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National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office

Fisheries Management - Harvest Specifications

2007 - 2008 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specification Tables


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Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) 2007 - 2008
 Gulf of Alaska
NOTE: See the BSAI and GOA final rules and the revision to BSAI and GOA final rules for the text that accompanies the following final specification tables. Please also refer to the changes to the 2007 and 2008 final harvest specifications.
TABLE 1 2007: Overfishing Level (OFL), Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC), Total Allowable Catch (TAC), Initial Tac (ITAC), and CDQ Reserve Allocation of Groundfish in the BSAI

TABLE 1 2008: Revisions under Amendments 80 and 85

 TABLE 1 2007: ABCS, TACS, and Overfishing Levels of Groundfish for the Western/Central/West Yakutat (W/C/WYK), Western (W), Central (C), Eastern (E) Regulatory Areas, and in the West Yakutat (WYK), Southeast Outside (SEO), and Gulfwide (GW) Districts of the Gulf of Alaska

TABLE 2 2007: Apportionment of Reserves to ITAC Categories

TABLE 2 2008: Revisions under Amendments 80 and 85

TABLE 2 2008: ABCS, TACS, And Overfishing Levels of Groundfish for the Western/Central/West Yakutat (W/C/WYK), Western (W), Central (C), Eastern (E) Regulatory Areas, and in the West Yakutat (WYK), Southeast Outside (SEO), and Gulfwide (GW) Districts of the Gulf of Alaska  (updated 1/10/08)
TABLE 3 2007: Allocations of Pollock TACS to the Directed Pollock Fisheries and to the CDQ Directed Fishing Allowances (DFA) (updated 01/04/08) TABLE 3 2007: Sablefish TAC Specifications in the Gulf of Alaska and Allocations Thereof to Hook- And-Line and Trawl Gear
TABLE 4 2007: Seasonal and Spatial Allowances, Gear Shares, and CDQ Reserve of the BSAI Atka Mackerel TAC

TABLE 4 2008: Revisions under Amendments 80 and 85

 TABLE 4 2008: Sablefish TAC Specifications in the Gulf of Alaska and Allocations Thereof to Trawl Gear
TABLE 5 2007: Gear Shares and Seasonal Allowances of the BSAI Pacific Cod ITAC

TABLE 5 2008: Revisions under Amendments 80 and 85

 TABLE 5 2007: Distribution of Pollock in the Central and Western Regulatory Areas of the Gulf of Alaska; Seasonal Biomass Distribution, Area Apportionments; and Seasonal Allowances of Annual TAC
TABLE 6 2007: Gear Shares And CDQ Reserve of BSAI Sablefish TACS TABLE 6 2008: Distribution of Pollock in the Central and Western Regulatory Areas of the Gulf of Alaska; Seasonal Biomass Distribution, Area Apportionments; and Seasonal Allowances of Annual TAC  (updated 1/10/08)
TABLE 7 2007: Prohibited Species Bycatch Allowances for the BSAI Trawl and Non-Trawl Fisheries

TABLE 7 2008: Revisions under Amendments 80 and 85

 TABLE 7 2007: Seasonal Apportionments and Allocation of Pacific Cod TAC Amounts in the Gulf of Alaska; Allocations for Processing by the Inshore and Offshore Components
TABLE 8 2007: Assumed Pacific Halibut Discard Mortality Rates for The BSAI TABLE 8 2008: Seasonal Apportionments and Allocation of Pacific Cod TAC Amounts in the Gulf of Alaska; Allocations for Processing by the Inshore and Offshore Components
(updated 01/09/08)
TABLE 9 2007: Directed Fishing Closures

TABLE 9 2008: Revisions under Amendments 80 and 85

 TABLE 9 2007: PACIFIC HALIBUT PSC LIMITS, ALLOWANCES, AND APPORTIONMENTS
TABLE 10 2007 : Listed BSAI American Fisheries Act Catcher/Processor Groundfish Sideboard Limits

TABLE 10 2008: Revisions under Amendments 80 and 85

 TABLE 10 2007: Apportionment of Pacific Halibut PSC Trawl Limits Between the Trawl Gear Deep-Water Species Complex and the Shallow-Water Species CompleX (updated 3/21/07)
TABLE 11 2007: BSAI American Fisheries Act Listed Catcher/Processor Prohibited Species Sideboard Limits

TABLE 11 2008: Revisions under Amendments 80 and 85

 TABLE 11 2007 AND 2008: Comparison of Final 2006 and Final 2007 and 2008 Total Allowable Catch in the Gulf of Alaska
TABLE 12 2007: BSAI American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel Sideboard Limits

TABLE 12 2008: Revisions under Amendments 80 and 85

 TABLE 12 2007: Halibut Discard Mortality Rates for Vessels Fishing in the Gulf of Alaska
TABLE 13 2007: American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel Prohibited Species Catch Sideboard Limits for The BSAI

TABLE 13 2008: Revisions under Amendments 80 and 85

 TABLE 13 2007: GOA Non-Exempt American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel (CV) Groundfish Harvest Sideboard Limitations GOA Non-Exempt American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel (CV) Groundfish Harvest Sideboard Limitations
TABLE 14 2007: American Fisheries Act Listed Catcher/Processor Sideboard Directed Fishing Closures

TABLE 14 2008: Revisions under Amendments 80 and 85

 TABLE 14 2008: GOA NON-EXEMPT AMERICAN FISHERIES ACT CATCHER VESSEL PROHIBITED SPECIES CATCH (PSC) LIMITS  (updated 1/10/08)
TABLE 15 2007: American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel Sideboard Directed Fishing Closures

TABLE 15 2008: Revisions under Amendments 80 and 85

 TABLE 15 2007: Non-Exempt American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Limits for The GOA

TABLE 16 2008: Revisions under Amendments 80 and 85 - CDQ Reserves, Incidental Catch Amounts, and Amendment 80 Allocations of the Aleutian Islands Pacific Ocean Perch, Flathead Sole, Rock Sole, and Yellowfin Sole TACS


 TABLE 16 2007: GOA Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessel Groundfish Harvest Sideboard Limitations
 
 TABLE 17 2008: GOA Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessel Groundfish Harvest Sideboard Limitations  (updated 1/10/08)
 
 TABLE 18 AND TABLE 19 2007 AND 2008: Rockfish Program Harvest Limits by Sector for West Yakutat District and Western Regulatory Area by the Catcher/Processor (C/P) and Catcher Vessel (CV) Sectors (updated 3/21/07)
 
 TABLE 20 2007: Rockfish Program Halibut Mortality Limits for the Catcher/Processor and Catcher Vessel Sectors (updated 3/21/07)
 
 TABLE 21 2007 AND 2008: Directed Fishing Closures in The GOA
 
 TABLE 22 2007: Non-Exempt AFA Catcher Vessel Sideboard Directed Fishing Closures in The GOA
 

TABLE 17 2008: GOA Amendment 80 Program Vessel Sideboard Limits for Groundfish Program Vessels (updated 1/10/08)
 

TABLE 18 2008: Amendment 80 Vessel Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Limits for The GOA


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