North Pacific Fishery Management Council

North Pacific Fishery Management Council

NPFMC Council/AP December 2024 - 272nd

NPFMC Meetings
Closed for written comment at 11/29/2024 12:00 PM AKST
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Meeting Navigation

Meeting Time: 12/02/2024 08:00 AM AKST

Council, December 5-10, 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 Panel, December 3-6, 2024; Egan Center, 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 November 15, 2024, and the deadline for written comments is Friday, November 29, 2024 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. 

 

Click on the schedule attachment for our best estimate of agenda item timing. If you'd like to receive real-time text alerts during the meeting on Council timing, text the word "NPFMC" to the number 1-833-237-1598.

 

Related meetings:

Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), December 2-4, 2024; AGENDA
IFQ Committee, December 2, 2024; AGENDA
Charter Halibut Management Committee, December 3, 2024; AGENDA

 


A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
A1 Approval of Agenda
Attachments: Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 10/25/2024 09:59 AM AKDT
Review Document Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 10/25/2024 10:00 AM AKDT
B. REPORTS
B1 Executive Director's Report (Oral)
Attachments: B1 ED report -Uploaded: 11/29/2024 10:24 AM AKST
B1 ODDS Info Session Flyer -Uploaded: 11/12/2024 10:25 AM AKST
B2 NMFS Management Report (including Northern Fur Seal Conservation Plan report, Final 2025 ADP, year-end inseason mgmt. report ) (Oral)
Attachments: B2 NMFS Report -Uploaded: 11/29/2024 12:47 PM AKST
B2 National Seafood Strategy Implementation Plan -Uploaded: 11/08/2024 09:13 AM AKST
B2 Status of Amendments -Uploaded: 11/29/2024 01:03 PM AKST
B2 Annual Deployment Plan -Uploaded: 11/26/2024 02:50 PM AKST
B2 NMFS Tribal Engagement Report -Uploaded: 11/29/2024 01:01 PM AKST
B2 GAF Program Report -Uploaded: 12/02/2024 01:46 PM AKST
B2 Northern Fur Seal Conservation Plan Report -Uploaded: 11/26/2024 09:29 AM AKST
B2 NMFS Tribal Consult Protocols -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 03:00 PM AKST
PPT B2 Seafood Strategy -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 08:19 AM AKST
PPT B2 Northern Fur Seal Conservation Plan Report -Uploaded: 12/03/2024 05:01 PM AKST
PPT B2 BSAI Inseason Report -Uploaded: 11/25/2024 09:00 AM AKST
PPT B2 GOA Inseason Report -Uploaded: 11/25/2024 09:01 AM AKST
B3 NOAA General Counsel Report
Attachments: B3 Designated Official Memorandum -Uploaded: 11/21/2024 10:07 AM AKST
B3 Recusal Determinations -Uploaded: 11/21/2024 10:07 AM AKST
B3 Litigation Report for Oceana v NMFS -Uploaded: 11/25/2024 12:25 PM AKST
B3 Litigation Report for UCIDA v NMFS -Uploaded: 11/25/2024 12:25 PM AKST
B3 Litigation Report for Groundfish Forum Inc. v NMFS -Uploaded: 12/02/2024 05:42 PM AKST
B4 NOAA Enforcement Report (Oral)
Attachments: B4 NOAA Enforcement Report -Uploaded: 11/29/2024 10:38 AM AKST
PPT B4 NOAA Enforcement Report -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 03:50 PM AKST
B5 ADF&G Report (Oral)
Attachments: B5 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 12/02/2024 10:00 AM AKST
PPT B5 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 09:53 AM AKST
B6 USCG Report
Attachments: B6 USCG Report -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 03:52 PM AKST
PPT B6 USCG Report -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 03:51 PM AKST
B7 USFWS Report (Oral)
Attachments: B7 USFWS REPORT -Uploaded: 11/27/2024 09:43 AM AKST
PPT B7 USFWS Report -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 04:20 PM AKST
