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
0.101
0.004
Nonpelagic Trawl
0.213
0
Pot
0
0
Pelagic Trawl
0
0
All
0.314
0.87
0.004
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.