North Pacific Fishery Management Council

NPFMC Council/AP June 2026 - 279th

NPFMC Meetings
Closed for written comment at 05/29/2026 12:00 PM AKST
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Meeting Navigation

Meeting Time: 06/01/2026 08:00 AM AKST

Council, June 4-9, 2026; Hilton Vancouver Washington, Vancouver, Washington; 8 am-5 pm

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

Meeting ID: 814 5113 0091     
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Advisory Panel, June 2-5, 2026; Hilton Vancouver Washington, Vancouver, Washington; 8 am-5 pm

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88671612019
Meeting ID: 886 7161 2019
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Public comment before the meeting:

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 May 8, 2026, and the deadline for written comments is Friday, May 29, 2026 at 12pm AKT. Submitted comments will be reviewed then visible online after the deadline closes, as per the Council's comment policy

 

Oral testimony during the meeting:

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. 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. 

 

The AP and the Council meeting will be broadcast on Zoom. 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), June 1-3, 2026AGENDA

 


A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
A1 Approve agenda
Attachments: Pre-Meeting Review Document Schedule (LINK) -Uploaded: 03/27/2026 02:02 PM AKST
Schedule (LINK) -Uploaded: 03/27/2026 12:31 PM AKST
NPFMC Code of Conduct (LINK) -Uploaded: 03/31/2026 01:10 PM AKST
How to Navigate NPFMC Meeting Recordings (LINK) -Uploaded: 04/30/2026 09:02 AM AKST
PPT AP Admin Issues -Uploaded: 06/01/2026 05:22 PM AKST
June 4 Evening Reception Flyer -Uploaded: 06/02/2026 09:44 AM AKST
B. REPORTS
B1 Executive Director’s Report (including CCC Report) (oral)
Attachments: B1 Executive Director Report -Uploaded: 06/01/2026 11:40 AM AKST
B1 ODFW Appointment -Uploaded: 04/24/2026 09:18 AM AKST
B1 PSMFC Appointments -Uploaded: 04/24/2026 09:18 AM AKST
B1 EO14276 Workplan Update -Uploaded: 06/02/2026 08:34 AM AKST
B2 NMFS Management Report (including Protected Resources Report, EO 14276 Update, Salmon EFP Update) (oral)
Attachments: B2 NMFS Report -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 04:09 PM AKST
B2 Status of Amendment -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 04:09 PM AKST
B2 Crab FMP Amendment 57 -Uploaded: 04/29/2026 10:58 AM AKST
B2 EO14276 NMFS AKR Actions Update -Uploaded: 05/28/2026 01:23 PM AKST
B2 Fishmeal letter to NPFMC -Uploaded: 04/13/2026 12:09 PM AKST
B2 Seabird Bycatch letter to USFWS -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 09:33 AM AKST
B2 NPFRF Salmon Excluder EFP Report -Uploaded: 06/01/2026 01:49 PM AKST
PPT B2 Protected Resources Presentation -Uploaded: 06/02/2026 08:56 AM AKST
B3 NOAA General Counsel Report
Attachments: B3 Designated Officials Memo -Uploaded: 05/15/2026 09:34 AM AKST
B3 Recusal Determination Memo -Uploaded: 05/15/2026 09:34 AM AKST
B3 NOVAs Issued or Settled -Uploaded: 05/20/2026 03:01 PM AKST
B3 Litigation Report CBD v NMFS -Uploaded: 05/28/2026 01:13 PM AKST
B3 Litigation Report Oceana v NMFS -Uploaded: 06/02/2026 11:31 AM AKST
B3 Litigation Report UCIDA v NMFS -Uploaded: 06/02/2026 11:32 AM AKST
B4 AFSC Report (oral)
Attachments: PPT B4 AFSC Report -Uploaded: 06/03/2026 09:01 AM AKST
B5 NOAA Enforcement Report
Attachments: B5 NOAA Enforcement Report -Uploaded: 06/03/2026 06:55 AM AKST
B6 ADF&G Report
Attachments: B6 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 10:12 AM AKST
