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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE537] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Alaska Pollock 

Workshop 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS will convene a 

workshop on walleye pollock in Alaska 

for the purposes of synthesizing ongoing 

research, building and strengthening 

collaborations, and highlighting topics 

which need more attention. The focus 

will be on biological and ecological 

scientific research. 

DATES: The workshop is open to the 

public from January 14, 2025–Jan 16, 

2025 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific 

standard time. Please see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the 

daily meeting agenda. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a 

hybrid format with the in-person 

component in Room 2076, Building 4, 

Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 

Western Regional Center, Seattle, WA. 

The virtual component will be held on 

Google Meet at: https://

meet.google.com/wwy-yxuo-usf. 

Or dial: (US) +1 636–649–4229 PIN: 

118 376 198; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT: Cole Monnahan, 206–526– 

4224; cole.monnahan@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please visit https:// 

docs.google.com/document/d/ 

1wm5by946rWdgrcdz5JgywTvC_

KueUQVFCxU9AGUdDqE. 

Daily Meeting Agenda 

The agenda is subject to change; all 

times are in Pacific Standard Time 

(PST), and are approximate and may be 

changed at the discretion of the 

coordinators. Presentations are grouped 

by themes, and can focus on different 

large marine ecosystems (LME) in 

Alaska, including the Gulf of Alaska 

(GOA), Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

(BSAI), the Northern Bering Sea (NBS), 

and the Eastern Bering Sea (EBS). 

DAY 1—TUESDAY JANUARY 14TH

Start 

PST 

Length 

(mins) Theme Presenter Topic LME 

9 a.m .......... 15 ..................................... Monnahan ................... Introductions.

9:15 a.m ..... 15 ..................................... Monnahan ................... Work shop goals and products: conceptual 

models of key processes.

9:30 a.m ..... 15 Early life history ........... L Rogers ..................... Changes in the timing of spawning and early 

life stage development.

BSAI/GOA. 

9:45 a.m ..... 15 Early life history ........... Page ............................ Fall Condition of Young-Of-The-Year Walleye 

Pollock in the Southeastern and Northern 

Bering Sea.

EBS/NBS. 

10 a.m ........ 15 Early life history ........... Stabeno ....................... EcoFOCI ........................................................... GOA. 

10:15 a.m ... 15 Early life history ........... Slesinger ..................... Population-specific and temperature effects on 

hatch timing and success.

GOA. 

10:30 a.m ... 15 ..................................... ..................................... Break.

10:45 a.m ... 15 Early life history ........... Laurel .......................... A history of Gulf of Alaska age-0 pollock in the 

nearshore.

GOA. 

11 a.m ........ 15 Early life history ........... Miller ............................ GOA-wide juvenile gadid survey ...................... GOA. 

11:15 a.m ... 15 Early life history ........... Champagnat ................ DSEM models to explain variation in recruitment in the GOA.GOA. 

11:30 a.m ... 30 Early life history ........... ..................................... General Discussion ........................................... All. 

12 p.m ........ 60 Early life history ........... ..................................... Breakout discussion: building conceptual models of recruitment.Split GOA/ 

BSAI. 

1 p.m .......... 60 ..................................... ..................................... Lunch break.

2 p.m .......... 15 Biology & feeding ecology.Goldstein ..................... Age, growth, life history, FT–NIRS for age, 

condition, and reproduction.

BSAI/GOA. 

2:15 p.m ..... 15 Biology & feeding ecology.Lamb ........................... Results of multi-year juvenile pollock diet study 

(WGOA).

GOA. 


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DAY 1—TUESDAY JANUARY 14TH—Continued 

Start 

PST 

Length 

(mins) Theme Presenter Topic LME 

2:30 p.m ..... 15 Biology & feeding ecology.Reum ........................... Decadal patterns in walleye pollock diets in 

Alaskan marine ecosystems.

BSAI/GOA. 

2:45 p.m ..... 15 Biology & feeding ecology.Indivero ....................... Spatio-temporal model of weight-at-age; forecasting distribution shifts with climate 

change and spatial overlap with choke species.

EBS. 

