Friday, July 11, 2025

NPFMC Chum Bycatch Final Action set for Feb 2026


The Council's October meeting will be virtual, September 29-October 9, 2025. The draft schedule is available now; eAgendas will be published in August.

Final Action on Bering Sea Chum Salmon Bycatch Management is now scheduled for a February Council meeting in Anchorage, Alaska on February 2-11, 2026. Scheduling final action for February 2026 is not anticipated to impact the implementation timeframe of any chum bycatch alternatives if the Council chooses to take action. This timing decision is intended to best ensure that the Council can take up this agenda item in-person, given ongoing uncertainties about the timing of Council funding distributions and December/February meeting logistics, and barring unforeseen circumstances.

The Council’s 3-meeting outlook has been updated, as has the webpage listing dates of future Council meetings. Note that the February 2026 meeting replaces the previously-scheduled April 2026 Council meeting.
We will update www.npfmc.org as information
becomes available.

As emailed out by North Pacific Fishery Management Council Staff Serine Reeves 7/11/2025.