North Pacific Fishery Management Council

North Pacific Fishery Management Council

NPFMC Council/AP October 2024 - 271st

NPFMC Meetings
Closed for written comment at 09/27/2024 12:00 PM AKDT
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Meeting Navigation

Meeting Time: 09/30/2024 08:00 AM AKDT

Council, September 30-October 8, 2024; Egan Center, Anchorage, Alaska; 8am-5pm

Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81451130091

Meeting ID: 814 5113 0091     
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Advisory PanelOctober 1-4, 2024; Egan Center, 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 September 9, 2024, and the deadline for written comments is Friday, September 27 at 12pm AKT. 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. 

 

If you'd like to receive text alerts on Council timing, text the word "NPFMC" to the number 1-833-237-1598.

 

Related meetings:

Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), September 30-Oct 2, 2024; AGENDA
Legislative Committee, October 2, 2024; AGENDA

 


A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
A1 Oath for new members
Attachments: Oath of Office_2024 -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 03:24 PM AKDT
A2 Election of officers
A3 Approval of Agenda
Attachments: Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 08/01/2024 11:02 AM AKDT
Review Document Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 08/01/2024 11:02 AM AKDT
B. REPORTS
B1 Executive Director's Report (including Legislative Committee report) (oral)
Attachments: B1 ED Report -Uploaded: 09/28/2024 05:23 PM AKDT
B1 GAO Review NOAA Fishery Disaster Assistance -Uploaded: 08/28/2024 10:13 AM AKDT
B1 Thorson GOA PT Nomination -Uploaded: 08/28/2024 11:40 AM AKDT
B1 Wassermann GOA PT Nomination -Uploaded: 08/28/2024 11:40 AM AKDT
Legislative Cmte eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/09/2024 09:24 AM AKDT
B1 MREP North Pacific 2025 Flyer -Uploaded: 09/20/2024 12:51 PM AKDT
PPT B1 Amendment 80 Updates -Uploaded: 10/03/2024 07:52 AM AKDT
B2 NMFS Management Report (including pelagic trawl footrope EFP) (oral)
Attachments: B2 NMFS Report -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 05:33 PM AKDT
B2 Inseason Management report -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 05:34 PM AKDT
B2 Status of Amendments -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 05:33 PM AKDT
B2 AM 113 Rockfish Program Approval ltr -Uploaded: 08/28/2024 09:05 AM AKDT
B2 EFH AM Approval Letter -Uploaded: 09/23/2024 02:11 PM AKDT
B2 Right Whale Critical Habitat -Uploaded: 09/25/2024 12:26 PM AKDT
B2 Federal Register Notice EFP -Uploaded: 09/30/2024 11:40 AM AKDT
B2 Trident EFP -Uploaded: 09/25/2024 12:47 PM AKDT
PPT B2 Trident EFP -Uploaded: 10/03/2024 08:12 AM AKDT
B2 NMFS Tribal Engagement Report -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 05:35 PM AKDT
B3 NOAA General Counsel Report
Attachments: B3 Designated Official Memorandum -Uploaded: 09/23/2024 09:49 AM AKDT
B3 Recusal Determinations -Uploaded: 09/23/2024 09:49 AM AKDT
B3 Litigation Report for AVCP v NMFS -Uploaded: 09/18/2024 09:40 AM AKDT
B3 Litigation Report for Oceana v NMFS -Uploaded: 09/18/2024 10:10 AM AKDT
B3 Litigation Report Groundfish Forum v NMFS -Uploaded: 09/23/2024 10:03 AM AKDT
B3 Litigation Report for UCIDA v NMFS -Uploaded: 09/23/2024 10:39 AM AKDT
B3 Litigation Report for Wild Fish Conservancy v NMFS -Uploaded: 10/03/2024 07:49 AM AKDT
B4 AFSC Report (oral)
Attachments: PPT B4 NOAA Fisheries EEJ Implementation -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 02:55 PM AKDT
PPT B4 AFSC Report -Uploaded: 10/02/2024 08:22 AM AKDT
PPT B4 EEJ Report -Uploaded: 10/02/2024 08:22 AM AKDT
PPT B4 Alaska Salmon Research Task Force -Uploaded: 10/02/2024 08:22 AM AKDT
B5 ADF&G Report
Attachments: B5 Chinook Index 2024 Letter to NMFS -Uploaded: 09/24/2024 10:43 AM AKDT