B6 St. Paul Crab Hatchery Permit App Letter -Uploaded: 06/01/2026 09:09 AM AKST
B7 USCG Report (oral)
Attachments: B7 USCG Arctic District Report -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 04:22 PM AKST
PPT B7 USCG Tramper Enforcement -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 12:51 PM AKST
B8 USFWS Report - NO REPORT
B9 Cooperative reports, IPA Reports, SeaShare report, and Trawl EM Report (oral)
Attachments: B9 Reports Action Memo -Uploaded: 05/22/2026 02:15 PM AKST
B9 SeaShare Letter to NPFMC -Uploaded: 05/22/2026 02:07 PM AKST
B9 Cooperative and IPA Reports (LINK) -Uploaded: 05/21/2026 10:57 AM AKST
PPT B9 Intro Presentation -Uploaded: 06/03/2026 08:54 AM AKST
PPT B9 PCC HSCC Report -Uploaded: 05/31/2026 11:34 AM AKST
PPT B9 AFA CV IC Report -Uploaded: 05/15/2026 04:04 PM AKST
PPT B9 PCTC IC Report -Uploaded: 05/15/2026 04:08 PM AKST
PPT B9 2025 Central GOA Rockfish Program -Uploaded: 06/03/2026 06:39 AM AKST
PPT B9 2025 GOA TEM IPA Report -Uploaded: 06/03/2026 06:39 AM AKST
PPT B9 ISSIP Report -Uploaded: 05/21/2026 04:42 PM AKST
PPT B9 CP-IPA Annual Report -Uploaded: 05/31/2026 11:50 AM AKST
PPT B9 SeaShare Report -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 09:42 AM AKST
B10 Salmon Bycatch Genetic Stock Composition Reports (oral)
Attachments: B10 Action Memo -Uploaded: 05/28/2026 01:22 PM AKST
B10 Chinook Bycatch Genetics Report -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 12:28 PM AKST
PPT B10 Chinook Bycatch Genetics -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 01:15 PM AKST
B11 61 Comments Public Comment on B1 through B10 Agenda Items
B12 SSC Report
B13 AP Report
C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS
C1 2 Comments Observer Program Annual Report for 2025 – Review, FMAC Report
Attachments: C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 05/19/2026 11:14 AM AKST
C1 2025 Observer Program Annual Report -Uploaded: 05/12/2026 09:03 AM AKST
C1 FMAC Report May 2026 -Uploaded: 05/26/2026 03:47 PM AKST
C1 May 2026 FMAC Meeting eAgenda (LINK) -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 02:23 PM AKST
C1 Observer Analytical Tasklist (LINK) -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 02:24 PM AKST
PPT AP C1 2025 Annual Report and NMFS Update -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 10:47 AM AKST
PPT C1 FMAC Presentation -Uploaded: 06/02/2026 02:08 PM AKST
C2 0 Comments BSAI Crab Specifications - Review AIGKC, PIGKC SAFE Report Chapters and Adopt ABC/OFL; BSAI Crab Plan Team Report
Attachments: C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 05/15/2026 01:53 PM AKST
C2 AIGKC SAFE Intro -Uploaded: 05/22/2026 01:50 PM AKST
C2 AIGKC SAFE -Uploaded: 05/19/2026 11:55 AM AKST
C2 PIGKC SAFE Intro -Uploaded: 05/19/2026 11:56 AM AKST
C2 PIGKC SAFE -Uploaded: 05/19/2026 11:56 AM AKST
C2 CPT Report May 2026 -Uploaded: 05/20/2026 05:44 PM AKST
PPT AP C2 BSAI Crab Stocks -Uploaded: 06/02/2026 07:28 AM AKST
C3 0 Comments Scallop Harvest Specifications - Review SAFE Report and Adopt ABC/OFL; Scallop Plan Team Report
Attachments: C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 12:22 PM AKST
C3 Scallop Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 05/08/2026 01:35 PM AKST
C3 Scallop SAFE Report -Uploaded: 05/08/2026 01:35 PM AKST
PPT AP C3 Scallops SSC Review -Uploaded: 06/02/2026 09:28 AM AKST
C4 3 Comments Cost Recovery Report and Program Improvements – Initial Review
Attachments: C4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 05/22/2026 02:02 PM AKST
C4 Cost Recovery Program Improvement Analysis -Uploaded: 05/11/2026 03:54 PM AKST
