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2020–2021 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications

The Inseason Management Branch monitors the catch rates of groundfish and prohibited species according to the catch limits and allocations by gear, sector, and seasonal apportionments proscribed in regulation and found in the harvest specifications.

Alaska

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Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI)

2020–2021 Tables

  • Final BSAI harvest specification tables and prohibited species allowances 
    • Table 1: Final 2020 Overfishing Level (OFL), Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC), Total Allowable Catch (TAC), Initial TAC (ITAC), and CDQ Reserve Allocation of Groundfish in the BSAI
    • Table 2: Final 2020 Overfishing Level (OFL), Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC), Total Allowable Catch (TAC), Initial TAC (ITAC), and CDQ Reserve Allocation of Groundfish in the BSAI
    • Table 3: Final 2020 and 2021 Apportionment of Non-Specified Reserves to ITAC Categories
    • Table 4: Final 2020 Allocations of Pollock TACS to the Directed Pollock Fisheries and to the CDQ Directed Fishing Allowances (DFA)
    • Table 5: Final 2021 Allocations of Pollock TACS to the Directed Pollock Fisheries and to the CDQ Directed Fishing Allowances (DFA)
    • Table 6: Final 2020 Seasonal and Spatial Allowances, Gear Shares, CDQ Reserve, Incidental Catch Allowance, and Amendment 80 Allocation of the BSAI ATKA Mackerel TAC
    • Table 7: Final 2021 Seasonal and Spatial Allowances, Gear Shares, CDQ Reserve, Incidental Catch Allowance, and Amendment 80 Allocation of the BSAI ATKA Mackerel TAC
    • Table 8: Final 2020 Sector Allocations and Seasonal Allowances of the BSAI Pacific Cod TAC
    • Table 9: Final 2021 Sector Allocations and Seasonal Allowances of the BSAI Pacific Cod TAC
    • Table 10: Final 2020 and 2021 Gear Shares and CDQ Reserve of BSAI Sablefish TACS
    • Table 11: Final 2020 Community Development Quota (CDQ) Reserves, Incidental Catch Amounts (ICAS), and Amendment 80 Allocations of the Aleutian Islands Pacific Ocean Perch, and BSAI Flathead Sole, Rock Sole, and Yellowfin Sole TACS
    • Table 12: Final 2021 Community Development Quota (CDQ) Reserves, Incidental Catch Amounts (ICAS), and Amendment 80 Allocations of the Aleutian Islands Pacific Ocean Perch, and BSAI Flathead Sole, Rock Sole, and Yellowfin Sole Tacs
    • Table 13: Final 2020 and 2021 ABC Surplus, ABC Reserves, Community Development Quota (CDQ) ABC Reserves, and Amendment 80 ABC Reserves in the BSAI for Flathead Sole, Rock Sole, and Yellowfin Sole
    • Table 14: Final 2020 and 2021 Apportionment of Prohibited Species Catch Allowances to Non-Trawl Gear, the CDQ Program, Amendment 80, and the BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors
    • Table 15: Final 2020 and 2021 Herring and Red King Crab Savings Subarea Prohibited Species Catch Allowances for All Trawl Sectors
    • Table 16: Final 2020 and 2021 Prohibited Species Bycatch Allowances for the BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sector
    • Table 17: Final 2020 and 2021 Halibut Prohibited Species Bycatch Allowances for Non-Trawl Fisheries
    • Table 18: 2020 and 2021 Pacific Halibut Discard Mortality Rates (DMR) for the BSAI
    • Table 19: 2020 and 2021 Directed Fishing Closures
    • Table 20: Final 2020 and 2021 BSAI AFA Listed Catcher/Processor Prohibited Species Sideboard Limits
    • Table 21: Final 2020 and 2021 BSAI Pacific Cod Sideboard Limits for American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessels (CVs)
    • Table 22: Final 2020 and 2021 American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel Prohibited Species Catch Sideboard Limits for the BSAI

Gulf of Alaska (GOA)

