Fisheries Management - Harvest Specifications
2009 - 2010 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specification Tables
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Historical Harvest Specifications
| Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) |
Gulf of Alaska (GOA) |
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| NOTE: See the BSAI and GOA final rules for the text that accompanies the following final specification tables. Please also refer to the changes to the 2009 and 2010 final harvest specifications. | |
| Table 1. Final 2009 and 2010 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. Final 2009 ABCS, TACS, and OFLs 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. Final 2009 and 2010 Apportionment of Reserves to ITAC Categories | Table 2. Final 2010 ABCS, TACS, and OFLs 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 3. Final 2009 and 2010 Allocations of Pollock TACs to the Directed Pollock Fisheries and to the CDQ Directed Fishing Allowances (DFA) | Table 3. Final 2009 Sablefish TAC Specifications in the Gulf of Alaska and Allocations to Hook-and-Line and Trawl Gear |
| Table 4. Final 2009 and 2010 Seasonal and Spatial Allowances, Gear Shares, CDQ Reserve, Incidental Catch Allowance, and Amendment 80 Allocation of the BSAI Atka Mackerel TAC | Table 4. Final 2010 Sablefish TAC Specifications in the Gulf of Alaska and Allocation to Trawl Gear |
| Table 5. Final 2009 and 2010 Gear Shares and Seasonal Allowances of the BSAI Pacific Cod TAC | Table 5. Final 2009 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. Final 2009 and 2010 Gear Shares and CDQ Reserve of BSAI Sablefish TACs | Table 6. Final 2010 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 7. Final 2009 Community Development Quota (CDQ) Reserves, Incidental Catch Amounts (ICAS), and Amendment 80 Allocations of the Aleutian Islands Pacific Ocean Perch, and BSAI Flathead Sole, Rock Sole, and Yellowfin Sole TACs | Table 7. Final 2009 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. Final 2009 and 2010 Apportionment of Prohibited Species Catch Allowances to Non-Trawl Gear, the CDQ Program, Amendment 80, and the BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors | Table 8. Final 2010 Seasonal Apportionments and Allocation of Pacific Cod TAC Amounts in the Gulf of Alaska; Allocations for Processing by the Inshore and Offshore Components |
| Table 9. Final 2009 and 2010 Pacific Halibut Discard Mortality Rates for the BSAI | Table 9. Final 2009 Allocations of Rockfish in the Central Gulf of Alaska to Trawl and Longline Gear in the Entry Level Rockfish Fishery |
| Table 10. 2009 and 2010 Directed Fishing Closures | Table 10. Final 2010 Allocations of Rockfish in the Central Gulf of Alaska to Trawl and Longline Gear in the Entry Level Rockfish Fishery |
| Table 11. Final 2009 and 2010 Listed BSAI American Fisheries Act Catcher/Processor Groundfish Sideboard Limits | Table 11. Final 2009 and 2010 Pacific Halibut PSC Limits, Allowances, and Apportionments (updated 3/16/09) |
| Table 12. Final 2009 and 2010 BSAI American Fisheries Act Listed Catcher/Processor Prohibited Species Sideboard Limits | Table 12. Final 2009 and 2010 Apportionment of Pacific Halibut PSC Trawl Limits Between the Trawl Gear Deep-Water Species Complex and the Shallow-Water Species Complex |
| Table 13. Final 2009 and 2010 American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel BSAI Groundfish Sideboard Limits | Table 13. Comparison of Final 2008 and Final 2009/2010 Total Allowable Catch in the Gulf of Alaska |
| Table 14. Final 2009 and 2010 American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel Prohibited Species Catch Sideboard Limits for the BSAI | Table 14. Final 2009 and 2010 Halibut Discard Mortality Rates for Vessels Fishing in the Gulf of Alaska |
| Table 15. Final 2009 and 2010 American Fisheries Act Listed Catcher/Processor Sideboard Directed Fishing Closures | Table 15. Final 2009 GOA Non-Exempt American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel (CV) Groundfish Harvest Sideboard Limitations |
| Table 16. Final 2009 and 2010 American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel Sideboard Directed Fishing Closures | Table 16. Final 2010 GOA Non-Exempt American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel (CV) Groundfish Harvest Sideboard Limitations |
| Table 17. Final 2009 and 2010 Non-Exempt American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel Halibut Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Limits for Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the GOA (updated 3/16/09) | |
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Table 18. Final 2009 GOA Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessel Groundfish Harvest Sideboard Limits |
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Table 19. Final 2010 GOA Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessel Groundfish Harvest Sideboard Limits |
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Table 20. Final 2009 Rockfish Program Harvest Limits by Sector for West Yakutat District and Western Regulatory Area by the Catcher/Processor (CP) and Catcher Vessel (CV) Sectors |
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Table 21. Final 2010 Rockfish Program Harvest Limits by Sector for West Yakutat District and Western Regulatory Area by the Catcher/Processor (CP) and Catcher Vessel CV) Sectors |
| Table 22. Final 2009 and 2010 Rockfish Program Halibut Mortality Limits for the Catcher/Processor and Catcher Vessel Sectors | |
| Table 23. Final 2009 GOA Groundfish Sideboard Limits for Amendment 80 Program Vessels | |
| Table 24. Final 2010 GOA Groundfish Sideboard Limits for Amendment 80 Program Vessels | |
| Table 25. Final 2009 and 2010 Halibut Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Limits for Amendment 80 Program Vessels in the GOA | |
| Table 26. 2009 and 2010 Directed Fishing Closures in the GOA | |
| Table 27. 2009 and 2010 Non-exempt AFA Catcher Vessel Sideboard Directed Fishing Closures for All Gear Types in the GOA | |
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