Pribilof Island Blue King Crab Mortality (Bering Sea Groundfish Fishery Bycatch)
Crab year: 2022-2023
National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries Catch Accounting
GEAR
Mortality
ABC
Current Week Catch
Hook-and-Line
0.097
0
Nonpelagic Trawl
0.13
0.002
Pot
0
0
Pelagic Trawl
0.001
0.001
All
0.228
0.87
0.003
Crab year is July 1-June 30
An 80% mortality rate is applied to bycatch estimates in trawl gear fisheries, and a 50% mortality rate is applied to bycatch estimates in hook-and-line and pot gear fisheries.