Alaska Bycatch Advisory Council and Alaska Bycatch Review Task Force (ABRT) Meeting Information

Alaska Bycatch Advisory Council

April 24, 2025 Meeting at 9:00 AM

• Meeting Notice — Alaska Online Public Notices (state.ak.us)
• Agenda (PDF 245 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 159 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 128,037 kB)
• North Pacific Fishery Management Council Overview (PowerPoint file 29,316 kB)
• North Pacific Fishery Management Council Toolkit, April 2024 (PDF 1,933 kB)

March 3, 2025 Meeting at 9:00 AM

• Meeting Notice — Alaska Online Public Notices (state.ak.us)
• Agenda (PDF 218 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 166 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 85,322 kB)
• Bycatch Advisory Council Report March 3 2025 (PDF 508 kB)
• Progress Report on ABRT Recommendations Spring 2025 (PDF 158 kB)

November 5, 2024 Meeting at 9:00 AM

• Meeting Notice — Alaska Online Public Notices (state.ak.us)
• Agenda (PDF 226 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 131 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 171,172 kB)
• ABRT Salmon Research Recommendations (PDF 128 kB)
• BBSRI Chum Genetics presentation ( 147,804 kB)
• Alaska Salmon Research Task Force Presentation to the Alaska Bycatch Advisory Council (PowerPoint file 7,769 kB)
• Bering Sea Chum Salmon Marine Distribution and Survival (PDF 11,502 kB)

September 3, 2024 Meeting at 9:00 AM

• Meeting Notice — Alaska Online Public Notices (state.ak.us)
• Agenda (PDF 266 kB)
• DRAFT Meeting Minutes (PDF 186 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 123,191 kB)
• NPFMC Bycatch Research Priorities 9/3/24 (PowerPoint file 489 kB)

April 16, 2024 Meeting at 9:00 AM

• Agenda (PDF 114 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 53 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 105,296 kB)
• Alaska Bycatch Utilization Subcommittee Report (PDF 165 kB)
• BAC Spring 2024 Recommendations Progress Report (PDF 137 kB)

October 24, 2023 Meeting at 9:00 AM

• Meeting Notice — Alaska Online Public Notices (state.ak.us)
• Agenda (PDF 61 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 160 kB)
• Meeting Audio (MP3 file 6,640 kB)

September 5, 2023 Meeting at 09:00 AM

• Meeting Notice — Alaska Online Public Notices (state.ak.us)
• Agenda (PDF 213 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 163 kB)
• Update on Salmon Research Relevant to Bycatch Task Force Research Recommendations (PDF 4,315 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 159,602 kB)

May 23, 2023 Meeting

• Meeting Notice — Alaska Online Public Notices (state.ak.us)
• Agenda (PDF 114 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 49 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 128,783 kB)
• NOAA NMFS website navigation (PDF 890 kB)

May 1, 2023 Meeting at 9:00 AM

• Agenda (PDF 127 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 164 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 143,156 kB)

March 31, 2023 Meeting

• Meeting Audio ( 47,419 kB)
• DRAFT Meeting Minutes (PDF 158 kB)

Alaska Bycatch Review Task Force (ABRT

November 7, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda (PDF 154 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 129,880 kB)

November 1, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda (PDF 157 kB)
• Meeting Audio (MP3 file 173,413 kB)

October 18, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda (PDF 127 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 188,355 kB)

October 12, 2022 In-person Meeting

Egan Civic & Convention Center, Anchorage AK
More information will be posted here as it becomes available.

• Agenda (PDF 132 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 160 kB)
• Meeting Audio (MP3 file 429,841 kB)
• ABRT Final Committee Reports (PDF 402 kB)
• ABRT Committee Research Priorities (PDF 178 kB)
• ABRT Committee Public Comments (PDF 501 kB)
• ABRT Committee Additional Proposals (PDF 163 kB)
• State Engagement and Management Recommendations (PDF 216 kB)
• ABRT Overview (PDF 187 kB)
• Gulf of Alaska Halibut and Salmon Committee Report (PDF 190 kB)
• Bering Sea & Gulf of Alaska Crab Committee Report (PDF 951 kB)
• Western Alaska Salmon Committee Report (PDF 174 kB)
• Science, Technology, and Innovation Committee Report (PDF 1,439 kB)
• Public comment from Oceana (PDF 4,384 kB)

October 11, 2022 'Meet and Greet'

5:30 – 7:00 pm at the Egan Civic & Convention Center, Anchorage Ak

September 20, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda (PDF 72 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 230 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 127,542 kB)
• ABRT Research Priorities (PDF 178 kB)

August 16, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda (PDF 158 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 138 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 71,738 kB)
• ABRT Committee Final Report Template (PDF 115 kB)
• Science, Technology, and Innovation Committee Update (PDF 72 kB)
• Western Alaska Salmon Committee Update (PDF 133 kB)
• Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska Crab Committee Update (PDF 413 kB)
• Gulf of Alaska Halibut and Salmon Committee Update (PDF 179 kB)

July 19, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda (PDF 158 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 189 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 48,912 kB)
• Revised ABRT timeline (PDF 66 kB)
• Draft outline for ABRT report (PDF 93 kB)

June 21, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda (PDF 142 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 138 kB)
• Partial Coverage Fisheries Monitoring in the Federal Fisheries (PDF 1,125 kB)
• June 21 Bering Sea & Gulf of Alaska Crab Committee Report (PDF 841 kB)

May 17, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda (PDF 142 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 192 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 137,810 kB)
• Bycatch in Hunger-Relief efforts (PDF 4,967 kB)
• Bycatch Avoidance Programs in Alaskan Fisheries (PDF 15,286 kB)

April 19, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda (PDF 34 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 186 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 53,069 kB)

March 9, 2022 Meeting

• Public Notice
• Agenda (PDF 134 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 222 kB)
• Draft Workplan and Timeline (PDF 152 kB)
• Genetic Stock Id of Salmon Bycatch in Alaska Groundfish Fisheries (PDF 2,051 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 160,623 kB)

February 11, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda (PDF 74 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 215 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 290,960 kB)
• Alaska Bycatch Review Task Force Presentation (PDF 1,425 kB)
• Bycatch Overview in State Managed Fisheries (PDF 2,111 kB)
• Bycatch Management in North Pacific Groundfish Fisheries (PDF 1,427 kB)

January 28, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda (PDF 155 kB)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF 159 kB)
• Meeting Audio ( 67,189 kB)