Council, April 4-9, 2024; Hilton Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska; 8am-5pm
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Meeting ID: 814 5113 0091
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Advisory Panel, April 2-6, 2024; 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), April 1-3, 2024; AGENDA
A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER | ||
A1 | Approval of Agenda | |
Attachments: | Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 02/26/2024 03:33 PM AKST | |
Review Document Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 02/26/2024 03:34 PM AKST | ||
YouTube Recordings (link) -Uploaded: 04/10/2024 12:50 PM AKDT | ||
April 2024 Time Log -Uploaded: 04/10/2024 04:46 PM AKDT | ||
Council Summary April 2024 -Uploaded: 05/10/2024 10:36 AM AKDT | ||
Newsletter (link) -Uploaded: 06/20/2024 11:55 AM AKDT | ||
B. REPORTS | ||
B1 | Executive Director's Report (oral) (includes written-only IFQ report to the fleet) | |
Attachments: | B1 ED Report -Uploaded: 04/03/2024 12:35 PM AKDT | |
B1 BSAI CPT Nomination Olson -Uploaded: 03/29/2024 09:00 AM AKDT | ||
B1 Climate Scenarios Workshop Draft Agenda -Uploaded: 03/22/2024 01:37 PM AKDT | ||
B1 PNCIAC 3.15.24 Meeting Minutes (LINK) -Uploaded: 03/29/2024 09:12 AM AKDT | ||
B1 Climate Scenario Planning Memo -Uploaded: 03/22/2024 01:37 PM AKDT | ||
B1 IFQ Report to the Fleet -Uploaded: 03/13/2024 02:53 PM AKDT | ||
B1 Kodiak Lab Open House Save the Date -Uploaded: 03/28/2024 08:52 AM AKDT | ||
B1 NPA Community Reception -Uploaded: 04/02/2024 01:24 PM AKDT | ||
B1 Alaska Salmon Research Task Force Comment Instructions (LINK) -Uploaded: 04/03/2024 11:37 AM AKDT | ||
B1 Draft Alaska Salmon Research Task Force Report -Uploaded: 04/03/2024 12:29 PM AKDT | ||
B1 Summary of Flume Tank Gear Mod -Uploaded: 04/03/2024 08:52 AM AKDT | ||
B1 Meeting Report on Ninth World Fisheries Congress -Uploaded: 04/04/2024 08:04 AM AKDT | ||
PPT B1 Killer Whale Gear Mod -Uploaded: 04/03/2024 08:53 AM AKDT | ||
PPT B1 Climate Scenario Workshop Update -Uploaded: 04/03/2024 01:08 PM AKDT | ||
B1 Pre-Workshop Discussions Flyer -Uploaded: 04/04/2024 08:42 AM AKDT | ||
B2 | NMFS Management Report (including annual EFH consultation and seabird bycatch reports, Northern fur seal update, data confidentiality rule briefing, tribal engagement report) (oral) | |
Attachments: | B2 NMFS Management Report -Uploaded: 03/29/2024 02:14 PM AKDT | |
B2 Confidentiality of Information Proposed Rule -Uploaded: 03/13/2024 02:10 PM AKDT | ||
B2 NMFS EFH Report -Uploaded: 03/26/2024 02:31 PM AKDT | ||
B2 Alaska EFH Research Plan -Uploaded: 03/25/2024 10:36 AM AKDT | ||
B2 Accomplishment Report for 2023 -Uploaded: 03/25/2024 10:37 AM AKDT | ||
B2 NMFS Seabird Report -Uploaded: 03/29/2024 02:18 PM AKDT | ||
B2 AOA Study Areas in Alaska (LINK) -Uploaded: 03/29/2024 09:15 AM AKDT | ||
B2 NMFS Tribal Engagement Report -Uploaded: 03/29/2024 02:14 PM AKDT | ||
B2 Status of Amendments -Uploaded: 03/29/2024 02:14 PM AKDT | ||
PPT B2 MSA Confidentiality -Uploaded: 03/29/2024 09:00 AM AKDT | ||
PPT B2 EFH Consultation Report -Uploaded: 04/02/2024 01:43 PM AKDT | ||
PPT B2 ESA S7 Consultation Overview -Uploaded: 04/02/2024 05:57 PM AKDT | ||
PPT B2 Northern Fur Seal Conservation Plan Update -Uploaded: 04/03/2024 11:45 AM AKDT | ||
B3 | NOAA General Counsel Report | |
