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 | ||