2022–2023 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI)

Final BSAI harvest specifications, apportionments, and prohibited species catch allowances
Table 1: Final 2022 Overfishing Level (OFL), Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC), Total Allowable Catch (TAC), Initial TAC (ITAC), CDQ Reserve Allocation, and Non-Specified Reserve of Groundfish in the BSAI
Table 2: Final 2023 Overfishing Level (OFL), Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC), Total Allowable Catch (TAC), Initial TAC (ITAC), CDQ Reserve Allocation, and Non-Specified Reserves of Groundfish in the BSAI
Table 3: Final 2022 and 2023 Apportionment of Non-Specified Reserves to ITAC Categories
Table 4: Final 2022 Allocations of Pollock TACS to the Directed Pollock Fisheries and to the CDQ Directed Fishing Allowances (DFA)
Table 5: Final 2023 Allocations of Pollock TACS to the Directed Pollock Fisheries and to the CDQ Directed Fishing Allowances (DFA)
Table 6: Final 2022 Seasonal and Spatial Allowances, Gear Shares, CDQ Reserve, Incidental Catch Allowance, and Amendment 80 Allocations of the BSAI ATKA Mackerel TAC
Table 7: Final 2023 Seasonal and Spatial Allowances, Gear Shares, CDQ Reserve, Incidental Catch Allowance, and Amendment 80 Allocation of the BSAI ATKA Mackerel TAC
Table 8: Final 2022 Sector Allocations and Seasonal Allowances of the BSAI Pacific Cod TAC
Table 9: Final 2023 Sector Allocations and Seasonal Allowances of the BSAI Pacific Cod TAC
Table 10: Final 2022 and 2023 Gear Shares and CDQ Reserve of BSAI Sablefish TACS
Table 11: Final 2022 Community Development Quota (CDQ) Reserves, Incidental Catch Amounts (ICAS), and Amendment 80 Allocations of the AI Pacific Ocean Perch, and BSAI Flathead Sole, Rock Sole, and Yellowfin Sole TACS
Table 12: Final 2023 Community Development Quota (CDQ) Reserves, Incidental Catch Amounts (ICAS), and Amendment 80 Allocations of the AI Pacific Ocean Perch, and BSAI Flathead Sole, Rock Sole, and Yellowfin Sole TACS
Table 13: Final 2022 and 2023 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 2022 and 2023 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 2022 and 2023 Herring and Red King Crab Savings Subarea Prohibited Species Catch Allowances for all Trawl Sectors
Table 16: Final 2022 and 2023 Prohibited Species Bycatch Allowances for the BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sector
Table 17: Final 2022 and 2023 Halibut Prohibited Species Bycatch Allowances for Non-Trawl Fisheries
Table 18: 2022 and 2023 Pacific Halibut Discard Mortality Rates (DMR) for the BSAI
Table 19: 2022 and 2023 Directed Fishing Closures
Table 20: Final 2022 and 2023 BSAI AFA Listed Catcher/Processor Prohibited Species Sideboard Limits
Table 21: Final 2022 and 2023 BSAI Pacific Cod Sideboard Limits for American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessels (CVs)
Table 22: Final 2022 and 2023 American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel Prohibited Species Catch Sideboard Limits for the BSAI

Gulf of Alaska (GOA)

Final GOA harvest specifications, apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits
Table 1: Final 2022 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 2022 and 2023 GOA Total Allowable Catch Limits
Table 2: Final 2023 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 2022 Distribution of Pollock in the Western and Central Regulatory Areas of the Gulf of Alaska; Area Apportionments; and Seasonal Allowances of Annual TAC
Table 4: Final 2023 Distribution of Pollock in the Western and Central Regulatory Areas of the Gulf of Alaska; Area Apportionments; and Seasonal Allowances of Annual TAC
Table 5: Final 2022 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 2023 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 2022 Sablefish TAC Amounts in the Gulf of Alaska and Allocations to Fixed and Trawl Gear
Table 8: Final 2023 Sablefish TAC Amounts in the Gulf of Alaska and Allocations to Trawl Gear
Table 9: Final 2022 and Initial 2023 Allocations of Rockfish Primary Species to the Entry Level Longline Fishery in the Central Gulf of Alaska
Table 10: Final 2022 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 2023 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 2022 Apportionments of Rockfish Secondary Species in the Central GOA to Catcher Vessel and Catcher/Processor Cooperatives
Table 13: Final 2023 Apportionments of Rockfish Secondary Species in the Central GOA to Catcher Vessel and Catcher/Processor Cooperatives
Table 14: Final 2022 and 2023 Pacific Halibut Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Limits, Allowances, and Apportionments
Table 15: Final 2022 and 2023 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 2022 and 2023 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 2022 and 2023 Halibut Discard Mortality Rates for Vessels Fishing in the Gulf of Alaska
Table 18: Final 2022 GOA Non-Exempt American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel (CV) Groundfish Sideboard Limits
Table 19: Final 2023 GOA Non-Exempt American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel (CV) Groundfish Sideboard Limits
Table 20: Final 2022 and 2023 Non-Exempt AFA CV Halibut Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Sideboard Limits for Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the GOA
Table 21: Final 2022 GOA Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessel Groundfish Sideboard Limits
Table 22: Final 2023 GOA Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessel Groundfish Sideboard Limits
Table 23: Final 2022 Rockfish Program Sideboard Limits for the Western GOA and West Yakutat District by Fishery for the Catcher/Processor Sector
Table 24: Final 2023 Rockfish Program Sideboard Limits for the Western GOA and West Yakutat District by Fishery for the Catcher/Processor Sector
Table 25: Final 2022 and 2023 Rockfish Program Halibut PSC Sideboard Limits for the Catcher/Processor Sector
Table 26: Final 2022 GOA Groundfish Sideboard Limits for Amendment 80 Program Vessels
Table 27: Final 2023 GOA Groundfish Sideboard Limits for Amendment 80 Program Vessels
Table 28: Final 2022 and 2023 Halibut PSC Sideboard Limits for Amendment 80 Program Vessels in the GOA
Table 29: 2022 and 2023 Directed Fishing Closures in the GOA

2022-2023 Harvest Specification Changes

Total Allowable Catch and Further Catch Share Changes
Apportionment of the Groundfish Reserves in the BSAI (1988–present) (PDF, 18 pages)
BSAI pollock reallocations (1999–present) (PDF, 3 pages)
BSAI Pacific cod reallocations (1995–present) (PDF, 4 pages)
GOA (Western and Central) Pacific cod reallocations (2012–present) (PDF, 2 pages)

2022–2023 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications

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