Attachments: | B3 Designated Official Memorandum -Uploaded: 03/15/2024 01:09 PM AKDT | |
B3 Recusal Determinations -Uploaded: 03/15/2024 01:09 PM AKDT | ||
B3 NOAA GC Litigation Report -Uploaded: 04/02/2024 05:03 PM AKDT | ||
B4 | ADF&G Report | |
Attachments: | B5 ADFG Report to NPFMC April 2024 -Uploaded: 04/02/2024 08:17 AM AKDT | |
B5 | USCG Report | |
Attachments: | B5 USCG April 2024 Report -Uploaded: 03/29/2024 05:19 PM AKDT | |
B6 | USFWS Report (oral) | |
Attachments: | B6 USFWS report -Uploaded: 03/28/2024 01:34 PM AKDT | |
B7 | NIOSH Report | |
Attachments: | B7 NIOSH Report -Uploaded: 03/25/2024 12:55 PM AKDT | |
B8 | Cooperative Reports (mostly written, some oral) | |
Attachments: | B8 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/26/2024 03:51 PM AKDT | |
LINK to Cooperative Reports -Uploaded: 03/14/2024 10:12 AM AKDT | ||
PPT B8 Rockfish Program -Uploaded: 04/03/2024 12:07 PM AKDT | ||
PPT B8 AFA CV IC Report -Uploaded: 04/04/2024 07:54 AM AKDT | ||
PPT B8 PCC HSCC Report -Uploaded: 04/04/2024 08:56 AM AKDT | ||
B9 | 25 Comments | Public Comment on B1 through B8 agenda items |
B10 | SSC Report | |
Attachments: | SSC DRAFT Report -Uploaded: 04/05/2024 04:43 PM AKDT | |
PPT C1 SSC Report -Uploaded: 04/04/2024 03:06 PM AKDT | ||
PPT Balance of SSC Report -Uploaded: 04/06/2024 10:38 AM AKDT | ||
SSC Report April 2024_FINAL -Uploaded: 05/10/2024 10:11 AM AKDT | ||
B11 | AP Report | |
Attachments: | PPT AP admin issues Apr 2024 -Uploaded: 04/02/2024 07:54 AM AKDT | |
AP Report April 2024 -Uploaded: 05/01/2024 10:31 AM AKDT | ||
C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS | ||
C1 | 4 Comments | C1 Scallops – SAFE report, ABC/OFL, Plan Team report |
Attachments: | C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/26/2024 02:27 PM AKDT | |
Scallop PT March eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 03/24/2024 09:13 AM AKDT | ||
C1 Scallop SAFE -Uploaded: 03/12/2024 02:39 PM AKDT | ||
C1 SAFE 2024 Addendum -Uploaded: 03/29/2024 01:25 PM AKDT | ||
C1 Scallop Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 03/12/2024 03:00 PM AKDT | ||
C1 AP Report -Uploaded: 04/03/2024 08:22 AM AKDT | ||
C1 SSC Draft Report -Uploaded: 04/04/2024 03:05 PM AKDT | ||
PPT C1 Scallop SAFE -Uploaded: 04/01/2024 10:32 AM AKDT | ||
PPT C1 SSC Report -Uploaded: 04/04/2024 03:05 PM AKDT | ||
C1 Motion -Uploaded: 04/04/2024 03:20 PM AKDT | ||
C2 | 324 Comments | C2 Salmon bycatch– review Chum salmon bycatch initial review analysis, salmon bycatch genetics reports, pollock IPA reports |
Attachments: | C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/24/2024 09:12 AM AKDT | |
C2 Chum Salmon Bycatch Draft Environmental Impact Statement -Uploaded: 03/11/2024 04:15 PM AKDT | ||
C2 DEIS Addendum -Uploaded: 03/26/2024 03:28 PM AKDT | ||
C2 Chum Salmon Bycatch Social Impact Assessment -Uploaded: 03/11/2024 04:15 PM AKDT | ||
C2 Chum Salmon Genetics Report -Uploaded: 03/27/2024 03:40 PM AKDT | ||
C2 Chinook Genetics Report -Uploaded: 03/29/2024 03:17 PM AKDT | ||
C2 Catcher Processor IPA Report (link) -Uploaded: 03/20/2024 10:18 AM AKDT | ||
C2 Catcher Vessels IPA Report (link) -Uploaded: 03/14/2024 10:21 AM AKDT | ||
C2 Mothership IPA (link) -Uploaded: 03/15/2024 01:18 PM AKDT | ||
C2 2024 SeaShare letter to NPFMC -Uploaded: 03/13/2024 03:13 PM AKDT | ||
C2 NMFS ltr re Chum Salmon Bycatch Alternatives -Uploaded: 03/29/2024 02:40 PM AKDT | ||
