Fish previously referred to as rougheye rockfish are now recognized as consisting of two species, rougheye rockfish (Sebastes aleutianus) and blackspotted rockfish (Sebastes melanostictus) (Orr and Hawkins 2008). Bering Sea/Aleutian 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.
"Flathead sole" as currently managed by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) represents a two-species complex consisting of true flathead sole (Hippoglossoides elassodon) and...
Kamchatka flounder (Atheresthes evermanni) is a relatively large flatfish which is distributed from Northern Japan through the Sea of Okhotsk to the Western Bering Sea north to Anadyr Gulf (Wilimovsky et al. 1967) and east to...
Arrowtooth flounder (Atheresthes stomias) are relatively large flatfish that range from central California to the eastern Bering Sea (EBS), and as far west as the Kuril Islands (Orlov 2004).
Greenland turbot (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) is a Pleuronectidae (right eyed) flatfish that has a circumpolar distribution inhabiting the North Atlantic, Arctic and North Pacific Oceans.
Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report summarizes the best available scientific information concerning past, present, and possible future condition of the stocks, marine ecosystems, and fisheries that are managed under Federal regulation.
A report on the status of forage species in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) region is prepared on a biennial basis and presented to the Plan Team and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) in odd years.
Analysis of proposed Amendment 121 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the BSAI and Amendment 110 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA which would reclassify sculpin species to the non-target ecosystem component category.