Council, February 9-13, 2023; Courtyard Ballroom, Renaissance Hotel, Seattle, Washington; 8am-5pm
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81451130091
Meeting ID: 814 5113 0091
Or join by phone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 346 248 7799 or +1 408 638 0968 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782
Advisory Panel, February 7-10, 2023, North/West Room, Renaissance Hotel, Seattle, Washington; 8am-5pm
Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88671612019
Meeting ID: 886 7161 2019
Or join by phone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 346 248 7799 or +1 408 638 0968 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782
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 January 13, 2023 and the deadline for written comments is 12:00 pm (Alaska time) on Friday, February 3, 2023. 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 in-person and remote 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, 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 will post the recordings shortly after the meeting is over.
Parking: There is a discounted NPFMC parking rate of $22 for the meeting, based on availability. Self park in the hotel lot and bring your receipt to the front desk to get stamped with the discounted rate.
If you'd like to receive text alerts on Council timing, text the word "NPFMC" to the number 1-833-237-1598.
Related meetings:
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), February 6-7, 2023; AGENDA
SSC Workshop, February 7-8, 2023; AGENDA
| A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER | ||
| A1 | Approval of Agenda | |
| Attachments: | Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 12/23/2022 01:33 AM AKST | |
| Review Documents Schedule (link) -Uploaded: 12/23/2022 01:33 AM AKST | ||
| SSC Workshop Flyer and Agenda (LINK) -Uploaded: 01/13/2023 07:16 AM AKST | ||
| Short Summary of Agenda Items -Uploaded: 02/05/2023 11:49 PM AKST | ||
| Time Log -Uploaded: 02/15/2023 01:57 AM AKST | ||
| Newsletter -Uploaded: 03/07/2023 04:02 AM AKST | ||
| YouTube Recordings -Uploaded: 03/07/2023 04:02 AM AKST | ||
| Council Summary February 2023 -Uploaded: 04/12/2023 06:33 AM AKST | ||
| B. REPORTS | ||
| B1 | Executive Director's Report (oral) | |
| Attachments: | B1 ED report February 2023 -Uploaded: 02/03/2023 05:28 AM AKST | |
| B1 Reception Invite -Uploaded: 02/06/2023 04:29 AM AKST | ||
| B1 MREP Flyer -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 12:36 AM AKST | ||
| B1 PPT BREP Project Update -Uploaded: 02/08/2023 11:09 PM AKST | ||
| B2 | NMFS Management Report (including annual cost recovery update; oral) | |
| Attachments: | B2 NMFS Report February 2023 -Uploaded: 02/03/2023 04:37 AM AKST | |
| B2 Status of Amendments Feb 2023 -Uploaded: 02/03/2023 04:37 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Pot CP Monitoring Letter -Uploaded: 01/09/2023 03:41 AM AKST | ||
| B2 ABSC Emergency petition - decision letter -Uploaded: 01/20/2023 01:20 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Amend 52 KTC approval-to-council -Uploaded: 01/23/2023 06:41 AM AKST | ||
| B2 IFQ Omnibus Amendment BSAI 124 GOA 112 -Uploaded: 01/30/2023 03:52 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Cost Recovery Reports -Uploaded: 02/08/2023 10:47 PM AKST | ||
| B3 | NOAA General Counsel Report | |
| Attachments: | B3 Designated Official Memorandum -Uploaded: 01/31/2023 08:16 AM AKST | |
| B3 Memo for Potential Recusal -Uploaded: 02/03/2023 05:37 AM AKST | ||
| B4 | AFSC Report - POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL | |
| B5 | ADF&G Report (including Alaska Bycatch Taskforce findings, decennial CDQ program review; oral) | |
| Attachments: | B5 ADFG Report to NPFMC February 2023 -Uploaded: 02/03/2023 02:17 PM AKST | |
