North Pacific Fishery Management Council
Joint Groundfish Plan Team - 9/8/2026 - 9/11/2026
Closed for written comment at 09/04/2026 06:00 PM AKST
2 Comments
Meeting Time:
09/08/2026 08:00 AM AKST
BSAI and GOA Groundfish Plan Team Meetings - Hybrid
Joint/BSAI Groundfish Meeting Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nshlqHjCQEaGiJAQJq4JuQ
Or join by phone: Dial +1 669 444 9171 or +1 669 900 6833, Meeting ID: 820 7432 4391
GOA Groundfish Meeting Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/FqceXJ39SUax7KbBXMGCTg
Or join by phone: Dial +1 669 444 9171 or +1 669 900 6833, Meeting ID: 879 0563 5520
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4
Seattle WA 98115
Joint and BSAI teams will be held in the Traynor room (2076)
GOA Plan Team will be held in room 2079
GOA Plan Team will be held in room 2079
IMPORTANT NOTICE: While these meetings are open to the public, for access to AFSC, attendees will need to present a government issued ID, i.e. Driver's License and let security know the name of the meeting you will be attending. For ease of access, please notify Sara Cleaver (scleaver@npfmc.org) or Diana Stram (dstram@npfmc.org) at least two days prior to the meeting (or two weeks prior if you are a foreign national).
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| JOINT Groundfish Plan Teams -- Sept 8-9 | ||
| SCHEDULE | ||
| Attachments: | Groundfish Plan Team Sept 2026 SCHEDULE -Uploaded: 09/02/2026 11:02 AM AKST | |
| 0 Comments | Introductions, report writing, Council updates | |
| Attachments: | PRESENTATION Council updates -Uploaded: 09/08/2026 06:29 AM AKST | |
| 0 Comments | AFSC assessment updates | |
| Attachments: | PRESENTATION AFSC updates -Uploaded: 09/08/2026 08:47 AM AKST | |
| 0 Comments | ESR Climate Preview | |
| Attachments: | PRESENTATION ESR Climate preview -Uploaded: 09/07/2026 06:49 PM AKST | |
| 0 Comments | Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Profiles (ESP) and DSEM update | |
| Attachments: | PRESENTATION ESP Update -Uploaded: 09/08/2026 10:01 AM AKST | |
| 0 Comments | Longline survey | |
| Attachments: | PRESENTATION AFSC Longline Survey -Uploaded: 09/07/2026 06:53 PM AKST | |
| 0 Comments | Harvest control rule (HCR) updates and planning | |
| Attachments: | PRESENTATION Sablefish MSE -Uploaded: 09/08/2026 10:15 AM AKST | |
| PRESENTATION HCR for Joint Groundfish Plan Team -Uploaded: 09/08/2026 12:09 PM AKST | ||
| 1 Comment | Sablefish proposed models | |
| Attachments: | Sablefish Assessment Changes and Summary of CIE Review -Uploaded: 08/28/2026 01:34 PM AKST | |
| Sablefish CIE Review Document -Uploaded: 08/28/2026 01:31 PM AKST | ||
| CIE Appendix 3A SPoRC Model -Uploaded: 08/28/2026 01:36 PM AKST | ||
| CIE Appendix 3B Model Bridging -Uploaded: 08/28/2026 01:36 PM AKST | ||
| CIE Appendix 3C Fleets-as-Areas Model -Uploaded: 08/28/2026 01:37 PM AKST | ||
| CIE Appendix 3D Spatial Model Results -Uploaded: 08/28/2026 01:37 PM AKST | ||
| CIE Appendix 3E Closed Loop Simulation Evaluation -Uploaded: 08/28/2026 01:38 PM AKST | ||
