Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
Prohibited Species Catch Report
(Includes CDQ)
Through: 
25-May-2024
National Marine Fisheries Service 
Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries 
Catch Accounting
Chinook Salmon
Gear Other Than Pelagic Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
BSAI Chinook PSC NON-PTR
Count
1,588
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
Total: 
1,588
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
AI Chinook Salmon PSQ
Count
0
53
53
0%
0
 
AI Pollock (Pelagic)
Count
0
647
647
0%
0
X
BS Chinook Salmon PSQ
Count
694
3,690
2,996
19%
0
X
BS Pollock (Pelagic)
Count
4,466
41,310
36,844
11%
0
Total: 
5,160
45700
40,540
11%
0
Halibut Mortality
Other Non Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Non-Trawl)
MT
56
710
654
8%
0
Total: 
56
710
654
8%
0
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality (Trawl)
MT
783
2,104
1,321
37%
22
Total: 
783
2104
1,321
37%
22
Trawl and Hook-and-Line Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Halibut Mortality PSQ
MT
67
315
248
21%
0
Total: 
67
315
248
21%
0
Herring (includes CDQ fisheries)
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Pacific Cod
MT
0
13
13
0%
0
 
Pollock Pelagic
MT
625
2,256
1,631
28%
0
 
Pollock, Atka Mackerel, Other Species
MT
0
30
30
0%
0
 
Rock Sole, Flathead Sole, Other Flatfish
MT
59
74
15
80%
0
 
Rockfish
MT
0
8
8
0%
0
 
Turbot, Arrowtooth, Kamchatka, Sablefish
MT
0
8
8
0%
0
 
Yellowfin Sole
MT
17
146
129
11%
0
Total: 
701
2535
1,834
28%
0
Opilio (Tanner) Crab - COBLZ
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Opilio Crab
Count
257,644
3,142,604
2,884,960
8%
0
 
Opilio Crab PSQ
Count
11,874
465,450
453,576
3%
0
Total: 
269,519
3608054
3,338,535
7%
0
Bairdi Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
24,255
761,675
737,420
3%
0
 
Bairdi Crab PSQ
Count
1,386
104,860
103,474
1%
0
Total: 
25,641
866535
840,894
3%
0
Bairdi Crab, Zone 2
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Bairdi Crab
Count
104,200
1,854,216
1,750,016
6%
0
 
Bairdi Crab PSQ
Count
20,671
317,790
297,119
7%
0
Total: 
124,871
2172006
2,047,135
6%
0
Red King Crab, Zone 1
Trawl Gear
Seasons 
Account
Units
Total Catch
Limit
Remaining
% Taken
Last Week Catch
 
Red King Crab
Count
5,456
68,892
63,436
8%
0
 
Red King Crab PSQ
Count
551
10,379
9,828
5%
0
Total: 
6,007
79271
73,264
8%
0
“Other flatfish” for PSC monitoring includes all flatfish species, except for halibut (a prohibited species), Alaska plaice, arrowtooth flounder, flathead sole, Greenland turbot, Kamchatka flounder, rock sole, and yellowfin sole.
COBLZ: C. Opilio Crab Bycatch Limitation Zone. 50 CFR 679.21(e) and Figure 13.
Zone 1: Federal Reporting Areas 508, 509, 512, 516.
Zone 2: Federal Reporting Areas 513, 517, 521.
Data is based on observer reports extrapolated to total groundfish harvest. Estimates for all weeks may change due to incorporation of late or corrected data.
No Chinook salmon PSC limits apply to the non-PTR trawl fisheries.
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Note: All weights are in metric tons.
Report run on May 30, 2024, 9:39:11 AM