** The Council has decided to postpone work on the GOA Trawl Bycatch Management Program indefinitely (December 2016) **
Pacific halibut and Chinook salmon are taken as prohibited species catch (PSC) in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) groundfish trawl fisheries. In June 2012, the Council initiated the process of developing a program that will provide the groundfish trawl fleet with tools for more effective management of PSC, including incentives for minimization and better utilization of bycatch, as well as vessel-level accountability.
Staff contact is Sam Cunningham: 907-271-1283, sam.cunningham@noaa.gov
Related: Reducing Bycatch in Alaska flyer
Newsletter Articles
- Gulf of Alaska Trawl Bycatch Management (12/19/2016)
Documents and Council Motions
2016
- Council Motion 12/16
- GOA Trawl Bycatch Management – Preliminary Economic Analysis (State Waters Errata), Social Impact Assessment (updated 12/21/16), EIS Scoping Summary 12/16
- GOA Trawl Bycatch Management – Discussion Paper (Errata), Appendix 5 (Social Impact Assessment: annotated outline); Council motion 6/16
- Complete set of GOA Trawl Bycatch Management Alternatives, as amended 6/16
- GOA Trawl Bycatch Management – Discussion Paper (Errata), Council motion 2/16
- Complete set of GOA Trawl Bycatch Management Alternatives, as amended 2/16
2015
- GOA Trawl Bycatch Management work plan 12/15
- GOA Trawl Bycatch Management – Discussion Paper, Council motion 10/15
- GOA Trawl Bycatch Management – Primary, Secondary, and PSC catch tables (in Excel) 10/19/15
- GOA Tendering Discussion Paper, Council motion 2/15
2014
- MOTION from October 2014 Council meeting: GOA Trawl Bycatch Management Motion
- GOA Trawl Bycatch Management Program Discussion Paper 10/14
- Community Fishing Association and Adaptive Management Discussion paper 10/14
- 2012 GOA Chinook Salmon Bycatch Genetics Report 10/14
- MOTIONS from April 2014 Council meeting: GOA Trawl Bycatch Management Program, Community Fishing Associations, Adaptive Management, EDR
- GOA Trawl Bycatch Management Discussion Paper 4/14
- CFA Workshop Summary 2/14
- GOA Pot Cod Participation Discussion Paper 2/14
2013
- GOA Trawl Bycatch Management motion 10/13
- Discussion paper on GOA Trawl Bycatch Management 10/13
- GOA Trawl Data Collection discussion paper 10/13
- GOA tendering motion 6/13
- GOA trawl bycatch management/roadmap motion 6/13
- Preliminary GOA trawl bycatch management proposals 6/13
- AFEA
- AMCC/GOAC3/AEB/others
- AGDB/AWTA/PSPA
- Groundfish Forum (updated October 2013)
- Pacific Seafoods (updated October 2013)
- PFC
- Plesha/Riley
- UCB
- GOA Trawl Data Collection, GOA Tendering Report,6/13
- GOA Trawl Bycatch Management Discussion Paper, Errata (5/24/13)
- GOA trawl bycatch management program motion; Economic Data Collection motion 2/13
- Discussion paper on data collection for CGOA trawl catch share program 2/13
- Discussion paper on CGOA trawl catch share program 2/13
2012
- GOA non-pollock chinook bycatch motion 12/12
- Initial Review GOA Chinook PSC analysis 12/12
- GOA trawl PSC tools motion 10/12
- GOA Comprehensive Bycatch motion 6/12