Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) are broadly distributed throughout the North Pacific with the largest concentrations found in the Eastern Bering Sea.
Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) are distributed throughout the Aleutian Islands with concentrations in areas and depths dependent on diel and seasonal migration.
Pacific ocean perch inhabit the outer continental shelf and upper slope regions of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Pacific ocean perch were occasionally managed within a species complex with four other associated rockfish species.
The Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Other Rockfish complex is currently managed in Tier 5 and is assessed on even years to coincide with the Aleutian Islands (AI) groundfish trawl survey.
Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) is a transoceanic species, ranging from California, northward along the North American coast; across the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea north to Norton Sound; and southward along the Asian coast to the northern Yellow Sea.
Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) ranges across the northern Pacific Ocean from California, northward to the Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands, and Bering Sea north to Norton Sound; and southward along the Asian coast to the northern Yellow Sea.
The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands other flatfish complex has typically included those flatfish besides northern rock sole, yellowfin sole, arrowtooth flounder, Kamchatka flounder and Greenland turbot.
Through 2010, octopuses were managed as part of the BSAI “other species” complex, along with sharks, skates, and sculpins. Historically, catches of the other species complex were well below TAC and retention of other species was small.
In 2005, Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) rockfish were moved to a biennial assessment schedule with full assessments in even years to coincide with the frequency of trawl surveys in the Aleutian Islands (AI) and the eastern Bering Sea (EBS) slope.