North Pacific Fishery Management Council

North Pacific Fishery Management Council

NPFMC Council/AP April 2025 -274th

NPFMC Meetings
Open for written comment until 03/28/2025 12:00 PM AKDT
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All comments are part of the public record.
Meeting Time: 03/31/2025 08:00 AM AKDT

Council, April 3-7; Virtual Meeting; 8am-4pm, Alaska time

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

Meeting ID: 814 5113 0091     
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Advisory Panel, March 31-April 4Virtual Meeting; 8am-4pm, Alaska time

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 March 7, 2025, and the deadline for written comments is Friday, March 28, 2025 at 12pm AKT. Submitted comments will be reviewed then visible online after the deadline closes, as per the Council's comment policy.

 

Oral testimony:

The AP and Council will also take 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. Please sign up before the conclusion of staff reports on the agenda item.

The AP and the Council meeting will be broadcast on zoom. If you intend to give oral testimony, 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 the recordings are available on the Council's YouTube channel. 

 

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.

 

Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), March 31-April 1, 2025; AGENDA


A. Call Meeting to Order
A1 Approve agenda
Attachments: Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 02/19/2025 11:37 AM AKST
Pre-Meeting Review Documents (link) -Uploaded: 02/19/2025 12:22 PM AKST
B. Reports
B1 Executive Director’s Report, including BSAI allocation review for Atka mackerel, AI POP, and Yellowfin sole; and IFQ Report to the Fleet (oral)
Attachments: B1 IFQ Report to the fleet -Uploaded: 03/04/2025 02:30 PM AKST
B2 NMFS Management Report, including EFH consultation, protected species update, chum salmon excluder EFP consultation (oral)
Attachments: B2 Salmon Excluder EFP -Uploaded: 03/13/2025 02:35 PM AKDT
B2 NMFS EFH Report -Uploaded: 03/14/2025 03:15 PM AKDT
B3 NOAA General Counsel Report
B4 AFSC Report (oral)
B5 ADF&G Report
B6 USCG Report
B7 WITHDRAWN - USFWS Report
B8 IPHC Report
B9 WITHDRAWN - NIOSH Report
B10 Cooperative Reports (oral)
Attachments: LINK to Cooperative Reports -Uploaded: 03/07/2025 02:43 PM AKST
C. Action Items
C1 Comment Now Area 4 vessel use caps – Final Action
Attachments: C1 Area 4 Vessel Caps -Uploaded: 03/13/2025 12:07 PM AKDT
C2 Comment Now Small sablefish release – Final Action
Attachments: C2 Small Sablefish Release -Uploaded: 03/14/2025 03:24 PM AKDT
C3 Comment Now MRA adjustments – Initial Review, Enforcement Committee report
Attachments: C3 MRA Adjustments -Uploaded: 03/18/2025 12:26 PM AKDT
C4 Comment Now Programmatic evaluation – Refine alternatives
Attachments: C4 Programmatic Evaluation Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 03/13/2025 12:08 PM AKDT
LINK to March Informational Webinar -Uploaded: 03/06/2025 09:43 AM AKST
D. Other Issues
D1 Comment Now NMFS Annual Cost recovery report and discussion paper – Review
D2 Comment Now GOA Tanner Crab Protections – Discussion paper
Attachments: D2 GOA Tanner Protections -Uploaded: 03/17/2025 03:44 PM AKDT
D3 Comment Now Central GOA Rockfish Program Review – Report
Attachments: D3 Rockfish Program Review 2025 -Uploaded: 03/14/2025 02:38 PM AKDT
D4 Comment Now Survey modernization – Review AFSC report (SSC only)
E. Staff Tasking
E1 Comment Now Committees (including Scallop Plan Team report, draft Ecosystem Committee Terms of Reference), New Business, and Tasking - Review
Attachments: E Prelim Draft June 2025 Council Schedule -Uploaded: 02/24/2025 10:48 AM AKST
E Matson B Season Opposition Letter -Uploaded: 03/13/2025 10:42 AM AKDT
E Scallop Plan Team Report 2025 -Uploaded: 03/13/2025 02:47 PM AKDT