C2 NMFS Tribal Engagement Report (LINK) -Uploaded: 04/01/2024 10:48 AM AKDT | ||
PPT C2 AP Chum Salmon Bycatch -Uploaded: 04/03/2024 07:57 AM AKDT | ||
PPT C2 AP Supplement to Section 4.5 of DEIS -Uploaded: 04/02/2024 01:39 PM AKDT | ||
PPT C2 Chum and Chinook Genetics Report -Uploaded: 04/02/2024 02:51 PM AKDT | ||
PPT C2 Salmon Bycatch -Uploaded: 04/05/2024 08:02 AM AKDT | ||
PPT C2 SeaShare -Uploaded: 04/05/2024 05:02 PM AKDT | ||
PPT C2 CV IPA and CV Proposal -Uploaded: 04/02/2024 11:31 AM AKDT | ||
PPT C2 CP-IPA Report -Uploaded: 04/02/2024 01:37 PM AKDT | ||
C2 AP Report -Uploaded: 04/06/2024 08:38 AM AKDT | ||
C2 Motion -Uploaded: 04/10/2024 10:39 AM AKDT | ||
C3 | 5 Comments | C3 Area 4 Vessel Caps – Initial Review, IFQ Committee report |
Attachments: | C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/26/2024 02:28 PM AKDT | |
C3 Area 4 Vessel Caps Analysis -Uploaded: 03/12/2024 02:31 PM AKDT | ||
C3 IFQ Committee report March 2024 -Uploaded: 04/03/2024 11:16 AM AKDT | ||
PPT AP C3 Vessel Caps -Uploaded: 04/05/2024 02:33 PM AKDT | ||
C3 AP Report -Uploaded: 04/07/2024 07:40 PM AKDT | ||
D. OTHER ISSUES | ||
D1 | POSTPONED D1 Amendment 80 Program Review – POSTPONED | |
D2 | 9 Comments | D2 Maximum Retainable Amount adjustments – review discussion paper |
Attachments: | D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/13/2024 03:02 PM AKDT | |
D2 MRA Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 03/13/2024 08:51 AM AKDT | ||
PPT D2 MRA -Uploaded: 04/03/2024 03:36 PM AKDT | ||
D2 AP Report -Uploaded: 04/08/2024 11:29 AM AKDT | ||
D2 Motion -Uploaded: 04/09/2024 10:38 AM AKDT | ||
D3 | 64 Comments | POSTPONED D3 Research priorities – set 5-year priorities - POSTPONED |
Attachments: | D3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/24/2024 09:13 AM AKDT | |
Plan Teams February 2024 Summary Report (link) -Uploaded: 03/14/2024 11:47 AM AKDT | ||
D3 SSC Previous Minutes on Research Priorities -Uploaded: 03/14/2024 12:01 PM AKDT | ||
D3 List of Research Priorities 2024-2027 -Uploaded: 03/14/2024 11:55 AM AKDT | ||
D3 Draft List Critical Ongoing Monitoring 2024-2027 -Uploaded: 03/14/2024 12:24 PM AKDT | ||
D4 | D4 Sablefish study for climate funding – discuss parameters for a potential analysis (SSC only) | |
Attachments: | D4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/14/2024 10:06 AM AKDT | |
E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES | ||
E1 | 11 Comments | E Committees, New Business, and Tasking - Review (including Programmatic Evaluation engagement update) |
Attachments: | E Action Memo -Uploaded: 04/06/2024 09:40 AM AKDT | |
E 3 Meeting Outlook - PRE-MEETING draft -Uploaded: 03/27/2024 07:03 PM AKDT | ||
E Council Staff - one page -Uploaded: 03/27/2024 07:03 PM AKDT | ||
E Groundfish Workplan 2024-04 -Uploaded: 03/27/2024 07:03 PM AKDT | ||
E Programmatic Engagment Planning -Uploaded: 03/30/2024 02:25 PM AKDT | ||
E NPFMC Committees Membership -Uploaded: 03/28/2024 08:50 AM AKDT | ||
E Committees Overview of Purpose -Uploaded: 04/05/2024 05:11 PM AKDT | ||
E Committee Structure Guidance -Uploaded: 04/05/2024 05:11 PM AKDT | ||
E Emergency Rule Policy Guidelines -Uploaded: 04/03/2024 11:28 AM AKDT | ||
PPT E Programmatic Engagement -Uploaded: 04/06/2024 09:16 AM AKDT | ||
E Prelim Draft June 2024 Council schedule -Uploaded: 04/08/2024 05:14 PM AKDT |