Council, Dec. 8-10, and Dec. 13-16, 2021, virtual only: https://npfmc.adobeconnect.com/council/
To connect by phone only dial: 1-214-416-0400 code: 160722#; Toll-Free: 1-888-947-3989 code:160722#
The meeting is being recorded. Watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokqSfpL9TzRDX-5A6idcgw/featured
8am to 4pm Alaska time / 9am to 5pm Pacific time, daily.
Advisory Panel, Dec. 2-3, Dec. 6-9, 2021, virtual only: https://npfmc.adobeconnect.com/ap/
To connect by phone only dial: 1-214-416-0400 code: 405991#; Toll-Free: 1-888-947-3989 code:405991#
The meeting is being recorded. To listen live on our YouTube channel use this link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl9eH-abpkKCBQIy17nxoaQ
8am to 4pm Alaska time / 9am to 5pm Pacific time, daily
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 15, 2021 and the deadline for written comments is 5:00 pm (Alaska time) on November 30, 2021. Submitted comments will be reviewed then visible online after the deadline closes, as per the Council's comment policy. The AP and Council will also take oral testimony during the meetings. During the meeting, you will be able to click on the applicable 'Sign-up' link next to each agenda item below. Details will be posted here closer to the meeting.
The AP meeting, and the Council meeting when virtual, will be held on Adobe Connect. To listen only, either log in directly from the link above, or for a lower-bandwidth alternative, listen to and watch the broadcast at our YouTube channel. If you intend to give oral testimony, you must be connected by phone, ideally by connecting audio in Adobe Connect. If you are having trouble, you can also dial the number listed above. All information provided through the eAgenda or during testimony is part of the public record. We are currently broadcasting and recording our virtual meetings on Adobe Connect, and also streaming on YouTube.
If you'd like to receive text alerts on Council timing, text the word "NPFMC" to the number 81411.
Related meeting: Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), December 2-3rd, and December 6-9th, 2021; AGENDA
| A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER | ||
| A1 | Approval of Agenda | |
| Attachments: | Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 11/01/2021 02:28 AM AKST | |
| Guidelines for Discussion -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 04:42 AM AKST | ||
| Documents for review with release dates -Uploaded: 11/30/2021 07:46 AM AKST | ||
| Short Summary of Agenda Items -Uploaded: 11/30/2021 12:08 AM AKST | ||
| Meeting Audio -Uploaded: 12/15/2021 07:59 AM AKST | ||
| Youtube Videos -Uploaded: 12/15/2021 08:00 AM AKST | ||
| December Time Log -Uploaded: 04/06/2022 07:11 AM AKST | ||
| December Final Council Summary -Uploaded: 04/06/2022 07:11 AM AKST | ||
| Newsletter (LINK) -Uploaded: 09/08/2022 09:55 AM AKST | ||
| B. REPORTS | ||
| B1 | Executive Director's Report | |
| Attachments: | B1 ED report December 2021 -Uploaded: 12/03/2021 07:15 AM AKST | |
| B1 Ocean Acidification Podcast and Op-Ed -Uploaded: 12/03/2021 07:15 AM AKST | ||
| B1 A80 Sector Report on Halibut -Uploaded: 12/05/2021 02:01 AM AKST | ||
| B1 Staff Notes on ATB Topics -Uploaded: 12/07/2021 02:49 AM AKST | ||
| PPT B Report -Uploaded: 12/07/2021 02:59 AM AKST | ||
| B2 | NMFS Management Report | |
| Attachments: | B2 NMFS Report Dec 2021 -Uploaded: 12/03/2021 08:04 AM AKST | |
| B2 Observer Provider Insurance Proposed Rule -Uploaded: 11/23/2021 11:57 PM AKST | ||
| B2 2022 Final ADP for Observers and EM -Uploaded: 12/02/2021 04:22 AM AKST | ||
