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 Panel, October 3-7, 2023; Hilton Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska; 8am-5pm
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Meeting ID: 886 7161 2019
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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 |