Council Publications
- Celebrating 40 years of Sustainable Fisheries 12/16
- Fishing Communities of Alaska Engaged in Federally Managed Fisheries 5/16
- Groundfish Species Profiles 2015
- Fishing Fleet Profiles 4/12; Addendum 11/12; Addendum 9/13
- Current Issues Publication 3/08; 4/10
- Summary of findings from the Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries Conference in DC, 2005 Proceedings (5.7MB) Cover Letter
- Responsible Fisheries Management into the 21st Century: A report from the North Pacific Fishery Management Council August 2002
- AFA Report to Congress – A report on the impacts resulting from passage of the AFA (February 2002)
- Guide to Stock Assessment of Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Groundfish (September 1997) written by David Witherell (NPFMC) and James Ianelli (NMFS, AFSC). This article provides the layman with a general understanding of how quotas for groundfish in the BS/AI are established and the various tools used by the scientists to assess fish stocks.
- Celebrating 30 years of Sustainable Fisheries (December, 2006)
Miscellaneous Publications
- BSAI Crab Fishing Seasons
- BSAI Groundfish Fishing Seasons
- GOA Groundfish Fishing Seasons
- IFQ Halibut/Sablefish Fishing Seasons
- Scallop Fishing Season
National SSC Workshop Report October 2010
Presentation to American Fisheries Society on Social Impacts of the BSAI Crab Rationalization Program, 5-Year Review, 2011
Community Profiles 8/08
Volume 1 – Unalaska, Akutan, King Cove, Kodiak
Volume 2 – Sand Point, Adak, St. Paul, St. George
North Pacific Fishery Management Council Staff Scientific Papers
| Author | Title | Published | Date | Print Article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson, JT., Stram, D.L, and Harmon, J. | Mitigating Seafood Waste Through a Bycatch Donation Program | Frontiers in Marine Science, vol 7. | 2020 | |
| Szymkowiak, M., Marrinan, S., and Kasperski, S. | The Pacific Halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, and Sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria, Individual Fishing Quota Program: A Twenty-year Retrospective | Marine Fisheries Review. vol 82. No. 1-2 | 2020 | |
| Jensen, A.M., G.W. Sheehan, and S.A. MacLean | Inuit and Marine Mammals | Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals | 2018 | |
| MacLean, S.A., C.N. Rooper, and M.F. Sigler | Corals, Canyons, and Conservation: Science Based Fisheries Management Decisions in the Eastern Bering Sea | Frontiers in Marine Science | 5/12/2017 | Print pdf |
| Quinn III, T.J., J.L. Armstrong, M. Baker, J. Heifetz, and D. Witherell (eds.) | Assessing and Managing Data-Limited Fish Stocks. Proceedings of the 2016 Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium | Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK-SG-16-01 | 2016 | |
| DiCosimo, J., S. Cunningham, and D. Brannan | Pacific Halibut Bycatch Management in Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Trawl Fisheries. Pages 131-149 in: G.H. Kruse, H.C. An, J. DiCosimo, C.A. Eischens, G.S. Gislason, D.N. McBride, C.S. Rose, and C.E. Siddon (eds.), Fisheries Bycatch: Global Issues and Creative Solutions | Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK-SG-15-01h | 2015 | |
| Ianelli, J.N, and Stram, D. L. | Estimating Impacts of the Pollock Fishery Bycatch on Western Alaska Chinook Salmon | ICES Journal of Marine Science | 2014 | print pdf |
| Stram, D. L. and Ianelli, J.N. | Evaluating the Efficacy of Salmon Bycatch Measures Using Fishery-Dependent Data | ICES Journal of Marine Science | 2014 | print pdf |
| Heltzel, J. M., D. Witherell, and W.J. Wilson | Ecosystem-based Management for Protected Species in the North Pacific Fisheries | Marine Fisheries Review 73(3)20-35 | 2011 | |
| Fina, M. | Evolution of Catch Share Management: Lessons from Catch Share Management in the North Pacific | Fisheries 36(4):164-177 | 2011 | print pdf |
| Kruse, G. H., Zheng, J., and Stram, D. L. | Recovery of the Bristol Bay stock of red king crabs under a rebuilding plan | ICES Journal of Marine Science, 67: 1866–1874 | 2010 | print pdf |
