Council, October 2-3 and 6-9, 2025; Virtual Webconference; 8am-4pm Alaska time (9am-5pm Pacific time)
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81451130091
Meeting ID: 814 5113 0091
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Advisory Panel, September 29 - October 2, 2025; Virtual Webconference; 8am-4pm Alaska time (9am-5pm Pacific time)
Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88671612019
Meeting ID: 886 7161 2019
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Related meetings:
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), September 29-Oct 2, 2025 - eAgenda
| A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER | ||
| A1 | Oath for new members | |
| Attachments: | A1 Oath of Office -Uploaded: 09/26/2025 06:37 AM AKST | |
| A2 | Election of officers | |
| A3 | Approval of Agenda and Administrative Issues | |
| Attachments: | Schedule (LINK) -Uploaded: 08/13/2025 05:31 AM AKST | |
| Pre-Meeting Review Documents (LINK) -Uploaded: 08/15/2025 03:52 AM AKST | ||
| NPFMC Code of Conduct -Uploaded: 09/16/2025 09:28 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP Admin Issues -Uploaded: 09/28/2025 12:03 PM AKST | ||
| B. REPORTS | ||
| B1 | Executive Director's Report, including Council response to EO 14276 Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness (action by 10/3) (Oral) | |
| Attachments: | B1 Executive Director’s Report -Uploaded: 09/26/2025 07:03 AM AKST | |
| B1 WDFW Pamplin Council appointment -Uploaded: 08/29/2025 03:55 AM AKST | ||
| B1 Witherell Retirement Announcement -Uploaded: 09/26/2025 06:39 AM AKST | ||
| B1 Executive Finance Committee Report -Uploaded: 09/26/2025 06:42 AM AKST | ||
| B1 IPHC Response St Matthew Halibut -Uploaded: 08/29/2025 03:53 AM AKST | ||
| B1 MREP 2026 Flyer -Uploaded: 09/26/2025 06:39 AM AKST | ||
| B1 Action Memo on EO14276 -Uploaded: 09/16/2025 03:32 AM AKST | ||
| B1 EO14276 NMFS Regulatory Review Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 09/16/2025 03:11 AM AKST | ||
| B1 NPFMC Letter to NMFS with EO14276 Workplan -Uploaded: 09/17/2025 04:18 AM AKST | ||
| B1 NMFS Correspondence Received on EOs - FOR REFERENCE -Uploaded: 09/16/2025 09:12 AM AKST | ||
| B2 | NMFS Management Report (including status of BSAI FMP Biological Opinion) (Oral) | |
| Attachments: | B2 NMFS Management Report -Uploaded: 09/26/2025 03:50 AM AKST | |
| B2 NMFS Letter re Cook Inlet Harvest Specs -Uploaded: 08/29/2025 03:50 AM AKST | ||
| B2 EO14276 Seafood Competitiveness Comment Opportunity -Uploaded: 09/03/2025 05:44 AM AKST | ||
| B2 BSAI 125 Approval Pcod small boat -Uploaded: 09/04/2025 02:35 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Rockfish and Crab Use Caps -Uploaded: 09/26/2025 03:50 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Seabird Working Group Report -Uploaded: 09/15/2025 03:16 AM AKST | ||
| B2 NMFS AKR Cost Recovery Guidance -Uploaded: 09/23/2025 06:45 AM AKST | ||
| B2 NMFS Inseason Report -Uploaded: 09/26/2025 03:50 AM AKST | ||
| B2 NMFS Tribal Engagement Report -Uploaded: 09/26/2025 03:50 AM AKST | ||
| B2 NMFS 2024 Policy Directive on Integrating ESA and MSA -Uploaded: 09/23/2025 05:23 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Status of Amendments -Uploaded: 09/26/2025 03:50 AM AKST | ||
| B3 | NOAA General Counsel Report | |
| Attachments: | B3 Designated Official Memo -Uploaded: 09/23/2025 05:23 AM AKST | |
| B3 Recusal Determinations Memo -Uploaded: 09/23/2025 05:23 AM AKST | ||
| B3 Litigation Report UCIDA v NMFS -Uploaded: 09/26/2025 08:17 AM AKST | ||
| B3 Litigation Report WFC v NMFS -Uploaded: 09/29/2025 08:03 AM AKST | ||
