Committee eAgenda 12-7-22 -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 08:54 AM AKST
C6 Charter Halibut Management Committee Report -Uploaded: 12/11/2022 09:14 AM AKST
C6 Charter Halibut Management Cmte Notes -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 09:44 AM AKST
C6 Management Options for the Area 2C and 3A -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 09:44 AM AKST
PPT AP C6 Charter Management Options 2023 -Uploaded: 12/08/2022 09:40 AM AKST
PPT Council C6 Charter Management options 2023 -Uploaded: 12/09/2022 07:44 AM AKST
PPT C6 Charter Halibut Intro and Cmtee Recc -Uploaded: 12/11/2022 09:16 AM AKST
C6 AP Motion -Uploaded: 12/11/2022 01:14 PM AKST
C6 Council Motion Charter Halibut Annual Management Measures -Uploaded: 12/12/2022 03:35 PM AKST
D. OTHER ISSUES
D1 146 Comments D1 Salmon Bycatch: Review a) Salmon findings of State of Alaska Bycatch Taskforce (T); b) Chum salmon bycatch discussion paper; c) Salmon Bycatch Committee Report
Attachments: D1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 03:27 PM AKST
LINK D1 Salmon Bycatch Committee eAgenda -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 04:05 PM AKST
D1b Chum Salmon Bycatch Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 11/15/2022 12:45 PM AKST
D1a Alaska Governor Dunleavy Bycatch Review Taskforce Report -Uploaded: 12/09/2022 02:43 PM AKST
D1b Table 1-1 (revised for errata) -Uploaded: 12/13/2022 07:59 AM AKST
D1c Salmon Bycatch Cmte Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2022 03:02 PM AKST
PPT D1 AP Chum Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 12/07/2022 10:46 AM AKST
PPT D1 Salmon Bycatch Reduction Incentive Plan -Uploaded: 12/11/2022 02:48 PM AKST
D1 AP Motion -Uploaded: 12/12/2022 01:17 AM AKST
PPT D1 Industry Report 2022 AFA CV Additional Chum Avoidance -Uploaded: 12/12/2022 11:06 AM AKST
PPT D1b Chum Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 12/13/2022 07:53 AM AKST
PPT D1c Salmon Bycatch Committee report -Uploaded: 12/13/2022 08:06 AM AKST
Council Process and Timeline Handout -Uploaded: 12/14/2022 08:05 AM AKST
D1 NPFMC Timeline for Amendments 2021 -Uploaded: 12/14/2022 08:23 AM AKST
D1 Council Motion Salmon Bycatch FINAL -Uploaded: 12/14/2022 10:15 AM AKST
D2 6 Comments D2 Crab conservation workplan - Review (Council Only)
Attachments: D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 12/01/2022 10:20 AM AKST
D2 Draft Crab Workplan -Uploaded: 11/25/2022 12:52 PM AKST
PPT D2 Crab Workplan -Uploaded: 12/10/2022 08:35 AM AKST
D2 Council Motion -Uploaded: 12/10/2022 10:57 AM AKST
E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES
E1 8 Comments E Committees, New Business, and Tasking - Review
Attachments: E Action Memo -Uploaded: 12/01/2022 10:19 AM AKST
E 3 mtg outlook PRE-MEETING -Uploaded: 12/01/2022 10:19 AM AKST
E Staffing assessment of Council projects -Uploaded: 12/01/2022 07:47 PM AKST
E Prelim Draft Feb 2023 Council Schedule -Uploaded: 12/05/2022 05:15 PM AKST
E Committee List -Uploaded: 12/02/2022 03:15 PM AKST
E Council staff one page -Uploaded: 12/01/2022 10:19 AM AKST
E Groundfish Workplan 2022 -Uploaded: 12/05/2022 02:30 PM AKST
E AP Motion -Uploaded: 12/12/2022 02:10 PM AKST
E 3 Meeting Outlook - DURING MEETING -Uploaded: 12/14/2022 08:27 AM AKST
E Council Motion Staff Tasking SSC Recommendations FINAL -Uploaded: 12/14/2022 12:12 PM AKST
E December 2022 Appointments -Uploaded: 12/14/2022 12:30 PM AKST