Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
Prohibited Species Catch Report
(Includes CDQ)
Through: 
26-Apr-2025
National Marine Fisheries Service 
Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries 
Catch Accounting
Chinook Salmon
Gear Other Than Pelagic Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
BSAI Chinook PSC NON-PTR
Count
1,676
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
Total: 
1,676
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
AI Chinook Salmon PSQ
Count
0
53
53
0%
0
 
AI Pollock (Pelagic)
Count
0
647
647
0%
0
X
BS Chinook Salmon PSQ
Count
1,354
3,690
2,336
37%
0
X
BS Pollock (Pelagic)
Count
12,628
41,310
28,682
31%
0
Total: 
13,982
45,700
31,718
31%
0
Halibut Mortality
Other Non Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Non-Trawl)
MT
44
710
666
6%
1
Total: 
44
710
666
6%
1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Trawl)
MT
671
2,104
1,433
32%
20
Total: 
671
2,104
1,433
32%
20
Trawl and Hook-and-Line Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality PSQ
MT
103
315
212
33%
5
Total: 
103
315
212
33%
5
Herring (includes CDQ fisheries)
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Pacific Cod
MT
0
14
14
0%
0
 
Pollock Pelagic
MT
128
2,359
2,231
5%
0
 
Pollock, Atka Mackerel, Other Species
MT
3
31
28
10%
0
 
Rock Sole, Flathead Sole, Other Flatfish
MT
26
77
51
34%
2
 
Rockfish
MT
0
8
8
0%
0
 
Turbot, Arrowtooth, Kamchatka, Sablefish
MT
0
8
8
0%
0
 
Yellowfin Sole
MT
17
153
136
11%
0
Total: 
174
2,650
2,476
7%
3
Opilio (Tanner) Crab - COBLZ
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Opilio Crab
Count
112,581
11,475,050
11,362,469
1%
27,281
 
Opilio Crab PSQ
Count
4,292
1,374,950
1,370,658
0%
1,391
Total: 
116,873
12,850,000
12,733,127
1%
28,672
Bairdi Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
37,544
761,675
724,131
5%
188
 
Bairdi Crab PSQ
Count
822
104,860
104,038
1%
193
Total: 
38,366
866,535
828,169
4%
381
Bairdi Crab, Zone 2
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
139,480
1,854,216
1,714,736
8%
39,589
 
Bairdi Crab PSQ
Count
4,712
317,790
313,078
1%
2,520
Total: 
144,191
2,172,006
2,027,815
7%
42,109
Red King Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Red King Crab
Count
5,595
68,892
63,297
8%
177
 
Red King Crab PSQ
Count
441
10,379
9,938
4%
190
Total: 
6,036
79,271
73,235
8%
367
“Other flatfish” for PSC monitoring includes all flatfish species, except for halibut (a prohibited species), Alaska plaice, arrowtooth flounder, flathead sole, Greenland turbot, Kamchatka flounder, rock sole, and yellowfin sole.
COBLZ: C. Opilio Crab Bycatch Limitation Zone. 50 CFR 679.21(e) and Figure 13.
Zone 1: Federal Reporting Areas 508, 509, 512, 516.
Zone 2: Federal Reporting Areas 513, 517, 521.
Data is based on observer reports extrapolated to total groundfish harvest. Estimates for all weeks may change due to incorporation of late or corrected data.
No Chinook salmon PSC limits apply to the non-PTR trawl fisheries.
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Note: All weights are in metric tons.
Report run on May 1, 2025, 6:37:18 AM