3 p.m .......... 15 Biology & feeding ecology.Miller ............................ Patterns in movement and trophic behavior of 

adult walleye pollock in the Bering Sea—results from stable isotope analysis of eye 

lenses.

EBS. 

3:15 p.m ..... 15 Biology & feeding ecology.Abookire ...................... Effects of ocean warming on weight at age, recruitment, and age structure diversity for 

GOA walleye pollock.

GOA. 

3:30 p.m ..... 15 Biology & feeding ecology.Bigman ........................ Changes in size-at-age of pollock with temperature and oxygen.EBS. 

3:45 p.m ..... 15 ..................................... ..................................... Break.

4 p.m .......... 30 Biology & feeding ecology...................................... General Discussion ........................................... All. 

4:30 p.m ..... 60 Biology & feeding ecology...................................... Breakout discussion: building conceptual models of growth.Split GOA/ 

BSAI. 

5:30 p.m ..... 30 ..................................... ..................................... Conclude for day.

DAY 2—WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15TH

Start time 

PST 

Length 

(mins) Theme Presenter Topic LME 

9 a.m .......... 15 ..................................... McGowan .................... Recap and updates on conceptual models.

9:15 a.m ..... 15 Population monitoring Vechter ........................ Past, current, and potential future data collections from the commercial pollock fishery.BSAI/GOA. 

9:30 a.m ..... 15 Population monitoring Yochum ....................... Fishery-dependent data collection .................... BSAI/GOA. 

9:45 a.m ..... 15 Population monitoring Schaal ......................... Genomic analysis of GOA and Bering Sea 

Pollock.

BSAI/GOA. 

10 a.m ........ 15 Population monitoring Wassermann ............... Pollock population monitoring issues ............... BSAI/GOA. 

10:15 a.m ... 15 Population monitoring Neidecher .................... Maturity, hisology, fecundity data used to assess spawning stratagy and changes in 

spawning patterns.

BSAI/GOA. 

10:30 a.m ... 15 ..................................... ..................................... Break.

10:45 a.m ... 15 Population monitoring Ressler ........................ Acoustic-trawl surveys of pollock in Alaska— 

what they provide, outstanding questions.

BSAI/GOA. 

11 a.m ........ 15 Population monitoring Levine .......................... Use of moored echosounders to better understand pollock behavior.BSAI/GOA. 

11:15 a.m ... 60 Population monitoring ..................................... General Discussion ........................................... All. 

12:15 p.m ... 60 ..................................... ..................................... Lunch break.

1:15 p.m ..... 15 Predation/food webs ... Dorn ............................ GOA–CLIM ....................................................... GOA. 

1:30 p.m ..... 15 Predation/food webs ... Holsman ...................... Climate integrated stock assessment advice ... BSAI/GOA. 

1:45 p.m ..... 15 Predation/food webs ... Barnes ......................... Predators as samplers: using food habits data 

to inform climate- and community-driven 

shifts in habitat quality for EFH species.

GOA. 

2 p.m .......... 15 Predation/food webs ... Gerson ........................ Using predators as samplers to quantify foraging landscapes throughout the Gulf of 

Alaska.

GOA. 

2:15 p.m ..... 15 Predation/food webs ... Rovellini ....................... Implications of arrowtooth flounder predation 

on pollock for GOA Optimum Yield.

GOA. 

2:30 p.m ..... 15 ..................................... ..................................... Break.

2:45 p.m ..... 15 Predation/food webs ... McHuron ...................... Marine mammal consumption of pollock .......... BSAI/GOA. 

3 p.m .......... 60 Predation/food webs ... ..................................... General Discussion ........................................... All. 

4 p.m .......... 45 ..................................... ..................................... Breakout discussions for conceptual models.

4:45 p.m ..... ........................ ..................................... ..................................... Conclude for day.

DAY 3—THURSDAY JANUARY 16TH

Start time 

PST 

Length 

(mins) Theme Presenter Topic LME 

9 a.m .......... 15 ..................................... Ferriss ......................... Recap from day 2 ............................................. GOA. 


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DAY 3—THURSDAY JANUARY 16TH—Continued 

Start time 

PST 

Length 

(mins) Theme Presenter Topic LME 

9:15 a.m ..... 15 Climate/ecosystem ...... Miller ............................ Establishing new trophic indices of age-0 pollock for the Bering Sea: a stable isotopic retrospective analysis of trophic response to 

changing ocean conditions.

