Bering Sea Aleutian Islands Prohibited Species Catch Report (Includes CDQ)

Bering Sea Aleutian Islands
Prohibited Species Catch Report
(Includes CDQ)

Through:

18-Mar-2023

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	1,458	N/A	N/A	N/A	32
Total:			1,458	N/A	N/A	N/A	32
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	1,148	3,690	2,542	31%	20
X	BS Pollock (Pelagic)	Count	8,574	41,310	32,736	21%	445
Total:			9,722	45700	35,978	21%	465

Halibut Mortality
Other Non Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Halibut Mortality (Non-Trawl)	MT	32	710	678	5%	2
Total:			32	710	678	5%	2
Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Halibut Mortality (Trawl)	MT	651	2,490	1,839	26%	49
Total:			651	2490	1,839	26%	49
Trawl and Hook-and-Line Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Halibut Mortality PSQ	MT	35	315	280	11%	7
Total:			35	315	280	11%	7

Herring (includes CDQ fisheries)
Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Pacific Cod	MT	0	18	18	2%	0
	Pollock Pelagic	MT	241	3,066	2,825	8%	22
	Pollock, Atka Mackerel, Other Species	MT	0	41	41	0%	0
	Rock Sole, Flathead Sole, Other Flatfish	MT	1	99	98	1%	0
	Rockfish	MT	0	10	10	0%	0
	Turbot, Arrowtooth, Kamchatka, Sablefish	MT	0	10	10	0%	0
	Yellowfin Sole	MT	2	200	198	1%	0
Total:			244	3444	3,200	7%	22

Opilio (Tanner) Crab - COBLZ
Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Opilio Crab	Count	51,778	3,157,751	3,105,973	2%	434
	Opilio Crab PSQ	Count	105	465,450	465,345	0%	0
Total:			51,883	3623201	3,571,318	1%	434

Bairdi Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Bairdi Crab	Count	7,254	660,400	653,146	1%	2,016
	Bairdi Crab PSQ	Count	391	88,810	88,419	0%	0
Total:			7,645	749210	741,565	1%	2,016

Bairdi Crab, Zone 2
Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Bairdi Crab	Count	125,371	1,586,054	1,460,683	8%	3,833
	Bairdi Crab PSQ	Count	2,384	269,640	267,256	1%	140
Total:			127,755	1855694	1,727,939	7%	3,973

Red King Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Red King Crab	Count	1,301	23,021	21,720	6%	128
	Red King Crab PSQ	Count	90	3,424	3,334	3%	0
Total:			1,391	26445	25,054	5%	128


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 Mar 23, 2023, 6:19:36 AM