Alaska salmon troller Bay of Pillars in Chatham Strait. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
A Southeast Alaska trolling vessel. Credit ASMI
Inseason Fisheries Management in Alaska
The Inseason Management Branch of Sustainable Fisheries monitors the catch rates of groundfish and prohibited species according to the annual catch limits and allocations by gear, sector, and seasonal apportionments, and also opens and closes fisheries.
Groundfish Management
- Information Bulletins: Groundfish fisheries regulation updates, openings, and closures
- Harvest Specification Tables: Harvest specifications and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fisheries of the BSAI and GOA
- Closure of the BSAI Summer Herring Savings Area 2
- Supplemental Information on the BSAI Herring Inseason Adjustment: Temporary rule and modification of closure of the Summer Herring Savings Area 2 in the Bering Sea subarea of the BSAI
- Environmental Assessment for Amendment 16a to the BSAI FMP, 1991
- Groundfish Fisheries
- Fishery Seasons
- Catch Accounting: Management of quotas, catch reporting, prohibited species catch, and at-sea discards
- Electronic Reporting: Groundfish fishery catch reporting through the Interagency Electronic Reporting System or Processor Workstations
- Overview: Harvest Specification and Inseason Management (PDF)
Fisheries Reports
- Catch, Landings, and Bycatch Reports
- Status of Groundfish Fisheries: Areas Open and Bycatch
- History of Groundfish Species Groups (PDF)
- Annual Reports to the Council
Restricted Fishing
Related Information
Contacts
Dutch Harbor
Juneau
Kodiak
Alaska salmon troller Bay of Pillars in Chatham Strait. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
A Southeast Alaska trolling vessel. Credit ASMI