North Pacific Fishery Management Council

North Pacific Fishery Management Council

NPFMC Council/AP October 2023 - 266th

NPFMC Meetings
Open for written comment until 09/29/2023 12:00 PM AKDT
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Meeting Time: 10/02/2023 07:00 AM AKDT

Council, October 5-10, 2023; Hilton Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska; 8am-5pm

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Meeting ID: 814 5113 0091     
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Advisory PanelOctober 3-7, 2023; Hilton Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska; 8am-5pm

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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 September 8, 2023, and the deadline for written comments is Friday, September 29 at 12pm AKT. Submitted comments will be reviewed then visible online after the deadline closes, as per the Council's comment policy

 

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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), October 2-4, 2023; AGENDA

 


A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
A1 Approval of Agenda
Attachments: Schedule (LINK) -Uploaded: 07/26/2023 09:27 AM AKDT
Pre-Meeting Review Documents (LINK) -Uploaded: 07/26/2023 09:27 AM AKDT
B. REPORTS
B1 Executive Director's Report (including IRA funding proposal) (oral)
Attachments: B1 IRA Funding Staff Paper -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 03:16 PM AKDT
B1 GOA Habitat Workshop Oceana Flyer -Uploaded: 09/14/2023 12:51 PM AKDT
B1 MREP 2024 Announcement -Uploaded: 09/13/2023 09:16 AM AKDT
B2 NMFS Management Report (including Salmon FMP Secretarial amendment (T), NEPA changes) (oral)
B3 NOAA General Counsel Report (oral)
Attachments: B3 Designated Official Memorandum -Uploaded: 09/12/2023 09:41 AM AKDT
B3 Recusal Determinations -Uploaded: 09/12/2023 09:50 AM AKDT
B4 AFSC Report (oral)
B5 ADF&G Report
Attachments: B5 Chinook index 2023 letter to NMFS -Uploaded: 09/14/2023 02:28 PM AKDT
B6 USCG Report
B7 USFWS Report
B8 North Pacific Fisheries Commission Report (oral)
B9 North Pacific Research Board Report (oral)
B10 Comment Now Public Comment on B1 through B9 agenda items
B11 SSC Report
B12 AP Report
C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS
C1 Comment Now C1 BSAI Crab specifications – review SAFE report; adopt ABC/OFLs for BBRKC, Tanner crab, snow crab, PIBKC; BSAI Crab Plan Team report; (SSC only) Ecosystem Status Report preview
Attachments: C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 06:52 PM AKDT
Crab Plan Team September eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 01:12 PM AKDT
C1 CPT Report September 2023 -Uploaded: 09/20/2023 02:34 PM AKDT
C1 BSAI Crab SAFE 2023 Intro -Uploaded: 09/22/2023 03:05 PM AKDT
C1 BBRKC SAFE -Uploaded: 09/20/2023 10:02 AM AKDT
C1 Tanner Crab SAFE -Uploaded: 09/19/2023 02:23 PM AKDT
C1 EBS Snow Crab SAFE -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 11:41 AM AKDT
C1 PIBKC SAFE -Uploaded: 09/19/2023 10:33 AM AKDT
C2 Comment Now C2 Observer 2024 Annual Deployment Plan – Review; PCFMAC report
Attachments: PCFMAC September eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 01:11 PM AKDT
C2 PCFMAC Sept 2023 Report -Uploaded: 09/22/2023 06:47 PM AKDT
Observer Analytical Tasklist (LINK) -Uploaded: 09/16/2023 03:05 PM AKDT
C3 Comment Now C3 BSAI/GOA Groundfish – Proposed specifications, Plan Team reports, discussion paper on GOA DSR/other rockfish
Attachments: September Groundfish eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/22/2023 11:31 AM AKDT
C3 Chinook index 2023 letter to NMFS -Uploaded: 09/11/2023 10:11 AM AKDT
C4 Comment Now C4 Chum salmon bycatch – Preliminary review
Attachments: C4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 06:53 PM AKDT
C4 Chum Salmon Bycatch Analysis -Uploaded: 09/11/2023 07:29 AM AKDT
C5 Comment Now C5 Crab facility use caps – Initial Review
Attachments: C5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 06:53 PM AKDT
C5 Crab Facility Use Caps Analysis -Uploaded: 09/11/2023 03:56 PM AKDT
C6 Comment Now POSTPONED: Area 4 Vessel Use Caps – Initial Review
D. OTHER ISSUES
D1 Comment Now D1 Bering Sea Local Knowledge/ Traditional Knowledge/ Subsistence information Protocol and Onramps – Final action to approve protocol and/or onramps
Attachments: D1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 06:53 PM AKDT
D1 LKTKS Protocol -Uploaded: 09/06/2023 02:36 PM AKDT
D1 Onramps for LKTKS Recommendations -Uploaded: 09/06/2023 02:36 PM AKDT
D1 June 2023 LKTKS Report -Uploaded: 09/06/2023 02:36 PM AKDT
D1 LKTKS Taskforce Final Report -Uploaded: 09/12/2023 04:23 PM AKDT
Call for LKTKS Protocol and Onramp Recommendations (link) -Uploaded: 09/11/2023 03:57 PM AKDT
D2 Comment Now D2 BSAI Crab Program Review – Review workplan
Attachments: D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 06:54 PM AKDT
D2 BSAI Crab Program Workplan -Uploaded: 09/18/2023 11:05 AM AKDT
D3 Comment Now D3 IFQ Program Review – Review workplan
Attachments: D3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 06:54 PM AKDT
IFQ September eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 01:28 PM AKDT
D3 IFQ Program Workplan -Uploaded: 09/18/2023 03:48 PM AKDT
E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES
E1 Comment Now E Committees, New Business, and Tasking - Review (including Ecosystem Committee, Enforcement workshop reports)
Attachments: Trawl Performance Workshop eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 01:10 PM AKDT
Ecosystem September eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 01:13 PM AKDT