Crab Rationalization Harvest QS & IFQ Use Caps For Fishery Year:
2026/2027
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Prepared: Jun 30, 2026, 6:00:26 AM
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These notes apply to all of the following QS/IFQ Tables:
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BBR = Bristol Bay red king crab
BSS = Bering Sea snow Crab
EBT = Eastern Bering Sea Tanner crab
WBT = Western Bering Sea Tanner crab
PIK = Pribilof Islands red/blue king crab
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SMB = St. Matthew blue king crab
EAG = Eastern Aleutian Islands golden king crab
WAG = Western Aleutian Islands golden king crab
WAI = Western Aleutian Islands red king crab
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- A crab year is July 1 through June 30 of the following calendar year.
- Annual IFQ = (QS held/QS pool for fishery) x annual TAC for IFQ.
- Amounts greater than cap may be initially issued to, or used by, a person under "grandfather" rules.
- IFQ Use Caps are computed using current year ratios of QS:IFQ.
- "Undetermined" means the TAC has not been announced for the year; therefore, the IPQ cap cannot be computed at this time.
-For these caps, a person's QS holdings and IFQ use are computed on an "individual and collective" basis.
- Starting with the 2006/07 crab fishing year, Bering Sea (C. bairdi) Tanner crab are managed as two stocks and fisheries: Eastern and Western Bering Sea (C. bairdi) Tanner Crab (EBT and WBT, respectively).
- Use caps and related regulations are found at 50 CFR Part 680, at ยง680.42
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Permanent CVO/CPO QS Use Caps, and IFQ Use Caps for Persons Other Than CDQ
Groups and Non-Individual PQS Holders
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Permanent QS Use Caps
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2026/2027 Annual IFQ
Use Caps
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Crab QS Fishery
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% of Initial QS Pool for
CVO/CPO (QS Units)
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CVO/CPO Use Caps
(QS Units)
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CVO/CPO IFQ Caps
(Raw Crab Pounds)
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Permanent CVC/CPC QS Use Caps and IFQ Use Caps for Individuals
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Permanent QS Use Caps
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2026/2027 Annual IFQ
Use Caps
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Crab QS Fishery
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% of Initial QS Pool for
CVC/CPC (QS Units)
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CVC/CPC Use Caps
(QS Units)
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CVC/CPC IFQ Caps
(Raw Crab Pounds)
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Permanent CVO/CPO QS Use Caps, and IFQ Use Caps for CDQ Groups that do not Hold PQS
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Permanent QS Use Caps
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2026/2027 Annual IFQ
Use Caps
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Crab QS Fishery
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% of Initial QS Pool for
CVO/CPO (QS Units)
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CVO/CPO Use Caps
(QS Units)
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CVO/CPO IFQ Caps
(Raw Crab Pounds)
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Permanent CVO/CPO QS Use Caps, and IFQ Use Caps for Non-Individual PQS Holders Including CDQ
Groups
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Permanent QS Use Caps
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2026/2027 Annual IFQ
Use Caps
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Crab QS Fishery
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% of Initial QS Pool for
CVO/CPO (QS Units)
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CVO/CPO Use Caps
(QS Units)
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CVO/CPO IFQ Caps
(Raw Crab Pounds)
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Prepared: Jun 30, 2026, 6:00:26 AM
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