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

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