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Alaska Groundfish Fisheries Management

The groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) are managed through two separate but complementary fishery management plans (FMPs), the BSAI Groundfish FMP and the GOA Groundfish FMP.

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Groundfish Catch Share and Limited Access Programs

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Last updated by Alaska Regional Office on 08/08/2023

Alaska Groundfish Management

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