PPT B7 USFWS Seabird Mortality Update -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 04:20 PM AKST
B8 U.S. State Department Report (Oral)
B9 2 Comments Public Comment on B1 through B8 agenda items
B10 SSC Report
Attachments: C1-C2 SSC Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2024 09:08 AM AKST
PPT C1-C2 SSC Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2024 11:13 AM AKST
PPT SSC Report -Uploaded: 12/07/2024 08:59 AM AKST
SSC Report DRAFT to Council -Uploaded: 12/07/2024 10:11 AM AKST
B11 AP Report
Attachments: AP admin issues Dec 2024 -Uploaded: 12/03/2024 07:41 AM AKST
C1 BSAI Groundfish Specs - AP Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 11:41 AM AKST
C2 GOA Groundfish Specs AP Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2024 09:03 AM AKST
C3 BSAI Crab AP Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2024 09:06 AM AKST
C4 2025 Charter Halibut Annual Management AP Report -Uploaded: 12/07/2024 10:55 AM AKST
D1 Climate planning AP Report -Uploaded: 12/07/2024 09:59 AM AKST
D2 BSAI Crab Arbitration AP Report -Uploaded: 12/07/2024 05:48 PM AKST
D3 BSAI Crab C-shares - AP Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 01:03 PM AKST
D4 AM 80 Program Review AP Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 08:16 AM AKST
D5 IFQ Program Review AP Report -Uploaded: 12/09/2024 11:26 AM AKST
C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS
C1 9 Comments C1 BSAI Groundfish specifications – review BS, AI, and GOA ESRs; BSAI Groundfish SAFE report; adopt TAC/ABC/OFLs; Joint Groundfish PT and BSAI Groundfish PT reports
Attachments: C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/26/2024 08:16 PM AKST
Groundfish PT Nov eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 11/08/2024 09:11 AM AKST
C1 Joint Groundfish Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 11/20/2024 03:37 PM AKST
C1 BSAI Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 11/20/2024 03:37 PM AKST
C1 BSAI Groundfish SAFE Introduction -Uploaded: 11/19/2024 03:44 PM AKST
C1 SAFE Reports (link) -Uploaded: 11/19/2024 10:50 AM AKST
C1 Eastern Bering Sea ESR (link) -Uploaded: 11/19/2024 03:47 PM AKST
C1 Aleutian Islands ESR -Uploaded: 11/19/2024 03:49 PM AKST
C1 GOA ESR (link) -Uploaded: 11/19/2024 03:48 PM AKST
C1 BSAI Groundfish PT reccs 2024 Table 1 -Uploaded: 11/18/2024 10:13 AM AKST
C1 Additional Tables BSAI 2025-2026 -Uploaded: 11/26/2024 11:03 AM AKST
C1 AFSC response ltr - Trawl Survey Halibut Data -Uploaded: 11/19/2024 11:08 AM AKST
C1 IPHC index Halibut ABM -Uploaded: 11/19/2024 10:50 AM AKST
C1 Social Econ Info for TACsetting -Uploaded: 11/22/2024 01:05 PM AKST
C1 Herring biomass estimate - EBS 2025 -Uploaded: 11/25/2024 05:46 PM AKST
C1 EBS ESR Brief -Uploaded: 12/01/2024 01:19 PM AKST
C1 AI ESR Brief -Uploaded: 12/01/2024 01:19 PM AKST
C1 GOA ESR Brief -Uploaded: 12/01/2024 01:19 PM AKST
PPT AP-Council C1 EBS ESR -Uploaded: 12/02/2024 03:03 PM AKST
PPT AP-Council C1 AI ESR -Uploaded: 12/02/2024 04:42 PM AKST
PPT AP C1 GOA ESR -Uploaded: 12/03/2024 11:01 AM AKST
PPT AP C1 EBS Pollock -Uploaded: 12/03/2024 03:17 PM AKST
PPT AP C1 Joint GPT Report -Uploaded: 12/03/2024 03:41 PM AKST
PPT AP C1 BSAI GPT Report -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 08:02 AM AKST
C1 AP Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 11:41 AM AKST
PPT Council C1 GOA ESR -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 01:47 PM AKST
PPT Council C1 EBS Pollock -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 01:21 PM AKST
PPT Council C1 BSAI GPT Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 02:06 PM AKST
PPT Council C1 Joint GPT Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 04:35 PM AKST
C1 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/06/2024 05:45 PM AKST
