Fish previously referred to as rougheye rockfish are now recognized as consisting of two species, rougheye rockfish (Sebastes aleutianus) and blackspotted rockfish (Sebastes melanostictus). Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.
Native Names: In the Aleut languages, Atka mackerel are known as tmadgi among the Eastern and Atkan Aleuts and Atkan of Bering Island. They are also known as tavyi among the Attuan Aleuts.
Arrowtooth flounder (Atheresthes stomias) are relatively large flatfish that range from central California to the eastern Bering Sea, and as far west as the Kuril Islands.
Alaska plaice (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) are assessed on a biennial stock assessment schedule as part of the National Marine Fisheries Service assessment prioritization plan implemented in 2017.
The Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis Division’s North Pacific Observer Program collects, maintains, and distributes data for scientific, management, and regulatory compliance purposes in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.
This assessment summarizes and synthesizes climate, biological, and fishing effects on the shelf and slope regions of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), from an ecosystem perspective, and to provides an assessment of the possible future.
This assessment summarizes and synthesizes historical climate and fishing effects on the shelf and slope regions of the Aleutian Islands (AI) from an ecosystem perspective, and provides an assessment of the possible future.