North Pacific Fishery Management Council

NPFMC Council/AP December 2026 - 281st

NPFMC Meetings
Comment period begins at 11/06/2026 06:00 AM AKST
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Meeting Time: 11/30/2026 08:00 AM AKST

Council, December 4-9, 2026; Egan Center, Anchorage, Alaska; 8 am-5 pm

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Meeting ID: 814 5113 0091     
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Advisory Panel, December 2-5, 2026; Egan Center, Anchorage, Alaska; 8 am-5 pm

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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 6, 2026, and the deadline for written comments is Friday, November 27, 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:

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.

 

Related meetings:

Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), November 30 - December 3, 2026; AGENDA

 


A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
A1 Approval of Agenda
Attachments: Schedule (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/30/2026 04:14 PM AKST
Pre-Meeting Review Documents (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/30/2026 04:15 PM AKST
Code of Conduct (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/30/2026 03:31 PM AKST
How to Navigate NPFMC Meeting Recordings -Uploaded: 10/30/2026 03:36 PM AKST
B. REPORTS
B1 Executive Director’s Report (Oral)
B2 NMFS Management Report (including Final 2027 Annual Deployment Plan) (Oral)
B3 NOAA General Counsel Report
B4 NOAA Enforcement Report (Oral)
B5 ADF&G Report (Oral)
B6 USCG Report
B7 USFWS Report (Oral)
B8 U.S. State Department (Oral)
B9 PSMFC (Oral)
B10 0 Comments Public Comment on Council Issues that are not Listed on the Agenda
B11 SSC Report
B12 AP Report
C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS
C1 0 Comments Cook Inlet Salmon proposed specifications (Council only)
C2 0 Comments Amendment 80 Replacement Vessel - Initial Review
C3 0 Comments 2027 Charter Halibut Annual Management Measures - Final action, Committee report
Attachments: Charter Halibut Management Committee eAgenda December 2026 (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/30/2026 06:04 PM AKST
C4 0 Comments Contextual Information for TACs - Review BS/AI/GOA Ecosystem Status reports, Economic SAFE, ACEPO, NMFS inseason management reports
C5 0 Comments BSAI Groundfish specifications - Review BSAI Groundfish SAFE Report; adopt TAC/ABC/OFLs; Joint Groundfish Plan Teams and BSAI Groundfish Plan Team Reports
C6 0 Comments GOA Groundfish Harvest Specifications - Review GOA Groundfish SAFE Report; adopt TAC/ABC/OFLs; GOA Groundfish Plan Team Report
C7 0 Comments BSAI Crab Specifications - Review NSRKC SAFE report chapter and adopt ABC/OFL; Crab and Scallop Plan Team report
D. OTHER ISSUES
D1 0 Comments PSC Disposition - Discussion Paper
D2 0 Comments Groundfish FMP policy modernization - Recommend Alternatives; Committee report
E. MEETING WRAP-UP AND WORKLOAD UPDATES (COUNCIL ONLY)
E1 The public may submit comments on issues not on the agenda under B10. The Council will take up Staff Tasking in February