North Pacific Fishery Management Council
NPFMC December 2018 - 241st
Closed for written comment at 11/30/2018 12:00 PM AKST
57 Comments
Meeting Time:
12/03/2018 08:00 AM AKST
AGENDA - 241st Plenary Session
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will meet December 3-11, 2018, at the Hilton Hotel, 500 W. 3rd Avenue, Anchorage, AK. Meetings to be held during the week are listed below.
Scientific and Statistical Committee: Dec. 3-5, 2018 – King Salmon/Iliamna
Advisory Panel: Dec. 4-8, 2018 – Dillingham/Katmai
Council: December 5-11, 2018 – Aleutian Room
Charter Halibut Management Committee: Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, 1-5pm – Aspen/Spruce AGENDA
Cook Inlet Salmon Committee: Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, 8-5pm – Aspen/Spruce AGENDA
Enforcement Committee: Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, 1-4pm – Prince William Sound Boardroom AGENDA
All meetings are open to the public except for executive sessions. Information on submitting comments in writing or in person can be found in the Public Comment Information attached in Item A1 below. The deadline for written comments—online or received through mail—is 12:00 pm (AST) on Friday, November 30, 2018. Click on the comment link for the agenda item you wish to comment on or mail to: NPFMC, 605 W. 4th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501. The Council meeting is broadcast will be broadcast at https://npfmc.adobeconnect.com/december2018. Motions are posted following the meeting.
| A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER | ||
| A1 | 0 Comments | Approval of Agenda |
| Attachments: | Meeting Schedule -Uploaded: 01/14/2019 04:14 AM AKST | |
| Review Document Schedule -Uploaded: 01/14/2019 04:15 AM AKST | ||
| Public Comment Information -Uploaded: 01/14/2019 04:15 AM AKST | ||
| Link to Audio Files -Uploaded: 07/24/2020 08:16 AM AKST | ||
| Newsletter (LINK) -Uploaded: 09/09/2022 07:03 AM AKST | ||
| A2 | 0 Comments | In Meeting Minutes (committee minutes and reports drafted during this meeting) |
| Attachments: | Enforcement Committee Minutes -Uploaded: 12/05/2018 03:39 AM AKST | |
| Charter Halibut Management Committee Minutes -Uploaded: 12/05/2018 07:44 AM AKST | ||
| C2 SSC PRESENTATION -Uploaded: 12/07/2018 12:48 AM AKST | ||
| C3 SSC PRESENTATION -Uploaded: 12/07/2018 12:28 AM AKST | ||
| C4-C6-C7 SSC PRESENTATION -Uploaded: 12/07/2018 05:02 AM AKST | ||
| D7 REPORT Cook Inlet Salmon Committee -Uploaded: 12/07/2018 07:34 AM AKST | ||
| AP Minutes -Uploaded: 12/12/2018 08:51 AM AKST | ||
| SSC Report December 2018 -Uploaded: 01/14/2019 05:38 AM AKST | ||
| Council Summary December 2018 -Uploaded: 02/01/2019 06:38 AM AKST | ||
| B. REPORTS | ||
| B1 | 0 Comments | Executive Director's Report (including Joint Protocol Committee Report, and update on Halibut Stakeholder Committee) |
| Attachments: | B1 ED Report -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 04:44 AM AKST | |
| B1 Dr. Eich BS FEP Nomination -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 04:44 AM AKST | ||
| B1 Dr. Fall SSPT Nomination -Uploaded: 11/07/2018 02:21 AM AKST | ||
| B1 Kingham BSAI GPT Nomination -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 04:44 AM AKST | ||
| B1 SSC Nominations -Uploaded: 12/03/2018 03:41 AM AKST | ||
| B1 PNCIAC Appointments 2018-2020 -Uploaded: 11/13/2018 02:29 AM AKST | ||
| B1 Notes from the Fisheries Forum -Uploaded: 11/20/2018 07:16 AM AKST | ||
| B1 AM 80 Halibut Report -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 04:46 AM AKST | ||
