North Pacific Fishery Management Council

North Pacific Fishery Management Council

NPFMC Council/AP October 2023 - 266th

NPFMC Meetings
Closed for written comment at 09/29/2023 12:00 PM AKDT
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Meeting Navigation

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 New members; election of officers
Attachments: Oath of Office -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 11:51 AM AKDT
Guidelines for Discussion -Uploaded: 09/27/2023 12:05 PM AKDT
A2 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
October Newsletter (link) -Uploaded: 10/18/2023 10:43 AM AKDT
YouTube Recordings (link) -Uploaded: 10/18/2023 10:45 AM AKDT
October 2023 Time Log -Uploaded: 11/01/2023 02:57 PM AKDT
Council Summary October 2023 -Uploaded: 11/01/2023 03:02 PM AKDT
B. REPORTS
B1 Executive Director's Report (including IRA funding proposal) (oral)
Attachments: B1 ED report October 2023 -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 01:04 PM AKDT
B1 IRA Funding Staff Paper -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 03:16 PM AKDT
B1 MREP 2024 Announcement -Uploaded: 09/13/2023 09:16 AM AKDT
B1 Public Input Flyer Research Priorities -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 07:51 AM AKDT
B1 NPFMC comments on ANPR -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 11:54 AM AKDT
B1 Oceana Flyer - GOA Habitat Workshop -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 11:18 AM AKDT
PPT B1 NMFS IRA Overview -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 08:20 AM AKDT
PPT B1 NPFMC IRA paper -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 09:26 AM AKDT
B2 NMFS Management Report (including Salmon FMP Secretarial amendment (T), NEPA changes) (oral)
Attachments: B2 NMFS Report OCT 2023 -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 11:28 AM AKDT
B2 NEPA Changes -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 11:28 AM AKDT
B2 SF Organization Chart -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 11:28 AM AKDT
B2 Status of Amendment Oct 2023 -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 11:28 AM AKDT
B2 NMFS request to AFSC re Halibut -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 01:15 PM AKDT
B2 AFSC Response to NMFS re Halibut -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 01:15 PM AKDT
B2 NMFS to IPHC re FISS Index -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 01:16 PM AKDT
B2 Aquaculture opportunities -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 10:34 AM AKDT
B2 Inseason Report October -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 03:00 PM AKDT
B2 Notice of Intent to prepare EIS 4 -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 04:03 PM AKDT
B2 Guided Angler Fish Report -Uploaded: 11/28/2023 12:41 PM AKST
B3 NOAA General Counsel Report
Attachments: B3 Litigation Update - AVCP v. NMFS -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 04:13 PM AKDT
B3 Designated Official Memorandum -Uploaded: 09/12/2023 09:41 AM AKDT
B3 Recusal Determinations -Uploaded: 09/12/2023 09:50 AM AKDT
B3 Litigation Update - AVCP v. NMFS -Uploaded: 09/30/2023 03:46 PM AKDT
B3 Litigation Update WFC v. Quan -Uploaded: 10/01/2023 01:08 PM AKDT
B4 AFSC Report (oral)
Attachments: PPT B4 AFSC Report -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 09:53 AM AKDT
B5 ADF&G Report
Attachments: B5 Chinook index 2023 letter to NMFS -Uploaded: 09/14/2023 02:28 PM AKDT
B5 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 09:11 PM AKDT
B6 USCG Report (oral)
Attachments: B6 USCG Report -Uploaded: 10/03/2023 01:49 PM AKDT
PPT B6 USCG Russia HYDROPAC -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 08:53 AM AKDT
B7 USFWS Report
Attachments: B7 USFWS Report -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 01:54 PM AKDT
B8 North Pacific Fisheries Commission Report (oral)
Attachments: PPT B8 North Pacific Fisheries Commission -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 02:08 PM AKDT
B9 North Pacific Research Board Report (oral)
Attachments: PPT B9 NPRB -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 09:11 AM AKDT
B10 17 Comments Public Comment on B1 through B9 agenda items
B11 SSC Report
Attachments: C1 BSAI Crab DRAFT Report -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 03:51 PM AKDT
PPT C1 SSC Report BSAI Crab -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 07:58 AM AKDT
DRAFT SSC Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 12:26 PM AKDT
PPT Balance of SSC Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 01:20 PM AKDT
SSC Report -Uploaded: 05/31/2024 11:57 AM AKDT
B12 AP Report
Attachments: PPT AP admin issues Oct 2023 -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 04:49 PM AKDT
C5 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 10:29 AM AKDT
