Cooperative Reports:

The North Pacific fisheries have several sectors that have the option of developing fishing cooperatives. These cooperative options exist in the American Fisheries Act sector, Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish sector, the Amendment 80 sector, the Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative Program, and the BSAI Crab Rationalization Program.  Under these programs, cooperatives have been required or requested to provide an annual report. These reports are intended to be a resource for the Council to track the effectiveness of the cooperative and their ability to meet the Council’s goals. Additionally, they are a tool for the cooperatives to provide feedback on the programs. In general, Cooperative managers have the option of presenting  cooperative reports during the April Council meeting.

Staff contact is Sarah Marrinan: 907-271-2814.

Crab Coop Reports (Am 18-19 Crab Ratz)

Alaska King Crab Harvesters Coop:
Aleutian Island Coop: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016
Alternative Crab Exchange: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Coastal Villages Crabbing Coop: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
CPH Association: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
Dog Boat Coop: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Inter-cooperative Exchange (ICE): 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
R&B Coop: 2021, 2019
Trident Affiliated Crab Harvesting Group: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

Amendment 80

Alaska Groundfish Cooperative: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Alaska Seafood Cooperative: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

Central GOA Rockfish Cooperative Reports (Goa Am 88)

Best Use Cooperative: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
I.S.A. Rockfish Cooperative: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
North Pacific Rockfish Cooperative: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
OBSI Rockfish Cooperative: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Pacific Rockfish Cooperative: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Star of Kodiak Rockfish Cooperative: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Western Alaska Fisheries Rockfish Cooperative: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative Reports (PCTC)

Akutan Cod Association: 2025, 2024
Golden Alaska Catcher Vessels Association Cooperative: 2025, 2024
Katie Ann Cod Cooperative: 2024
Unified Cod Cooperative: 2025, 2024
United States Seafoods Cod Cooperative: 2025, 2024

AFA Cooperative Reports

Akutan Catcher Vessel Cooperative: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Catcher Vessel Intercooperative: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Mothership Fleet Cooperative: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Northern Victor Fleet Cooperative: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Peter Pan Fleet Cooperative: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Pollock Conservation Cooperative and High Sea Catchers’ Cooperative: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Unalaska Fleet Cooperative: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Unisea Fleet Cooperative: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Westward Fleet Cooperative: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

Salmon Bycatch Incentive Plan Agreement (IPA) Reports:

Apart from the annual cooperative reports, the current Bering Sea salmon bycatch management program includes separate reporting requirements. Annual Incentive Plan Agreement (IPA) reports must be submitted to the Council no later than March 15 each year and are usually accompanied by a voluntary oral presentation at the April Council meeting. The IPAs were created in conjunction with the Amendment 91 Bering Sea Chinook Salmon bycatch management program. The IPA’s  annual report must include specific information such as the incentive measures for salmon bycatch avoidance that were in effect during the previous year, how incentive measures affected individual vessels (i.e., vessel-level incentives), how incentive measures affected salmon bycatch avoidance beyond current levels, the amount of salmon caught as bycatch and target catch (pollock) at the end of each fishing season, among others. 

Staff contact is Kate Haapala: 907-271-2811.

IPA Cooperative Reports (Am 91)

Bering Sea Pollock Mothership Salmon Saving Incentive Plan (MSSIP): 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Chinook Salmon Bycatch Reduction Incentive Plan: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Inshore Salmon Savings Incentive Plan (SSIP): 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

Trawl Electronic Monitoring Incentive Plan Agreement (TEM IPA) Reports:

NOAA Fisheries implemented a regulated Trawl Electronic Monitoring (TEM) program in 2025 for pelagic trawl pollock catcher vessels and tender vessels delivering to shoreside processors in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and the Gulf of Alaska. Participation in the TEM category is voluntary, and a vessel owner or operator must opt into the category on an annual basis. The TEM category utilizes EM systems to monitor whether discards at sea occur. This EM video footage is reviewed to verify vessel discard estimates. Observers stationed at shoreside processors sample the catch to collect data that was previously collected by at-sea observers. Catcher vessels directed fishing for pollock with pelagic trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska or Aleutian Islands fisheries must be part of a TEM Incentive Plan Agreement (IPA) (i.e., vessels in the partial coverage trawl EM category). Catcher vessels directed fishing for pollock with pelagic trawl gear in the Bering Sea or Community Development Quota fisheries need not be party to a TEM IPA (i.e., vessels in the full coverage trawl EM category). A TEM IPA is a voluntary private contract between catcher vessel owners or operators in the TEM partial coverage category, that is approved by NMFS. The TEM IPA(s) is intended to limit changes in vessel behavior that may have otherwise resulted based on a series of exemptions to discarding requirements implemented along with the trawl EM monitoring option. Regulations at 50 CFR 679.57(f) state the representative of each approved incentive plan must submit a written annual report to the Council.

Staff contact is Sarah Marrinan: 907-271-2814.

GOA TEM IPA Reports: 2025