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 09:42 AM AKST | |
| Pre-Meeting Review Documents (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/29/2025 09:43 AM AKST | ||
| NPFMC Code of Conduct -Uploaded: 10/21/2025 08:25 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP Admin Issues -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 08:10 AM AKST | ||
| B. REPORTS | ||
| B1 | Executive Director’s Report (Oral) | |
| Attachments: | B1 Executive Director Report -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 09:17 AM AKST | |
| B1 Reception Flyer -Uploaded: 11/18/2025 02:02 AM AKST | ||
| B2 | NMFS Management Report (including 2025 Annual Deployment Plan update) (Oral) | |
| Attachments: | B2 NMFS Report -Uploaded: 12/03/2025 12:55 AM AKST | |
| B2 EO 14276 Comment Extension -Uploaded: 12/01/2025 06:46 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Annual Guided Angler Fish Report -Uploaded: 11/28/2025 01:01 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Status of Amendments -Uploaded: 12/01/2025 06:46 AM AKST | ||
| B2 NMFS Inseason Report -Uploaded: 12/01/2025 08:25 AM AKST | ||
| B3 | NOAA General Counsel Report | |
| Attachments: | B3 Designated Official Memo -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 07:45 AM AKST | |
| B3 Recusal Determinations Memo -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 07:57 AM AKST | ||
| B3 NOAA Notices of Violation -Uploaded: 11/21/2025 06:00 AM AKST | ||
| B4 | AFSC Report (Oral) | |
| Attachments: | PPT B4 AFSC Brief -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 08:02 AM AKST | |
| B5 | NOAA Enforcement Report | |
| Attachments: | B5 NOAA OLE Report -Uploaded: 12/01/2025 06:38 AM AKST | |
| B6 | ADF&G Report | |
| Attachments: | B6 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 11/28/2025 03:14 AM AKST | |
| B7 | USCG Report | |
| Attachments: | B7 USCG Report -Uploaded: 12/01/2025 06:31 AM 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 04:10 AM AKST | |
| PPT B9 PTR Dynamic Closure -Uploaded: 12/03/2025 06:39 AM AKST | ||
| B10 | 12 Comments | Public Comment on B1 through B9 agenda items |
| B11 | SSC Report | |
| Attachments: | Draft SSC Report Dec 2025 -Uploaded: 12/05/2025 11:43 PM AKST | |
| PPT SSC DRAFT Report Dec 2025 -Uploaded: 12/05/2025 11:48 PM AKST | ||
| B12 | AP Report | |
| Attachments: | AP Report -Uploaded: 12/18/2025 04:37 AM AKST | |
| C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS | ||
| C1 | 8 Comments | C1 Crab Arbitration - Final Action |
| Attachments: | C1 Crab Arbitration Analysis -Uploaded: 11/13/2025 08:19 AM AKST | |
| C1 Appendix 1 Arnold and Porter Memo -Uploaded: 11/13/2025 08:19 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/26/2025 07:17 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Crab Arbitration AP Report -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 05:30 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C1 Crab Arbitration_AP -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 12:01 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C1 Crab Arbitration_Council -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 01:25 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION C1 Crab Arbitration -Uploaded: 12/05/2025 03:22 AM AKST | ||
| C2 | 2 Comments | C2 Crab C-Shares - Final Action |
| Attachments: | C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/21/2025 06:45 AM AKST | |
| C2 Crab C Shares Analysis -Uploaded: 11/07/2025 08:29 AM AKST | ||
| C2 Crab C Shares AP Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2025 03:29 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C2 Crab Crew Shares_AP_Council -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 08:15 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION C2 C-Shares -Uploaded: 12/05/2025 06:35 AM 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 08:10 AM 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 04:12 AM AKST | |
| C4C5 Groundfish Specs Process Dec 2025 -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 10:02 AM AKST | ||