EBS. 

9:30 a.m ..... 15 Climate/ecosystem ...... Wassermann ............... EBS pollock model-based indices .................... EBS. 

9:45 a.m ..... 15 Climate/ecosystem ...... Siddon ......................... EBS ESR and EBS Pollock risk table .............. EBS. 

10 a.m ........ 15 Climate/ecosystem ...... Ferriss ......................... GOA Risk table ecosystem information: data 

included and gaps.

GOA. 

10:15 a.m ... 15 Climate/ecosystem ...... Shotwell ....................... GOA pollock ESP indicators and applications 

to ABC and TAC decisions.

GOA. 

10:30 a.m ... 15 Climate/ecosystem ...... Whitney ....................... Can ecosystem and or socio-economic functions play a role in specifying management 

objectives?.

BSAI. 

10:45 a.m ... 15 ..................................... ..................................... Break.

11 a.m ........ 15 Climate/ecosystem ...... M. Rogers .................... NBS Regional Work Plan—Pollock isoscapes 

in warm and cold conditions.

NBS. 

11:15 a.m ... 15 Climate/ecosystem ...... Thorson ....................... State-space models to integrate climate and 

forage drivers into research and operations.

EBS. 

11:30 a.m ... 15 Climate/ecosystem ...... Adams ......................... Single and multi-species management strategies under climate change.GOA. 

11:45 a.m ... 60 Climate/ecosystem ...... ..................................... General Discussion ........................................... All. 

12:45 p.m ... 60 ..................................... ..................................... Lunch break.

1:45 p.m ..... 30 Recruitment model ...... TBD ............................. Present hypothesized set of conceptual models for recruitment.GOA. 

2:15 p.m ..... 30 Growth model .............. TBD ............................. Present hypothesized set of conceptual models for growth.GOA. 

2:45 p.m ..... 15 ..................................... ..................................... Break.

3 p.m .......... 30 Recruitment model ...... TBD ............................. Present hypothesized set of conceptual models for recruitment.BSAI. 

3:30 p.m ..... 30 Growth model .............. TBD ............................. Present hypothesized set of conceptual models for growth.BSAI. 

4 p.m .......... 60 Report writing.

5 p.m .......... ........................ ..................................... ..................................... Conclude for day.

The meeting is open to the public; 

however, during the ‘Report Writing’ 

session on Thursday, January 16th, the 

public should not engage in discussion. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Special 

requests should be directed to Cole 

Monnahan, via email (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Dated: December 19, 2024. 

Kelly Denit, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE547] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will hold a halfday virtual meeting of its Law 

Enforcement Technical Committee 

(LETC). 

DATES: The meeting will convene on 

Thursday, January 16, 2025, beginning 

at 9 a.m. and ending at 1 p.m., EST. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually, via webinar only. Please visit 

the Gulf Council website 

(www.gulfcouncil.org) for agenda and 

meeting materials information. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 4107 W 

Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 

33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Max Birdsong, Social Scientist, Gulf of 

Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

max.birdsong@gulfcouncil.org, 

telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items of discussion are on the 

agenda, though agenda items may be 

addressed out of order and any changes 

will be noted on the Council’s website 

when possible. 

Thursday, January 16, 2025; 9 a.m.–1 

p.m., EST 

The LETC will begin with 

introductions and adoption of agenda, 

approval of minutes from the October 

2023 LETC meeting from and election of 

Committee Chair and Vice Chair. 

The Gulf Council LETC will hold a 

review and discuss the Federal Charter 

Vessel ID Marking Requirements and 

20-Fathom Recreational Seasonal 

Closure for Shallow-water Grouper. The 

Committee will also discuss the 

Nomination for Officer/Team of the 

Year, along with any Other Business 

items. 

—Meeting Adjourns 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version along with other 

meeting materials will be posted on 

www.gulfcouncil.org. 

The Law Enforcement Technical 

Committee consists of principal law 

enforcement officers in each of the Gulf 

States, as well as the NOAA Office of 

Law Enforcement, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, 

and the NOAA Office of General 

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