C1 MOTION Accountability Measures -Uploaded: 12/06/2024 05:49 PM AKST
C2 2 Comments C2 GOA Groundfish harvest specifications – review GOA Groundfish SAFE report; adopt TAC/ABC/OFLs; GOA Groundfish PT report
Attachments: C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 12/02/2024 04:19 PM AKST
Groundfish PT Nov eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 11/08/2024 09:11 AM AKST
C2 GOA Groundfish PT Report -Uploaded: 11/20/2024 03:38 PM AKST
C2 SAFE Reports (link) -Uploaded: 11/20/2024 01:57 PM AKST
C2 GOA Groundfish SAFE Introduction -Uploaded: 11/22/2024 01:40 PM AKST
C2 Table 1 GOA Specs PT Recs 2025_26 -Uploaded: 11/20/2024 03:48 PM AKST
C2 Additional Tables GOA Groundfish 2025 and 2026 -Uploaded: 12/02/2024 04:38 PM AKST
C2 GOA ESR (link) -Uploaded: 11/19/2024 03:50 PM AKST
C2 Social Econ Info for TACsetting -Uploaded: 11/22/2024 01:05 PM AKST
C1-C2 GOA-ESR Brief -Uploaded: 12/02/2024 02:03 PM AKST
PPT AP C2 GOA GPT Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 07:57 AM AKST
C2 AP Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2024 09:03 AM AKST
PPT Council C2 GOA GPT Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2024 01:29 PM AKST
C2 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/07/2024 10:26 AM AKST
C3 0 Comments C3 BSAI Crab specifications - review NSRKC SAFE report chapter and adopt ABC/OFL; BSAI Crab PT report
Attachments: C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/22/2024 04:50 PM AKST
Crab PT Nov eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 11/08/2024 09:11 AM AKST
C3 November 2024 CPT Report -Uploaded: 11/26/2024 09:11 AM AKST
C3 NSRKC SAFE Intro -Uploaded: 11/09/2024 10:37 AM AKST
C3 NSRKC 2024 SAFE Chapter -Uploaded: 11/13/2024 03:47 PM AKST
REVISED C3 NSRKC SAFE Chapter -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 02:23 PM AKST
PPT AP-Council C3 BSAI crab stocks -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 08:38 AM AKST
C3 AP Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2024 09:06 AM AKST
C3 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/07/2024 10:59 AM AKST
C4 2 Comments C4 2025 Charter Halibut Annual Management Measures – Final action; Committee report
Attachments: C4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/25/2024 07:26 PM AKST
Charter Halibut Committee Oct eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 11/08/2024 09:29 AM AKST
C4 Oct Charter Halibut Management Committee Report -Uploaded: 11/15/2024 10:43 AM AKST
Charter Halibut Committee Dec eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 11/08/2024 09:10 AM AKST
C4 Charter Halibut Management Cmte Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 08:25 AM AKST
C4 UPDATED Management Options for the Area 2C and 3A 2025 -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 04:40 PM AKST
PPT AP C4 Charter management options -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 03:02 PM AKST
PPT C4 Charter Halibut Cmte Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 01:44 PM AKST
PPT C4 Charter management options -Uploaded: 12/07/2024 11:18 AM AKST
C4 AP Report -Uploaded: 12/07/2024 10:56 AM AKST
C4 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/07/2024 02:20 PM AKST
D. OTHER ISSUES
D1 0 Comments D1 Climate planning: Review a) IRA update and draft workplan, b) Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan (BSFEP) Climate Change Taskforce (CCTF) final report, c) AFSC CEFI updates
Attachments: D1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/19/2024 12:25 PM AKST
D1a IRA Funding Timeline Update -Uploaded: 11/19/2024 12:19 PM AKST
CCTF Nov eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 11/08/2024 09:14 AM AKST
