Council, October 5-10, 2023; Hilton Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska; 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, October 3-7, 2023; Hilton Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska; 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 September 8, 2023, and the deadline for written comments is Friday, September 29 at 12pm AKT. 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.
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), October 2-4, 2023; AGENDA
| A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER | ||
| A1 | New members; election of officers | |
| Attachments: | Oath of Office -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 04:51 AM AKST | |
| Guidelines for Discussion -Uploaded: 09/27/2023 05:05 AM AKST | ||
| A2 | Approval of Agenda | |
| Attachments: | Schedule (LINK) -Uploaded: 07/26/2023 02:27 AM AKST | |
| Pre-Meeting Review Documents (LINK) -Uploaded: 07/26/2023 02:27 AM AKST | ||
| October Newsletter (link) -Uploaded: 10/18/2023 03:43 AM AKST | ||
| YouTube Recordings (link) -Uploaded: 10/18/2023 03:45 AM AKST | ||
| October 2023 Time Log -Uploaded: 11/01/2023 07:57 AM AKST | ||
| Council Summary October 2023 -Uploaded: 11/01/2023 08:02 AM AKST | ||
| B. REPORTS | ||
| B1 | Executive Director's Report (including IRA funding proposal) (oral) | |
| Attachments: | B1 ED report October 2023 -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 06:04 AM AKST | |
| B1 IRA Funding Staff Paper -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 08:16 AM AKST | ||
| B1 MREP 2024 Announcement -Uploaded: 09/13/2023 02:16 AM AKST | ||
| B1 Public Input Flyer Research Priorities -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 12:51 AM AKST | ||
| B1 NPFMC comments on ANPR -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 04:54 AM AKST | ||
| B1 Oceana Flyer - GOA Habitat Workshop -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 04:18 AM AKST | ||
| PPT B1 NMFS IRA Overview -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 01:20 AM AKST | ||
| PPT B1 NPFMC IRA paper -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 02:26 AM AKST | ||
| B2 | NMFS Management Report (including Salmon FMP Secretarial amendment (T), NEPA changes) (oral) | |
| Attachments: | B2 NMFS Report OCT 2023 -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 04:28 AM AKST | |
| B2 NEPA Changes -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 04:28 AM AKST | ||
| B2 SF Organization Chart -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 04:28 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Status of Amendment Oct 2023 -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 04:28 AM AKST | ||
| B2 NMFS request to AFSC re Halibut -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 06:15 AM AKST | ||
| B2 AFSC Response to NMFS re Halibut -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 06:15 AM AKST | ||
| B2 NMFS to IPHC re FISS Index -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 06:16 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Aquaculture opportunities -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 03:34 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Inseason Report October -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 08:00 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Notice of Intent to prepare EIS 4 -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 09:03 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Guided Angler Fish Report -Uploaded: 11/28/2023 04:41 AM AKST | ||
| B3 | NOAA General Counsel Report | |
| Attachments: | B3 Litigation Update - AVCP v. NMFS -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 09:13 AM AKST | |
| B3 Designated Official Memorandum -Uploaded: 09/12/2023 02:41 AM AKST | ||
| B3 Recusal Determinations -Uploaded: 09/12/2023 02:50 AM AKST | ||
| B3 Litigation Update - AVCP v. NMFS -Uploaded: 09/30/2023 08:46 AM AKST | ||
| B3 Litigation Update WFC v. Quan -Uploaded: 10/01/2023 06:08 AM AKST | ||
| B4 | AFSC Report (oral) | |
| Attachments: | PPT B4 AFSC Report -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 02:53 AM AKST | |
| B5 | ADF&G Report | |
| Attachments: | B5 Chinook index 2023 letter to NMFS -Uploaded: 09/14/2023 07:28 AM AKST | |
| B5 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 02:11 PM AKST | ||
| B6 | USCG Report (oral) | |
| Attachments: | B6 USCG Report -Uploaded: 10/03/2023 06:49 AM AKST | |
| PPT B6 USCG Russia HYDROPAC -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 01:53 AM AKST | ||
| B7 | USFWS Report | |
