Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
Prohibited Species Catch Report
(excludes CDQ except as noted)
Through: 
18-Mar-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
8,574
41,310
32,736
21%
445
Total: 
8,574
41,957
33,383
20%
445
Gear Other Than Pelagic Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
BSAI Chinook PSC NON-PTR
Count
1,458
N/A
N/A
N/A
32
Total: 
1,458
N/A
N/A
N/A
32
Halibut Mortality
Other Non Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Non-Trawl)
MT
32
710
678
5%
2
Total: 
32
710
678
5%
2
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Trawl)
MT
651
2,490
1,839
26%
49
Total: 
651
2,490
1,839
26%
49
Herring (includes CDQ fisheries)
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Pacific Cod
MT
0
18
18
2%
0
 
Pollock Pelagic
MT
241
3,066
2,825
8%
22
 
Pollock, Atka Mackerel, Other Species
MT
0
41
41
0%
0
 
Rock Sole, Flathead Sole, Other Flatfish
MT
1
99
98
1%
0
 
Rockfish
MT
0
10
10
0%
0
 
Turbot, Arrowtooth, Kamchatka, Sablefish
MT
0
10
10
0%
0
 
Yellowfin Sole
MT
2
200
198
1%
0
Total: 
244
3,444
3,200
7%
22
Opilio (Tanner) Crab - COBLZ
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Opilio Crab
Count
51,778
3,157,751
3,105,973
2%
434
Total: 
51,778
3,157,751
3,105,973
2%
434
Bairdi Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
7,254
660,400
653,146
1%
2,016
Total: 
7,254
660,400
653,146
1%
2,016
Bairdi Crab, Zone 2
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
125,371
1,586,054
1,460,683
8%
3,833
Total: 
125,371
1,586,054
1,460,683
8%
3,833
Red King Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Red King Crab
Count
1,301
23,021
21,720
6%
128
Total: 
1,301
23,021
21,720
6%
128
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 Mar 23, 2023, 6:19:30 AM