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) Groundfish Plan Teams will meet
( printed page 67552)
November 16, 2026, through November 20, 2026.
DATES:
The meetings will be held on Monday, November 16, 2026 through Friday, November 20, 2026, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Alaska Time (9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pacific time).
ADDRESSES:
These meetings will be hybrid meetings. The in-person component of the meetings will be held at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), in the Traynor Room 2076 and Room 2079, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115. If you plan to attend in person, you must notify Sara Cleaver (
scleaver@npfmc.org) or Diana Stram (
dstram@npfmc.org) at least 2 days prior to the meeting (or 2 weeks prior if you are a foreign national). You will also need a valid U.S. Identification Card. If you are attending virtually, join the meeting online through the links at
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/8165.
Council address:
North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 3rd Ave., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-2809. Instructions for attending the meeting are given under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
, below. For technical support, please contact our administrative staff; email:
support@npfmc.org,
or telephone: (907) 271-2809.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sara Cleaver, Council staff; email:
scleaver@npfmc.org
or Diana Stram, Council staff; email
dstram@npfmc.org,
telephone: (907) 271-2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Monday, November 16, 2026, Through Friday, November 20, 2026
The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Groundfish Plan Teams will meet to review and discuss issues of importance to both Plan Teams, including but not limited to: An Ecosystem Status Report climate preview, preliminary survey information, updates on model progress for stock assessments to be presented in November, and proposed harvest specifications for some stocks. Additionally, at this meeting final stock assessment documents will be reviewed for Bogoslof pollock, GOA arrowtooth flounder, GOA skates, GOA rex sole, and all stocks with harvest projections. For these stocks, final groundfish OverFishing Limits (OFLs) and Acceptable Biological Catches (ABCs) will be recommended for 2027/2028. The agenda is subject to change, and more information as well as the latest version of the agenda will be posted at
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/8165
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/8165.
For technical support, please contact our administrative staff; email:
support@npfmc.org,
or telephone: (907) 271-2809.
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/8165
16 U.S.C. 1801