The Council reviewed the recommendations of the Cook Inlet Salmon Committee regarding an updated staff discussion paper on candidate measures that are being proposed to evaluate alternative management for salmon fisheries in Federal waters of Cook Inlet. The Council directed the Committee to continue developing measures necessary to establish status determination criteria for Cook Inlet… Read More →
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Cook Inlet Salmon Committee
The ad hoc Cook Inlet Salmon Committee has satisfied its purpose. (June 2020 Council motion) No additional Committee meetings are anticipated at this time. About the Committee The Cook Inlet Salmon Committee was created to assist in the development of an amendment that will incorporate EEZ waters of Cook Inlet into the Federal Salmon FMP… Read More →
Cook Inlet Salmon
The SSC, AP, and Council reviewed a preliminary draft of the environmental assessment and regulatory impact analysis (EA/RIR) that is being prepared to analyze the impacts of managing the salmon driftnet fishery in federal waters of Cook Inlet through the Council’s Salmon FMP. The Council also reviewed reports from the final meetings of the Cook… Read More →
Cook Inlet Salmon
The Council heard from the Cook Inlet Salmon Committee on progress with recommendations on the Salmon FMP amendment under development. The Cook Inlet Salmon Committee was created to involve salmon stakeholders in the development of an FMP amendment that will extend federal management authority to salmon fisheries in EEZ waters of Cook Inlet. Under Alternative… Read More →
Cook Inlet Salmon
The Council reviewed the Cook Inlet Salmon Committee’s progress on developing recommendations for an amendment to extend federal management to Cook Inlet salmon fisheries that operate in the EEZ and provided direction for their further work. The Council also received a report from the SSC about their review of status determination criteria for the Cook… Read More →
Plan Team / Committee Appointments
The Council appointed new membership to the Social Science Planning Team, in response to a Council call to add expertise in Local and Traditional Knowledge and those who work directly with rural and Alaska Native coastal villages and/or tribal organizations. The Council selected Dr. Courtney Carothers to serve as a member of the Team, and… Read More →
Salmon FMP
The Council reviewed proposals that stakeholders submitted in response to an October 2017 call for public comment on measures to manage the commercial salmon fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) adjacent to Cook Inlet. The Council is amending the FMP in order to incorporate the Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishery in the EEZ, currently… Read More →
Salmon FMP
The Council received an update from staff on preliminary development of a Salmon FMP amendment that would extend federal management authority to three traditional net fishing areas that are located in federal waters, but are currently exempt from the FMP. The Council chose to sequence its action by focusing initially on Cook Inlet, and is… Read More →
Salmon FMP
The Council developed the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ off Alaska (FMP) under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). The Secretary of Commerce approved the FMP and it became effective in 1979. The FMP was most recently revised in 2018 through Amendment… Read More →
Committees
The Council has many committees to assist in the collection and evaluation of information relevant to the development of any fishery management plan or plan amendment for a fishery. Brief Guide to Council Committees and Workgroups List of Committee Membership (PDF) Current Committee Meetings Staff Liaisons NPFMC Executive Committees Council/Board of Fisheries Joint Protocol Committee… Read More →
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