Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
Prohibited Species Catch Report
(excludes CDQ except as noted)
Through: 
31-Dec-2022
National Marine Fisheries Service 
Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries 
Catch Accounting
Chinook Salmon
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
AI Pollock (Pelagic)
Count
0
647
647
0%
0
X
BS Pollock (Pelagic)
Count
5,908
41,310
35,402
14%
0
Total: 
5,908
41,957
36,049
14%
0
Gear Other Than Pelagic Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
BSAI Chinook PSC NON-PTR
Count
2,005
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
Total: 
2,005
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
Halibut Mortality
Other Non Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Non-Trawl)
MT
137
710
573
19%
0
Total: 
137
710
573
19%
0
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Trawl)
MT
1,954
2,490
536
78%
0
Total: 
1,954
2,490
536
78%
0
Herring (includes CDQ fisheries)
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Pacific Cod
MT
0
20
20
0%
0
 
Pollock Pelagic
MT
1,677
3,400
1,723
49%
0
 
Pollock, Atka Mackerel, Other Species
MT
31
45
14
68%
0
 
Rock Sole, Flathead Sole, Other Flatfish
MT
18
110
92
17%
0
 
Rockfish
MT
2
11
9
19%
0
 
Turbot, Arrowtooth, Kamchatka, Sablefish
MT
0
11
11
1%
0
 
Yellowfin Sole
MT
22
222
200
10%
0
Total: 
1,750
3,819
2,069
46%
0
Opilio (Tanner) Crab - COBLZ
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Opilio Crab
Count
194,735
3,157,751
2,963,016
6%
0
Total: 
194,735
3,157,751
2,963,016
6%
0
Bairdi Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
26,336
660,400
634,064
4%
0
Total: 
26,336
660,400
634,064
4%
0
Bairdi Crab, Zone 2
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
353,427
1,586,054
1,232,627
22%
0
Total: 
353,427
1,586,054
1,232,627
22%
0
Red King Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Red King Crab
Count
2,689
23,021
20,332
12%
0
Total: 
2,689
23,021
20,332
12%
0
This report does not include the CDQ allocated catch.
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 Jan 9, 2023, 3:14:54 PM