| B1 ABM Committee minutes -Uploaded: 12/02/2018 07:15 AM AKST | ||
| B1 ADF&G Principal State Official Letter -Uploaded: 12/03/2018 04:12 AM AKST | ||
| B1 ADF&G Designee Letter -Uploaded: 12/03/2018 04:12 AM AKST | ||
| B1 AP matrix 2018 -Uploaded: 12/04/2018 06:32 AM AKST | ||
| B2 | 2 Comments | NMFS Management Report (including year-end inseason management report, Final 2019 Observer Annual Deployment Plan) |
| Attachments: | B2 NMFS Management Report -Uploaded: 12/03/2018 03:52 AM AKST | |
| B2 Saint Matthew Island BKC Stock Status -Uploaded: 11/06/2018 03:40 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Letter to Adak Re AI Pacific Cod -Uploaded: 11/07/2018 04:55 AM AKST | ||
| B2 Letter to Atka Re AI Pacific Cod -Uploaded: 11/07/2018 04:55 AM AKST | ||
| B2 NOAA Harrington Ecosystem Nomination -Uploaded: 11/20/2018 02:54 AM AKST | ||
| B2 2019 ADP -Uploaded: 12/03/2018 07:14 AM AKST | ||
| B2 BSAI In-Season Mgmt -Uploaded: 12/04/2018 03:36 AM AKST | ||
| B2 GOA In-Season Mgmt -Uploaded: 12/04/2018 03:36 AM AKST | ||
| B3 | 0 Comments | NOAA GC Report (including report on recusal rule (T)) |
| Attachments: | B3 PR on Financial Disclosures & Voting Recusal -Uploaded: 11/16/2018 02:00 AM AKST | |
| B3 Designated Officials Memo -Uploaded: 11/20/2018 11:57 PM AKST | ||
| B3 Recusal Determination -Uploaded: 11/21/2018 12:02 AM AKST | ||
| B4 | 0 Comments | NOAA Enforcement Report |
| Attachments: | B4 OLE Report -Uploaded: 12/02/2018 07:17 AM AKST | |
| B4 OLE PRESENTATION -Uploaded: 12/05/2018 01:55 AM AKST | ||
| B5 | 0 Comments | ADF&G Report |
| Attachments: | B5 ADFG Report -Uploaded: 12/04/2018 01:00 AM AKST | |
| B5 Board of Fisheries Summary of Actions -Uploaded: 11/06/2018 03:41 AM AKST | ||
| B5 Herring Biomass Estimate EBS -Uploaded: 12/03/2018 01:39 AM AKST | ||
| B5 ADFG Presentation -Uploaded: 12/04/2018 07:03 AM AKST | ||
| B6 | 0 Comments | USCG Report |
| Attachments: | B6 USCG Report -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 04:28 AM AKST | |
| B6 USCG Presentation -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 04:31 AM AKST | ||
| B7 | 0 Comments | USFWS Report |
| B8 | 0 Comments | IPHC Report |
| Attachments: | B8 IPHC 94th Interim Meeting Schedule -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 03:42 AM AKST | |
| B8 IPHC Report of the IM094 -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 04:03 AM AKST | ||
| B8 95th IPHC Meeting Deadlines -Uploaded: 12/03/2018 06:16 AM AKST | ||
| B8 PRESENTATION -Uploaded: 12/05/2018 05:19 AM AKST | ||
| B9 | 1 Comment | Protected Species Report |
| Attachments: | B9 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 05:38 AM AKST | |
| B9 HORNING PRESENTATION -Uploaded: 12/05/2018 02:24 AM AKST | ||
| B PUBLIC TESTIMONY SIGN UP SHEET -Uploaded: 12/05/2018 06:25 AM AKST | ||
| C. MAJOR ISSUES / FINAL ACTION ITEMS | ||
| C1 | 16 Comments | 2019 Charter halibut management measures – Final action |
| Attachments: | C1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/26/2018 08:59 AM AKST | |
| C1 2018 Guided Angler Fish Report -Uploaded: 11/05/2018 08:55 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Area 2C 3A Sport Harvests Final 2017 -Uploaded: 11/05/2018 08:55 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Charter Halibut Mgt Cmte Minutes 10-30-18 -Uploaded: 11/05/2018 08:55 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Area 2C 3A Prelim 2018 -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 07:17 AM AKST | ||
