2020 Economic Status of the Groundfish Fisheries Off Alaska

January 29, 2021

The commercial FMP groundfish fisheries off Alaska had a total catch of 2.2 million metric tons (mt) in 2019 (including catch in federal and state waters) (Fig. 3.1 and Table 1), a decrease of 1.8% from 2018. Groundfish accounted for 83% of Alaska’s...