2022 North Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessments

Shortraker rockfish. Credit: Rebecca Reuter

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

Gulf of Alaska Stock Assessments

Ecosystem Status Reports

Ecosystem Status Reports for the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Economic Status Reports

Economic Status Reports for the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands

Additional Resources

Last updated by Alaska Fisheries Science Center on 07/06/2023

Research in Alaska Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment Program Marine Ecology and Stock Assessment Program North Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessments Groundfish Assessment Program Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessment Program Economic and Social Sciences Research Program Bering Sea Eastern Bering Sea Eastern Bering Sea Shelf Survey Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Groundfish Analyses Aleutian Islands Pacific Cod Aleutian Islands Pollock Fishery Alaska Aleutian Islands Pollock Analyses Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Alaska Continental Shelf and Upper Continental Slope Survey Acoustic-Trawl Pollock Survey of the Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Analyses Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Analyses Alaska Groundfish Research

Understanding Population Assessments

Population assessments—also known as stock assessments—provide important information for marine resource management.