Alaska Fisheries Tribal Consultation Documents and Workgroup
Alaska Region Tribal Consultations on fisheries management
Documents from NOAA Fisheries Alaska Regional Office tribal consultations on fisheries management.
Arctic Fisheries
Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the BSAI
- Final Rule for Amendment 89
- NOAA Fisheries' letter to Tribal Representatives, March 2008 (PDF, 1 page)
Halibut Abundance Based Management
- Example of Halibut ABM consultation offer to 19 Alaska Tribes February 2022 (PDF, 3 pages)
- Halibut Bycatch in Alaska Listening Session, November 2021 (PDF, 3 pages)
- Halibut Abundance Based Management Consultation Summary Aleut Community of St. Paul Island, November 2021 (PDF, 5 pages)
- Invitation to listening sessions on halibut and salmon bycatch in Alaska, November 2021
- Summary of Tribal Consultation Teleconference to Discuss Halibut ABM Concerns with Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, July 2021 (PDF, 9 pages)
- NOAA Fisheries' letter to Alaska Natives and Community Representatives:
- April 2021 (PDF, 3 pages)
- August 2020 (PDF, 2 pages)
Harvest Specifications
- Summary of Formal Tribal Consultation on BSAI Harvest Specifications, February 3, 2023 (PDF, 8 pages)
Herring Bycatch in the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands
- Summary of Consultation, August 2020 (PDF, 43 pages)
- Summary of Consultation, June 2020 (PDF, 18 pages)
Improving Consultation and Engagement Process
Northern Bering Sea Research Area
- Northern Bering Sea Research Area Research Plan Community and Subsistence Workshop - February 2010 - Minutes (PDF, 20 pages)
- Letter to Northern Bering Sea Research Area Research Plan Community and Subsistence Workshop Participants, March 2010 (PDF, 4 pages)
Sablefish and Halibut IFQ
- Summary of Consultation with Native Village of Eyak, August 2014 (PDF, 5 pages)
- NOAA Fisheries' response letter to Native Village of Eyak on three outstanding questions from consultation, October 2014 (PDF, 2 pages)
Salmon Bycatch
- Tanana Chiefs Conference Consultation, January 2022 (PDF, 4 pages)
- Salmon Bycatch in Alaska Listening Session, January 2022 (PDF, 5 pages)
- Invitation to listening sessions on halibut and salmon bycatch in Alaska, November 2021
- Report from the Tribal Consultation on Bering Sea Salmon Bycatch Management, April 2015 (PDF, 20 pages)
- Salmon Bycatch Consultation, December 2014 (PDF, 16 pages)
- Chinook salmon bycatch
- NOAA Fisheries' Letter to Alaska Natives and Community Representatives, December 2011 (PDF, 1 page)
- Public participation, outreach, and tribal consultation (section 1.5.7, pg. 16) (PDF, 10 pages)
- NOAA Fisheries' Letter to Alaska Natives and Community Representatives, January 2010 (PDF, 2 pages)
- NOAA Fisheries' Letter to Alaska Native and Community Representatives, December 2008 (PDF, 44 pages)
- NOAA Fisheries' Letter to Alaska Native Representatives, December 2007 (PDF, 7 pages)
- Non-chinook salmon bycatch
- NOAA Fisheries' Letter to NPFMC, March 2012 (PDF, 14 pages)
- Chum Salmon Bycatch Consultation, June 2011 (PDF, 18 pages)
- Consultation Follow-up Teleconference, October 2011 (PDF, 4 pages)
- NOAA Fisheries' letter to Alaska Natives and Community Representatives, January 2009 (PDF, 5 pages)
Steller Sea Lions
- Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures
- NOAA Fisheries' letter to Alaska Natives and Community Representatives May 2014 (PDF, 1 page)
- NOAA Fisheries' letter to Alaska Natives and Community Representatives May 2013 (PDF, 2 pages)
- NOAA Fisheries' letter to Alaska Natives and Community Representatives April 2012 (PDF, 5 pages)
- NOAA Fisheries' Letter to Alaska Native Representatives, December 2007 (PDF, 7 pages)
Subsistence Halibut
- Subsistence Halibut Fishing
- Alaska Native Subsistence Halibut Working Group, December 2009 (PDF, 10 pages)
- NOAA Fisheries' letter to Tribal Representatives, April 2008 (PDF, 1 page)
Tribal Engagement Newsletters
Unalakleet
- February 16, 2010 Consultation (PDF, 1 page)
NOAA Fisheries and Tribal Representatives Workgroup
November 2009 Meeting
- NOAA Fisheries' response letter to the recommendations for NOAA Fisheries' tribal consultation process, June 2010 (PDF, 19 pages)
- Meeting Report and Recommendations (PDF, 9 pages)
- Presentation: North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) Process (PDF, 27 pages)
- Attendee Contact Information (PDF, 1 page)