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

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

Through:

29-Aug-2026

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	1,965	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Total:			1,965	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	1,069	3,690	2,621	29%	15
X	BS Pollock (Pelagic)	Count	9,999	41,310	31,311	24%	48
Total:			11,068	45,700	34,632	24%	63

Halibut Mortality
Other Non Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Halibut Mortality (Non-Trawl)	MT	116	710	594	16%	6
Total:			116	710	594	16%	6
Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Halibut Mortality (Trawl)	MT	1,047	2,054	1,007	51%	8
Total:			1,047	2,054	1,007	51%	8
Trawl and Hook-and-Line Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Halibut Mortality PSQ	MT	128	315	187	41%	0
Total:			128	315	187	41%	0

Herring (includes CDQ fisheries)
Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Pacific Cod	MT	0	14	14	3%	0
	Pollock Pelagic	MT	2,313	2,359	46	98%	313
	Pollock, Atka Mackerel, Other Species	MT	45	31	-14	144%	3
	Rock Sole, Flathead Sole, Other Flatfish	MT	29	77	48	38%	0
	Rockfish	MT	0	8	8	4%	0
	Turbot, Arrowtooth, Kamchatka, Sablefish	MT	5	8	3	59%	0
	Yellowfin Sole	MT	8	153	145	5%	0
Total:			2,400	2,650	250	91%	317

Opilio (Tanner) Crab - COBLZ
Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Opilio Crab	Count	411,216	11,475,050	11,063,834	4%	436
	Opilio Crab PSQ	Count	5,873	1,374,950	1,369,077	0%	0
Total:			417,089	12,850,000	12,432,911	3%	436

Bairdi Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Bairdi Crab	Count	26,172	875,140	848,968	3%	1,302
	Bairdi Crab PSQ	Count	3,093	104,860	101,767	3%	0
Total:			29,265	980,000	950,735	3%	1,302

Bairdi Crab, Zone 2
Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Bairdi Crab	Count	215,387	2,652,210	2,436,823	8%	2,147
	Bairdi Crab PSQ	Count	13,017	317,790	304,773	4%	0
Total:			228,404	2,970,000	2,741,596	8%	2,147

Red King Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons	Account	Units	Total Catch	Limit	Remaining	% Taken	Last Week Catch
	Red King Crab	Count	8,281	86,621	78,340	10%	379
	Red King Crab PSQ	Count	365	10,379	10,014	4%	0
Total:			8,646	97,000	88,354	9%	379


“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 Sep 3, 2026, 6:40:23 AM