| B2 BSAI Inseason Management Report 2021 -Uploaded: 12/03/2021 07:15 AM AKST | ||
| B2 GOA Inseason Management Report 2021 -Uploaded: 12/03/2021 07:15 AM AKST | ||
| PPT B2 Groundfish management -Uploaded: 12/06/2021 05:14 AM AKST | ||
| B3 | NOAA General Counsel Report | |
| Attachments: | B3 Designated Officials Memorandum -Uploaded: 11/08/2021 02:17 AM AKST | |
| B3 Recusal Determinations -Uploaded: 11/18/2021 05:50 AM AKST | ||
| B3 General Counsel Report -Uploaded: 12/02/2021 08:52 AM AKST | ||
| B4 | NOAA Enforcement Report | |
| Attachments: | B4 2021 December OLE Report -Uploaded: 12/01/2021 01:26 AM AKST | |
| B5 | ADF&G Report | |
| Attachments: | B5 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2021 10:17 AM AKST | |
| B5 Herring biomass estimate - EBS 2022 -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 04:39 AM AKST | ||
| B5 Alaska Bycatch Review Taskforce info -Uploaded: 11/30/2021 12:23 AM AKST | ||
| B5 Subsistence Harvest of Pacific Halibut 2020 -Uploaded: 12/01/2021 08:37 AM AKST | ||
| B6 | USCG Report | |
| Attachments: | B6 USGC Report -Uploaded: 12/03/2021 07:17 AM AKST | |
| B7 | USFWS Report | |
| Attachments: | B7 USFWS Report -Uploaded: 12/03/2021 07:16 AM AKST | |
| B7 New Contact Rep - Fasbender -Uploaded: 12/03/2021 07:16 AM AKST | ||
| B8 | 8 Comments | Public Comment on B1 through B8 agenda items |
| B9 | SSC Report | |
| Attachments: | B9 SSC Report-DRAFT -Uploaded: 12/12/2021 08:21 AM AKST | |
| PPT SSC JPT & BSAI Report -Uploaded: 12/13/2021 11:52 PM AKST | ||
| PPT SSC C4 GOA Report -Uploaded: 12/14/2021 05:08 AM AKST | ||
| SSC FINAL Report Dec 2021 -Uploaded: 01/24/2022 04:06 AM AKST | ||
| B10 | AP Report | |
| Attachments: | AP Minutes December 2021 -Uploaded: 12/10/2021 03:29 AM AKST | |
| PPT C2 AP Motion -Uploaded: 12/09/2021 06:57 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C3 C4 AP Motions -Uploaded: 12/13/2021 02:42 AM AKST | ||
| C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS | ||
| C1 | 4 Comments | C1 Charter halibut - 2022 annual management measures, Committee report |
| Attachments: | C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/30/2021 10:10 AM AKST | |
| Oct Charter Halibut eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 11/03/2021 02:51 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Charter Halibut Management Committee October Report -Uploaded: 11/03/2021 02:51 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Analysis of Charter Mgmt Options for 2022 -Uploaded: 12/05/2021 02:03 AM AKST | ||
| Dec. Charter Halibut eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 12/05/2021 02:04 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Dec. Charter Halibut Management Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2021 10:21 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C1 Charter Halibut Intro and Committee Recommendations -Uploaded: 12/06/2021 11:51 PM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C1 Charter Management Options -Uploaded: 12/06/2021 11:52 PM AKST | ||
| PPT Council C1 Charter Halibut Intro and Committee Recommendations -Uploaded: 12/07/2021 02:36 AM AKST | ||
| PPT Council C1 Charter management options 2022 -Uploaded: 12/07/2021 11:08 PM AKST | ||
| C1 AP Motion -Uploaded: 12/08/2021 03:44 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Council Motion -Uploaded: 12/08/2021 06:22 AM AKST | ||
| C2 | 215 Comments | C2 BSAI Halibut abundance-based management (ABM) - Final action |
| Attachments: | C2 ABM Action Memo -Uploaded: 12/01/2021 04:37 AM AKST | |
