Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
Prohibited Species Catch Report
(excludes CDQ except as noted)
Through: 
31-Dec-2023
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
10,684
41,310
30,626
26%
0
Total: 
10,684
41,957
31,273
25%
0
Gear Other Than Pelagic Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
BSAI Chinook PSC NON-PTR
Count
2,761
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
Total: 
2,761
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
121
710
589
17%
0
Total: 
121
710
589
17%
0
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Trawl)
MT
1,618
2,490
872
65%
0
Total: 
1,618
2,490
872
65%
0
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
3,059
3,066
7
100%
0
 
Pollock, Atka Mackerel, Other Species
MT
28
41
13
68%
0
 
Rock Sole, Flathead Sole, Other Flatfish
MT
135
99
-36
136%
0
 
Rockfish
MT
2
10
8
21%
0
 
Turbot, Arrowtooth, Kamchatka, Sablefish
MT
0
10
10
5%
0
 
Yellowfin Sole
MT
86
200
114
43%
0
Total: 
3,312
3,444
132
96%
0
Opilio (Tanner) Crab - COBLZ
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Opilio Crab
Count
737,188
3,157,751
2,420,563
23%
0
Total: 
737,188
3,157,751
2,420,563
23%
0
Bairdi Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
14,332
660,400
646,068
2%
0
Total: 
14,332
660,400
646,068
2%
0
Bairdi Crab, Zone 2
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
380,876
1,586,054
1,205,178
24%
0
Total: 
380,876
1,586,054
1,205,178
24%
0
Red King Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Red King Crab
Count
4,214
23,021
18,807
18%
0
Total: 
4,214
23,021
18,807
18%
0
This report does not include the CDQ allocated catch.
“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 Mar 4, 2024, 7:42:08 AM