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Appointments

December 13, 2019

Advisory Panel The following members of the AP have been reappointed to a 3-year term: Ruth Christiansen, Jeff Kauffman, Patrick O’Donnell, John Scoblic, and Sinclair Wilt.  Also, John Gruver has been reappointed for a 1-year term, and Victoria O’Connell Curran has been reappointed to complete the term of her seat, which expires at the end of… Read More →

Tagged With: December 2019

BSAI Groundfish Specifications

December 13, 2019

Status of stocks and specification of OFL, ABC, and TAC The Council reviewed the Ecosystem Status Report for the Eastern Bering Sea, the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island (BSAI) Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Report, and made final recommendations on groundfish harvest specifications, PSC limits, and halibut DMRs to manage the 2020 and… Read More →

Tagged With: BSAI groundfish specifications, BSAI Specs, December 2019, groundfish, Specifications, Stock Assessment

GOA Groundfish Final Harvest Specifications

December 13, 2019

The Council approved the 2019 Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report and recommended final harvest specifications for the 2020 and 2021 GOA groundfish fisheries. For final rulemaking for the 2020 and 2021 fishing years, the Council recommended OFLs and ABCs consistent with SSC recommendations, and final TACs. The Council… Read More →

Tagged With: December 2019, GOA groundfish, GOA SPECS, groundfish, Specifications, Stock Assessment

2020 Charter Halibut Management Measures for Areas 2C and 3A

December 13, 2019

After reviewing ADF&G’s analysis of potential charter management measures and the recommendations of the Charter Halibut Management Committee, the Council established preliminary recommendations for 2020 charter measures in Areas 2C and 3A. For Area 2C, the Council recommends a progression of catch restrictions that would be applied in an additive measure to status quo measures… Read More →

Tagged With: charter halibut, December 2019

BSAI Pacific cod Parallel Fishery Limited Access

December 13, 2019

Picture of Pacific Cod Fish

At this meeting, the Council took final action to adopt a preferred alternative (Alternative 2) that would prohibit all Federal vessels from fishing for Pacific cod in waters from shore to 3 miles in the BSAI without the proper permits and licenses. The directed fisheries for Pacific cod in state waters (0 to 3 nm)… Read More →

Tagged With: BSAI Pcod, December 2019

Crab Partial Offloads

December 13, 2019

The Council took final action to recommend a preferred alternative that removes the prohibition on a vessel continuing to fish for Crab Rationalization Program (CR) crab between the time of a partial delivery and the time at which all CR crab are offloaded by the vessel. The purpose of the action is to provide flexibility… Read More →

Tagged With: Crab Rationalization, December 2019

St Matthew Island Blue King Crab Rebuilding

December 13, 2019

The Council reviewed an initial draft environmental assessment of a rebuilding plan for St Matthew Island blue king crab. The Council chose a preliminary preferred alternative that would allow directed harvest during rebuilding if estimates of stock biomass are sufficient to open the fishery under the State of Alaska’s crab harvest strategy. Official notice that… Read More →

Tagged With: Blue King Crab, December 2019

Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program Reauthorization

December 13, 2019

The Council approved the Initial Review draft of the Central Gulf of Alaska (CGOA) Rockfish Program (RP) for release to the public with suggested changes by the Council, SSC, and Advisory Panel. No changes were made to the Council’s Purpose and Need statement. The Council selected a Preliminary Preferred Alternative (PPA) that is posted on… Read More →

Tagged With: December 2019, GOA rockfish

Unguided Halibut Rental Vessels

December 13, 2019

The Council reviewed an initial review draft of an action that evaluated the potential impacts of: 1) a registration requirement for unguided halibut rental vessels and 2) aligning bag and size limits of unguided anglers using rental vessels to harvest halibut with those of charter anglers in IPHC Regulatory Areas 2C and 3A. After reviewing… Read More →

Tagged With: charter halibut, December 2019

BSAI Halibut Abundance-based Management

December 13, 2019

The Council reviewed a workplan for addressing October 2019 SSC comments on the BSAI Halibut Abundance-based Management (ABM) Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) limits management action analysis, and provided feedback on prioritizing tasks to facilitate Council review of the analysis in June 2020. The Council continues to consider proposed management measures to index Pacific halibut PSC… Read More →

Tagged With: ABM, December 2019

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