Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
Prohibited Species Catch Report
(Includes CDQ)
Through: 
07-Dec-2024
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
2,474
N/A
N/A
N/A
237
Total: 
2,474
N/A
N/A
N/A
237
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
748
3,690
2,942
20%
0
X
BS Pollock (Pelagic)
Count
7,297
41,310
34,013
18%
0
Total: 
8,045
45700
37,655
18%
0
Halibut Mortality
Other Non Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Non-Trawl)
MT
149
710
561
21%
3
Total: 
149
710
561
21%
3
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Trawl)
MT
1,459
2,104
645
69%
40
Total: 
1,459
2104
645
69%
40
Trawl and Hook-and-Line Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality PSQ
MT
116
315
199
37%
3
Total: 
116
315
199
37%
3
Herring (includes CDQ fisheries)
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Pacific Cod
MT
0
13
13
1%
0
 
Pollock Pelagic
MT
1,276
2,256
980
57%
0
 
Pollock, Atka Mackerel, Other Species
MT
4
30
26
14%
0
 
Rock Sole, Flathead Sole, Other Flatfish
MT
60
74
14
81%
0
 
Rockfish
MT
1
8
7
18%
0
 
Turbot, Arrowtooth, Kamchatka, Sablefish
MT
1
8
7
15%
0
 
Yellowfin Sole
MT
20
146
126
14%
0
Total: 
1,363
2535
1,172
54%
0
Opilio (Tanner) Crab - COBLZ
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Opilio Crab
Count
507,101
3,142,604
2,635,503
16%
224
 
Opilio Crab PSQ
Count
42,075
465,450
423,375
9%
0
Total: 
549,176
3608054
3,058,878
15%
224
Bairdi Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
47,431
761,675
714,244
6%
0
 
Bairdi Crab PSQ
Count
2,902
104,860
101,958
3%
0
Total: 
50,333
866535
816,202
6%
0
Bairdi Crab, Zone 2
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
165,879
1,854,216
1,688,337
9%
4,717
 
Bairdi Crab PSQ
Count
25,790
317,790
292,000
8%
116
Total: 
191,669
2172006
1,980,337
9%
4,833
Red King Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Red King Crab
Count
10,637
68,892
58,255
15%
0
 
Red King Crab PSQ
Count
1,214
10,379
9,165
12%
0
Total: 
11,851
79271
67,420
15%
0
“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 Dec 12, 2024, 6:56:10 AM