| C1 Analysis of Charter Mgmt Options 2C 3A for 2019 -Uploaded: 12/02/2018 07:48 AM AKST | ||
| C1 MINUTES Charter Halibut Management Committee -Uploaded: 12/05/2018 07:44 AM AKST | ||
| C1 PRESENTATION -Uploaded: 12/05/2018 09:10 AM AKST | ||
| C1 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/06/2018 12:37 AM AKST | ||
| C2 | 2 Comments | GOA Groundfish Harvest Specifications – Final specifications, Ecosystem Status report, PT report |
| Attachments: | C2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 05:46 AM AKST | |
| C2 GOA SAFE Introduction -Uploaded: 11/21/2018 02:57 AM AKST | ||
| Full SAFE Chapters -Uploaded: 11/26/2018 12:06 AM AKST | ||
| C2a Table 1 GOA Gfish Specs 2019-2020 -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 05:44 AM AKST | ||
| C2b GOA Minutes -Uploaded: 12/04/2018 08:26 AM AKST | ||
| C2c-e Tables -Uploaded: 12/05/2018 06:00 AM AKST | ||
| C2 PPT SSC GOA Ecosystem Status Rpt -Uploaded: 12/03/2018 02:33 AM AKST | ||
| C2 PPT AP GOA Plan Team report_reduced -Uploaded: 12/05/2018 12:42 AM AKST | ||
| C2 PPT Council GOA PT report -Uploaded: 12/06/2018 02:16 AM AKST | ||
| C2 SSC Minutes GOA SPECS -Uploaded: 12/06/2018 06:34 AM AKST | ||
| C2 Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 01:57 AM AKST | ||
| C2 MOTION -Uploaded: 01/15/2019 01:19 AM AKST | ||
| C3 | 1 Comment | BSAI Groundfish Harvest Specifications – Final specifications, Ecosystem Status report, PT report |
| Attachments: | C3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 04:20 AM AKST | |
| C3 BSAI SAFE Introduction -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 10:12 AM AKST | ||
| Full SAFE Chapters -Uploaded: 11/26/2018 12:06 AM AKST | ||
| C3a Table 1 BSAI Gfish Specs 2019-2020 -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 06:50 AM AKST | ||
| C3b Joint GPT Minutes -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 05:39 AM AKST | ||
| C3b BSAI GPT Minutes -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 05:45 AM AKST | ||
| C3c-f Tables -Uploaded: 12/03/2018 04:36 AM AKST | ||
| C3 ABC below max ABC -Uploaded: 12/02/2018 07:17 AM AKST | ||
| C3 EBS Herring biomass estimate -Uploaded: 12/02/2018 11:46 PM AKST | ||
| C3 PPT SSC Joint Plan Team report -Uploaded: 12/03/2018 03:30 AM AKST | ||
| C3 HANDOUT Industry Group Comment to SSC -Uploaded: 12/03/2018 08:51 AM AKST | ||
| C3 PPT SSC EBS Ecosystem Status Report -Uploaded: 12/04/2018 06:52 AM AKST | ||
| C3 PPT SSC BSAI 2018 EBS Pcod Assessment -Uploaded: 12/04/2018 07:46 AM AKST | ||
| C3 PPT SSC BSAI Plan Team report -Uploaded: 12/05/2018 12:24 AM AKST | ||
| C3 PPT AP EBS pollock 2018 -Uploaded: 12/05/2018 09:16 AM AKST | ||
| C3 PPT Council Pollock 2018 -Uploaded: 12/06/2018 06:36 AM AKST | ||
| C3 PPT Council BSAI PT Presentation -Uploaded: 12/06/2018 07:42 AM AKST | ||
| C3 MOTION - Sculpin Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 12/07/2018 03:43 AM AKST | ||
| C3 MOTION - MaxABC -Uploaded: 12/07/2018 03:43 AM AKST | ||
| C3 MOTION - specs -Uploaded: 12/11/2018 03:54 AM AKST | ||
| C3 Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 01:59 AM AKST | ||
| C4 | 6 Comments | Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan – Adopt FEP, Ecosystem Committee report |
| Attachments: | C4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/16/2018 02:08 AM AKST | |
| C4 ECO Report -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 02:19 AM AKST | ||
| C4 BS FEP Excutive Summary -Uploaded: 11/16/2018 03:52 AM AKST | ||
| C4 BS FEP -Uploaded: 11/16/2018 03:18 AM AKST | ||
