Pribilof Island Blue King Crab Mortality (Bering Sea Groundfish Fishery Bycatch)
Crab year: 2023-2024
National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries Catch Accounting
GEAR
Mortality
ABC
Current Week Catch
Hook-and-Line
0.185
0
Pelagic Trawl
0
0
Nonpelagic Trawl
0.005
0
Pot
0
0
All
0.189
0.87
0
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.
Amounts are in metric tons.
ABC indicated is for the 2022/23 crab season and will be updated in Oct 2023 after the 2023/24 ABC is set by the Council.