North Pacific Fishery Management Council

North Pacific Fishery Management Council

NPFMC Council/AP December 2025 - 277th

NPFMC Meetings
Closed for written comment at 11/28/2025 12:00 PM AKST
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Meeting Navigation

Meeting Time: 12/01/2025 08:00 AM AKST

Council, December 4-9, 2025; Egan Center, Anchorage, Alaska; 8 am-5 pm

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

Meeting ID: 814 5113 0091     
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Advisory Panel, December 3-5, 2025; Egan Center, Anchorage, Alaska; 8 am-5 pm

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 November 7, 2025, and the deadline for written comments is Friday, November 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 in-person and remote oral testimony during the meetings. Once each meeting starts, 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 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.

 

Related meetings:

Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), December 2-3, 2025; AGENDA
Charter Halibut Management Committee, December 3, 2025; AGENDA

 


A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
A1 Approval of Agenda
Attachments: Schedule (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/29/2025 04:42 PM AKDT
Pre-Meeting Review Documents (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/29/2025 04:43 PM AKDT
NPFMC Code of Conduct -Uploaded: 10/21/2025 03:25 PM AKDT
PPT AP Admin Issues -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 04:10 PM AKST
B. REPORTS
B1 Executive Director’s Report (Oral)
Attachments: B1 Executive Director Report -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 05:17 PM AKST
B1 Reception Flyer -Uploaded: 11/18/2025 10:02 AM AKST
B2 NMFS Management Report (including 2025 Annual Deployment Plan update) (Oral)
Attachments: B2 NMFS Report -Uploaded: 12/03/2025 08:55 AM AKST
B2 EO 14276 Comment Extension -Uploaded: 12/01/2025 02:46 PM AKST
B2 Annual Guided Angler Fish Report -Uploaded: 11/28/2025 09:01 AM AKST
B2 Status of Amendments -Uploaded: 12/01/2025 02:46 PM AKST
B2 NMFS Inseason Report -Uploaded: 12/01/2025 04:25 PM AKST
B3 NOAA General Counsel Report
Attachments: B3 Designated Official Memo -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 03:45 PM AKST
B3 Recusal Determinations Memo -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 03:57 PM AKST
B3 NOAA Notices of Violation -Uploaded: 11/21/2025 02:00 PM AKST
B4 AFSC Report (Oral)
Attachments: PPT B4 AFSC Brief -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 04:02 PM AKST
B5 NOAA Enforcement Report
Attachments: B5 NOAA OLE Report -Uploaded: 12/01/2025 02:38 PM AKST
B6 ADF&G Report
Attachments: B6 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 11/28/2025 11:14 AM AKST
B7 USCG Report
Attachments: B7 USCG Report -Uploaded: 12/01/2025 02:31 PM AKST
B8 USFWS Report (Oral)
B9 BS pollock industry report on dynamic spatial closure measures for 2026 (Oral)
Attachments: B9 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 12:10 PM AKST
PPT B9 PTR Dynamic Closure -Uploaded: 12/03/2025 02:39 PM AKST
B10 12 Comments Public Comment on B1 through B9 agenda items
B11 SSC Report
B12 AP Report
Attachments: C1 Crab Arbitration Report -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 01:35 PM AKST
C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS
C1 8 Comments C1 Crab Arbitration - Final Action
Attachments: C1 Crab Arbitration Analysis -Uploaded: 11/13/2025 04:19 PM AKST
C1 Appendix 1 Arnold and Porter Memo -Uploaded: 11/13/2025 04:19 PM AKST
C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/26/2025 03:17 PM AKST
PPT C1 Crab Arbitration_AP -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 08:01 AM AKST
PPT C1 Crab Arbitration_Council -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 09:25 AM AKST
C1 AP Crab Arbitration Report -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 01:30 PM AKST
C2 2 Comments C2 Crab C-Shares - Final Action
Attachments: C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/21/2025 02:45 PM AKST
C2 Crab C Shares Analysis -Uploaded: 11/07/2025 04:29 PM AKST
PPT C2 Crab Crew Shares -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 04:15 PM AKST
C3 0 Comments C3 POSTPONED: Contextual Information Supporting Groundfish Harvest Specifications – BSAI and GOA year-end Inseason Management Reports; Ecosystem Status Reports; Economic and Community Indicator Reports
Attachments: C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 12/01/2025 04:10 PM AKST
C4 11 Comments C4 GOA Groundfish Harvest Specifications for 2026 and 2027 – adopt TAC/ABC/OFLs
Attachments: C4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 12:12 PM AKST
C4C5 Groundfish Specs Process Dec 2025 -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 06:02 PM AKST
C4 GOA Table 1 OFL ABC TAC Catch PRE MEETING -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 11:35 AM AKST
C4 Addl specs tables GOA Groundfish 2026 and 2027 -Uploaded: 11/19/2025 05:10 PM AKST
C4 GOA 2025 Catch Reports -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 05:09 PM AKST