B5 State Comments GOA Chinook ESA -Uploaded: 09/25/2024 01:15 PM AKDT
B5 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 09/30/2024 05:52 PM AKDT
B5 Opinion Article Published by ADN on Pelagic Trawling -Uploaded: 10/02/2024 08:56 AM AKDT
B6 USCG Report
Attachments: B6 USCG October 2024 Report -Uploaded: 09/30/2024 11:50 AM AKDT
B7 USFWS Report
Attachments: B7 USFW Report -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 05:26 PM AKDT
B8 US Navy Report on training exercises and fisheries research
Attachments: PPT B8 US Navy Report -Uploaded: 10/03/2024 10:53 AM AKDT
B9 North Pacific Fishery Commission (NPFC) Report
Attachments: PPT B9 NPFC Report -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 02:53 PM AKDT
B10 3 Comments Public Comment on B1 through B9 agenda items
B11 SSC Report
B12 AP Report
Attachments: AP admin issues Oct 2024 -Uploaded: 10/01/2024 07:31 AM AKDT
C1 BSAI Crab AP Report -Uploaded: 10/02/2024 03:25 PM AKDT
C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS
C1 2 Comments C1 BSAI Crab specifications – review SAFE report; adopt ABC/OFLs for BBRKC, Tanner crab, snow crab, SMBKC; BSAI Crab Plan Team report; Ecosystem Status Report preview (SSC only)
Attachments: C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/26/2024 05:23 PM AKDT
Crab PT eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/09/2024 09:21 AM AKDT
C1 CPT report -Uploaded: 09/30/2024 08:16 AM AKDT
C1 BSAI Crab SAFE Introduction -Uploaded: 09/18/2024 10:46 AM AKDT
C1 SMBKC SAFE Chapter -Uploaded: 09/16/2024 11:56 AM AKDT
C1 Tanner Crab SAFE Chapter -Uploaded: 09/16/2024 12:01 PM AKDT
C1 BBRKC SAFE Chapter -Uploaded: 09/17/2024 11:20 AM AKDT
C1 BBRKC ESP Report Card -Uploaded: 09/16/2024 05:01 PM AKDT
C1 Snow Crab SAFE Chapter -Uploaded: 09/17/2024 11:20 AM AKDT
C1 Snow Crab SAFE Addendum -Uploaded: 09/19/2024 12:13 PM AKDT
C1 Snow Crab SAFE App A -Uploaded: 09/17/2024 11:20 AM AKDT
C1 Snow Crab ESP Report Card -Uploaded: 09/16/2024 05:02 PM AKDT
Link to Crab SAFE Chapter Appendices -Uploaded: 09/17/2024 11:29 AM AKDT
PPT AP C1 BSAI Crab Specs -Uploaded: 10/01/2024 09:41 AM AKDT
C1 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/02/2024 03:25 PM AKDT
PPT C1 BSAI Crab Stocks -Uploaded: 10/03/2024 10:20 AM AKDT
C2 2 Comments C2 Recreational Quota Entity implementation - approve proposed modifications to fee collection process (Council only)
Attachments: C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/23/2024 03:05 PM AKDT
C2 RQE Funding Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 09/10/2024 10:46 AM AKDT
C3 5 Comments C3 Groundfish harvest specifications: a) BSAI Groundfish – Proposed specifications, Joint and BSAI Plan Team reports; b) GOA Groundfish – Proposed specifications, GOA Plan Team report; c) ESP updates for sablefish (SSC only); d) DMR Working Group report on marine mammal interactions; e) GOA rockfish spatial management - Discussion paper
Attachments: C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/25/2024 07:13 AM AKDT
Groundfish PT eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/09/2024 09:21 AM AKDT
C3 Halibut Abundance Index 2024 -Uploaded: 09/23/2024 09:43 AM AKDT
C3 Chinook Index 2024 letter to NMFS -Uploaded: 09/23/2024 09:47 AM AKDT
C3a JOINT GFPT Report Sept 2024 -Uploaded: 10/02/2024 09:07 AM AKDT
C3a BSAI Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 09/23/2024 02:31 PM AKDT
C3a BSAI Plan Team Proposed OFLs ABCs 2025-2026 Table 1 -Uploaded: 09/25/2024 07:05 AM AKDT
C3a BSAI Tables 7-12 Proposed 2025-2026 Specs -Uploaded: 09/25/2024 09:49 AM AKDT
C3b GOA GFPT Report Sept 2024 -Uploaded: 09/25/2024 08:02 AM AKDT
C3b GOA 2025 Proposed Tables -Uploaded: 09/24/2024 02:46 PM AKDT
C3b GOA 2025 Plan Team Proposed ABC-OFL Table 1 -Uploaded: 09/25/2024 02:57 PM AKDT
C3d DMR WG Report on Marine Mammals Interactions -Uploaded: 09/10/2024 07:08 PM AKDT