| C4 PRESENTATION FEP -Uploaded: 12/06/2018 12:57 AM AKST | ||
| C4 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/07/2018 05:59 AM AKST | ||
| C4 Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet & Handout -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 02:00 AM AKST | ||
| C5 | 4 Comments | Aleutian Island Pacific cod set aside adjustment – Final action |
| Attachments: | C5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/15/2018 08:54 AM AKST | |
| C5 AI Pcod Set-aside Am113 Adjustment Public Rev -Uploaded: 11/05/2018 07:11 AM AKST | ||
| C5 HANDOUT flowchart -Uploaded: 12/06/2018 07:50 AM AKST | ||
| C5 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/08/2018 03:44 AM AKST | ||
| C5 Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet & Handout -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 02:53 AM AKST | ||
| C6 | 1 Comment | Bering Sea Snow Crab PSC limits – Initial Review |
| Attachments: | C6 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/26/2018 08:57 AM AKST | |
| C6 BS Snow Crab PSC Limits -Uploaded: 11/21/2018 09:01 AM AKST | ||
| C6 Excerpt for Snow Crab PSC discussion paper -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 06:47 AM AKST | ||
| C6 PRESENTATION Snow Crab PSC -Uploaded: 12/06/2018 07:29 AM AKST | ||
| C6 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/09/2018 01:54 AM AKST | ||
| C6 Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 05:07 AM AKST | ||
| C7 | 1 Comment | GOA pollock, cod seasons/allocations – Initial Review |
| Attachments: | C7 Action memo -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 08:35 AM AKST | |
| C7 GOA Pollock Pcod Seasonal Apportionments -Uploaded: 11/21/2018 09:18 AM AKST | ||
| C7 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/09/2018 01:54 AM AKST | ||
| C7 Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 05:07 AM AKST | ||
| D. OTHER ISSUES | ||
| D1 | 1 Comment | Exempted Fishing Permits for Adak pollock, A80 crab monitoring – Review |
| Attachments: | D1 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/15/2018 08:55 AM AKST | |
| D1 AI Pollock EFP -Uploaded: 11/15/2018 08:55 AM AKST | ||
| D1 AM80 Red King Crab EFP -Uploaded: 11/28/2018 08:00 AM AKST | ||
| D1 PRESENTATION -Uploaded: 12/05/2018 05:24 AM AKST | ||
| D1 MOTION EFP -Uploaded: 12/07/2018 03:40 AM AKST | ||
| D1 Public Comment Sign Up Sheet -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 05:07 AM AKST | ||
| D2 | 7 Comments | Western GOA pollock vessel limitations – Discussion paper |
| Attachments: | D2 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/26/2018 08:58 AM AKST | |
| D2 WGOA Vessel Limits -Uploaded: 11/19/2018 12:27 AM AKST | ||
| D2 PRESENTATION WGOA vessel limits -Uploaded: 12/06/2018 05:46 AM AKST | ||
| D2 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/09/2018 06:12 AM AKST | ||
| D2 Public Testimony Sheet & Handout -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 05:13 AM AKST | ||
| D3 | 3 Comments | Observer coverage on vessels delivering to tenders – Update, action as necessary |
| Attachments: | D3 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/16/2018 06:32 AM AKST | |
| D3 Observer Tender Issues -Uploaded: 11/16/2018 08:40 AM AKST | ||
| D3 PRESENTATION Obsv Coverage Tender Deliveries -Uploaded: 12/06/2018 06:24 AM AKST | ||
| D3 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/09/2018 07:15 AM AKST | ||
| D3 Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 05:14 AM AKST | ||
| D4 | 1 Comment | Trawl EM 2019 Cooperative Research Plan – Review, EMC report |