C4 ERRATA GOA POP Catch Report -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 11:51 AM AKST
C4 GOA 2024 SAFE Report (LINK) -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 03:24 PM AKST
C4 Stock Assessment Summary of all GOA stocks -Uploaded: 11/18/2025 12:35 PM AKST
C4 Addl metrics for select GOA stocks -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 12:50 PM AKST
C4 GOA Bottom Trawl Survey Biomass Trends -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 01:18 PM AKST
PPT C4 GOA Groundfish Harvest Specifications_AP -Uploaded: 12/03/2025 02:10 PM AKST
C5 67 Comments C5 BSAI Groundfish Specifications for 2026 and 2027 – adopt TAC/ABC/OFLs
Attachments: C5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 09:20 AM AKST
C4C5 Groundfish Specs Process Dec 2025 -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 06:02 PM AKST
C5 BSAI Table 1 OFL ABC TAC Catch PRE MEETING -Uploaded: 11/24/2025 11:59 AM AKST
C5 Addl specs tables BSAI Groundfish 2026 and 2027 -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 02:52 PM AKST
C5 BSAI 2025 Catch Reports -Uploaded: 11/26/2025 01:41 PM AKST
C5 BSAI 2024 SAFE Report (LINK) -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 03:25 PM AKST
C5 Stock Assessment Summary of all BSAI stocks -Uploaded: 11/18/2025 08:47 AM AKST
C5 Addl risk metrics for select BSAI stocks -Uploaded: 11/18/2025 08:44 AM AKST
C5 2025 EBS and NBS Bottom Trawl Survey -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 01:20 PM AKST
C5 2025 IPHC Halibut PSC Index -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 03:08 PM AKST
PPT C5 BSAI Groundfish_AP -Uploaded: 12/03/2025 03:04 PM AKST
C6 1 Comment C6 BSAI Crab Specifications - adopt ABC/OFL for NSRKC; BSAI Crab Plan Team Report
Attachments: C6 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/18/2025 11:56 AM AKST
C6 November 2025 Crab Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 11/12/2025 04:31 PM AKST
Crab Plan Team November 2025 eAgenda (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/21/2025 03:21 PM AKDT
C6 NSRKC SAFE Intro -Uploaded: 11/12/2025 03:01 PM AKST
C6 NSRKC SAFE -Uploaded: 11/12/2025 03:01 PM AKST
PPT C6 NSRKC_AP -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 08:09 AM AKST
C7 12 Comments C7 2026 Charter Halibut Annual Management Measures – Final action; Committee Report
Attachments: C7 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 12:10 PM AKST
Charter Halibut Management Committee eAgenda October 2025 (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/30/2025 11:23 AM AKDT
Charter Halibut Management Committee eAgenda December 2025 (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/21/2025 03:22 PM AKDT
C7 October 2026 Charter Committee Report -Uploaded: 11/06/2025 02:56 PM AKST
C7 ADF&G 2C3A Charter Management Analysis -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 09:19 AM AKST
FINAL_Charter Halibut Management Committee Report_12.3.25 -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 02:45 PM AKST
PPT C7 Charter Management Options_AP -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 07:43 AM AKST
PPT C7 Charter Committee report_AP -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 03:38 PM AKST
D. OTHER ISSUES
D1 1 Comment D1 NSRKC Fishery Participation Recency - Review Discussion Paper
Attachments: D1Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 12:14 PM AKST
D1 NSRKC Participation Recency -Uploaded: 11/14/2025 04:20 PM AKST
PPT D1 NSRKC Participation_AP -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 02:47 PM AKST
D2 9 Comments D2 EFH 5-year Review - Review Workplan
Attachments: D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 03:13 PM AKST
D2 2028 EFH 5-year Review Plan Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 05:00 PM AKST
D2 2023 EFH 5-year Review Final Summary - FOR REFERENCE -Uploaded: 11/21/2025 03:16 PM AKST
PPT D2 EFH 5-year Review Plan_AP -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 05:35 PM AKST
E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES
E1 5 Comments E Committees, New Business, and Tasking - Review (including IRA update, Social Science Planning Team [SSPT] Update)
Attachments: E Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/26/2025 01:47 PM AKST
3 Meeting Outlook - PRE-MEETING -Uploaded: 11/21/2025 03:26 PM AKST
E Council Staff Responsibilities -Uploaded: 11/07/2025 10:31 AM AKST
E NPFMC Committees -Uploaded: 11/26/2025 01:59 PM AKST
E Prelim Feb 2026 Agenda -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 01:45 PM AKST
E IRA Funding Timeline Update -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 12:53 PM AKST
E1 SSPT Update -Uploaded: 11/26/2025 09:14 AM AKST
E Groundfish Management Policy Review -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 05:11 PM AKST
E Groundfish Workplan -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 05:11 PM AKST
PPT E Groundfish Management Policy Review -Uploaded: 12/03/2025 03:28 PM AKST
PPT E IRA Timeline Update -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 09:09 AM AKST