North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a Crab Modeling Workshop on January 13-15, 2026, and the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands Crab Plan Team (BSAI CPT) w...
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ACTION:
Notice of web conference.
SUMMARY:
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a Crab Modeling Workshop on January 13-15, 2026, and the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands Crab Plan Team (BSAI CPT) will meet on January 15, 2026.
DATES:
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 13, through Thursday, January 15, 2026, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time.
ADDRESSES:
The BSAI CPT Modeling Workshop, held January 13-15, 2026, is a hybrid meeting. The in-person meeting will be held at the Traynor Room, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, in Building 4. If you plan to attend in person, please notify Anita Kroska (
akroska@npfmc.org) at least 2 days before the meeting (or 2 weeks prior if you are a foreign national). You will also need a valid U.S. Identification Card. Join online through the link at
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3111.
The half-day Crab Plan Team Meeting on January 15, 2026, will be held virtually from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time. Join online through the link at
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3112.
Council address:
North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1007 West 3rd Ave., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-2809.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita Kroska, Council staff; phone; (907) 271-2809; email:
akroska@npfmc.org.
For technical support, please contact our admin Council staff, email:
support@npfmc.org;
telephone: (907) 271-2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Tuesday, January 13-Thursday, January 15, 2026
The CPT Modeling Workshop agenda will include (a) tools for constructing model-based indices of survey data, (b) GMACS coding updates, stock assessment model developments, simulations, and (c) other business. The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be posted at
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3111
prior to the meeting, along with meeting materials.
Thursday, January 15, 2026, in the Afternoon
The Crab Plan Team agenda will include (a) harvest control rule (HCR) workshop updates; (b)
Chionoecetes
maturity data flow updates, and (c) any other business. The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be posted at
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3112
prior to the meeting, along with meeting materials.
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3111
16 U.S.C. 1801