| C2 Halibut ABM Draft Environmental Impact Statement -Uploaded: 10/29/2021 07:05 AM AKST | ||
| Comments submitted on DEIS (link) -Uploaded: 10/29/2021 07:06 AM AKST | ||
| C2 Comments Summary Report -Uploaded: 11/18/2021 07:31 AM AKST | ||
| C2 EBS trawl and Setline survey values 1998-2021 -Uploaded: 12/01/2021 03:29 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C2 ABM DEIS -Uploaded: 12/01/2021 11:35 PM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C2 ABM NMFS Update -Uploaded: 12/02/2021 12:38 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C2 ABM DEIS Supplemental -Uploaded: 12/02/2021 11:38 PM AKST | ||
| C2 Halibut ABM Listening Session Summary 11-29-21 -Uploaded: 12/07/2021 09:13 AM AKST | ||
| C2 Halibut ABM Consultation Notes 11-24-21 -Uploaded: 12/07/2021 09:18 AM AKST | ||
| C2 Halibut ABM APIA Consultation Notes 7-16-21 -Uploaded: 12/09/2021 05:32 AM AKST | ||
| PPT Council C2 ABM NMFS -Uploaded: 12/08/2021 09:55 AM AKST | ||
| PPT Council C2 ABM DEIS -Uploaded: 12/08/2021 11:16 PM AKST | ||
| C2 AP Motion -Uploaded: 12/09/2021 01:14 AM AKST | ||
| C2 Council Motion -Uploaded: 12/13/2021 05:30 AM AKST | ||
| C3 | 4 Comments | C3 BSAI Groundfish - Final harvest specifications, Joint and BSAI Plan Team reports, Ecosystem Status Reports |
| Attachments: | C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 12/01/2021 01:40 AM AKST | |
| C3 BSAI November 2021 Plan Team Minutes -Uploaded: 11/29/2021 05:36 AM AKST | ||
| C3 C4 JOINT November 2021 Plan Team Minutes -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 10:23 AM AKST | ||
| LINK C3 EBS Ecosystem Status Report -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 11:26 AM AKST | ||
| LINK C3 AI Ecosystem Status Report -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 11:27 AM AKST | ||
| C3 BSAI Introduction -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 04:59 AM AKST | ||
| LINK to all SAFE Chapters -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 05:01 AM AKST | ||
| LINK to Groundfish Plan Team Agenda Nov 2021 -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 10:26 AM AKST | ||
| C3 BSAI Groundfish Plan Team Proposed OFL ABC 2022-23 -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 10:33 AM AKST | ||
| C3 BSAI Groundfish Tables 7-12 -Uploaded: 11/29/2021 08:31 AM AKST | ||
| C3 Pcod GHL max TAC 2022-2023 -Uploaded: 11/30/2021 01:37 AM AKST | ||
| C3 Herring biomass estimate - EBS 2022 -Uploaded: 12/07/2021 12:20 AM AKST | ||
| C3 BSAI Groundfish Tables 7-12 Updated -Uploaded: 12/07/2021 01:51 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C3 AI ESR 2021 -Uploaded: 12/06/2021 11:53 PM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C3 EBS ESR 2021 -Uploaded: 12/06/2021 11:52 PM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C3 EBS pollock -Uploaded: 12/08/2021 12:20 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C3 BSAI Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 12/08/2021 12:22 AM AKST | ||
| C3 BSAI Groundfish Specs SSC Recommendations UPDATED -Uploaded: 12/08/2021 01:19 AM AKST | ||
| C3 AP Motion -Uploaded: 12/10/2021 12:09 AM AKST | ||
| PPT Council C3 AI ESR -Uploaded: 12/12/2021 11:55 PM AKST | ||
| C3 AI ESR Brief 2021 draft -Uploaded: 12/13/2021 12:00 AM AKST | ||
| PPT Council C3 EBS ESR -Uploaded: 12/12/2021 11:54 PM AKST | ||
| C3 EBS ESR In-Brief - Draft -Uploaded: 12/06/2021 12:38 AM AKST | ||
| PPT Council C3 Joint PT Report -Uploaded: 12/13/2021 12:46 AM AKST | ||
| PPT Council C3 BSAI Plan Team report -Uploaded: 12/13/2021 01:57 AM AKST | ||
