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.
Groundfish Management
- 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
- 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)
Fisheries Reports
- Catch, Landings, and Bycatch Reports
- Status of Groundfish Fisheries: Areas Open and Bycatch
- History of Groundfish Species Groups (PDF)
- Annual Reports to the Council
Restricted Fishing
Related Information
Contacts
Dutch Harbor
Juneau
Kodiak