| B5 State of Alaska Bycatch Task Force Report -Uploaded: 01/11/2023 05:52 AM AKST | ||
| PPT B5 AK Bycatch Review Task force -Uploaded: 02/08/2023 03:27 AM AKST | ||
| B5 Update on 2022 CDQ Decennial Review -Uploaded: 02/08/2023 03:27 AM AKST | ||
| B6 | USCG Report | |
| Attachments: | B6 USCG Enforcement 2022 Year in Review -Uploaded: 02/03/2023 05:20 AM AKST | |
| B7 | USFWS Report | |
| Attachments: | B7 USFWS Report -Uploaded: 02/05/2023 11:23 PM AKST | |
| B8 | IPHC Report (oral) | |
| Attachments: | B8 IPHC Report -Uploaded: 02/08/2023 11:45 PM AKST | |
| PPT B8 IPHC -Uploaded: 02/08/2023 11:36 PM AKST | ||
| B9 | 9 Comments | Public Comment on B1 through B8 agenda items |
| B10 | SSC Report | |
| Attachments: | SSC Report C2 -Uploaded: 02/09/2023 07:09 AM AKST | |
| PPT Balance of SSC Report -Uploaded: 02/10/2023 03:41 AM AKST | ||
| SSC Report Feb 2023 FINAL -Uploaded: 03/02/2023 05:15 AM AKST | ||
| B11 | AP Report | |
| Attachments: | AP admin issues Feb 2023 -Uploaded: 02/16/2023 03:08 AM AKST | |
| AP Report February 2023 -Uploaded: 04/12/2023 03:38 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP Report February 2023 -Uploaded: 02/16/2023 03:08 AM AKST | ||
| C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS | ||
| C1 | 16 Comments | C1 Snow Crab Rebuilding Analysis - Final Action |
| Attachments: | C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 01/24/2023 04:40 AM AKST | |
| C1 Snow Crab Rebuilding Analysis -Uploaded: 01/12/2023 02:28 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Appendix 1 - Snow Crab Rebuilding (LINK) -Uploaded: 01/17/2023 04:08 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Addendum to Snow Crab Rebuilding -Uploaded: 01/25/2023 04:11 AM AKST | ||
| PPT Council C1 Snow Crab -Uploaded: 02/08/2023 11:31 PM AKST | ||
| C1 AP Report -Uploaded: 02/09/2023 01:29 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION C1 -Uploaded: 02/09/2023 06:16 AM AKST | ||
| C2 | 3 Comments | C2 BSAI Crab - Norton Sound Red King Crab specifications, Crab PT report (incl conservation priorities) |
| Attachments: | C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 01/24/2023 04:54 AM AKST | |
| Crab Plan Team Meeting January 2023 (LINK) -Uploaded: 01/26/2023 09:07 AM AKST | ||
| C2 Norton Sound Red King Crab Introduction -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 06:07 AM AKST | ||
| C2 NSRKC SAFE (LINK) -Uploaded: 01/25/2023 03:02 AM AKST | ||
| C2 Crab Plan Team Report January 2023 -Uploaded: 01/26/2023 05:51 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C2 BSAI Crab -Uploaded: 02/06/2023 11:58 PM AKST | ||
| C2 AP Report -Uploaded: 02/09/2023 01:29 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION C2 NSRKC -Uploaded: 02/09/2023 07:35 AM AKST | ||
| C3 | 8 Comments | C3 Area 4 Vessel Use Cap Interim Measures - Initial/Final Action |
| Attachments: | C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 12:25 AM AKST | |
| C3 Area 4 Vessel Use Cap Analysis -Uploaded: 01/12/2023 04:24 AM AKST | ||
| C3 SUPPLEMENTAL 2023 IFQ vessel cap -Uploaded: 02/02/2023 09:33 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C3 Vessel Caps -Uploaded: 02/06/2023 10:37 PM AKST | ||
| C3 AP Report -Uploaded: 02/09/2023 11:15 PM AKST | ||
| PPT Council C3 Vessel Caps -Uploaded: 02/10/2023 12:47 AM AKST | ||
| MOTION C3 -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 02:48 AM AKST | ||
| C4 | 10 Comments | C4 EFH 5-year review Summary Report - Review, Ecosystem Committee report, NOAA Coral/Sponge research program update |
| Attachments: | C4 EFH Action Memo -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 05:52 AM AKST | |
| C4 2023 EFH Review Summary Report -Uploaded: 01/10/2023 01:32 AM AKST | ||
