Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
Prohibited Species Catch Report
(excludes CDQ except as noted)
Through: 
26-Apr-2025
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
12,628
41,310
28,682
31%
0
Total: 
12,628
41,957
29,329
30%
0
Gear Other Than Pelagic Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
BSAI Chinook PSC NON-PTR
Count
1,676
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
Total: 
1,676
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
44
710
666
6%
1
Total: 
44
710
666
6%
1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Trawl)
MT
671
2,104
1,433
32%
20
Total: 
671
2,104
1,433
32%
20
Herring (includes CDQ fisheries)
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Pacific Cod
MT
0
14
14
0%
0
 
Pollock Pelagic
MT
128
2,359
2,231
5%
0
 
Pollock, Atka Mackerel, Other Species
MT
3
31
28
10%
0
 
Rock Sole, Flathead Sole, Other Flatfish
MT
26
77
51
34%
2
 
Rockfish
MT
0
8
8
0%
0
 
Turbot, Arrowtooth, Kamchatka, Sablefish
MT
0
8
8
0%
0
 
Yellowfin Sole
MT
17
153
136
11%
0
Total: 
174
2,650
2,476
7%
3
Opilio (Tanner) Crab - COBLZ
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Opilio Crab
Count
112,581
11,475,050
11,362,469
1%
27,281
Total: 
112,581
11,475,050
11,362,469
1%
27,281
Bairdi Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
37,544
761,675
724,131
5%
188
Total: 
37,544
761,675
724,131
5%
188
Bairdi Crab, Zone 2
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
139,480
1,854,216
1,714,736
8%
39,589
Total: 
139,480
1,854,216
1,714,736
8%
39,589
Red King Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Red King Crab
Count
5,595
68,892
63,297
8%
177
Total: 
5,595
68,892
63,297
8%
177
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 1, 2025, 6:37:05 AM