St. Matthew Island Blue King Crab Mortality
(Groundfish PSC only)
Crab year: 2020-2021
National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries
Catch Accounting
Gear
Mortality
ABC
Current Week Catch
Fixed Gear
0.26
0.00
Trawl
0.03
0.00
All
0.28
40.00
0.00
Crab year is July 1-June 30
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.