2020-2021 Tables

  • Final GOA harvest specifications, apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits 
    • Table 1: Final 2020 OFLs, ABCs, and TACs of Groundfish for the Western/Central/West Yakutat, Western, Central, Eastern Regulatory Areas, the West Yakutat and Southeast Outside Districts of the Eastern Regulatory Area, and Gulfwide Districts of the Gulf of Alaska
      • Table 1a:Comparison of Proposed and Final 2020 and 2021 GOA Total Allowable Catch Limits
    • Table 2: Final 2021 OFLs, ABCs, and TACs of Groundfish for the Western/Central/West Yakutat, Western, Central, Eastern Regulatory Areas, the West Yakutat and Southeast Outside Districts of the Eastern Regulatory Area, and Gulfwide Districts of the Gulf of Alaska
    • Table 3: Final 2020 Distribution of Pollock in the Western and Central Regulatory Areas of the Gulf of Alaska; Seasonal Biomass Distribution; Area Apportionments; and Seasonal Allowances of Annual TAC
    • Table 4: Final 2021 Distribution of Pollock in the Western and Central Regulatory Areas of the Gulf of Alaska; Seasonal Biomass Distribution; Area Apportionments; and Seasonal Allowances of Annual TAC
    • Table 5: Final 2020 Seasonal Apportionments and Allocation of Pacific Cod Total Allowable Catch (TAC) Amounts in the GOA; Allocations in the Western GOA and Central GOA Sectors, and the Eastern GOA Inshore and Offshore Processing Components
    • Table 6: Final 2021 Seasonal Apportionments and Allocation of Pacific Cod Total Allowable Catch (TAC) Amounts in the GOA; Allocations in the Western GOA and Central GOA Sectors, and the Eastern GOA Inshore and Offshore Processing Components
    • Table 7: Final 2020 Sablefish TAC Amounts in the Gulf of Alaska and Allocations to Fixed and Trawl Gear
    • Table 8: Final 2021 Sablefish TAC Amounts in the Gulf of Alaska and Allocation to Trawl Gear
    • Table 9: Final 2020 and Initial 2021 Allocations of Rockfish Primary Species to the Entry Level Longline Fishery in the Central Gulf of Alaska
    • Table 10: Final 2020 Allocations of Rockfish Primary Species in the Central Gulf of Alaska to the Entry Level Longline Fishery and Rockfish Cooperatives in the Rockfish Program
    • Table 11: Final 2021 Allocations of Rockfish Primary Species in the Central Gulf of Alaska to the Entry Level Longline Fishery and Rockfish Cooperatives in the Rockfish Program
    • Table 12: Final 2020 Apportionments of Rockfish Secondary Species in the Central GOA to Catcher Vessel and Catcher/Processor Cooperatives
    • Table 13: Final 2021 Apportionments of Rockfish Secondary Species in the Central GOA to Catcher Vessel and Catcher/Processor Cooperatives
    • Table 14: Final 2020 and 2021 Pacific Halibut Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Limits, Allowances, and Apportionments
    • Table 15: Final 2020 and 2021 Apportionment of Pacific Halibut Prohibited Species Catch Limits Between the Trawl Gear Deep-Water Species Fishery and the Shallow-Water Species Fishery Categories
    • Table 16: Final 2020 and 2021 Apportionments of the “Other Hook-and-line Fishery” Annual Halibut Prohibited Species Catch Allowance between the Hook-and-Line Gear Catcher Vessel and Catcher/Processor Sectors
    • Table 17: Final 2020 and 2021 Halibut Discard Mortality Rates for Vessels Fishing in the Gulf of Alaska
    • Table 18: Final 2020 GOA Non-Exempt American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel (CV) Groundfish Sideboard Limits
    • Table 19: Final 2021 GOA Non-Exempt American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel (CV) Groundfish Sideboard Limits
    • Table 20: Final 2020 and 2021 Non-Exempt AFA CV Halibut Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Sideboard Limits for Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the GOA
    • Table 21: Final 2020 GOA Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessel Groundfish Sideboard Limits
    • Table 22: Final 2021 GOA Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessel Groundfish Sideboard Limits
    • Table 23: Final 2020 Rockfish Program Sideboard Limits for the Western GOA and West Yakutat District by Fishery for the Catcher/Processor Sector
    • Table 24: Final 2021 Rockfish Program Sideboard Limits for the Western GOA and West Yakutat District by Fishery for the Catcher/Processor Sector
    • Table 25: Final 2020 and 2021 Rockfish Program Halibut PSC Sideboard Limits for the Catcher/Processor Sector
    • Table 26: Final 2020 GOA Groundfish Sideboard Limits for Amendment 80 Program Vessels
    • Table 27: Final 2021 GOA Groundfish Sideboard Limits for Amendment 80 Program Vessels
    • Table 28: Final 2020 and 2021 Halibut PSC Sideboard Limits for Amendment 80 Program Vessels in the GOA
    • Table 29: 2020 and 2021 Directed Fishing Closures in the GOA

2020-2021 Harvest Specification Changes

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Further Allocations

Historical Harvest Specifications Summaries

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Last updated by Alaska Regional Office on 05/01/2023

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