North Pacific Fishery Management Council

North Pacific Fishery Management Council

NPFMC Council/AP April 2025 -274th

NPFMC Meetings
Closed for written comment at 03/28/2025 12:00 PM AKDT
98 Comments
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
Virtual Meeting Protocols -Uploaded: 03/28/2025 10:00 AM AKDT
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 Executive Directors Report -Uploaded: 03/31/2025 07:25 AM AKDT
B1 IFQ Report to the fleet -Uploaded: 03/04/2025 02:30 PM AKST
B1 BSAI Allocation Review -Uploaded: 03/24/2025 08:33 AM AKDT
PPT B1 Luck Internship Presentation -Uploaded: 03/31/2025 04:29 PM AKDT
B1 Killer Whale Infographic -Uploaded: 03/31/2025 04:27 PM AKDT
B1 Marine Mammal and Fisheries Graphic -Uploaded: 03/31/2025 04:28 PM AKDT
B1 Marine Mammal Law Infographic -Uploaded: 03/31/2025 04:28 PM AKDT
B2 NMFS Management Report, including EFH consultation, protected species update, chum salmon excluder EFP consultation (oral)
Attachments: B2 NMFS Report -Uploaded: 03/28/2025 03:15 PM AKDT
B2 NMFS Status of Amendments -Uploaded: 03/28/2025 03:15 PM AKDT
B2 NMFS Tribal Engagement Report -Uploaded: 03/28/2025 03:15 PM AKDT
B2 TIFC Letter -Uploaded: 03/28/2025 03:15 PM AKDT
B2 Salmon Excluder EFP -Uploaded: 03/13/2025 02:35 PM AKDT
B2 NMFS EFH Report -Uploaded: 03/14/2025 03:15 PM AKDT
PPT B2 EFH Report -Uploaded: 04/02/2025 11:07 AM AKDT
B3 NOAA General Counsel Report
Attachments: B3 Designated Official Memorandum -Uploaded: 03/24/2025 12:19 PM AKDT
B3 Recusal Determinations -Uploaded: 03/24/2025 12:20 PM AKDT
B3 Litigation Report_AVCP v NMFS -Uploaded: 03/21/2025 09:33 AM AKDT
B3 Litigation Report_Oceana v NMFS EFH -Uploaded: 03/21/2025 12:05 PM AKDT
B3 Litigation Report_Oceana v NMFS FOIA -Uploaded: 03/21/2025 12:05 PM AKDT
B3 Litigation Report_UCIDA v NMFS -Uploaded: 03/26/2025 04:37 PM AKDT
B4 AFSC Report (oral)
Attachments: PPT B4 AFSC Report -Uploaded: 04/01/2025 03:25 PM AKDT
B5 ADF&G Report
Attachments: B5 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 04/02/2025 09:49 AM AKDT
B6 USCG Report
Attachments: B6 USCG Report -Uploaded: 03/28/2025 04:40 PM AKDT
B6 USCG EFP Response -Uploaded: 03/28/2025 03:18 PM AKDT
B7 USFWS Report - NO REPORT
B8 IPHC Report
Attachments: B8 IPHC Letter -Uploaded: 03/27/2025 09:27 AM AKDT
B8 IPHC Report -Uploaded: 03/27/2025 09:27 AM AKDT
B9 NIOSH Report - NO REPORT
B10 Cooperative Reports (oral)
Attachments: B10 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/28/2025 12:19 PM AKDT
Cooperative Reports (link) -Uploaded: 03/07/2025 02:43 PM AKST
PPT B10 RP Year 2024 -Uploaded: 04/02/2025 06:48 AM AKDT
PPT B10 2024 PCTC IC Report -Uploaded: 04/02/2025 09:59 AM AKDT
PPT B10 2024 AFA CV IC Report -Uploaded: 04/02/2025 10:17 AM AKDT
B11 2 Comments Public Comment B agenda items
C. Action Items
C1 8 Comments Area 4 vessel use caps – Final Action
Attachments: C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/19/2025 10:22 AM AKDT
C1 Area 4 Vessel Caps Analysis -Uploaded: 03/13/2025 12:07 PM AKDT
PPT C1 Vessel Caps -Uploaded: 03/31/2025 07:37 AM AKDT
C2 6 Comments Small sablefish release – Final Action, Enforcement Committee report
Attachments: C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/24/2025 01:01 PM AKDT
