Fishery Management Plans

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has prepared and implemented five fishery management plans (FMPs) for fisheries off Alaska.  Each FMP encompasses regional fisheries for certain species, as listed below. 

Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Groundfish FMP: This FMP includes all species of groundfish (pollock, cod, flatfish, sablefish, rockfish, etc.) fished commercially by vessels using trawl, longline, pot, and jig gear. Inseason management of these fisheries is done by NMFS in Juneau.  (NOTE:  This pdf is 12MB.  A shorter chapter by chapter version to be posted shortly. If you are interested in saving the entire document to your hard drive, make sure you select the save icon - the disk- from the Acrobat toolbar, not use the save command from your web browser.)

Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska FMP: The Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska FMP essentially mirrors the BSAI groundfish FMP. Some commercial species (black rockfish, blue rockfish, lingcod) are not included in the FMP, but are instead managed by the State of Alaska.

Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab FMP: This FMP includes all species and fisheries for king and Tanner crab (red, blue, and brown king crab, Tanner crab, and snow crab). Inseason management of these fisheries is provided by ADF&G in Kodiak.

Alaska Scallop FMP: This draft FMP was developed to control fishing effort in the weathervane scallop fishery. Only 9 vessels are permitted under a licence limitation program. Inseason management of the fishery is provided by ADF&G in Kodiak.

Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ off the Coast of Alaska: The Salmon FMP was developed to prohibit fishing for salmon in the EEZ except by a limited number of vessels using troll gear. All management of the salmon fisheries is deferred to the State of Alaska.

Amendments to the FMP's - this is a short list of the amendments and their numbers