[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 219 (Monday, November 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51303-51304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20021]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF319]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of hybrid conference. 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 Monday, December 1, 2025, through
Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
DATES: The Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will
begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, December 1, 2025, and continue through
Wednesday, December 3, 2025. The Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will
begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, and continue through
Friday, December 5, 2025. The Charter Halibut Management Committee will
meet on December 3, 2025, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Executive/Finance
Committee will meet on December 3, 2025, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The
Council will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday, December 4, 2025, and
continue through Tuesday, December 9, 2025. All listed times are Alaska
Time.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be a hybrid conference. The in-person
component of the meeting will be held at the Egan Center, 555 W 5th
Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501, or join the meeting online through the links
at https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting/.
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:
[email protected]; telephone: (907) 271-2809. For technical support,
please contact our Council administrative staff, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Monday, December 1, 2025, Through Wednesday, December 3, 2025
The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
(1) Administrative Issues.
(2) Contextual information supporting groundfish harvest
specifications.
(3) GOA Groundfish harvest specifications.
(4) BSAI Groundfish specifications.
(5) BSAI Crab specifications.
The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be
posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3109 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
OMB Peer Review Bulletin guidelines.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025, Through Friday, December 5, 2025
The Advisory Panel agenda will include the following issues:
(1) Administrative Issues.
(2) NSRKC Participation Discussion Paper.
(3) Crab Arbitration.
(4) Crab C-Shares.
(5) EFH 5-year Review Workplan.
(6) Contextual Information Supporting Groundfish Harvest
Specifications.
(7) GOA Groundfish Harvest Specifications.
(8) BSAI Groundfish Specifications.
(9) BSAI Crab Specifications.
(10) 2025 Charter Halibut Annual Management Measures.
(11) Staff Tasking.
The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be
posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3108 prior to the
meeting, along with meeting materials.
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Charter Halibut Management Committee Agenda
The Charter Halibut Management Committee agenda will include (a)
2026 management measures; and (b) other business. The agenda is subject
to change, and the latest version will be posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3104 prior to the meeting, along
with meeting materials.
Executive/Finance Committee Agenda
The Council's Executive/Finance Committee will meet in Executive
Session to discuss internal administrative issues.
Thursday, December 4, 2025, Through Tuesday, December 9, 2025
The Council agenda will include the following issues. The Council
may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
(1) Approve Agenda.
(2) B Reports (Executive Director [including BS Pollock Industry
Dynamic Spatial Closure Measures for 2026, IRA update], NMFS Management
Report [including Final 2025 Annual Deployment Plan, NMFS Chief
Scientist report], NOAA General Counsel [GC], Alaska Fisheries Science
Center [AFSC], NOAA Enforcement, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
[ADF&G], United States Coast Guard [USCG], United States Fish and
Wildlife Service [USFWS], Advisory Panel, Scientific and Statistical
Committee).
(3) Crab Arbitration.
(4) Crab C-Shares.
(5) Contextual Information Supporting Groundfish Harvest
Specifications.
(6) GOA Groundfish Harvest Specifications.
(7) BSAI Groundfish Specifications.
(8) BSAI Crab Specifications.
(9) 2025 Charter Halibut Annual Management Measures.
(10) NSRKC Participation Discussion Paper.
(11) EFH 5-year Review Workplan.
(12) Staff Tasking.
The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be
posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3108 prior to the
meeting, along with meeting materials.
Connection Information
You can attend the meeting online using a computer, tablet, or
smartphone, or by phone only. Connection information will be posted
online at: https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting. For
technical support please contact our administrative staff, email:
[email protected].
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Public Comment
Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted
electronically through the eAgenda at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3108. 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 November 7, 2025, to November 28, 2025, and closes at 12
p.m. Alaska Time on Friday, November 28, 2025.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during this meeting. Actions will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under
Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 13, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-20021 Filed 11-14-25; 8:45 am]
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