C4 Cost Recovery Report -Uploaded: 05/18/2026 01:34 PM AKST
PPT AP C4 Cost Recovery -Uploaded: 06/02/2026 08:03 AM AKST
PPT AP IFQ Cost Recovery Revisions -Uploaded: 06/02/2026 08:27 AM AKST
C5 58 Comments GOA Tanner Crab Protection Measures – Initial Review
Attachments: C5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 05/15/2026 04:41 PM AKST
C5 GOA Tanner Crab RIR EA -Uploaded: 05/11/2026 05:47 PM AKST
GOA Tanner GIS files and instruction document (LINK) -Uploaded: 05/19/2026 04:35 PM AKST
D. OTHER ISSUES
D1 115 Comments Pelagic Trawl Gear Research Updates – Review and Consider Performance Standard If Appropriate
Attachments: D1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 05/20/2026 08:51 AM AKST
D1 Pelagic Trawl Gear Innovation - June 2025 paper -Uploaded: 05/12/2026 08:54 AM AKST
PPT D1 Intro Presentation -Uploaded: 06/02/2026 02:34 PM AKST
PPT D1 Gear Innovation Initiative -Uploaded: 06/03/2026 06:45 AM AKST
PPT D1 Trident EFP -Uploaded: 05/20/2026 03:43 PM AKST
PPT D1 BSFRF Crab Research Update -Uploaded: 06/01/2026 01:55 PM AKST
PPT D1 PTR Dynamic Closure -Uploaded: 05/15/2026 03:23 PM AKST
D2 GOA 2025 Survey – Review Changes, Guidance for SAFE Report (SSC only)
Attachments: D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 05/15/2026 01:34 PM AKST
D2 2025 GOA Survey Report -Uploaded: 05/19/2026 03:33 PM AKST
E. CLIMATE/IRA ISSUES
E1 3 Comments Groundfish FMP Objectives Triennial Review Report – Review, Ecosystem Committee Report
Attachments: E1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 05/18/2026 08:00 AM AKST
E1 Groundfish Management Policy Review Report -Uploaded: 05/15/2026 01:19 PM AKST
E1-E2 May 2026 Ecosystem Committee Report -Uploaded: 05/15/2026 12:49 PM AKST
E2 7 Comments Climate Work Plan: (a) Workplan Update, (b) Discussion Paper on Development of Alternative Harvest Control Rules (HCRs) – Review, Ecosystem Committee Report
Attachments: E2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 05/19/2026 10:36 AM AKST
E2 Climate Work Plan Update -Uploaded: 05/08/2026 01:36 PM AKST
E2 Harvest Control Rules -Uploaded: 05/01/2026 04:46 PM AKST
E1-E2 May 2026 Ecosystem Committee Report -Uploaded: 05/15/2026 12:49 PM AKST
E3 Economic and Community Indicator Reports – Review (SSC only)
Attachments: E3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 05/08/2026 05:28 PM AKST
E3 2025 Groundfish Economic SAFE Brief -Uploaded: 05/08/2026 01:54 PM AKST
E3 2025 Groundfish Economic SAFE -Uploaded: 05/08/2026 01:54 PM AKST
E3 Annual Community Engagement and Participation Overview (ACEPO) (LINK) -Uploaded: 05/08/2026 03:58 PM AKST
PPT SSC E3 Economic and Community Indicator Reports -Uploaded: 06/02/2026 08:24 AM AKST
F. STAFF TASKING
F1 19 Comments Committees, New Business, and Tasking (including March Ecosystem Committee Report) - Review
Attachments: F Staff Tasking Action Memo -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 02:29 PM AKST
F 3 Meeting Outlook PRE MEETING -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 03:59 PM AKST
F February 2026 E Staff Tasking Public Comments (LINK) -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 01:48 PM AKST
F March Ecosystem Committee Report -Uploaded: 05/08/2026 01:35 PM AKST
F Groundfish Workplan -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 02:35 PM AKST
F 2026 Groundfish Stock Assessment SSC Review -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 04:30 PM AKST
F MREP Workshop for NPFMC 2027 -Uploaded: 06/02/2026 11:39 AM AKST
F Council Staff Responsibilities -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 02:19 PM AKST
F NPFMC Committees -Uploaded: 05/29/2026 03:54 PM AKST