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:
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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 | ||