St. Matthew Island Blue King Crab Mortality
(Groundfish PSC only)
Crab year: 2019-2020
National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries
Catch Accounting
Gear
Mortality
ABC
Current Week Catch
Fixed Gear
0.52
0.00
Trawl
0.02
0.00
All
0.54
30.00
0.00
An 80% handling mortality rate was applied to estimates of bycatch in trawl fisheries, and a 50% handling mortality rate was applied to fixed gear fisheries using pot and hook and line gear.
Trawl includes non-pelagic and pelagic trawl gear.
