Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
Prohibited Species Catch Report
(excludes CDQ except as noted)
Through: 
23-Sep-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
10,523
41,310
30,787
25%
17
Total: 
10,523
41,957
31,434
25%
17
Gear Other Than Pelagic Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
BSAI Chinook PSC NON-PTR
Count
2,392
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
Total: 
2,392
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
110
710
600
16%
6
Total: 
110
710
600
16%
6
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Trawl)
MT
1,392
2,490
1,098
56%
20
Total: 
1,392
2,490
1,098
56%
20
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
3,020
3,066
46
98%
33
 
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
0
10
10
2%
0
 
Turbot, Arrowtooth, Kamchatka, Sablefish
MT
0
10
10
5%
0
 
Yellowfin Sole
MT
86
200
114
43%
0
Total: 
3,270
3,444
174
95%
33
Opilio (Tanner) Crab - COBLZ
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Opilio Crab
Count
220,256
3,157,751
2,937,495
7%
66,363
Total: 
220,256
3,157,751
2,937,495
7%
66,363
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
322,226
1,586,054
1,263,828
20%
2,764
Total: 
322,226
1,586,054
1,263,828
20%
2,764
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
Total: 
4,197
23,021
18,824
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 Sep 28, 2023, 11:52:14 AM