D1 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/08/2023 01:17 PM AKDT
D2 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 10:54 AM AKDT
PPT D3 AP Motion - IFQ Workplan -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 08:51 PM AKDT
D3 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 11:47 AM AKDT
E AP Motion - Staff Tasking -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 10:16 AM AKDT
AP Report Combined -Uploaded: 10/26/2023 11:50 AM AKDT
C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS
C1 7 Comments 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 BBRKC SAFE Appendix A -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 08:16 AM AKDT
C1 BBRKC SAFE Appendix B -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 08:16 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
PPT AP C1 BSAI crab -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 07:54 AM AKDT
C1 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 08:29 AM AKDT
PPT C1 BSAI Crab -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 09:25 AM AKDT
C1 Motion - Crab Specs -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 09:35 AM AKDT
C1 Motion - Risk Table Crab -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 09:49 AM AKDT
C2 4 Comments C2 Observer 2024 Annual Deployment Plan – Review; PCFMAC report
Attachments: C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 01:55 PM AKDT
PCFMAC September eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 01:11 PM AKDT
C2 Draft 2024 Annual Deployment Plan -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 11:45 AM AKDT
C2 PCFMAC Sept 2023 Report -Uploaded: 09/22/2023 06:47 PM AKDT
PPT AP C2 PCFMAC Report -Uploaded: 10/03/2023 08:35 AM AKDT
Observer Analytical Tasklist (LINK) -Uploaded: 09/16/2023 03:05 PM AKDT
C2 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 11:01 AM AKDT
PPT C2 DRAFT ADP -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 01:10 PM AKDT
PPT C2 PCFMAC Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 11:00 AM AKDT
C2 Motion Observer ADP -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 01:16 PM AKDT
C3 11 Comments C3 BSAI/GOA Groundfish – Proposed specifications, Plan Team reports, discussion paper on GOA DSR/other rockfish
Attachments: C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 11:57 AM AKDT
C3 Chinook index 2023 letter to NMFS -Uploaded: 09/11/2023 10:11 AM AKDT
September Groundfish eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/22/2023 11:31 AM AKDT
C3 Joint Groundfish Plan Teams Report -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 09:38 AM AKDT
C3 BSAI Groundfish Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 09:45 PM AKDT
C3 GOA Groundfish Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 09:45 PM AKDT
C3 GOA 2024 Plan Team Proposed ABC-OFLs Table 1 -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 03:21 PM AKDT
C3 GOA Groundfish 2024 Proposed Tables -Uploaded: 09/27/2023 01:09 PM AKDT
C3 BSAI Groundfish 2024 Proposed Tables -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 08:43 AM AKDT
C3 BSAI 2024 PT Proposed ABC-OFLs Table 1 -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 11:09 AM AKDT
C3 GOA DSR Other Rockfish Spatial Management -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 08:58 PM AKDT
PPT C3 AP Joint GPT Report -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 10:22 AM AKDT
PPT C3 BSAI GPT Report -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 08:40 AM AKDT
PPT C3 AP GOA PT Report -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 11:13 AM AKDT
C3 Revised Groundfish Stock Assessment Definitions (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 11:44 AM AKDT
PPT C3 Joint GPT Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 08:22 AM AKDT
PPT C3 BSAI GPT Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 09:37 AM AKDT
PPT C3 GOA GPT Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 08:58 AM AKDT
C3 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 09:10 AM AKDT
C3 BSAI Specs Council Motion -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 08:15 AM AKDT
C3 GOA Specs Council Motion -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 08:22 AM AKDT
C3 Halibut DMR Council Motion -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 08:27 AM AKDT
C4 55 Comments 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
C4 Addendum 2023 B Season Chum Bycatch -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 03:26 PM AKDT
C4 Addendum revised Table 3-19 -Uploaded: 09/27/2023 03:36 PM AKDT
C4 Addendum Tables 3-8 through 3-11 sorted by run size -Uploaded: 09/27/2023 05:06 PM AKDT
C4 Chum EIS Scoping Report -Uploaded: 09/27/2023 03:36 PM AKDT
C4 KRITFC Coop Agency Request -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 11:14 AM AKDT
