North Pacific Fishery Management Council
NPFMC Council/AP April 2023 - 264th
Council, April 6-11, 2023; Aleutian Ballroom, 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, April 5-7, 2023, 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 March 17, 2023, and the deadline for written comments has been extended until Monday, April 3 at 5pm. 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.
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Related meetings:
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), April 4-5, 2023; AGENDA
Ecosystem Committee, April 4, 2023, 8am-5pm; AGENDA
Enforcement Committee, April 4, 2023, 1pm-4pm; AGENDA
| A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER | ||
| A1 | Approval of Agenda | |
| Attachments: | Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 02/27/2023 02:34 PM AKST | |
| Review document Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 02/27/2023 02:35 PM AKST | ||
| Mace Rules - Guidelines for Discussion -Uploaded: 03/28/2023 08:32 AM AKDT | ||
| B. REPORTS | ||
| B1 | Executive Director's Report (including update on allocation review schedule; oral) | |
| Attachments: | B1 Pollock Fishery Salmon Avoidance Plans Event Flyer -Uploaded: 03/08/2023 11:10 AM AKST | |
| B1 IFQ Report to the Fleet -Uploaded: 03/09/2023 11:34 AM AKST | ||
| B1 Tyler Jackson BSAI Crab Plan Team nomination -Uploaded: 03/15/2023 02:03 PM AKDT | ||
| B1 National Marine Sanctuary Roundtable April 6 -Uploaded: 03/23/2023 12:17 PM AKDT | ||
| B2 | NMFS Management Report (including nat'l seafood strategy - oral; also written EFH consultation, seabird report) | |
| Attachments: | B2 BSAI Amendment 123 Halibut ABM Approval Letter to NPFMC -Uploaded: 03/08/2023 03:03 PM AKST | |
| B2 EFH Report -Uploaded: 03/20/2023 04:22 PM AKDT | ||
| B2 BSAI Amendment 122 PCTC Approval Letter to NPFMC -Uploaded: 03/27/2023 04:39 PM AKDT | ||
| B2 NMFS April 3 Tribal Flyer -Uploaded: 03/29/2023 09:28 AM AKDT | ||
| B2 Seabird Report 2023 -Uploaded: 03/29/2023 12:07 PM AKDT | ||
| B3 | NOAA General Counsel Report (including report on violation penalties; oral) | |
| Attachments: | B3 Designated Official Memorandum -Uploaded: 03/22/2023 08:40 AM AKDT | |
| B3 Recusal Determinations -Uploaded: 03/22/2023 08:40 AM AKDT | ||
| B4 | AFSC Report (oral) | |
| B5 | ADF&G Report | |
| Attachments: | B5 CDQ Decennial Review -Uploaded: 03/01/2023 03:08 PM AKST | |
| B6 | USCG Report | |
| B7 | USFWS Report | |
| B8 | NIOSH Report (oral) | |
| Attachments: | PPT B8 NIOSH Report -Uploaded: 03/27/2023 02:42 PM AKDT | |
| B9 | US Navy Report on Northern Edge exercises for May 2023 (oral) | |
| Attachments: | GOA Navy Training Activities Environmental Impact Statement website (LINK) -Uploaded: 03/27/2023 04:42 PM AKDT | |
| Telemetry and Genetic Identity of Chinook Salmon in Alaska (LINK) -Uploaded: 03/27/2023 04:43 PM AKDT | ||
| PPT B9 US Navy Report -Uploaded: 03/30/2023 04:17 PM AKDT | ||
| B10 | POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER 2023: North Pacific Fisheries Commission Report | |
| B11 | Cooperative Reports (AFA, A80, CGOA Rockfish, BSAI crab) | |
| Attachments: | B11 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/28/2023 12:47 PM AKDT | |
| B11 Cooperative Reports (LINK) -Uploaded: 03/20/2023 01:58 PM AKDT | ||
| B12 | Comment Now | Public Comment on B1 through B11 agenda items |
| B13 | SSC Report | |
| B14 | AP Report | |
| C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS | ||
| C1 | Comment Now | C1 Cook Inlet Salmon FMP Amendment - Final Action, Enforcement Committee Report |
| Attachments: | C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/13/2023 11:29 AM AKDT | |
| C1 Cook Inlet EA RIR Analysis -Uploaded: 03/13/2023 11:25 AM AKDT | ||
| C2 | Comment Now | C2 Salmon Bycatch Reports - review (a) Chinook/chum genetics reports for BS, GOA; (b) pollock IPA and Sea Share reports; (c) Salmon Bycatch Committee reports and (SBC) recommendations |