| B3 Litigation Report Oceana v NMFS FOIA -Uploaded: 09/28/2025 11:47 AM AKST | ||
| B3 Litigation Report Oceana v NMFS EFH -Uploaded: 09/26/2025 08:17 AM AKST | ||
| B3 Litigation Report Oceana v NMFS EFH - Supplemental Report -Uploaded: 09/30/2025 08:16 AM AKST | ||
| B4 | AFSC Report (Oral) | |
| Attachments: | PPT B4 AFSC Brief -Uploaded: 09/30/2025 06:13 AM AKST | |
| B5 | ADF&G Report | |
| Attachments: | B5 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 09/28/2025 11:48 AM AKST | |
| B6 | USCG Report (Oral) | |
| Attachments: | B6 USCG D17 Report -Uploaded: 09/25/2025 05:39 AM AKST | |
| B7 | USFWS Report | |
| Attachments: | B7 USFWS Report -Uploaded: 09/30/2025 12:22 AM AKST | |
| B8 | 285 Comments | Public Comment on B1 through B7 agenda items |
| B9 | SSC Report | |
| B10 | AP Report | |
| C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS | ||
| C1 | 7 Comments | C1 MRA adjustments - Final Action |
| Attachments: | C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/18/2025 02:04 AM AKST | |
| C1 MRA Adjustments Analysis -Uploaded: 09/09/2025 04:05 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C1 MRA Adjustments AP -Uploaded: 09/29/2025 05:29 AM AKST | ||
| C2 | 2 Comments | C2 Observer 2026 Annual Deployment Plan - Review; FMAC/PCFMAC Reports |
| Attachments: | C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/23/2025 10:06 AM AKST | |
| PCFMAC_FMAC September 2025 eAgenda (LINK) -Uploaded: 09/16/2025 05:15 AM AKST | ||
| C2 Draft 2026 Annual Deployment Plan -Uploaded: 09/08/2025 06:49 AM AKST | ||
| C2 FMAC Report -Uploaded: 09/23/2025 09:45 AM AKST | ||
| C2 PCFMAC Report -Uploaded: 09/22/2025 01:27 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C2 Draft 2026 Annual Deployment Plan -Uploaded: 09/22/2025 01:22 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C2 Monitoring Committee Reports -Uploaded: 09/29/2025 02:19 AM AKST | ||
| C3 | 1 Comment | C3 BSAI Crab specifications – review SAFE report; adopt ABC/OFLs for BBRKC, Tanner crab, snow crab, PIBKC, PIRKC; BSAI Crab Plan Team report; (SSC only) Ecosystem Status Report preview |
| Attachments: | C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/18/2025 08:52 AM AKST | |
| CPT eAgenda September 2025 (LINK) -Uploaded: 09/16/2025 05:16 AM AKST | ||
| C3 CPT Report -Uploaded: 09/17/2025 09:26 AM AKST | ||
| C3 BSAI Crab SAFE Introduction -Uploaded: 09/22/2025 08:35 AM AKST | ||
| C3 BBRKC SAFE -Uploaded: 09/17/2025 07:37 AM AKST | ||
| C3 BBRKC ESP Report Card 2025 -Uploaded: 09/29/2025 09:23 AM AKST | ||
| C3 Tanner Crab SAFE -Uploaded: 09/17/2025 07:23 AM AKST | ||
| C3 Snow Crab SAFE -Uploaded: 09/17/2025 07:05 AM AKST | ||
| C3 Snow Crab ESP Report Card 2025 -Uploaded: 09/29/2025 09:23 AM AKST | ||
| C3 PIBKC SAFE -Uploaded: 09/17/2025 07:13 AM AKST | ||
| C3 PIRKC SAFE -Uploaded: 09/17/2025 07:05 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C3 BSAI Crab_AP -Uploaded: 10/01/2025 12:48 AM AKST | ||
| C4 | 2 Comments | C4 Crab C-Shares - Initial Review |
| Attachments: | C4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/18/2025 02:05 AM AKST | |
| C4 Crab C-Shares Analysis -Uploaded: 09/12/2025 08:47 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C4 Crab C Shares AP -Uploaded: 09/29/2025 03:38 AM AKST | ||
| C5 | 2 Comments | C5 Groundfish harvest specifications: a) GOA Groundfish – Proposed specifications, Joint and GOA Plan Team reports; b) BSAI Groundfish – Proposed specifications, BSAI Plan Team report; c) Subarea apportionment process - review proposal; d) BSRE accountability measures - Discussion Paper |