| Attachments: | B7 USFWS Report -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 06:54 AM AKST | |
| B8 | North Pacific Fisheries Commission Report (oral) | |
| Attachments: | PPT B8 North Pacific Fisheries Commission -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 07:08 AM AKST | |
| B9 | North Pacific Research Board Report (oral) | |
| Attachments: | PPT B9 NPRB -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 02:11 AM AKST | |
| B10 | 17 Comments | Public Comment on B1 through B9 agenda items |
| B11 | SSC Report | |
| Attachments: | C1 BSAI Crab DRAFT Report -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 08:51 AM AKST | |
| PPT C1 SSC Report BSAI Crab -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 12:58 AM AKST | ||
| DRAFT SSC Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 05:26 AM AKST | ||
| PPT Balance of SSC Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 06:20 AM AKST | ||
| SSC Report -Uploaded: 05/31/2024 04:57 AM AKST | ||
| B12 | AP Report | |
| Attachments: | PPT AP admin issues Oct 2023 -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 09:49 AM AKST | |
| C5 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 03:29 AM AKST | ||
| D1 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/08/2023 06:17 AM AKST | ||
| D2 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 03:54 AM AKST | ||
| PPT D3 AP Motion - IFQ Workplan -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 01:51 PM AKST | ||
| D3 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 04:47 AM AKST | ||
| E AP Motion - Staff Tasking -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 03:16 AM AKST | ||
| AP Report Combined -Uploaded: 10/26/2023 04:50 AM AKST | ||
| C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS | ||
| C1 | 7 Comments | C1 BSAI Crab specifications – review SAFE report; adopt ABC/OFLs for BBRKC, Tanner crab, snow crab, PIBKC; BSAI Crab Plan Team report; (SSC only) Ecosystem Status Report preview |
| Attachments: | C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 11:52 AM AKST | |
| Crab Plan Team September eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 06:12 AM AKST | ||
| C1 CPT Report September 2023 -Uploaded: 09/20/2023 07:34 AM AKST | ||
| C1 BSAI Crab SAFE 2023 Intro -Uploaded: 09/22/2023 08:05 AM AKST | ||
| C1 BBRKC SAFE -Uploaded: 09/20/2023 03:02 AM AKST | ||
| C1 BBRKC SAFE Appendix A -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 01:16 AM AKST | ||
| C1 BBRKC SAFE Appendix B -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 01:16 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Tanner Crab SAFE -Uploaded: 09/19/2023 07:23 AM AKST | ||
| C1 EBS Snow Crab SAFE -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 04:41 AM AKST | ||
| C1 PIBKC SAFE -Uploaded: 09/19/2023 03:33 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C1 BSAI crab -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 12:54 AM AKST | ||
| C1 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 01:29 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C1 BSAI Crab -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 02:25 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Motion - Crab Specs -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 02:35 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Motion - Risk Table Crab -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 02:49 AM AKST | ||
| C2 | 4 Comments | C2 Observer 2024 Annual Deployment Plan – Review; PCFMAC report |
| Attachments: | C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 06:55 AM AKST | |
| PCFMAC September eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 06:11 AM AKST | ||
| C2 Draft 2024 Annual Deployment Plan -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 04:45 AM AKST | ||
| C2 PCFMAC Sept 2023 Report -Uploaded: 09/22/2023 11:47 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C2 PCFMAC Report -Uploaded: 10/03/2023 01:35 AM AKST | ||
| Observer Analytical Tasklist (LINK) -Uploaded: 09/16/2023 08:05 AM AKST | ||
| C2 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 04:01 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C2 DRAFT ADP -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 06:10 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C2 PCFMAC Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 04:00 AM AKST | ||
| C2 Motion Observer ADP -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 06:16 AM AKST | ||
| C3 | 11 Comments | C3 BSAI/GOA Groundfish – Proposed specifications, Plan Team reports, discussion paper on GOA DSR/other rockfish |
| Attachments: | C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 04:57 AM AKST | |