D1b Climate Change Task Force Report -Uploaded: 11/18/2024 07:02 PM AKST
D1c AFSC CEFI Update -Uploaded: 11/26/2024 03:20 PM AKST
PPT AP-Council D1a Overview and IRA work plan -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 08:15 AM AKST
PPT AP D1b CCTF report -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 12:46 PM AKST
PPT AP D1c AFSC Climate Update -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 11:36 AM AKST
D1 AP Report -Uploaded: 12/07/2024 09:58 AM AKST
PPT Council D1c AFSC Climate Update -Uploaded: 12/06/2024 01:19 PM AKST
PPT Council D1b CCTF Report -Uploaded: 12/07/2024 10:50 AM AKST
D1a MOTION IRA funding -Uploaded: 12/08/2024 01:51 PM AKST
D1 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/09/2024 01:23 PM AKST
D2 5 Comments D2 BSAI Crab arbitration – Discussion paper
Attachments: D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/26/2024 08:55 AM AKST
D2 Crab Binding Arbitration Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 11/14/2024 01:21 PM AKST
PPT AP-Council D2 Crab Arbitration -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 08:08 AM AKST
D2 AP Report -Uploaded: 12/07/2024 05:48 PM AKST
D2 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/09/2024 09:07 AM AKST
D3 8 Comments D3 BSAI Crab C-shares – Discussion paper
Attachments: D3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/22/2024 03:27 PM AKST
D3 BSAI Crab CShares Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 11/15/2024 04:08 PM AKST
PPT AP D3 Crab C Shares -Uploaded: 12/03/2024 08:05 AM AKST
D3 AP Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 01:02 PM AKST
PPT D3 Council Crab C Shares -Uploaded: 12/08/2024 10:57 AM AKST
D3 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/09/2024 11:44 AM AKST
D3 MOTION AS AMENDED -Uploaded: 12/09/2024 12:14 PM AKST
D4 2 Comments D4 Amendment 80 Program Review Report – Review
Attachments: D4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/21/2024 08:10 AM AKST
D4 AM80 Program Review Report -Uploaded: 11/20/2024 06:05 PM AKST
PPT AP D4 AM80 Program Review -Uploaded: 12/03/2024 07:43 AM AKST
D4 AP Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 08:15 AM AKST
PPT D4 AM80 Program Review -Uploaded: 12/09/2024 01:20 PM AKST
D5 3 Comments D5 IFQ Program Review Report – Review, IFQ Committee report
Attachments: D5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/22/2024 03:33 PM AKST
IFQ Committee Dec eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 11/08/2024 09:12 AM AKST
D5 IFQ Program Review -Uploaded: 11/15/2024 06:45 PM AKST
D5 Appendix 1 -Uploaded: 11/22/2024 11:14 AM AKST
D5 IFQ Committee Report -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 01:21 PM AKST
PPT AP D5 IFQ Program Review -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 10:10 AM AKST
PPT AP-Council D5 IFQ Committee report -Uploaded: 12/05/2024 08:20 AM AKST
PPT Council D5 IFQ Program Review -Uploaded: 12/09/2024 09:03 AM AKST
D5 AP Report -Uploaded: 12/09/2024 11:26 AM AKST
E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES
E1 3 Comments E Committees, New Business, and Tasking - Review
Attachments: E Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/27/2024 11:33 AM AKST
E 3 Meeting Outlook - PRE-MEETING -Uploaded: 11/27/2024 11:31 AM AKST
E NPFMC_Committees -Uploaded: 12/03/2024 02:24 PM AKST
E Council Staff Responsibilities -Uploaded: 11/27/2024 11:35 AM AKST
E1 Groundfish Workplan 2024-12 -Uploaded: 11/27/2024 11:39 AM AKST
E Prelim Draft Feb 2025 Council Schedule -Uploaded: 11/27/2024 11:41 AM AKST
E Prelim Draft Apr 2025 Council Schedule -Uploaded: 11/27/2024 11:44 AM AKST
E IFQ Committee Draft TOR -Uploaded: 12/04/2024 01:21 PM AKST
E Rec Fish Roundtable Report -Uploaded: 12/09/2024 11:47 AM AKST