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National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office

2012-2013 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications

Historical Harvest Specs

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI)
Gulf of Alaska (GOA)
NOTE: See the BSAI and GOA final rules for the text that accompanies the following final specification tables. Please also refer to the changes and further catch share allocations of the 2012 and 2013 final harvest specifications.
Table 1. Final 2012 and 2013 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 2012 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 2012 and 2013 Apportionment of Reserves to ITAC Categories Table 2. Final 2013 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 2012 and 2013 Allocations of Pollock TACs to the Directed Pollock Fisheries and to the CDQ Directed Fishing Allowances (DFA) (updated 2/29/12) Table 3. Final 2012 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 4. Final 2012 and 2013 Seasonal and Spatial Allowances, Gear Shares, CDQ Reserve, Incidental Catch Allowance, and Amendment 80 Allocation of the BSAI Atka Mackerel TAC Table 4. Final 2013 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 5a. Final 2012 Gear Shares and Seasonal Allowances of the BSAI Pacific Cod TAC

Table 5b. Final 2013 Gear Shares and Seasonal Allowances of the BSAI Pacific Cod TAC

Table 5. Final 2012 Seasonal Apportionments and Allocation of Pacific Cod TAC Amounts in the Gulf of Alaska; Allocations for Processing by the Inshore and Offshore Components
Table 6. Final 2012 and 2013 Gear Shares and CDQ Reserve of BSAI Sablefish TACs Table 6. Final 2013 Seasonal Apportionments and Allocation of Pacific Cod TAC Amounts in the Gulf of Alaska; Allocations for Processing by the Inshore and Offshore Components
Table 7. Final 2012 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 2012 Sablefish TAC Specifications in the Gulf of Alaska and Allocations to Hook-and-Line and Trawl Gear
Table 8. Final 2012 and 2013 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 2013 Sablefish TAC Specifications in the Gulf of Alaska and Allocation to Trawl Gear
Table 9. Final 2012 and 2013 Pacific Halibut Discard Mortality Rates for the BSAI Table 9. Initial 2012 and 2013 Allocations of Rockfish to Initial 2012 and 2013 Allocations of Rockfish in the Entry Level Rockfish Fishery
Table 10. 2012 and 2013 Directed Fishing Closures Table 10. Final 2012 Allocations of Rockfish in the Central GOA to the Entry Level Longline
Table 11. Final 2012 and 2013 Listed BSAI American Fisheries Act Catcher/Processor Groundfish Sideboard Limits Table 11. Final 2013 Allocations of Rockfish in the Central GOA to the Entry Level Longline
Table 12. Final 2012 and 2013 BSAI American Fisheries Act Listed Catcher/Processor Prohibited Species Sideboard Limits Table 12. Final 2012 Apportionments of Rockfish Secondary Species in the Central GOA to Catcher Vessels and Catcher Processor Cooperatives
Table 13. Final 2012 and 2013 American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel BSAI Groundfish Sideboard Limits Table 13. Final 2013 Apportionments of Rockfish Secondary Species in the Central GOA to Catcher Vessels and Catcher Processor Cooperatives
Table 14. Final 2012 and 2013 American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel Prohibited Species Catch Sideboard Limits for the BSAI Table 14. Final 2012 and 2013 Pacific Halibut PSC Limits, Allowances, and Apportionments
Table 15. Final 2012 and 2013 American Fisheries Act Listed Catcher/Processor Sideboard Directed Fishing Closures Table 15. Final 2012 and 2013 Pacific Halibut PSC Trawl Limits Between the Trawl Gear Deep-Water Species Complex and the Shallow-water Species Complex
Table 16. Final 2012 and 2013 American Fisheries Act Catcher Vessel Sideboard Directed Fishing Closures Table 16. Apportionments of the 'Other Hook-and-Line Fisheries" Annual Halibut PSC Allowance Between the Hook-and-Line Gear Catcher Vessel and Catcher/Processor Sectors
  Table 17. 2011 Fishery Closures Due to Attainment of Pacific Halibut PSC Limits
  Table 18. Final 2012 and 2013 Halibut DMRS for Vessels Fishing in the GOA
  Table 19. Final 2012 GOA Non-Exempt AFA CV Groundfish Harvest Sideboard Limitations
  Table 20. Final 2013 GOA Non-Exempt AFA CV Groundfish Harvest Sideboard Limitations
  Table 21. Final 2012 and 2013 Non-Exempt AFA CV Halibut Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Limits for Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the GOA
  Table 22. Final 2012 GOA Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessel Groundfish Harvest Sideboard Limits (updated 4/17/12)
  Table 23. Final 2013 GOA Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessel Groundfish Harvest Sideboard Limits
 
Table 24. Final 2012 Rockfish Program Harvest Limits By Sector for WYK District and Western Regulatory Area by the Catcher/Processor (C/P) and Catcher Vessel (CV) Sectors
 
Table 25. Final 2013 Rockfish Program Harvest Limits By Sector for WYK District and Western Regulatory Area by the Catcher/Processor (C/P) and Catcher Vessel (CV) Sectors
 
Table 26. Final 2012 and 2013 Rockfish Program Halibut Mortality Limits for the Catcher/Processor (C/P)
 
Table 27. Final 2012 GOA Groundfish Sideboard Limits for Amendment 80 Program Vessels
 
Table 28. Final 2013 GOA Groundfish Sideboard Limits for Amendment 80 Program Vessels
  Table 29. Final 2012 and 2013 Halibut PSC Limits for Amendment 80 Program Vessels in the GOA
  Table 30. 2012 and 2013 Directed Fishing Closures in the GOA
  Table 31. 2012 and 2013 Non-Exempt AFA CV Sideboard Directed Fishing Closures for all Gear Types in the GOA

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