| C4 GOA Table 1 OFL ABC TAC Catch PRE MEETING -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 03:35 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Addl specs tables GOA Groundfish 2026 and 2027 -Uploaded: 11/19/2025 09:10 AM AKST | ||
| C4 GOA 2025 Catch Reports -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 09:09 AM AKST | ||
| C4 ERRATA GOA POP Catch Report -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 03:51 AM AKST | ||
| C4 GOA 2024 SAFE Report (LINK) -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 07:24 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Stock Assessment Summary of all GOA stocks -Uploaded: 11/18/2025 04:35 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Addl metrics for select GOA stocks -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 04:50 AM AKST | ||
| C4 GOA Bottom Trawl Survey Biomass Trends -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 05:18 AM AKST | ||
| C4 GOA Specs AP Report -Uploaded: 12/05/2025 10:30 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C4 GOA Groundfish Harvest Specifications_AP -Uploaded: 12/03/2025 06:10 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C4 GOA Groundfish Harvest Specifications_ Council -Uploaded: 12/06/2025 01:18 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION C4 GOA Groundfish Specs -Uploaded: 12/06/2025 03:39 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION C4 GOA Pacific Cod Specs -Uploaded: 12/06/2025 03:48 AM AKST | ||
| C5 | 67 Comments | C5 BSAI Groundfish Specifications for 2026 and 2027 – adopt TAC/ABC/OFLs |
| Attachments: | C5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 01:20 AM AKST | |
| C4C5 Groundfish Specs Process Dec 2025 -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 10:02 AM AKST | ||
| C5 BSAI Table 1 OFL ABC TAC Catch PRE MEETING -Uploaded: 11/24/2025 03:59 AM AKST | ||
| C5 Addl specs tables BSAI Groundfish 2026 and 2027 -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 06:52 AM AKST | ||
| C5 BSAI 2025 Catch Reports -Uploaded: 11/26/2025 05:41 AM AKST | ||
| C5 BSAI 2024 SAFE Report (LINK) -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 07:25 AM AKST | ||
| C5 Stock Assessment Summary of all BSAI stocks -Uploaded: 11/18/2025 12:47 AM AKST | ||
| C5 Addl risk metrics for select BSAI stocks -Uploaded: 11/18/2025 12:44 AM AKST | ||
| C5 2025 EBS and NBS Bottom Trawl Survey -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 05:20 AM AKST | ||
| C5 2025 IPHC Halibut PSC Index -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 07:08 AM AKST | ||
| C5 Herring Biomass Estimate - EBS 2026 -Uploaded: 12/05/2025 06:47 AM AKST | ||
| C5 BSAI Specs AP Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2025 02:52 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C5 BSAI Groundfish_AP -Uploaded: 12/03/2025 07:04 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C5 BSAI Groundfish_Council -Uploaded: 12/06/2025 01:24 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION C5 BSAI Specs -Uploaded: 12/07/2025 12:38 AM 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 03:56 AM AKST | |
| C6 November 2025 Crab Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 11/12/2025 08:31 AM AKST | ||
| Crab Plan Team November 2025 eAgenda (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/21/2025 08:21 AM AKST | ||
| C6 NSRKC SAFE Intro -Uploaded: 11/12/2025 07:01 AM AKST | ||
| C6 NSRKC SAFE -Uploaded: 11/12/2025 07:01 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C6 NSRKC_AP_Council -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 12:09 AM AKST | ||
| C6 BSAI Crab Specs NSRKC AP Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2025 07:43 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION C6 BSAI NSRKC Crab Specs -Uploaded: 12/07/2025 01:31 AM AKST | ||
| C7 | 12 Comments | C7 2026 Charter Halibut Annual Management Measures – Final action; Committee Report |
| Attachments: | C7 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 04:10 AM AKST | |