| PPT Council C3 EBS Pollock -Uploaded: 12/13/2021 12:48 AM AKST | ||
| C3 Council Motion -Uploaded: 12/17/2021 07:54 AM AKST | ||
| C3 Council Motion-discussion paper -Uploaded: 12/14/2021 02:56 AM AKST | ||
| C4 | 1 Comment | C4 GOA Groundfish - Final harvest specifications, GOA Plan Team report, Ecosystem Status Report |
| Attachments: | C4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/30/2021 10:15 AM AKST | |
| C4 GOA November 2021 Plan Team Minutes -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 10:24 AM AKST | ||
| C3 C4 JOINT November 2021 Plan Team Minutes -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 10:24 AM AKST | ||
| C4 GOA Intro -Uploaded: 11/29/2021 02:30 AM AKST | ||
| LINK C4 GOA Ecosystem Status Report -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 11:25 AM AKST | ||
| Link to all SAFE Chapters -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 05:01 AM AKST | ||
| LINK to Groundfish Plan Team Agenda Nov 2021 -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 10:26 AM AKST | ||
| C4 GOA Plan Team Proposed Groundfish Table 1 OFL ABC 2022-23 -Uploaded: 11/29/2021 05:32 AM AKST | ||
| C4 GOA Plan Team Proposed Groundfish Tables 2 and 14-17 -Uploaded: 11/30/2021 10:11 AM AKST | ||
| C4 GOA-ESR Brief 2021 -Uploaded: 12/01/2021 03:49 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C4 GOA ESR 2021 -Uploaded: 12/06/2021 11:53 PM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C4 GOA Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 12/06/2021 11:54 PM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C4 Joint Plan Team report -Uploaded: 12/07/2021 03:48 AM AKST | ||
| C4 GOA Groundfish Tables 2 and 14-17 Updated SSC -Uploaded: 12/07/2021 06:41 AM AKST | ||
| C4 AP Motion -Uploaded: 12/10/2021 12:09 AM AKST | ||
| PPT Council C4 ESR GOA -Uploaded: 12/13/2021 07:59 AM AKST | ||
| PPT Council C4 GOA PT Report -Uploaded: 12/13/2021 08:01 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Council Motion -Uploaded: 12/14/2021 06:56 AM AKST | ||
| D. OTHER ISSUES | ||
| D1 | 5 Comments | D1 Red King Crab Savings Area Extension - Consideration of emergency action request (COUNCIL ONLY) |
| Attachments: | D1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 03:34 AM AKST | |
| D1 RKCSA ER Analysis -Uploaded: 11/24/2021 03:37 AM AKST | ||
| D1 Emergency Rule Policy Guidelines -Uploaded: 12/06/2021 01:52 AM AKST | ||
| PPT D1 RKC ER -Uploaded: 12/10/2021 07:31 AM AKST | ||
| D1 RKC ER_PSC Figure -Uploaded: 12/15/2021 05:41 AM AKST | ||
| E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES | ||
| E1 | 3 Comments | E Committees, New Business, and Tasking |
| Attachments: | E action memo - Dec 2021 -Uploaded: 12/02/2021 06:53 AM AKST | |
| E 3 Meeting Outlook - PRE-MEETING Draft -Uploaded: 12/01/2021 11:40 PM AKST | ||
| E Council staff one page - Dec 2021 -Uploaded: 12/01/2021 11:37 PM AKST | ||
| E Groundfish Workplan 2021-12 -Uploaded: 12/02/2021 06:53 AM AKST | ||
| E Draft February 2021 agenda - VIRTUAL -Uploaded: 12/01/2021 11:37 PM AKST | ||
| E NPFMC Committees -Uploaded: 12/07/2021 03:24 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP E Staff tasking - Dec 2021 -Uploaded: 12/08/2021 12:53 AM AKST | ||
| E Draft NPFMC comments to NOAA on America the Beautiful -Uploaded: 12/09/2021 06:47 AM AKST | ||
| E 3 Meeting Outlook - DURING MTG -Uploaded: 12/14/2021 08:12 AM AKST | ||
| PPT E Staff tasking - Council Dec 2021 -Uploaded: 12/14/2021 10:34 AM AKST | ||
| E Council Motion on BBRKC -Uploaded: 12/15/2021 04:50 AM AKST | ||
| E Dec 2021 - Appointments -Uploaded: 12/15/2021 05:53 AM AKST | ||