North Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting
📍 Egan Center, Anchorage, Alaska
About this event
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council holds its December meeting to take final action on bag limits, size limits, and closed days for the 2027 charter halibut season in Southeast Alaska (Area 2C) and the Central Gulf of Alaska (Area 3A). Oral testimony will be heard in person and remotely.
Schedule
The council adopts the 2027 Norton Sound red king crab catch limits following review of the stock assessment and public comment.
- Gulf groundfish catch limitsAnchorage
Council will consider Gulf groundfish catch limits, including potential discussion of Chinook bycatch in pollock fisheries.
- Cook Inlet Salmon Proposed Harvest Specifications
Council consideration of proposed harvest specifications for the federal Cook Inlet salmon fishery, which set limits on salmon harvest in federal waters.
- Groundfish and Crab Specifications (Agenda Items C5-C7)
The Council will consider final 2027 catch limits for Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska groundfish and Norton Sound red king crab.
Related coverage
- Federal fishery council to vote on Alaska's 2027 groundfish catch limits in December
- Federal council adds a December look at proposed 2027 Cook Inlet salmon limits
- Gulf pollock fleet neared its king salmon limit before pollock fishing closed
- Southeast charter fleet tops its halibut share for a sixth straight year
- State biologists recommend a 26% cut to Norton Sound red king crab limit for 2027