| Attachments: | D4 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/16/2018 06:32 AM AKST | |
| D4 Trawl EM Coop Research Plan -Uploaded: 11/23/2018 07:11 AM AKST | ||
| D4 Trawl EM Report -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 01:29 AM AKST | ||
| D4 PRESENTATION Trawl EM Cooperative Research -Uploaded: 12/08/2018 01:07 AM AKST | ||
| D4 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/09/2018 11:36 PM AKST | ||
| D4 Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 05:15 AM AKST | ||
| D5 | 1 Comment | Central GOA Rockfish reauthorization – Discussion Paper |
| Attachments: | D5 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/23/2018 05:50 AM AKST | |
| D5 Central GOA Rockfish Reauthorization -Uploaded: 11/16/2018 08:22 AM AKST | ||
| D5 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/10/2018 05:22 AM AKST | ||
| D5 Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 05:15 AM AKST | ||
| D6 | 2 Comments | BSAI Pacific cod allocation review – Review workplan |
| Attachments: | D6 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/19/2018 07:01 AM AKST | |
| D6 BSAI Cod Allocation Review -Uploaded: 11/16/2018 07:47 AM AKST | ||
| D6 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/10/2018 02:24 AM AKST | ||
| D6 Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 05:18 AM AKST | ||
| D7 | 5 Comments | Cook Inlet Salmon FMP amendment – Discussion Paper, CISC report |
| Attachments: | D7 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/27/2018 03:06 AM AKST | |
| D7 Salmon FMP Discussion Paper -Uploaded: 11/09/2018 05:53 AM AKST | ||
| D7 REPORT Cook Inlet Salmon Committee -Uploaded: 12/07/2018 07:34 AM AKST | ||
| D7 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/09/2018 03:04 AM AKST | ||
| D7 Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 05:18 AM AKST | ||
| D8 | 1 Comment | Social Science Planning Team – Report, staff suggestions for tribal representative |
| Attachments: | D8 Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 06:51 AM AKST | |
| D8 SSPT Minutes -Uploaded: 11/23/2018 08:32 AM AKST | ||
| D8 SSPT Terms of Reference -Uploaded: 11/23/2018 08:32 AM AKST | ||
| D8 Staff suggestions for Tribal Representation on SSPT -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 09:45 AM AKST | ||
| D8 MOTION -Uploaded: 12/10/2018 06:07 AM AKST | ||
| D8 Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 05:18 AM AKST | ||
| E. STAFF TASKING / COMMITTEES | ||
| E1 | 2 Comments | Staff Tasking |
| Attachments: | E Action Memo -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 09:53 AM AKST | |
| E1 NPFMC Committees -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 05:11 AM AKST | ||
| E1 Three Meeting Outlook -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 09:53 AM AKST | ||
| E Council staff responsibilities -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 09:53 AM AKST | ||
| E IFQ Program Task List -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 09:53 AM AKST | ||
| E1 Groundfish Workplan 2018 -Uploaded: 11/29/2018 09:53 AM AKST | ||
| E1 Observer Program related analytical tasks -Uploaded: 12/04/2018 01:02 AM AKST | ||
| E1 PRESENTATION NOAA GC Recusal Regulations -Uploaded: 12/07/2018 05:53 AM AKST | ||
| E HANDOUT THREE MEETING OUTLOOK -Uploaded: 12/10/2018 03:06 AM AKST | ||
| E1 MOTION Pot Cod CP -Uploaded: 12/10/2018 06:01 AM AKST | ||
| E APPOINTMENTS -Uploaded: 12/10/2018 06:03 AM AKST | ||
| E Public Testimony Sign Up Sheet -Uploaded: 01/03/2019 05:19 AM AKST | ||