2020 North Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessments
2020 North Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Reports for 2021 Fisheries.
NOAA Fisheries is responsible for the management, conservation, and protection of living marine resource. Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation reports are conducted annually to support decision makers at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council regarding catch quota decisions.
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
- Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Introduction
- Alaska Plaice
- Arrowtooth Flounder
- Atka Mackerel
- Blackspotted and Rougheye Rockfish
- Flathead Sole
- Greenland Turbot
- Grenadier
- Kamchatka Flounder
- Multi-Species - Assessment for Walleye Pollock, Pacific Cod, and Arrowtooth Flounder in the South Eastern Bering Sea
- Northern Rock Sole
- Northern Rockfish
- Octopus
- Other Flatfish
- Pacific Cod - Aleutian Islands
- Pacific Cod - Eastern Bering Sea
- Other Rockfish
- Pacific Ocean Perch
- Pollock - Aleutian Islands
- Pollock - Bogoslof Island
- Pollock - Eastern Bering Sea
- Sablefish
- Sharks
- Shortraker Rockfish
- Skates
- Yellowfin Sole
Gulf of Alaska Stock Assessments
- Gulf of Alaska Introduction
- Alaska Sablefish
- Arrowtooth Flounder
- Atka Mackerel
- Deep-water Flatfish
- Demersal Shelf Rockfish
- Dusky Rockfish
- Flathead Sole
- Forage Fish
- Grenadier
- Northern Rockfish
- Northern and Southern Rock Sole
- Octopus
- Other Rockfish
- Pacific Cod
- Pacific Ocean Perch
- Pollock - Walleye
- Rex Sole
- Rougheye and Blackspotted Rockfish
- Shallow-Water Flatfish
- Sharks
- Shortraker Rockfish
- Skates
- Thornyheads
Ecosystem Status Reports
Economic Status Reports
Additional Resources
- North Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Reports
- 1998–2012 North Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Reports
- Alaska Stock Assessments
- Alaska Marine Ecosystem Status Report Archive
- Groundfish and Shellfish Assessment Surveys Sample Request Instructions
- Alaska Fisheries Life History Database
- Southeast Alaska Coastal Monitoring Survey Reports
- Essential Fish Habitat Research Plan in Alaska
- Alaska Groundfish Survey Data Map
- Alaska Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey Data
- Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey Protocols
- Groundfish Species and Survey Codebook
Understanding Population Assessments
Population assessments—also known as stock assessments—provide important information for marine resource management.