Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
Prohibited Species Catch Report
(excludes CDQ except as noted)
Through: 
27-Apr-2024
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
4,466
41,310
36,844
11%
0
Total: 
4,466
41,957
37,491
11%
0
Gear Other Than Pelagic Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
BSAI Chinook PSC NON-PTR
Count
1,512
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
Total: 
1,512
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
49
710
661
7%
2
Total: 
49
710
661
7%
2
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Trawl)
MT
702
2,104
1,402
33%
5
Total: 
702
2,104
1,402
33%
5
Herring (includes CDQ fisheries)
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Pacific Cod
MT
0
13
13
0%
0
 
Pollock Pelagic
MT
625
2,256
1,631
28%
0
 
Pollock, Atka Mackerel, Other Species
MT
0
30
30
0%
0
 
Rock Sole, Flathead Sole, Other Flatfish
MT
51
74
23
69%
5
 
Rockfish
MT
0
8
8
0%
0
 
Turbot, Arrowtooth, Kamchatka, Sablefish
MT
0
8
8
0%
0
 
Yellowfin Sole
MT
5
146
141
4%
1
Total: 
682
2,535
1,853
27%
7
Opilio (Tanner) Crab - COBLZ
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Opilio Crab
Count
93,381
3,142,604
3,049,223
3%
467
Total: 
93,381
3,142,604
3,049,223
3%
467
Bairdi Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
23,148
761,675
738,527
3%
513
Total: 
23,148
761,675
738,527
3%
513
Bairdi Crab, Zone 2
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
92,912
1,854,216
1,761,304
5%
5,473
Total: 
92,912
1,854,216
1,761,304
5%
5,473
Red King Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Red King Crab
Count
4,542
68,892
64,350
7%
451
Total: 
4,542
68,892
64,350
7%
451
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 May 2, 2024, 7:33:18 AM