Notice2025-17873
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
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Published
September 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will meet on September 29, 2025, through Friday, October 3, 2025, then resume on Monday, October 6, 2025, through Thursday, October 9, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44644-44645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17873]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF182]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of virtual meeting. Meetings of the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council and its advisory committees.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
advisory committees will meet on September 29, 2025, through Friday,
October 3, 2025, then resume on Monday, October 6, 2025, through
Thursday, October 9, 2025.
DATES: The Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and the
Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, September
29, 2025, and continue through Thursday, October 2, 2025. The Council
will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday, October 2, 2025, to Friday, October
3, 2025, then resume on Monday, October 6, 2025, through Thursday,
October 9, 2025. All listed times are Alaska Time.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be a virtual conference. Join the meetings
online through the links at <a href="https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings">https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings</a>.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1007 W
3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-2809.
Instructions for attending the meeting via video conference are given
under the connection information below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Evans, Council staff; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f89c9d8e99968bb896889e959bd6978a9f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f0949586919e83b09e80969d93de9f8297">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone: (907) 271-2809. For technical support,
please contact our Council administrative staff, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f0838580809f8284b09e80969d93de9f8297"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c6b5b3b6b6a9b4b286a8b6a0aba5e8a9b4a1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Monday, September 29, 2025, Through Thursday, October 2, 2025
The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
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(1) Bering Sea Aleutian Island (BSAI) Crab Specifications--Review
Ecosystem Status Report (ESR) and Stock Assessment and Fishery
Evaluation (SAFE) Report, and Recommend Acceptable Biological Catch
(ABC) and Overfishing Level (OFL) for crab stocks;
(2) Groundfish Harvest Specifications--Review Reports and Recommend
Proposed ABC and OFL for groundfish stocks.
The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be
posted at <a href="https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3096">https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3096</a> prior to the
meeting, along with meeting materials.
In addition to providing ongoing scientific advice for fishery
management decisions, the SSC functions as the Council's primary peer
review panel for scientific information, as described by the Magnuson-
Stevens Act section 302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard 2
guidelines (78 FR 43066). The peer-review process is also deemed to
satisfy the requirements of the Information Quality Act, including the
Office of Management and Budget Peer Review Bulletin guidelines.
Monday, September 29, 2025, Through Thursday, October 2, 2025
The Advisory Panel agenda will include the following issues:
(1) Maximum Retainable Amount (MRA) Adjustments--Review Final
Action Analysis;
(2) Observer 2026 Annual Development Plan--Review Report, Committee
Reports;
(3) Bering Sea Aleutian Island (BSAI) Crab Specifications--Review
Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Report, and Recommend
Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) and Overfishing Level (OFL) for crab
stocks;
(4) Crab C-Shares--Initial Review Analysis;
(5) Groundfish Harvest Specifications--Review Reports and Recommend
Proposed ABC, OFL, and Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for Groundfish
Stocks; Review Proposal for Subarea Apportionments; Review
Blackspotted/Rougheye (BSRE) Accountability Measures Discussion Paper;
(6) Economic Data Reports Removal--Initial Review/Final Action
Analysis;
(7) Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ)/Community Quota Entity (CQE)
Transfer, Beneficiary changes--Review Discussion Paper;
(8) Essential Fish Habitat 5-year Review Workplan--Review Report;
(9) Programmatic Evaluation--Discuss Next Steps;
(10) Staff Tasking.
Thursday, October 2, 2025, to Friday, October 3, 2025, To Resume on
Monday, October 6, 2025, Through Thursday, October 9, 2025
The Council agenda will include the following issues. The Council
may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
(1) B Reports (Executive Director including Council response to
E.O. 14276 Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness, NMFS Management,
NOAA General Counsel (GC), Alaska Fishery Science Center (AFSC), Alaska
Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), United States Coast Guard (USCG),
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Advisory Panel, SSC
report);
(2) MRA Adjustments--Review Final Action Analysis;
(3) Observer 2026 Annual Development Plan--Review Report, Committee
Reports;
(4) Bering Sea Aleutian Island (BSAI) Crab Specifications--Review
Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Report, and Recommend
Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) and Overfishing Level (OFL) for crab
stocks;
(5) Crab C-Shares--Initial Review Analysis;
(6) Groundfish Harvest Specifications--Review Reports and Recommend
Proposed ABC, OFL, and Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for Groundfish
Stocks; Review Proposal for Subarea Apportionments; Review
Blackspotted/Rougheye (BSRE) Accountability Measures Discussion Paper;
(7) Economic Data Reports Removal--Initial Review/Final Action
Analysis;
(8) BSAI Pacific Cod Pot Gear Limited Access Privilege Program
(LAPP)--Review Discussion Paper;
(9) IFQ/CQE Transfer, Beneficiary changes--Review Discussion Paper;
(10) Essential Fish Habitat 5-year Review Workplan--Review Report;
(11) Programmatic evaluation--Discuss Next Steps;
(12) Staff Tasking.
Connection Information
You can attend the meeting online using a computer, tablet, or
smart phone; or by phone only. Connection information will be posted
online at: <a href="https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings">https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings</a>. For
technical support, please contact our administrative staff, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ae9efeaeaf5e8eedaf4eafcf7f9b4f5e8fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d7e787d7d627f794d637d6b606e23627f6a">[email protected]</span></a>,
Public Comment
Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted
electronically through the links at <a href="https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings">https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings</a>. The Council strongly encourages written public
comment for this meeting, to avoid any potential for technical
difficulties to compromise oral testimony. The written comment period
is open from September 5, 2025, to September 26, 2025, and closes at 12
p.m., Alaska Time on Friday, September 26, 2025.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
Dated: September 12, 2025.
Becky J. Curtis,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-17873 Filed 9-15-25; 8:45 am]
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