Tribal Engagement & Consultations in Alaska Fisheries – Archive

Tribal Engagement Newsletters

• December 2023
• October 2023

Arctic Fisheries

• Arctic Fishery Management Plan
• NOAA Fisheries' Letter to Tribes, June 2009 (PDF, 1 page)

Fishery Management Plan Amendments

BSAI

• Final Rule for Amendment 89
• NOAA Fisheries' letter to Tribal Representatives, March 2008 (PDF, 1 page)

Halibut & Sablefish Focused Management 

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)

Subsistence Halibut

• Subsistence Halibut Fishing
• Tribal Consultation NOAA Fisheries & Tribal Organizations WAK Agenda February 2023
• Alaska Native Subsistence Halibut Working Group, December 2009 (PDF, 10 pages)
• NOAA Fisheries' letter to Tribal Representatives, April 2008 (PDF, 1 page)

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)

Bycatch Efforts for Herring and Salmon

BSAI - Herring 

• Summary of Consultation, August 2020 (PDF, 43 pages)
• Summary of Consultation, June 2020 (PDF, 18 pages)

Salmon Bycatch

• National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Tribal Consultation with Alaska Western/Interior Tribes Response Letter June 2023 (PDF, 6 pages)
• Tribal Engagement Meeting December 5, 2023 (PDF, 5 pages)
• Tribal Consultation May 22, 2023 (PDF, 5 pages)
• Tribal Consultation March 17, 2023 (PDF, 6 pages)
• Tribal Consultation NOAA Fisheries & Tribal Organizations WAK Agenda February 2023
• Tribal Consultation Working Group Meeting Agenda February 2023 
• Tribal Consultation Working Group Meeting Notes Summary February 2023 
• Tribal Consultation NOAA Fisheries & Tribal Organizations WAK Agenda February 2023
• Salmon Bycatch in Alaska Listening Session, January 2022 (PDF, 5 pages)
• Tanana Chiefs Conference Consultation, January 2022 (PDF, 4 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)

Salmon Fishing in the Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone

• Tribal Consultation March 17, 2023 (PDF, 6 pages)
• Tribal Consultation May 22, 2023 (PDF, 5 pages)
• Tribal Engagement Meeting December 5, 2023 (PDF, 5 pages)

Steller Sea Lions Protection

• 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)

Unalakleet, Alaska Workgroup

• February 16, 2010 Consultation (PDF, 1 page)

Improving Consultation and Engagement Process

• NMFS Response to Tribal Coalition Suite of Concerns on Tribal Engagement
• National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Tribal Consultation with Alaska Western/Interior Tribes

Northern Bering Sea Research Area Plan Workgroup

• 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)

Tribal - Federal 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)