Inseason Fisheries Management in Alaska

The Inseason Management Branch of Sustainable Fisheries monitors the catch rates of groundfish and prohibited species according to the annual catch limits and allocations by gear, sector, and seasonal apportionments proscribed in regulation and found in the harvest specifications. The branch opens and closes fisheries under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Act including the National Standard 1 guideline: Conservation and management measures shall prevent overfishing while achieving on a continuing basis, the optimum yield from each fishery.

Alaska

Groundfish Management

fisher person with a haul of Pacific cod

Pacific cod on the F/V Miss Leona

Information Bulletins: Groundfish fisheries regulation updates, openings, and closures
Harvest Specification Tables: Harvest specifications and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fisheries of the BSAI and GOA
Closure of the BSAI Summer Herring Savings Area 2
- Supplemental Information on the BSAI Herring Inseason Adjustment: Temporary rule and modification of closure of the Summer Herring Savings Area 2 in the Bering Sea subarea of the BSAI
- Environmental Assessment for Amendment 16a to the BSAI FMP, 1991
Groundfish Fisheries
Fishery Seasons
Catch Accounting: Management of quotas, catch reporting, prohibited species catch, and at-sea discards
Electronic Reporting: Groundfish fishery catch reporting through the Interagency Electronic Reporting System or Processor Workstations
Overview: Harvest Specification and Inseason Management (PDF)