February 3-11, 2025, NPFMC will be holding a special February 2025 meeting, in-person in Anchorage at the Egan Center, exclusively to review the second Initial Review Draft of the Chum Bycatch EIS. Based on preliminary planning, the SSC will meet from February 3-5, and is the only group that may also take up other agenda […]
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February 2025: How to Testify
Come testify at the February 2025 Special Council Meeting being held at the Egan Center February 3-11, 2025.
FMAC/PCFMAC Nominations for 2025
The Council continues to seek an active observer representative on both the FMAC (Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee) and PCFMAC (Partial Coverage Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee). These committees provide advice to the Council on observer and electronic monitoring issues (see below). Depending on candidates and availability, the Council may appoint either one person to both committees, […]
North Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessments
2023 November Drafts Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands IntroductionAlaska PlaiceArrowtooth FlounderAtka MackerelBlackspotted and Rougheye RockfishFlathead SoleGreenland TurbotKamchatka FlounderMulti-Species – Assessment for Walleye Pollock, Pacific Cod, and Arrowtooth Flounder in the South Eastern Bering SeaNorthern Rock SoleNorthern RockfishOctopusOther FlatfishPacific Cod – Aleutian IslandsPacific Cod – Eastern Bering SeaOther RockfishPacific […]
Council Appoints Salmon Bycatch Committee
The Council appointed members to the newly formed Salmon Bycatch Committee, which will hold its first meeting on November 28, 2022. The NPFMC Salmon Bycatch Committee will be co-chaired by two Council members, Andy Mezirow and Rachel Baker. Members and their affiliations are listed below. The November meeting will provide an opportunity for Committee introductions, review of […]
Northern Bering Sea Research Area
The Northern Bering Sea Research Area (NBSRA) was implemented in 2008, as part of Amendment 89 to the BSAI Groundfish FMP, and required thedevelopment of a management plan to identify areas where nonpelagic trawl fishing would be allowed, pursuant to a scientific research plan. The Council requested that the Alaska Fishery Science Center (AFSC) design […]