| Charter Halibut Management Committee eAgenda October 2025 (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/30/2025 04:23 AM AKST | ||
| Charter Halibut Management Committee eAgenda December 2025 (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/21/2025 08:22 AM AKST | ||
| C7 ADF&G Charter Mgnt Analysis_REVISED -Uploaded: 12/06/2025 03:59 AM AKST | ||
| C7 Dec2025 Charter Halibut Management Committee Report -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 06:45 AM AKST | ||
| C7 Oct2025 Charter Halibut Management Committee Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2025 04:31 AM AKST | ||
| C7 Charter Halibut Management Measures AP Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2025 07:44 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C7 Charter Management Options_AP -Uploaded: 12/01/2025 11:43 PM AKST | ||
| PPT C7 Charter Committee report_AP -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 07:38 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C7 Charter Management Options 2026_Council -Uploaded: 12/06/2025 06:53 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C7 Charter Committee report_Council -Uploaded: 12/07/2025 02:02 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION C7 Charter Halibut Mgmt Measures -Uploaded: 12/07/2025 04:17 AM AKST | ||
| D. OTHER ISSUES | ||
| D1 | 1 Comment | D1 NSRKC Fishery Participation Recency - Review Discussion Paper |
| Attachments: | D1Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 04:14 AM AKST | |
| D1 NSRKC Participation Recency -Uploaded: 11/14/2025 08:20 AM AKST | ||
| D1 NSRKC Participation Recency AP Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2025 07:44 AM AKST | ||
| PPT D1 NSRKC Participation_AP_Council -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 06:47 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION D1 NSRKC Fishery Participation Recency -Uploaded: 12/07/2025 07:55 AM AKST | ||
| D2 | 9 Comments | D2 EFH 5-year Review - Review Workplan |
| Attachments: | D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/17/2025 07:13 AM AKST | |
| D2 2028 EFH 5-year Review Plan Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 09:00 AM AKST | ||
| D2 2023 EFH 5-year Review Final Summary - FOR REFERENCE -Uploaded: 11/21/2025 07:16 AM AKST | ||
| D2 EFH 5-Year Review AP Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2025 07:44 AM AKST | ||
| PPT D2 EFH 5-year Review Plan_AP_Council -Uploaded: 12/02/2025 09:35 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION D2 EFH REVIEW PLAN -Uploaded: 12/07/2025 09:25 AM 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 05:47 AM AKST | |
| 3 Meeting Outlook - PRE-MEETING -Uploaded: 11/21/2025 07:26 AM AKST | ||
| E Council Staff Responsibilities -Uploaded: 11/07/2025 02:31 AM AKST | ||
| E NPFMC Committees -Uploaded: 11/26/2025 05:59 AM AKST | ||
| E Prelim Feb 2026 Agenda -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 05:45 AM AKST | ||
| E IRA Funding Timeline Update -Uploaded: 11/20/2025 04:53 AM AKST | ||
| E1 SSPT Update -Uploaded: 11/26/2025 01:14 AM AKST | ||
| E Groundfish Management Policy Review -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 09:11 AM AKST | ||
| E Groundfish Workplan -Uploaded: 11/25/2025 09:11 AM AKST | ||
| PPT E Groundfish Management Policy Review_AP_Council -Uploaded: 12/03/2025 07:28 AM AKST | ||
| PPT E IRA Timeline Update_AP_Council -Uploaded: 12/04/2025 01:09 AM AKST | ||
| PPT E SSPT Update_AP_Council -Uploaded: 12/05/2025 01:32 AM AKST | ||
| E Staff Tasking AP Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2025 07:54 AM AKST | ||
| E 3 Meeting Outlook DURING MEETING -Uploaded: 12/07/2025 06:47 AM AKST | ||
| E Finance Committee Report Dec 2025 -Uploaded: 12/07/2025 06:50 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION E ECOSYSTEM CMTEE -Uploaded: 12/08/2025 05:26 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION E CHLAP REVIEW -Uploaded: 12/08/2025 05:32 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION E DYNAMIC SPATIAL MEASURES -Uploaded: 12/08/2025 05:43 AM AKST | ||
| E 2026 Appointments -Uploaded: 12/15/2025 12:24 AM AKST | ||