Gulf of Alaska Pacific Cod
Allocations and Fixed Gear Recency
Management of the Gulf of
Alaska groundfish fisheries has become increasingly complex as a
result of Steller sea lion protection measures, increased
participation by vessels displaced from other fisheries, and
requirements to reduce bycatch under the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA).
These factors have made achieving the goals set by the National
Standards in the MSA difficult, and have had significant adverse
social and economic impacts on harvesters, processors, crew, and
communities that depend on the GOA fisheries.
In
1999, the Council began developing a package of measures to
rationalize the Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries. The Council
worked to develop these measures until December 2006, when the Council
elected to delay further consideration of the comprehensive
rationalization program. The Council decided to instead proceed with
the more discrete issues of allocating the GOA Pacific cod resource to
the various gear sectors and limiting future entry to the GOA
groundfish fisheries by extinguishing latent LLP licenses. The
Council and NOAA Fisheries are currently developing amendments to the
GOA fishery management plan that address these issues.
Recent Documents and Council
Motions
GOA
Pacific Cod Sector Allocations EA/RIR/IRFA June 2008
The Council reviewed this draft analysis at its June 2008 meeting and
requested an expanded analysis of options for sector allocations (see
link to June 2008 motion). Initial Review of the analysis is
scheduled for the December 2008 Council meeting in Anchorage.
GOA Pacific Cod Sector
Allocations Motion June 2008
GOA
Fixed Gear Recency EA/RIR/IRFA June 2008
The Council reviewed this draft analysis at its June 2008 meeting and
requested an expanded evaluation of options for removing latent fixed
gear licenses from the fisheries (see link to June 2008 motion).
Initial Review of the analysis is scheduled for the December 2008
Council meeting in Anchorage.
GOA Fixed Gear Recency
Motion June 2008
Past Documents
and Council Motions
GOA Pacific Cod Sector Allocations
Discussion Paper December 2007
GOA Pacific Cod Sector Allocations
Motion December 2007
GOA Pacific Cod Sector Allocations
EA/RIR/IRFA October 2007
GOA Pacific Cod Sector Allocations
Motion October 2007
GOA Fixed Gear Recency Motion
April 2007