| C4 EFH Component 1 Descriptions and Maps Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 01/10/2023 01:33 AM AKST | ||
| C4 EFH Component 2 Fishing Effects Evaluation Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 01/10/2023 01:33 AM AKST | ||
| C4 EFH Component 4 Non-fishing Effects Report -Uploaded: 01/10/2023 01:33 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Arctic Marsh Advancing Model Based EFH -Uploaded: 01/10/2023 01:33 AM AKST | ||
| C4 BS Laman Advancing Model Based EFH (LINK) -Uploaded: 01/10/2023 01:48 AM AKST | ||
| C4 AI - Harris Advancing Model Based EFH (LINK) -Uploaded: 01/10/2023 01:41 AM AKST | ||
| C4 GOA - Pirtle Advancing Model Based EFH (LINK) -Uploaded: 01/10/2023 02:14 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Ecosystem Committee Report -Uploaded: 01/31/2023 03:11 AM AKST | ||
| C4 EFH - SSC Minutes Excerpt -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 06:00 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C4 EFH 5-year Review -Uploaded: 02/08/2023 06:09 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C4 Deep Sea Coral Update -Uploaded: 02/09/2023 11:52 PM AKST | ||
| C4 AP Report -Uploaded: 02/10/2023 02:36 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C4 Ecosystem Report -Uploaded: 02/10/2023 06:58 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Council Motion -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 12:35 AM AKST | ||
| C5 | 1 Comment | C5 BSAI Pot CP Monitoring Adjustments - Initial Review/Final Action |
| Attachments: | C5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 01/24/2023 04:54 AM AKST | |
| C5 Pot CP Monitoring Letter -Uploaded: 01/17/2023 06:56 AM AKST | ||
| C5 BSAI Pot CP Monitoring RIR -Uploaded: 01/20/2023 06:12 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C5 Pot CPs -Uploaded: 02/09/2023 11:51 PM AKST | ||
| C5 AP Report -Uploaded: 02/10/2023 04:09 AM AKST | ||
| C5 Council Motion -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 02:15 AM AKST | ||
| D. OTHER ISSUES | ||
| D1 | 3 Comments | D1 AIGKC Facility Use Caps Discussion Paper - Review |
| Attachments: | D1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 12:32 AM AKST | |
| D1 AIGKC Facility Use Caps Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 01/24/2023 03:48 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP D1 EAG facility use cap -Uploaded: 02/07/2023 04:04 AM AKST | ||
| D1 AP Report -Uploaded: 02/09/2023 06:53 AM AKST | ||
| PPT D1 Councll EAG facility use cap -Uploaded: 02/09/2023 07:22 AM AKST | ||
| D1 Council Motion -Uploaded: 02/10/2023 12:07 AM AKST | ||
| D2 | 5 Comments | D2 PSEIS Discussion Paper - Review, Ecosystem Committee report |
| Attachments: | D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 12:32 AM AKST | |
| D2 PSEIS Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 01/13/2023 02:30 AM AKST | ||
| D2 Ecosystem Committee Report -Uploaded: 01/31/2023 03:11 AM AKST | ||
| PPT D2 PSEIS AP -Uploaded: 02/09/2023 11:49 PM AKST | ||
| D2 AP Report -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 01:06 AM AKST | ||
| PPT D2 PSEIS -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 01:25 AM AKST | ||
| D2 Council Motion -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 06:07 AM AKST | ||
| D3 | 1 Comment | D3 Groundfish Stock Prioritization Proposal - Review, Joint Groundfish Plan Team report |
| Attachments: | D3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 02:39 AM AKST | |
| D3 Stock Prioritization Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 01/27/2023 01:16 AM AKST | ||
| Groundfish Plan Team Meeting February 2023 (LINK) -Uploaded: 01/26/2023 09:09 AM AKST | ||
| D3 Joint Groundfish Plan Team Minutes -Uploaded: 02/03/2023 08:36 AM AKST | ||