C2 Small Sablefish Release Analysis -Uploaded: 03/20/2025 04:07 PM AKDT
PPT C2 Small Sablefish -Uploaded: 03/31/2025 09:06 AM AKDT
C3 15 Comments MRA adjustments – Initial Review, Enforcement Committee report
Attachments: C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/25/2025 03:03 PM AKDT
C3 MRA Adjustments Review Analysis -Uploaded: 03/18/2025 12:26 PM AKDT
Enforcement Committee eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 03/27/2025 10:43 AM AKDT
PPT C3 MRA Inital Review -Uploaded: 04/01/2025 08:22 AM AKDT
C4 3 Comments Programmatic evaluation – Refine alternatives
Attachments: C4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/24/2025 12:17 PM AKDT
C4 Programmatic Evaluation Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 03/13/2025 12:08 PM AKDT
March Informational Webinar (link) -Uploaded: 03/06/2025 09:43 AM AKST
PPT C4 Programmatic Evaluation -Uploaded: 04/01/2025 08:16 AM AKDT
D. Other Issues
D1 2 Comments NMFS Annual Cost recovery report and discussion paper – Review
Attachments: D1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/28/2025 12:22 PM AKDT
D1 Annual Cost Recovery Report -Uploaded: 03/20/2025 03:25 PM AKDT
D1 Annual Cost Recovery Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 03/24/2025 04:47 PM AKDT
PPT D1 Cost Recovery Report -Uploaded: 03/31/2025 05:18 PM AKDT
PPT D1 Cost Recovery Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 03/31/2025 05:19 PM AKDT
D2 49 Comments GOA Tanner Crab Protections – Discussion paper
Attachments: D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/24/2025 01:03 PM AKDT
D2 GOA Tanner Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 03/17/2025 03:44 PM AKDT
D2 Appendix 3 GOA Tanner Protections -Uploaded: 03/19/2025 09:50 AM AKDT
D2 Appendix 4 GOA Tanner Protections -Uploaded: 03/19/2025 09:50 AM AKDT
D2 Appendix 5 GOA Tanner Protections -Uploaded: 03/19/2025 09:50 AM AKDT
PPT D2 GOA Tanner crab protections -Uploaded: 04/02/2025 07:58 AM AKDT
D3 3 Comments Central GOA Rockfish Program Review – Report
Attachments: D3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/19/2025 10:27 AM AKDT
D3 Rockfish Program Review Report -Uploaded: 03/14/2025 02:38 PM AKDT
PPT D3 CGOA RP Review -Uploaded: 04/01/2025 07:20 AM AKDT
D4 1 Comment Survey modernization – Review AFSC report (SSC only)
Attachments: D4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/21/2025 04:10 PM AKDT
E. Staff Tasking
E1 9 Comments Committees (including Scallop Plan Team report, draft Ecosystem Committee Terms of Reference), New Business, and Tasking - Review
Attachments: E Action Memo -Uploaded: 03/28/2025 12:25 PM AKDT
E 3 Meeting Outlook - PRE-MEETING -Uploaded: 03/25/2025 04:50 PM AKDT
E Council Staff Responsibilities -Uploaded: 03/24/2025 01:01 PM AKDT
E NPFMC Committees -Uploaded: 03/31/2025 01:25 PM AKDT
E Prelim Draft June 2025 Council Schedule -Uploaded: 02/24/2025 10:48 AM AKST
E Groundfish Workplan 2025-04 -Uploaded: 03/25/2025 04:53 PM AKDT
E Ecosystem Committee Memo -Uploaded: 03/28/2025 04:47 PM AKDT
E Scallop Plan Team Report 2025 -Uploaded: 03/13/2025 02:47 PM AKDT
E IFQ Committee Draft TOR -Uploaded: 03/28/2025 08:02 AM AKDT