| CIE Review Report - Hartmann -Uploaded: 08/28/2026 01:40 PM AKST | ||
| CIE Review Report- Stephenson -Uploaded: 08/28/2026 01:41 PM AKST | ||
| CIE Review Report - Subbey -Uploaded: 08/28/2026 01:41 PM AKST | ||
| PRESENTATION sablefish -Uploaded: 09/08/2026 08:42 PM AKST | ||
| 0 Comments | Pacific cod research | |
| Attachments: | PRESENTATION Pcod -Uploaded: 09/08/2026 08:45 PM AKST | |
| 0 Comments | NMFS Inseason Mgmt Update | |
| Attachments: | Inseason Presentation 2026 -Uploaded: 09/08/2026 08:47 PM AKST | |
| 0 Comments | Halibut DMRs | |
| Attachments: | Halibut DMR Work Group Report -Uploaded: 09/03/2026 10:10 AM AKST | |
| Halibut DMR PRESENTATION -Uploaded: 09/08/2026 10:16 AM AKST | ||
| BSAI Groundfish Plan Team -- Sept 10-11 | ||
| 0 Comments | EBS bottom trawl survey and EBS Acoustic survey | |
| Attachments: | PRESENTATION 2026_EBS Bottom Trawl Survey_Sept Plan Team -Uploaded: 09/09/2026 12:46 PM AKST | |
| PRESENTATION Summer EBS acoustic survey -Uploaded: 09/09/2026 02:21 PM AKST | ||
| 0 Comments | EBS pollock proposed models | |
| Attachments: | EBS pollock proposed models -Uploaded: 09/02/2026 11:21 AM AKST | |
| PRESENTATION EBSpollock_Sept_2026 -Uploaded: 09/10/2026 06:52 AM AKST | ||
| 0 Comments | Greenland turbot proposed models | |
| Attachments: | Greenland turbot proposed models -Uploaded: 09/03/2026 08:59 AM AKST | |
| PRESENTATION Gturbot_September2026 -Uploaded: 09/10/2026 09:55 AM AKST | ||
| 0 Comments | Yellowfin sole proposed models | |
| Attachments: | YFS Sept 2025 document -Uploaded: 09/01/2026 01:08 PM AKST | |
| YFS 2926 document -Uploaded: 09/04/2026 09:53 AM AKST | ||
| PRESENTATION YFS Sept2026 -Uploaded: 09/10/2026 10:05 AM AKST | ||
| 1 Comment | EBS cod proposed models | |
| Attachments: | EBS Cod models September 2026 -Uploaded: 08/28/2026 02:37 PM AKST | |
| PRESENTATION Bering Sea Pacific Cod September 2026 -Uploaded: 09/08/2026 11:11 AM AKST | ||
| 0 Comments | Bogoslof pollock assessment | |
| Attachments: | Bogoslof pollock assessment -Uploaded: 09/01/2026 01:03 PM AKST | |
| 0 Comments | Harvest Projections for: BSAI Northern rock sole AI pollock BSAI Kamchatka flounder BSAI Northern rockfish BSAI Alaska plaice BSAI Arrowtooth flounder BSAI flathead sole | |
| Attachments: | AI pollock HP -Uploaded: 08/31/2026 11:17 AM AKST | |
| BSAI Alaska Plaice -Uploaded: 09/02/2026 12:42 PM AKST | ||
| BSAI Northern rockfish -Uploaded: 09/02/2026 12:44 PM AKST | ||
| BSAI Flathead sole -Uploaded: 09/02/2026 01:52 PM AKST | ||
| BSAI northern rocksole -Uploaded: 09/04/2026 09:55 AM AKST | ||
| BSAI Kamchatka flounder -Uploaded: 09/05/2026 07:23 PM AKST | ||
| Arrowtooth flounder -Uploaded: 09/07/2026 04:02 PM AKST | ||
| PRESENTATION 2026_Harvest_Projections_BSAI -Uploaded: 09/09/2026 01:21 PM AKST | ||
| Aleutian Islands Bottom trawl survey | ||
| Attachments: | PRESENTATION 2026 Aleutian Islands Biennial Bottom Trawl Survey -Uploaded: 09/10/2026 09:52 AM AKST | |
