Alaska Sablefish Longline Survey Reports

Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) are a commercially important fish species in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Found along the upper continental slope, in Alaska they are caught primarily by longlines. Catches in the Alaskan EEZ have averaged 15,000 mt in recent years with an annual value of about $100 million.

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Survey Protocol for the Alaska Sablefish Longline Survey

Sablefish have been exploited since the end of the 19th century by U.S. and Canadian fishermen. The North American fishery on sablefish developed as…

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Alaska Longline Sablefish Survey Metadata

Data is available from annual bottom longline surveys conducted cooperatively by Japan (1979–1994) and the U.S. National Marine Fisheries…

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Alaska Longline Survey Data Map

Summaries of the catch and abundance data are available by clicking the links or the maps below. The links lead directly to data query pages. Maps…

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