Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
Prohibited Species Catch Report
(Includes CDQ)
Through: 
20-May-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
2,214
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
Total: 
2,214
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
1,151
3,690
2,539
31%
0
X
BS Pollock (Pelagic)
Count
9,456
41,310
31,854
23%
0
Total: 
10,607
45700
35,093
23%
0
Halibut Mortality
Other Non Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Non-Trawl)
MT
43
710
667
6%
1
Total: 
43
710
667
6%
1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Trawl)
MT
1,107
2,490
1,383
44%
42
Total: 
1,107
2490
1,383
44%
42
Trawl and Hook-and-Line Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality PSQ
MT
70
315
245
22%
1
Total: 
70
315
245
22%
1
Herring (includes CDQ fisheries)
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Pacific Cod
MT
1
18
17
5%
0
 
Pollock Pelagic
MT
410
3,066
2,656
13%
0
 
Pollock, Atka Mackerel, Other Species
MT
14
41
27
33%
0
 
Rock Sole, Flathead Sole, Other Flatfish
MT
135
99
-36
136%
0
 
Rockfish
MT
0
10
10
0%
0
 
Turbot, Arrowtooth, Kamchatka, Sablefish
MT
0
10
10
0%
0
 
Yellowfin Sole
MT
84
200
116
42%
0
Total: 
643
3444
2,801
19%
1
Opilio (Tanner) Crab - COBLZ
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Opilio Crab
Count
84,238
3,157,751
3,073,513
3%
295
 
Opilio Crab PSQ
Count
1,119
465,450
464,331
0%
0
Total: 
85,357
3623201
3,537,844
2%
295
Bairdi Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
14,060
660,400
646,340
2%
0
 
Bairdi Crab PSQ
Count
1,118
88,810
87,692
1%
0
Total: 
15,178
749210
734,032
2%
0
Bairdi Crab, Zone 2
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
270,057
1,586,054
1,315,997
17%
1,744
 
Bairdi Crab PSQ
Count
13,442
269,640
256,198
5%
0
Total: 
283,499
1855694
1,572,195
15%
1,744
Red King Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Red King Crab
Count
4,197
23,021
18,824
18%
0
 
Red King Crab PSQ
Count
567
3,424
2,857
17%
0
Total: 
4,764
26445
21,681
18%
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 May 25, 2023, 6:30:26 AM