NPFMC Opens Comment Period for October Meeting in Anchorage

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has opened the public comment period for items on its agenda for the council’s next meeting, scheduled for Sept. 30 through Oct. 8 at the Egan Center in Anchorage.

All comments submitted are to be reviewed and then visible online after the deadline closes. The council and its advisory panel will also take in-person and remote oral testimony during their meetings, which will also be broadcast on Zoom.

Anyone intending to give oral testimony remotely must be connected to the meeting, either through zoom on their device or using a designated call-in phone number provided by the council in its meeting notice.

Major issues listed on the agenda range from Bering Sea/Aleutian Island crab specifications for Bristol Bay red king crab Tanner and snow crab to groundfish harvest specifications but are up for review only.

The advisory panel is scheduled to meet Oct. 1-4 at the Egan Center, with a zoom link connection at

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88671612019.  The meeting ID is 886 7161 2019.

Listen online on Zoom to the council meeting at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81451130091 with the meeting ID 814 5113 0091.

For the council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee, scheduled to meet Sept. 30-Oct. 2, the Zoom link is https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81451130091 and the meeting ID is 814 5113 0091.

The council’s December meeting is set for Dec. 2-10 at the Hilton Hotel in Anchorage.