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Chairman Hull Leaves Council

June 15, 2018

After serving 3 full terms – 9 years – Dan Hull chaired his last Council meeting in Kodiak, Alaska.  Mr. Hull has served as Council chairman for the past 4 years and during his tenure on the Council has chaired the Halibut and Sablefish IFQ Committee, the Observer Advisory Committee, the EM Work Group, and… Read More →

Tagged With: Hull, June 2018

Appointments

June 15, 2018

SSC Dr. Ron Felthoven (AFSC) was appointed on an interim basis for the remainder of the year to replace Dr. Matt Reimer, who will be on sabattical. Dr. Felthoven’s appointment, conditional on confirmation by the Council in October, will continue through December, at which time the position will revert to the regular nomination process. Plan… Read More →

Tagged With: Appointments, June 2018

Call for Nominations

June 15, 2018

Trawl EM Committee (formerly Workgroup) – processing representative In April 2018, the Council reconstituted the EM Workgroup, which provides a forum for collaboration on EM development between industry, agencies, and EM service providers, to focus on trawl EM implementation. The group met in May, but is currently lacking a representative from the processing sector, and… Read More →

Tagged With: June 2018

Deck Sorting Analysis Updates

June 15, 2018

In Kodiak, the Council received an update from NMFS staff concerning an ongoing deck sorting analysis. NMFS is developing a proposed regulatory amendment to implement voluntary halibut deck sorting on trawl catcher processors when operating in non-pollock groundfish fisheries off Alaska. The proposed amendment is derived from the exempted fishing permits (EFPs) issued by NMFS… Read More →

Tagged With: Deck Sorting, EFP, Halibut, June 2018, Trawl

Observer Issues: 2017 Annual Report

June 15, 2018

The Council received a presentation about the Observer Program Annual Report for 2017 and a report from the Observer Advisory Committee (the OAC, which will in future be renamed the Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee). The Annual Report provides a scientific evaluation of the deployment of observers in 2017, to assess whether the objectives of the… Read More →

Tagged With: June 2018, Observer

Electronic Monitoring

June 15, 2018

In Kodiak, the Council received an update about fixed gear and trawl EM development from the Electronic Monitoring Workgroup (which has now been renamed the EM Committee) and endorsed preliminary monitoring objectives for trawl EM development. In April 2018, the Council reconstituted membership on the EM Workgroup to reflect a transition from the development and… Read More →

Tagged With: Electronic Monitoring, EM, EM Committee, Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee, June 2018, Observer

Crab Management – AI GKC Harvest Specifications

June 15, 2018

The Council approved the SSC’s OFL and ABC recommendations for the Aleutian Island Golden King Crab stock, and received recommendations from the SSC and the Crab Plan Team on model scenarios and other items taken up at their Spring 2018 Crab Plan Team (CPT) meeting. For AI Golden King Crab, the Council adopted the OFL… Read More →

Tagged With: BSAI Crab, June 2018

Full Retention of Rockfish

June 15, 2018

At the June 2018 meeting, the Council completed an initial review of the draft Regulatory Impact Review (RIR) that would require full retention of all rockfish species for fixed gear catcher vessels (CVs) in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA). After reviewing the RIR, the Council released the document for public… Read More →

Tagged With: GOA rockfish, June 2018, Rockfish, rockfish retention

BSAI Halibut in Pots

June 15, 2018

After reviewing the initial review analysis for halibut retention in pots in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI), the Council revised its purpose and need statement and chose a preliminary preferred alternative (PPA). The preliminary preferred alternative would allow retention of halibut in pots in the BSAI, if participants have sufficient halibut IFQ or… Read More →

Tagged With: BSAI Halibut, Halibut, June 2018, Pots

BSAI Pcod Mothership Limitation and Trawl CV Allocation

June 15, 2018

The Council reviewed a preliminary document for evaluating changes to management of the BSAI catcher vessel (CV) non-CDQ Pacific cod trawl fishery. In the document, staff had requested clarification on several components of the Council’s December 2018 motion. In June, the Council modified the problem statement and provided clarification on all the issues identified in… Read More →

Tagged With: Bering Sea Pacific cod, BSAI Trawl, June 2018

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