The Council received several excellent presentations at this meeting on ongoing climate research and initiatives, and provided recommendations and feedback. In staff tasking, the Council encouraged continued efforts with respect to these climate research initiatives, but asked that they specifically link research effort outcomes to how they would inform the Council process and management actions,… Read More →
Staff Tasking
The Council discussed the relative priority and scheduling of previously tasked projects, and identified new tasking. The revised 3 meeting outlook reflects this guidance. The Council was briefed on the planning for in-person meetings. All Council meetings will remain virtual through the end of 2021. The Council is tentatively planning to hold the February 2022 meeting in… Read More →
Upcoming Meetings
October Charter Halibut Management Committee – October 26-27 November Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan Local Knowledge/Traditional Knowledge/Subsistence Taskforce – November 8, 10 Postponed to January BSAI and GOA Groundfish Plan Teams, November 15-19 December Charter Halibut Management Committee – December 6 Early 2022 BSAI Crab Plan Team – January 10-14, 2022 Ecosystem Committee – January… Read More →
NPFMC Seeks Fishery Analyst
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) is seeking a Fishery Analyst to work in the identification and analysis of environmental, social, and economic issues pertaining to fisheries management off Alaska. This person will participate as part of a team of biological, economic, and social analysts from Council staff and from the staffs of other… Read More →
Virtual meetings through December
Council leadership has made a decision that all Council, AP, and SSC meetings through the end of the year will be held virtually, rather than in-person. The trajectory of Covid-19 is significantly different than the Council anticipated in June when planning for in-person meetings this fall. The current status of community transmission rates and infections… Read More →
Craig Cross retires from Council member seat
Craig Cross, long-time fixture in the Council process, participated in his last meeting as a Councilmember after having served the limited 3 terms. Mr. Cross brought decades of personal experience in many of the fisheries and programs the Council manages. Craig became active on the Council’s Advisory Panel in 1996 and served for 16 years… Read More →
Appointments and Call for Nominations
GOA Groundfish Plan Team appointment The Council appointed Andrew Olson to the GOA Groundfish Plan Team. Mr. Olson serves as the Southeast Regional Groundfish-Shellfish Coordinator for ADF&G. Mr. Olson is responsible for supervising all groundfish research in the Southeast Region and he has served as the principal investigator on Demersal Shelf Rockfish and Southeast sablefish… Read More →
Observer Report on 2020 Deployment During Covid
The Council received a presentation from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on the 2020 Observer Annual Report and provided recommendations for the development of the 2022 Draft Annual Deployment Plan (ADP). The Annual Report provides a scientific evaluation of the deployment of observers in 2020 to evaluate if deployment expectations were met that year.… Read More →
Trawl Electronic Monitoring
The Council took action to initiate analysis to implement electronic monitoring (EM) on pollock catcher vessels (CVs) using pelagic trawl gear and tender vessels transporting pollock catch in the eastern Bering Sea (BS) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA). The principal investigators on the BS and GOA pelagic pollock EM exempted fishing permit (EFP) presented an… Read More →
BSAI Crab
The Council specified OFLs and ABCs for Aleutian Islands golden king crab (AIGKC) and Pribilof Islands blue king crab (PIBKC) and accepted the updated BSAI Crab SAFE chapters for those stocks. The Council also reviewed model scenarios for Eastern Bering Sea snow crab, Bristol Bay red king crab, and Eastern Bering Sea Tanner crab and… Read More →
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