MREP North Pacific is by and for fishery users in the region.

The Steering Committee (SC) is made up of a group of fishery users involved in and intended to represent the interest groups in the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) region. Partners from NOAA Fisheries and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game participate to provide insights, but the committee is guided by industry members, fishery users and community leaders, and facilitated by MREP staff who serve as a neutral third party.

The SC comes together annually to consider how the program can evolve to meet the needs of fishery users in the region, with a focus on the NPFMC process. Among the topics discussed at the meeting, the committee reviews participant evaluations from the recent workshop and presenter feedback; develops a new outreach strategy based on what communities we did and did not receive applications from in prior years; and determine the dates/location for the next workshop.

Staff rely on this SC, as well as many other advisors within a broad diversity of communities in the North Pacific, to inform program development and implementation.