| C3 Chinook index 2023 letter to NMFS -Uploaded: 09/11/2023 03:11 AM AKST | ||
| September Groundfish eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/22/2023 04:31 AM AKST | ||
| C3 Joint Groundfish Plan Teams Report -Uploaded: 09/29/2023 02:38 AM AKST | ||
| C3 BSAI Groundfish Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 02:45 PM AKST | ||
| C3 GOA Groundfish Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 02:45 PM AKST | ||
| C3 GOA 2024 Plan Team Proposed ABC-OFLs Table 1 -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 08:21 AM AKST | ||
| C3 GOA Groundfish 2024 Proposed Tables -Uploaded: 09/27/2023 06:09 AM AKST | ||
| C3 BSAI Groundfish 2024 Proposed Tables -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 01:43 AM AKST | ||
| C3 BSAI 2024 PT Proposed ABC-OFLs Table 1 -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 04:09 AM AKST | ||
| C3 GOA DSR Other Rockfish Spatial Management -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 01:58 PM AKST | ||
| PPT C3 AP Joint GPT Report -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 03:22 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C3 BSAI GPT Report -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 01:40 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C3 AP GOA PT Report -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 04:13 AM AKST | ||
| C3 Revised Groundfish Stock Assessment Definitions (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 04:44 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C3 Joint GPT Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 01:22 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C3 BSAI GPT Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 02:37 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C3 GOA GPT Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 01:58 AM AKST | ||
| C3 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/06/2023 02:10 AM AKST | ||
| C3 BSAI Specs Council Motion -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 01:15 AM AKST | ||
| C3 GOA Specs Council Motion -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 01:22 AM AKST | ||
| C3 Halibut DMR Council Motion -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 01:27 AM AKST | ||
| C4 | 55 Comments | C4 Chum salmon bycatch – Preliminary review |
| Attachments: | C4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 11:53 AM AKST | |
| C4 Chum Salmon Bycatch Analysis -Uploaded: 09/11/2023 12:29 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Addendum 2023 B Season Chum Bycatch -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 08:26 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Addendum revised Table 3-19 -Uploaded: 09/27/2023 08:36 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Addendum Tables 3-8 through 3-11 sorted by run size -Uploaded: 09/27/2023 10:06 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Chum EIS Scoping Report -Uploaded: 09/27/2023 08:36 AM AKST | ||
| C4 KRITFC Coop Agency Request -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 04:14 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Response ltr - KRITFC Coop Agemcu Request -Uploaded: 09/26/2023 04:14 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Request ADFG as Cooperating Agency -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 09:24 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Cooperating Agency 1501.8 regs -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 09:25 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C4 BS Chum Bycatch -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 11:46 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C4 BS Chum Bycatch -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 12:51 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C4 EIS - Scoping Report -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 02:47 AM AKST | ||
| C4 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 02:14 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Addendum Chum PSC Limit Apportinment Options -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 07:53 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Council Motion Chum Salmon Bycatch -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 02:04 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Press Release (LINK) -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 02:56 PM AKST | ||
| C5 | 4 Comments | C5 Crab facility use caps – Initial Review |
| Attachments: | C5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 11:53 AM AKST | |