| Attachments: | C2 Salmon Bycatch Cmte eAgenda - March Meeting (link) -Uploaded: 03/30/2023 09:08 AM AKDT | |
| C2b 2023 SeaShare report -Uploaded: 03/30/2023 03:20 PM AKDT | ||
| C2b BS Pollock Salmon Saving Incentive Plan Report (link) -Uploaded: 03/30/2023 09:12 AM AKDT | ||
| C2b Inshore Salmon Savings Incentive Plan (link) -Uploaded: 03/30/2023 09:13 AM AKDT | ||
| C2b Chinook Salmon Bycatch Reduction Incentive Plan (link) -Uploaded: 03/30/2023 09:13 AM AKDT | ||
| C2c Salmon Bycatch Cmte Jan 2023 -Uploaded: 03/30/2023 11:38 AM AKDT | ||
| C2c Salmon Bycatch Cmt Report and Recommendations March -Uploaded: 03/30/2023 11:36 AM AKDT | ||
| C3 | Comment Now | C3 Scallops - SAFE report, ABC/OFL, Plan Team Report |
| Attachments: | C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/20/2023 01:45 PM AKDT | |
| C3 Scallop SAFE 2023 -Uploaded: 03/16/2023 12:33 PM AKDT | ||
| C3 Scallop Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 03/16/2023 12:34 PM AKDT | ||
| Scallop PT eAgenda March Meeting (link) -Uploaded: 03/30/2023 09:09 AM AKDT | ||
| C4 | Comment Now | C4 Scallop FMP multi-year specifications amendment - Initial/Final Action |
| Attachments: | C4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/20/2023 01:45 PM AKDT | |
| C4 Scallop FMP Amendment Review -Uploaded: 03/16/2023 11:13 AM AKDT | ||
| C5 | Comment Now | C5 Greenland Turbot in Longline Pots - Final Action |
| Attachments: | C5 Greenland Turbot LLPots Analysis -Uploaded: 03/28/2023 01:46 PM AKDT | |
| D. OTHER ISSUES | ||
| D1 | Comment Now | D1 Report on SSC rapid environmental change workshop - Review |
| Attachments: | D1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/29/2023 02:49 PM AKDT | |
| D2 | Comment Now | D2 BS FEP Local Knowledge, LKTKS Taskforce - Review Draft Protocol, Taskforce Report |
| Attachments: | D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/27/2023 03:41 PM AKDT | |
| D2 LKTKS Onramp Recommendations -Uploaded: 03/20/2023 12:14 PM AKDT | ||
| D2 LKTKS Protocol -Uploaded: 03/20/2023 12:14 PM AKDT | ||
| D2 LKTKS Report December 2022 -Uploaded: 03/22/2023 12:19 PM AKDT | ||
| D2 LKTKS Report January 2023 -Uploaded: 03/22/2023 12:19 PM AKDT | ||
| D2 LKTKS Report March 2023 -Uploaded: 03/22/2023 12:19 PM AKDT | ||
| LKTKS eAgenda March Meeting (link) -Uploaded: 03/30/2023 09:09 AM AKDT | ||
| D3 | Comment Now | D3 BS FEP Climate Change Taskforce - Review workplan, report |
| Attachments: | CCTF eAgenda March Meeting (link) -Uploaded: 03/30/2023 09:09 AM AKDT | |
| D4 | Comment Now | D4 Groundfish and Crab Economic SAFE reports - Review (SSC only) |
| Attachments: | D4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/27/2023 03:41 PM AKDT | |
| D4 Groundfish Economic SAFE 2022 -Uploaded: 03/27/2023 03:42 PM AKDT | ||
| D5 | Comment Now | D5 Annual Community Engagement and Participation Overview (ACEPO) report, NSRKC research update - Review (SSC only) |
| Attachments: | D5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/27/2023 03:42 PM AKDT | |
| D5 ACEPO Report -Uploaded: 03/20/2023 01:46 PM AKDT | ||
| D6 | Comment Now | D6 Groundfish Plan Team Dec 2022 workgroup recommendations - Discuss (SSC only) |
| Attachments: | December 2022 Plan Team Report (LINK) -Uploaded: 03/20/2023 02:28 PM AKDT | |
| E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES | ||
| E1 | Comment Now | E Committees, New Business, and Tasking - Review (including Ecosystem Committee report and clarifications to the C shares analysis alternatives) |
| Attachments: | E Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/29/2023 02:52 PM AKDT | |
| E Council Staff Responsibilities -Uploaded: 03/22/2023 10:39 AM AKDT | ||
| E Committee List -Uploaded: 03/27/2023 04:23 PM AKDT | ||
| E Program and Allocation Review -Uploaded: 03/28/2023 01:08 PM AKDT | ||
| E Groundfish Workplan -Uploaded: 03/27/2023 04:23 PM AKDT | ||
| E Crab Crew Share Clarifications -Uploaded: 03/29/2023 11:18 AM AKDT | ||
| E 3 Meeting Outlook - PRE-MEETING DRAFT -Uploaded: 03/29/2023 02:53 PM AKDT | ||