| Attachments: | C5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/24/2025 06:20 AM AKST | |
| Groundfish Plan Team September 2025 eAgenda (LINK) -Uploaded: 09/16/2025 05:18 AM AKST | ||
| C5 EXAMPLE BRD BSAI Final Table 1 PT SSC -Uploaded: 09/23/2025 02:44 AM AKST | ||
| C5 EXAMPLE BRD GOA Final Table 1 PT SSC -Uploaded: 09/23/2025 02:44 AM AKST | ||
| C5a Joint GFPT Report -Uploaded: 09/23/2025 09:28 AM AKST | ||
| C5a GOA Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 09/23/2025 09:28 AM AKST | ||
| C5 GOA 2026-7 Proposed Tables -Uploaded: 09/24/2025 09:09 AM AKST | ||
| C5b BSAI Plan Team Report -Uploaded: 09/23/2025 09:27 AM AKST | ||
| C5 BSAI 2026-7 Proposed Tables -Uploaded: 09/29/2025 06:01 AM AKST | ||
| C5d BSRE Accountability Measures Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 09/12/2025 07:22 AM AKST | ||
| C5 2025 Chinook Abundance Index -Uploaded: 09/23/2025 09:38 AM AKST | ||
| C5 2025 Halibut Abundance Index -Uploaded: 09/23/2025 09:38 AM AKST | ||
| PPT AP C5 Groundfish Spatial Apportionments -Uploaded: 10/01/2025 12:46 AM AKST | ||
| C6 | 4 Comments | C6 Economic Data Reports Removal - Initial Review / Final Action |
| Attachments: | C6 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/18/2025 02:07 AM AKST | |
| C6 EDR Removal Analysis -Uploaded: 09/11/2025 08:56 AM AKST | ||
| PPT C6 EDR Removals -Uploaded: 09/29/2025 06:22 AM AKST | ||
| D. OTHER ISSUES | ||
| D1 | 14 Comments | D1 BSAI Pacific cod pot gear limited access privilege program (LAPP) - Discussion Paper (Council only) |
| Attachments: | D1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/09/2025 09:02 AM AKST | |
| D1 BSAI PCod Pot Gear LAPP Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 09/03/2025 01:42 AM AKST | ||
| Public Comments submitted to June 2025 meeting (LINK) -Uploaded: 09/04/2025 05:09 AM AKST | ||
| D1 AP Report from June 2025 Meeting -Uploaded: 09/04/2025 05:19 AM AKST | ||
| D2 | 4 Comments | D2 IFQ/CQE transfer, beneficiary changes - Discussion Paper |
| Attachments: | D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/16/2025 03:30 AM AKST | |
| D2 IFQ_CQE Transfer Beneficiary Changes Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 09/12/2025 04:44 AM AKST | ||
| PPT D2 IFQ_CQE Transfer, Beneficiary Changes -Uploaded: 09/30/2025 02:20 AM AKST | ||
| D3 | 3 Comments | D3 EFH 5-year review workplan - Review |
| Attachments: | D3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/24/2025 06:45 AM AKST | |
| D3 2028 EFH 5-year Review Plan Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 09/09/2025 10:39 AM AKST | ||
| D3 2023 EFH 5-year Review Final Summary - FOR REFERENCE -Uploaded: 09/09/2025 10:48 AM AKST | ||
| PPT D3 EFH 5-year Review Plan -Uploaded: 09/30/2025 07:51 AM AKST | ||
| D4 | 1 Comment | D4 Programmatic evaluation - Discuss next steps |
| Attachments: | D4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/12/2025 08:52 AM AKST | |
| PPT D4 Programmatic Evaluation -Uploaded: 09/30/2025 12:25 AM AKST | ||
| E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES | ||
| E1 | 2 Comments | E Committees, New Business, and Tasking - Review |
| Attachments: | E Action Memo -Uploaded: 09/25/2025 02:44 AM AKST | |
| E 3 Meeting Outlook - PRE-MEETING -Uploaded: 09/25/2025 02:46 AM AKST | ||
| E Council Staff Responsibilities -Uploaded: 09/25/2025 02:44 AM AKST | ||
| E NPFMC Committees -Uploaded: 09/19/2025 09:59 AM AKST | ||
| E Prelim Dec 2025 agenda -Uploaded: 09/25/2025 02:45 AM AKST | ||
| E Groundfish Workplan 2025-10 -Uploaded: 09/25/2025 02:44 AM AKST | ||