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Giant Pacific Octopus Results

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2022 Assessment Of The Octopus Stock Complex In The Gulf Of Alaska [2021]

In accordance with the approved schedule, no assessment was conducted for this stock this year, however, a full stock assessment will be conducted in 2023.
January 09, 2023 - Assessments ,

2022 Assessment Of The Octopus Stock Complex In The Bering Sea And Aleutian Islands

Through 2010, octopuses were managed as part of the BSAI “other species” complex, along with sharks, skates, and sculpins. Historically, catches of the other species complex were well below TAC and retention of other species was small.
January 05, 2023 - Assessments ,

2021 Assessment Of The Octopus Stock Complex In The Gulf Of Alaska [2019]

At least seven species of octopus are found in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). For management purposes, all octopus species are grouped into a single assemblage.
February 07, 2022 - Assessments ,

2021 Assessment Of The Octopus Stock Complex In The Bering Sea And Aleutian Islands

Through 2010, octopuses were managed as part of the BSAI “other species” complex, along with sharks, skates, and sculpins. Historically, catches of the other species complex were well below TAC and retention of other species was small.
February 04, 2022 - Assessments ,

A View From Inside the Kodiak Lab Aquarium - Post 4

A View From Inside the Kodiak Lab Aquarium

Take a peek inside the Kodiak Lab aquarium and touch tank to meet some interesting underwater inhabitants!
April 01, 2021 - Research ,
Close up photo of Pi, Kodiak lab's giant Pacific octopus showing white coloring and suction cups.

2020 Assessment Of The Octopus Stock Complex In The Gulf Of Alaska [2019]

NOTE: In accordance with the approved schedule, no assessment was conducted for this stock this year, however, a full stock assessment will be conducted in 2021. Until then, the values generated from the previous stock assessment (below) will be rolled...
January 29, 2021 - Assessments ,

2020 Assessment Of The Octopus Stock Complex In The Bering Sea And Aleutian Islands

Through 2010, octopuses were managed as part of the BSAI “other species” complex, along with sharks, skates, and sculpins. Historically, catches of the other species complex were well below TAC and retention of other species was small.
January 29, 2021 - Assessments ,

2019 Assessment of the Octopus Stock Complex in the Gulf of Alaska

At least seven species of octopus are found in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). For management purposes, all octopus species are grouped into a single assemblage.
February 03, 2020 - Assessments ,

2019 Assessment of the Octopus Stock Complex in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

NOTE: In accordance with the approved schedule, no assessment was conducted for this stock this year, however, a full stock assessment will be conducted in 2020.
January 30, 2020 - Assessments ,

2018 Assessment of the Octopus Stock Complex in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Octopuses are marine mollusks in the class Cephalopoda. The cephalopods, whose name literally means head foot, have their appendages attached to the head and include octopuses, squids, and nautiluses. The octopuses (order Octopoda) have only eight appendages or arms, and unlike other cephalopods, they lack shells, pens, and tentacles. There are two groups of Octopoda, the cirrate and the incirrate. The cirrate have cirri (cilia-like strands on the suckers),possess paddle-shaped fins suitable for swimming in their deep ocean pelagic and epibenthic habitats (Boyle and Rodhouse 2005), and are much less common than the incirrate which contain the more traditional forms of octopus. Octopuses are found in every ocean in the world and range in size from less than 20 cm (total length) to over 3 m (total length); the latter is a record held by Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker 1910). E. dofleini is one of at least eight species of octopus (Table 22.1) found in the Bering Sea, including one newly identified species. Members of these nine species represent seven genera and can be found from less than 10-m to greater than 1500-m depth. All but one, Japetella diaphana are benthic octopuses. The mesopelagic Vampyroteuthis infernalis is a cephalopod that shares similarities with both octopuses and squids. But is included in the octopus assessment. The state of knowledge of octopuses in the BSAI, including the true species composition, is very limited.
January 29, 2019 - Assessments ,