| PPT D3 AP Groundfish Prioritization -Uploaded: 02/08/2023 11:46 PM AKST | ||
| PPT D3 Council -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 05:07 AM AKST | ||
| D3 Council Motion -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 07:14 AM AKST | ||
| D4 | 1 Comment | D4 Trawl EM Committee report - Review |
| Attachments: | D4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 12:32 AM AKST | |
| Trawl EM Committee January 2023 (LINK) -Uploaded: 01/26/2023 09:08 AM AKST | ||
| D4 Trawl EM Committee Report -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 02:56 AM AKST | ||
| PPT D4 Trawl EM Committee Report -Uploaded: 02/08/2023 05:48 AM AKST | ||
| D4 AP Report -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 12:14 AM AKST | ||
| D4 Council Motion -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 07:51 AM AKST | ||
| D5 | 1 Comment | D5 Universal Data Collection discussion paper on crew, lease cost collection - Review |
| Attachments: | D5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 12:33 AM AKST | |
| D5 Universal Data Collection Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 01/24/2023 03:51 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP D5 Universal Data Collection -Uploaded: 02/08/2023 06:00 AM AKST | ||
| PPT Council D5 Universal Data Collection -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 05:55 AM AKST | ||
| D5 Council Motion -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 11:06 PM AKST | ||
| D6 | D6 Climate Change Taskforce Resiliency Synthesis - Review (SSC ONLY) | |
| Attachments: | D6 Action Memo -Uploaded: 02/02/2023 08:03 AM AKST | |
| D6 Climate Readiness Synthesis -Uploaded: 01/26/2023 06:05 AM AKST | ||
| D6 CCTF Report - September 2022 -Uploaded: 02/02/2023 08:03 AM AKST | ||
| D6 Council Motion from October 2022 - for reference -Uploaded: 02/02/2023 08:04 AM AKST | ||
| D7 | D7 GOA Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey Changes - Review (SSC ONLY) - POSTPONED | |
| Attachments: | D7 Action Memo -Uploaded: 02/03/2023 04:45 AM AKST | |
| D7 Oyafuso et.al Survey Design ICES Journal Article -Uploaded: 01/26/2023 07:04 AM AKST | ||
| D7 Tech Memo Oyafuso et.al -Uploaded: 01/26/2023 07:04 AM AKST | ||
| D7 GOA Plan Team Minutes on Survey Optimization -Uploaded: 01/26/2023 10:00 AM AKST | ||
| E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES | ||
| E1 | 4 Comments | E Committees, New Business, and Tasking - Review. Consider whether to rescind CSP revised allocations motion from Feb 2022. |
| Attachments: | E Action Memo -Uploaded: 02/03/2023 05:14 AM AKST | |
| E 3 meeting outlook - PRE MEETING DRAFT -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 12:31 AM AKST | ||
| E Council staff one page - Feb 2023 -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 12:31 AM AKST | ||
| E Draft Apr 2023 Council Schedule -Uploaded: 02/01/2023 12:55 AM AKST | ||
| E Council motion CSP allocations_Feb 2022 -Uploaded: 02/02/2023 03:44 AM AKST | ||
| E Groundfish Workplan 2023 -Uploaded: 02/03/2023 04:47 AM AKST | ||
| E NPFMC Committees -Uploaded: 02/03/2023 06:32 AM AKST | ||
| E PCFMAC Report -Uploaded: 02/09/2023 10:52 PM AKST | ||
| E Ecosystem Committee Report -Uploaded: 02/10/2023 03:50 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP E Staff tasking -Uploaded: 02/10/2023 03:59 AM AKST | ||
| PPT E Ecosystem Committee Report -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 07:08 AM AKST | ||
| E AP Report -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 04:29 PM AKST | ||
| E 3 meeting DURING MEETING -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 11:07 PM AKST | ||
| E Tasking Assessment -Uploaded: 02/11/2023 11:07 PM AKST | ||
| E Council Motion - Halibut CSP Review -Uploaded: 02/12/2023 02:39 AM AKST | ||