North Pacific Fishery Management Council

North Pacific Fishery Management Council

NPFMC Council/AP December 2025 - 276th

NPFMC Meetings
Open for written comment until 11/28/2025 12:00 PM AKST
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All comments are part of the public record.
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.

 

NOTE: If needed, the Council will reevaluate the December agenda and timing once the current lapse in appropriations affecting Federal workers is resolved, and make any adjustments.

 

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
B. REPORTS
B1 Executive Director’s Report (including BS pollock industry dynamic spatial closure measures for 2026, IRA update) (Oral)
Attachments: B1 IRA Funding Timeline Update -Uploaded: 11/07/2025 10:34 AM AKST
B2 NMFS Management Report (including Final 2025 Annual Deployment Plan, NMFS Chief Scientist report [T]) (Oral)
B3 NOAA General Counsel Report
B4 AFSC Report (Oral)
B5 NOAA Enforcement Report
B6 ADF&G Report (Oral)
B7 USCG Report
B8 USFWS Report
B9 Comment Now Public Comment on B1 through B8 agenda items
B10 SSC Report
B11 AP Report
C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS
C1 Comment Now 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
C2 Comment Now C2 Crab C-Shares - Final Action
Attachments: C2 Crab C Shares Analysis -Uploaded: 11/07/2025 04:29 PM AKST
C3 Comment Now C3 Contextual Information Supporting Groundfish Harvest Specifications – BSAI and GOA year-end Inseason Management Reports (Council only); Ecosystem Status Reports (T); Economic and Community Indicator Reports (T)
C4 Comment Now C4 GOA Groundfish Harvest Specifications for 2026 and 2027 – adopt TAC/ABC/OFLs
Attachments: Groundfish Plan Team November 2025 eAgenda (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/21/2025 03:20 PM AKDT
C5 Comment Now C5 BSAI Groundfish Specifications for 2026 and 2027 – adopt TAC/ABC/OFLs
Attachments: Groundfish Plan Team November 2025 eAgenda (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/21/2025 03:21 PM AKDT
C6 Comment Now C6 BSAI Crab Specifications - adopt ABC/OFL for NSRKC; BSAI Crab Plan Team Report
Attachments: 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
C7 Comment Now C7 2026 Charter Halibut Annual Management Measures – Final action; Committee Report
Attachments: 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
D. OTHER ISSUES
D1 Comment Now D1 NSRKC Fishery Participation Recency - Review Discussion Paper
Attachments: D1 NSRKC Participation Recency -Uploaded: 11/14/2025 04:20 PM AKST
D2 Comment Now D2 EFH 5-year Review - Review Workplan (T)
Attachments: D2 2028 EFH 5-year Review Plan Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 11/03/2025 12:27 PM AKST
D2 2023 EFH 5-year Review Final Summary - FOR REFERENCE -Uploaded: 11/03/2025 12:11 PM AKST
E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES
E1 Comment Now E Committees, New Business, and Tasking - Review (including Social Science Planning Team [SSPT] Update)
Attachments: E Council Staff Responsibilities -Uploaded: 11/07/2025 10:31 AM AKST
E1 SSPT Update -Uploaded: 11/12/2025 03:16 PM AKST