C4 Response ltr - KRITFC Coop Agemcu Request -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 11:14 AM AKDT
C4 Request ADFG as Cooperating Agency -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 04:24 PM AKDT
C4 Cooperating Agency 1501.8 regs -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 04:25 PM AKDT
PPT AP C4 BS Chum Bycatch -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 06:46 PM AKDT
PPT C4 BS Chum Bycatch -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 07:51 AM AKDT
PPT C4 EIS - Scoping Report -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 09:47 AM AKDT
C4 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 09:14 AM AKDT
C4 Addendum Chum PSC Limit Apportinment Options -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 02:53 PM AKDT
C4 Council Motion Chum Salmon Bycatch -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 09:04 AM AKDT
C4 Press Release (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 09:56 PM AKDT
C5 4 Comments 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
PPT AP C5 Crab Facility Use Caps -Uploaded: 10/03/2023 08:04 AM AKDT
C5 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 10:30 AM AKDT
PPT C5 Crab Processing Use Cap -Uploaded: 10/08/2023 01:50 PM AKDT
C5 Council Motion Crab Facility Use Cap -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 09:37 AM AKDT
C6 0 Comments POSTPONED: Area 4 Vessel Use Caps – Initial Review
D. OTHER ISSUES
D1 8 Comments 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
PPT AP D1 LKTKS -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 11:26 AM AKDT
PPT D1 LKTKS Protocol and Onramp Recommendations -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 08:25 AM AKDT
D1 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 10:27 AM AKDT
D1 Council Motion LKTKS -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 01:33 PM AKDT
D2 5 Comments 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
D2 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 10:54 AM AKDT
PPT D2 Crab Review Worplan -Uploaded: 10/03/2023 11:14 AM AKDT
D2 Council Motion CR Program Review Workplan -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 03:19 PM AKDT
D3 6 Comments D3 IFQ Program Review – Review workplan
Attachments: D3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 06:54 PM AKDT
IFQ Committee September eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 01:28 PM AKDT
D3 IFQ Committee Report -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 02:50 PM AKDT
D3 IFQ Program Workplan -Uploaded: 09/18/2023 03:48 PM AKDT
PPT AP D3 IFQ Workplan -Uploaded: 10/03/2023 03:19 PM AKDT
D3 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 11:48 AM AKDT
D3 Council Motion IFQ Program Review Workplan -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 05:01 PM AKDT
E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES
E1 9 Comments E Committees, New Business, and Tasking - Review (including Ecosystem Committee, Enforcement workshop reports)
Attachments: E action memo - Oct 2023 -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 10:01 AM AKDT
E 3 Meeting Outlook - PRE-MEETING -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 01:01 PM AKDT
E Council Staff Responsibilities -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 02:46 PM AKDT
E Prelim Draft December 2023 Council schedule -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 12:44 PM AKDT
E Prelim Draft February 2024 Council schedule -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 03:00 PM AKDT
E Groundfish Workplan 2023 -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 01:03 PM AKDT
Trawl Performance Workshop eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 01:10 PM AKDT
Trawl Performance Standard Workshop Summary -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 10:12 PM AKDT
Ecosystem Committee September eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 01:13 PM AKDT
E Ecosystem Committee Report Sep2023 -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 08:04 AM AKDT
PPT E Staff tasking - AP Oct 2023 -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 08:37 AM AKDT
E Proposed conceptual approach for NPFMC IRA funding -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 02:03 PM AKDT
E AP Report -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 10:21 AM AKDT
E 3 Meeting Outlook - DURING MEETING version -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 04:48 PM AKDT
PPT E Ecosytem Committee Report -Uploaded: 10/10/2023 07:55 AM AKDT
E Council Motion MRA -Uploaded: 10/10/2023 01:08 PM AKDT
E Council Motion Scales in Sablefish A Share -Uploaded: 10/10/2023 01:47 PM AKDT
E Council Motion IRA funding and PEIS DRAFT -Uploaded: 10/10/2023 01:58 PM AKDT