Summary of observer sampling of domestic groundfish fisheries in the northeast Pacific Ocean and eastern Bering Sea, 1991

Abstract

This report summarizes the 1991 United States domestic groundfish observer program and domestic groundfish activities in three major regions: the eastern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands region, the Gulf of Alaska region, and off the Washington-Oregon-California coast. Data contained herein include the amount of observer sampling coverage, and estimates of domestic groundfish catches, their species composition, distribution, and timing, by gear type and target fishery. Also included are estimates of incidental bycatch of prohibited species of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis), Tanner (snow) crabs (Chionoecetes spp.), king crabs (Paralithodes and Lithodes spp.), and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi).