2006 Groundfish Catch and Product Values
|
Catch
 |
|
Product Value
 |
Percentage of catch in the Alaska groundfish fishery by species (left) and by product value (right) for the year 2006.
|
During 2006, pollock made up 71.4% of the average groundfish catch off Alaska. The pollock catch for 2006 was 1.56 million metric tons (t), down approximately 0.4% from 2005.
The next major species, Pacific cod, accounted for 239,427 t or 10.9% of the total 2006 groundfish catch. The Pacific cod catch was down about 5.4% from a year earlier.
The 2006 catch of flatfish, which includes yellowfin sole, rock sole, and arrowtooth flounder was 231,343 t, up about 10.1% from 2005.
Other important species are sablefish (0.7%), rockfish (1.9%), and Atka mackerel (2.9%).
|
