# North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
**AGENCY:**
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Notice of public meetings.
**SUMMARY:**
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and the Advisory Panel will meet via webconference October 2, 2020 through October 16, 2020.
**DATES:**
The Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, October 5, 2020 and continue through Friday, October 9, 2020. The Council will meet on Friday, October 2, 2020, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., on Friday, October 9, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 8 a.m. on Monday, October 12, 2020 through Friday, October 16, 2020, Alaska Time.
**ADDRESSES:**
The meeting will be a webconference. Join online through the link at *https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/1565.*
*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 webconference are given under *SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION* Connection Information, below.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Diana Evans, Council staff; email: *[email protected];* telephone: (907) 271-2809. For technical support please contact our administrative staff, email: *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Agenda**
**Monday, October 5, 2020 Through Friday, October 9, 2020**
The Advisory Panel agenda will include the following issues:
Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Groundfish Harvest—Proposed Specifications, Plan Team (PT) Reports
Sculpin/Squid Product Types—Final Action
Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery Management Plan (FMP)—Intial Review
Observer 2021 Annual Deployment Plan (ADP) Plan—Review, Partial Coverage Fishery Monitory Advisory Committee (PCFMAC) Report, Trawl Electronic Monitoring (EM) Report
BSAI Halibut Abundance Based Management (ABM)—Initial Review and Discussion Paper
Survey Planning—Alaska Fishery Science Center (AFSC) Report
Staff Tasking
**Friday, October 2, 2020**
The Council agenda will include the following issue. The Council may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
BSAI Crab 4 Stocks—Final Specifications, Crab Plan Team Report
**Friday, October 9, 2020**
The Council agenda will include the following issues. The Council may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
All B Reports (Executive Director), NMFS Management, NOAA General Counsel (GC), Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Report in Full
AP Report on BSAI and GOA Groundfish Harvest and Sculpin/Squid Types
BSAI and GOA Groundfish Harvest—Proposed Specifications, PT Reports
Sculpin/Squid Product Types—Final Action
**Monday, October 12, 2020 Through Friday, October 16, 2020**
The Council agenda will include the following issues. The Council may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
AP Report in Full
Cook Inlet Salmon FMP—Intial Review
Observer 2021 ADP Plan—Review, PCFMAC Report, Trawl EM Report
BSAI Halibut ABM—Initial Review and Discussion Paper
Survey Planning—AFSC Report
Seafood Production Executive Order
Committees, New Business, Tasking—Review
**Connection Information**
You can attend the meeting online using a computer, tablet, or smart phone; or by phone only. Connection information will be posted online at: *https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/1565.* For technical support please contact our administrative staff, email: *[email protected].*
**Public Comment**
Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted electronically to: *https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/1565.* The Council strongly encourages written public comment for this meeting, to avoid any potential for technical difficulties to compromise oral testimony. The deadline for written comments is September 30, 2020, at 5 p.m. Alaska Time.
**Authority:**
16 U.S.C. 1801 *et seq.*
Dated: September 11, 2020.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.