| C5 Crab Facility Use Caps Analysis -Uploaded: 09/11/2023 08:56 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C5 Crab Facility Use Caps -Uploaded: 10/03/2023 01:04 AM AKST | ||
| C5 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 03:30 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C5 Crab Processing Use Cap -Uploaded: 10/08/2023 06:50 AM AKST | ||
| C5 Council Motion Crab Facility Use Cap -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 02:37 AM AKST | ||
| C6 | 0 Comments | POSTPONED: Area 4 Vessel Use Caps – Initial Review |
| D. OTHER ISSUES | ||
| D1 | 8 Comments | D1 Bering Sea Local Knowledge/ Traditional Knowledge/ Subsistence information Protocol and Onramps – Final action to approve protocol and/or onramps |
| Attachments: | D1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 11:53 AM AKST | |
| D1 LKTKS Protocol -Uploaded: 09/06/2023 07:36 AM AKST | ||
| D1 Onramps for LKTKS Recommendations -Uploaded: 09/06/2023 07:36 AM AKST | ||
| D1 June 2023 LKTKS Report -Uploaded: 09/06/2023 07:36 AM AKST | ||
| D1 LKTKS Taskforce Final Report -Uploaded: 09/12/2023 09:23 AM AKST | ||
| Call for LKTKS Protocol and Onramp Recommendations (link) -Uploaded: 09/11/2023 08:57 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP D1 LKTKS -Uploaded: 10/05/2023 04:26 AM AKST | ||
| PPT D1 LKTKS Protocol and Onramp Recommendations -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 01:25 AM AKST | ||
| D1 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 03:27 AM AKST | ||
| D1 Council Motion LKTKS -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 06:33 AM AKST | ||
| D2 | 5 Comments | D2 BSAI Crab Program Review – Review workplan |
| Attachments: | D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 11:54 AM AKST | |
| D2 BSAI Crab Program Workplan -Uploaded: 09/18/2023 04:05 AM AKST | ||
| D2 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 03:54 AM AKST | ||
| PPT D2 Crab Review Worplan -Uploaded: 10/03/2023 04:14 AM AKST | ||
| D2 Council Motion CR Program Review Workplan -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 08:19 AM AKST | ||
| D3 | 6 Comments | D3 IFQ Program Review – Review workplan |
| Attachments: | D3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/21/2023 11:54 AM AKST | |
| IFQ Committee September eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 06:28 AM AKST | ||
| D3 IFQ Committee Report -Uploaded: 10/02/2023 07:50 AM AKST | ||
| D3 IFQ Program Workplan -Uploaded: 09/18/2023 08:48 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP D3 IFQ Workplan -Uploaded: 10/03/2023 08:19 AM AKST | ||
| D3 AP Report -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 04:48 AM AKST | ||
| D3 Council Motion IFQ Program Review Workplan -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 10:01 AM AKST | ||
| E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES | ||
| E1 | 9 Comments | E Committees, New Business, and Tasking - Review (including Ecosystem Committee, Enforcement workshop reports) |
| Attachments: | E action memo - Oct 2023 -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 03:01 AM AKST | |
| E 3 Meeting Outlook - PRE-MEETING -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 06:01 AM AKST | ||
| E Council Staff Responsibilities -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 07:46 AM AKST | ||
| E Prelim Draft December 2023 Council schedule -Uploaded: 09/28/2023 05:44 AM AKST | ||
| E Prelim Draft February 2024 Council schedule -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 08:00 AM AKST | ||
| E Groundfish Workplan 2023 -Uploaded: 09/25/2023 06:03 AM AKST | ||
| Trawl Performance Workshop eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 06:10 AM AKST | ||
| Trawl Performance Standard Workshop Summary -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 03:12 PM AKST | ||
| Ecosystem Committee September eAgenda (link) -Uploaded: 09/15/2023 06:13 AM AKST | ||
| E Ecosystem Committee Report Sep2023 -Uploaded: 10/04/2023 01:04 AM AKST | ||
| PPT E Staff tasking - AP Oct 2023 -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 01:37 AM AKST | ||
| E Proposed conceptual approach for NPFMC IRA funding -Uploaded: 10/07/2023 07:03 AM AKST | ||
| E AP Report -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 03:21 AM AKST | ||
| E 3 Meeting Outlook - DURING MEETING version -Uploaded: 10/09/2023 09:48 AM AKST | ||
| PPT E Ecosytem Committee Report -Uploaded: 10/10/2023 12:55 AM AKST | ||
| E Council Motion MRA -Uploaded: 10/10/2023 06:08 AM AKST | ||
| E Council Motion Scales in Sablefish A Share -Uploaded: 10/10/2023 06:47 AM AKST | ||
| E Council Motion IRA funding and PEIS DRAFT -Uploaded: 10/10/2023 06:58 AM AKST | ||