C3e GOA Rockfish Spatial Mgmt Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 09/18/2024 02:24 PM AKDT
PPT AP C3 JPT_BSAI Groundfish Report -Uploaded: 10/02/2024 10:04 AM AKDT
PPT AP C3 GOA GFPT and rockfish spatial mgmt -Uploaded: 10/02/2024 01:21 PM AKDT
C4 5 Comments C4 Observer issues –Review 2025 Annual Deployment Plan, Committee reports
Attachments: C4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/25/2024 03:11 PM AKDT
PCFMAC eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/09/2024 09:22 AM AKDT
C4 PCFMAC Report Sept 2024 -Uploaded: 09/25/2024 03:25 PM AKDT
C4 Draft 2025 ADP -Uploaded: 09/10/2024 07:12 PM AKDT
C4 ODDS Trip Cancellations and Inherits -Uploaded: 09/23/2024 10:13 AM AKDT
C4 2025 ODDS Changes Informational Flyer -Uploaded: 09/30/2024 11:12 AM AKDT
FMAC eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/24/2024 01:26 PM AKDT
C4 FMAC Report Sept 2024 -Uploaded: 09/30/2024 02:01 PM AKDT
PPT C4 Draft 2025 ADP -Uploaded: 10/01/2024 02:22 PM AKDT
PPT C4 Monitoring Committee Reports -Uploaded: 10/01/2024 02:14 PM AKDT
C5 2 Comments C5 Crew Data Collection– Initial review
Attachments: C5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/23/2024 10:00 AM AKDT
C5 Crew Data Collection Analysis -Uploaded: 09/09/2024 10:24 AM AKDT
PPT C5 Crew Data Collection -Uploaded: 09/30/2024 11:52 AM AKDT
C6 48 Comments C6 Pelagic Trawl Gear Definition – Preliminary Review
Attachments: C6 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/20/2024 12:49 PM AKDT
C6 Pelagic Trawl Gear Definition Analysis -Uploaded: 09/19/2024 10:04 AM AKDT
PPT AP C6 Pelagic Trawl Gear -Uploaded: 10/01/2024 10:29 AM AKDT
D. OTHER ISSUES
D1 4 Comments D1 Observer availability discussion paper – review, FMAC report
Attachments: D1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/24/2024 11:31 AM AKDT
FMAC eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/09/2024 09:23 AM AKDT
D1 FMAC Report Sept 2024 -Uploaded: 09/30/2024 02:01 PM AKDT
D1 Observer Availability Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 09/18/2024 01:59 PM AKDT
PPT AP D1 Observer Availability -Uploaded: 10/02/2024 08:23 AM AKDT
D2 3 Comments D2 Climate funding: review a) Climate Scenario Workshop Report, b) Climate science and harvest specifications adjustments discussion paper/SCS8 report
Attachments: D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/26/2024 07:30 AM AKDT
D2b Climate Science-SCS8 Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 09/16/2024 06:02 PM AKDT
D2a Climate Scenarios Workshop Report -Uploaded: 09/25/2024 05:03 PM AKDT
PPT AP D2a CSW Report -Uploaded: 10/02/2024 02:08 PM AKDT
PPT AP D2b SCS8 Overview -Uploaded: 10/02/2024 03:22 PM AKDT
D3 0 Comments D3 IFQ Program Review Report – POSTPONED until December 2024
E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES
E1 21 Comments E Committees, New Business, and Tasking (including chum bycatch/ programmatic engagement discussion) - Review
Attachments: E Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 02:22 PM AKDT
E 3 Meeting Outlook - PRE-MEETING -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 02:22 PM AKDT
E NPFMC_Committees -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 02:22 PM AKDT
E Council staff responsibilities -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 02:22 PM AKDT
E Groundfish Workplan 2024-10 -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 02:22 PM AKDT
Prelim Draft Dec 2024 Schedule -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 02:22 PM AKDT
Prelim Draft Feb 2025 schedule -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 02:22 PM AKDT
E SSC agenda time staff paper -Uploaded: 09/27/2024 02:22 PM AKDT
E1 Chum Salmon Bycatch Outreach Planning -Uploaded: 09/06/2024 04:44 PM AKDT
PPT AP E Staff tasking -Uploaded: 10/03/2024 11:35 AM AKDT