Fishery Management in the Alaskan Arctic

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Fishery Management in the Alaskan Arctic

• North Pacific Fishery Management Council

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Development of an Arctic FMP

• Progress Report - December 2007
• Update on Arctic FMP Outreach Program

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Background Development of Arctic FMP

• October 2006 Tasked staff to prepare discussion
  paper on options for Arctic fishery management
• December 2006 Reviewed paper motion requested
  analysis of specific policy options
• February 2007 Reviewed revised and updated
  discussion paper discussed policy options for
  managing fisheries in the Chukchi and Beaufort
  Seas
• February 2007 Motion move forward with Arctic
  FMP

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Council Motion

• Analyze the following alternatives
• Status quo
• Amend scallop and king and Tanner crabs FMPs and
  adopt a new Arctic FMP with two options
• Close all waters north of Bering Strait to
  commercial fishing for all species
• As above, but leave waters between Bering Strait
  and Point Hope open to commercial fishing for red
  king crab

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Council Motion - Continued

• Councils Ecosystem Committee will oversee
  development of Arctic FMP
• Council requests that staff consult with
  stakeholders, including Arctic communities, to
  outline Council intent and objectives, and to
  seek input and suggestions for future fishery
  management in the Arctic

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Schedule

• Progress report and report on outreach December
  2007
• Preliminary draft FMP and EA February 2008
• Draft FMP, scallop and crab FMP amendments, and
  EA for initial review April 2008
• Public review April to June 2008
• Final review of draft FMP, scallop and crab FMP
  amendments, and public comments June 2008
• Package for Secretarial review and approval,
  public notices, and rulemaking follow

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Stakeholders

• Coastal communities
• Boroughs
• Regional and village corporations
• Community governments
• Community or Native entities
• Agencies
• Industry
• Conservation community
• Others NSSI, ARC, NSF, Universities

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The Council is Seeking Advice and Comment

• On its proposed action
• Adopt an Arctic FMP
• Amend scallop and crab FMPs
• On its proposed intent
• Close all EEZ waters to commercial fishing
• Option allow red king crab fishery in southern
  Chukchi Sea
• On future management of fish resources in the
  Alaskan Arctic

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Council Request

• Focus outreach efforts initially on regional
  gatherings
• Letters to communities and others may be a part
  of outreach

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Outreach

• E mail
• In person presentations
• Phone discussions
• U.S. mail
• Group presentations

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Contacts/Discussions/EMail

• North Slope Borough
• Northwest Arctic Borough
• Maniilaq
• Kawerak
• Kotzebue IRA
• EWC
• ASRC
• NSEDC
• USGS
• ADFG
• USCG
• Oil and Gas (C-P, BP, AOGA)

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Other Outreach
Presentations

• USARC
• NSSI

• AFN Convention

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Future Contacts

• North Slope Region
• NSB
• AEWC
• (ASRC)
• Northwest Region
• (NANA)
• Maniilaq
• EWC
• Bering Strait Region
• Kawerak
• (BSRC)

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Schedule Recap

• February 2008 Preliminary Review of Arctic FMP
  and EA
• April 2008 Initial Review
• April-June 2008 Public Review
• June 2008 Final Review and Final Action

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Writing/Support Team

• NMFS AK Region M. Brown, K. Mabry, J. Hale, S.
  Lewis, B. Muse, S. Miller, M. Eagleton, J.
  Kurland, S. Salveson
• NOAA GC - J. McCabe, L. Smoker
• NPFMC B. Wilson, C. Coon, D. Evans
• AFSC S. Gaichas, P. Livingston

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Comments Requested

• Contact
• North Pacific Fishery Management Council
• 605 West 4th Ave, Suite 306
• Anchorage, AK 99501
• 907-271-2809 907-271-2817 (fax)
• Bill Wilson
• Bill.wilson_at_noaa.gov

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S.J. Res 17 (Currently in committee review)

• Initiate international discussions and take steps
  to negotiate agreement(s) for managing migratory,
  transboundary, and straddling stocks (including
  mechanisms for establishing catch and bycatch
  limits, harvest allocations, observers,
  monitoring, data collection and reporting,
  enforcement, and other elements)
• Consult with NPFMC and others
• Until agreement(s) are reached, support a halt to
  expansion of commercial fishing activities in
  high seas of the Arctic Ocean

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Arctic Communities
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