National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice of hybrid meeting.
SUMMARY:
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a Crab Plan Team Meeting on September 14-17, 2026.
DATES:
The meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, through Thursday, September 17, 2026, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Alaska Time.
ADDRESSES:
The meeting will be a hybrid meeting. Attend in-person 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. REAL Identification Card. Join online through the link at
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/6146.
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) 271-2805; email:
akroska@npfmc.org. For technical support, please contact our admin Council staff, email:
support@npfmc.org;
telephone: (907) 271-2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Monday, September 14-Thursday, September 17
The agenda will include (a) Council updates; (b) Eastern Bering Sea (EBS) Ecosystem Status Report (ESR) updates; (c) Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Profile (ESP) Report Cards; (d) Tanner crab Center for Independent Experts (CIE) Review results; (e) Tanner crab final Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE); (f) Snow crab final SAFE; (g) Bristol Bay red king crab (BBRKC) final SAFE; (h) St. Matthew blue king crab (SMBKC) final SAFE; (i) NOAA Summer trawl survey results; (j) Fishery summary; (k) Overfishing status
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updates; (l) SAFE and document guidelines; (m) Saint Paul BBRKC hatchery permit application review; (n) research updates (tentative); and (o) other new business. The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be posted at
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/6146
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:
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/6146.
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/6146
16 U.S.C. 1801