Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
Prohibited Species Catch Report
(Includes CDQ)
Through: 
31-Dec-2022
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
2,005
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
Total: 
2,005
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
429
3,690
3,261
12%
0
X
BS Pollock (Pelagic)
Count
5,908
41,310
35,402
14%
0
Total: 
6,337
45700
39,363
14%
0
Halibut Mortality
Other Non Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Non-Trawl)
MT
137
710
573
19%
0
Total: 
137
710
573
19%
0
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Trawl)
MT
1,954
2,490
536
78%
0
Total: 
1,954
2490
536
78%
0
Trawl and Hook-and-Line Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality PSQ
MT
121
315
194
39%
0
Total: 
121
315
194
39%
0
Herring (includes CDQ fisheries)
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Pacific Cod
MT
0
20
20
0%
0
 
Pollock Pelagic
MT
1,677
3,400
1,723
49%
0
 
Pollock, Atka Mackerel, Other Species
MT
31
45
14
68%
0
 
Rock Sole, Flathead Sole, Other Flatfish
MT
18
110
92
17%
0
 
Rockfish
MT
2
11
9
19%
0
 
Turbot, Arrowtooth, Kamchatka, Sablefish
MT
0
11
11
1%
0
 
Yellowfin Sole
MT
22
222
200
10%
0
Total: 
1,750
3819
2,069
46%
0
Opilio (Tanner) Crab - COBLZ
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Opilio Crab
Count
194,735
3,157,751
2,963,016
6%
0
 
Opilio Crab PSQ
Count
5,161
465,450
460,289
1%
0
Total: 
199,897
3623201
3,423,304
6%
0
Bairdi Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
26,336
660,400
634,064
4%
0
 
Bairdi Crab PSQ
Count
2,132
88,810
86,678
2%
0
Total: 
28,468
749210
720,742
4%
0
Bairdi Crab, Zone 2
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
353,427
1,586,054
1,232,627
22%
0
 
Bairdi Crab PSQ
Count
14,414
269,640
255,226
5%
0
Total: 
367,841
1855694
1,487,853
20%
0
Red King Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Red King Crab
Count
2,689
23,021
20,332
12%
0
 
Red King Crab PSQ
Count
477
3,424
2,947
14%
0
Total: 
3,166
26445
23,279
12%
0
Other flatfish for PSC monitoring: all flatfish except Pacific halibut (a prohibited species), flathead sole, Greenland turbot, 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 Jan 9, 2023, 3:15:01 PM