| 0 Comments | Harvest specifications | |
| Attachments: | BSAI 27-28 Harvest Specifications -Uploaded: 09/09/2026 01:04 PM AKST | |
| GOA Groundfish Plan Team -- Sept 10-11 | ||
| 0 Comments | GOA Arrowtooth flounder full assessment & ESP | |
| Attachments: | GOA ATF full assessment -Uploaded: 09/04/2026 08:05 AM AKST | |
| GOA ATF ESP -Uploaded: 09/03/2026 11:58 AM AKST | ||
| PRESENTATION GOA ATF SAFE & ESP -Uploaded: 09/10/2026 08:08 AM AKST | ||
| 0 Comments | GOA skates update assessment | |
| Attachments: | GOA Skates update assessment -Uploaded: 09/01/2026 02:12 PM AKST | |
| PRESENTATION GOA skates update -Uploaded: 09/10/2026 08:32 AM AKST | ||
| 0 Comments | GOA Harvest Projections for: GOA dusky rockfish GOA flathead sole GOA shallow water flatfish (incl. n/s rock sole) GOA deep water flatfish | |
| Attachments: | GOA dusky HP -Uploaded: 09/03/2026 03:36 PM AKST | |
| GOA flathead sole HP_v2 -Uploaded: 09/01/2026 02:13 PM AKST | ||
| GOA deepwater flatfish HP_v2 -Uploaded: 09/03/2026 08:54 PM AKST | ||
| GOA n&s rock sole HP -Uploaded: 09/04/2026 12:16 PM AKST | ||
| GOA SWF HP -Uploaded: 09/04/2026 12:17 PM AKST | ||
| PRESENTATION 2026_Harvest_Projections_GOA -Uploaded: 09/09/2026 01:22 PM AKST | ||
| Shelikof winter Acoustic-trawl survey | ||
| Attachments: | PRESENTATION GOA Shelikof Winter -Uploaded: 09/09/2026 07:08 PM AKST | |
| 0 Comments | GOA pollock proposed models | |
| Attachments: | GOA pollock proposed models -Uploaded: 09/01/2026 03:53 PM AKST | |
| PRESENTATION GOA pollock -Uploaded: 09/10/2026 08:34 AM AKST | ||
| 0 Comments | GOA demersal shelf rockfish (DSR) proposed models | |
| Attachments: | GOA DSR proposed models -Uploaded: 09/01/2026 12:40 PM AKST | |
| PRESENTATION GOA Demersal Shelf Rockfish -Uploaded: 09/10/2026 08:35 AM AKST | ||
| 0 Comments | Rex sole full assessment | |
| Attachments: | Rex sole full assessment -Uploaded: 09/07/2026 06:19 PM AKST | |
| GOA rex sole Appendix B - bridging to SPoRC -Uploaded: 09/07/2026 06:24 PM AKST | ||
| GOA rex sole Appendix C proposed models -Uploaded: 09/07/2026 06:21 PM AKST | ||
| GOA rex sole Appendix D- CIE discussion paper -Uploaded: 09/07/2026 06:21 PM AKST | ||
| Appendix E -Uploaded: 09/10/2026 12:27 PM AKST | ||
| Appendix F -Uploaded: 09/10/2026 12:28 PM AKST | ||
| 0 Comments | Thornyhead rockfish proposed models | |
| Attachments: | PRESENTATION GOA Thornyhead -Uploaded: 09/10/2026 01:25 PM AKST | |
| GOA thornyhead proposed models V2 -Uploaded: 09/10/2026 01:25 PM AKST | ||
| 0 Comments | Biologically-informed Recommended Distributions (BRDs) | |
| Attachments: | October 2025 Council motion on spatial apportionment process -Uploaded: 09/09/2026 08:44 AM AKST | |
| October 2025 Council motion on GOA stocks for apportionment flexibility -Uploaded: 09/09/2026 12:44 PM AKST | ||
| 0 Comments | Harvest specifications | |
| Attachments: | PT proposed 27-28 Harvest Specifications -Uploaded: 09/10/2026 08:37 PM AKST | |
| 0 Comments | REPORTS FROM THIS MEETING (to be posted when finalized) | |