| DiCosimo, J., R.D. Methot and O.A. Ormseth | Use of annual catch limits to avoid stock depletion in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (Northeast Pacific) | ICES Journal of Marine Science | 2010 | |
| Reuter, R., E. Conners, J. Dicosimo, S. Gaichas, O. Ormseth and T. Tenbrink | Managing non-target, data-poor species using catch limits: lessons from the Alaskan groundfish fishery | ICES Journal of Marine Science | 2010 | print pdf |
| Wilson, W.J., and O.A. Ormseth | A New Management Plan for the Arctic waters of the United States | Fisheries 34(11):555-558 | 2009 | print pdf |
| Stram, D.L. and J.N. Ianelli | Eastern Bering Sea pollock trawl fisheries: variation in salmon bycatch over time and space. Pages 827-850 in: C.C. Krueger and C.E. Zimmerman, editors. Pacific salmon: ecology and management in western Alaska’s populations. | American Fisheries Society, Symposium 70, Bethesda, Maryland. | 2009 | print pdf |
| Stram, D.L. and D.C.K. Evans | Fishery management responses to climate change in the North Pacific | ICES, J. Mar. Sci../2009; 66: 1633-1639. | 2009 | print pdf |
| DiCosimo, J. and E. Krygier | Improving Understanding of Commercial Fisheries in the North Aleutian Basin, Pages 27-35 in: North Aleutian Basin Energy-Fisheries: Workshop Proceedings | Sea Grant Alaska | 2009 | |
| Witherell, D. and D. Woodby | Application of Marine protected Areas for Sustainable Production and Marine Biodiversity off Alaska | Marine Fisheries Review, Vol 67(1); 1-27. | 2005 | print pdf |
| Sanchirico, J.N., D. Holland, K. Quigley, and M. Fina | Analysis of Flexibility Mechanisms for Quota-Catch Balancing in Multispecies Individual Fishing Quotas, Discussion Paper, Resources for the Future. | 2005 | print pdf | |
| Fina, M. | Effects of a share-based management program on the Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish fishery. | Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium, Alaska Sea Grant | 2005 | print pdf |
| Fina, M. | Rationalization of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fisheries | Marine Policy Vol. 29; 311-322. | 2005 | print pdf |
| Fina, M. | Development of rationalization programs in the North Pacific groundfish and crab fisheries. National Fishery Law Symposium | University of Washington School of Law | 2003 | print pdf |
| Witherell, D., D. Ackley and C. Coon | An Overview of Salmon Bycatch in Alaska Groundfish Fisheries | Alaska Fisheries Research Bulletin 2002 Summer; Vol. 9(1):53–64 | 2002 | print pdf |
| Hartley, M. and M. Fina. | Allocation of Individual Vessel Quota in the Alaskan Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Fisheries. Pages 251-265 in: R. Smotton (editor), Case Studies of the Allocation of Transferrable Quota Rights in Fisheries. | FAD Fisheries Technical Paper 411 | 2001 | print pdf |
| Hartley, M. and M. Fina | Changes in Fleet Capacity Following the Introduction of Individual Vessel Quota in the Alaskan Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Fisheries. Pages 186-207 in: R. Smotton (editor), Case Studies of the Allocation of Transferrable Quota Rights in Fisheries. | FAD Fisheries Technical Paper 412 | 2001 | print pdf |
| Witherell, D., C. Pautzke and D. Fluharty | An ecosystem-based approach for Alaska groundfish fisheries | ICES Journal of Marine Science 57:771-777 | 2000 | print pdf |
| Witherell, D., Coon, C. | Protecting Gorgonian Corals off Alaska from Fishing Impacts. Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science; First International Symposium on Deep Sea Corals; 117-115 | Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, Canada | 2000 | print pdf |
| Ackley, D. and D. Witherell | Development of a Marine Habitat Protection Area in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Ecosystem Approaches for Fisheries Management | Alaska Sea Grant College Program Report No. 99-01:511-526 | 1999 | print pdf |
| Oliver, C. | Implementing the American Fisheries Act of 1998: Current and Future Actions by the NPFMC National Fishery Law Symposium | University of Washington School of Law | 1999 | print pdf |
| DiCosimo, J. | Essential Fish Habitat and Closed Areas in Federal Waters of the North Pacific | Presented at the 1998 William R. and Lenore Mote International Symposium: Essential Fish Habitat and Marine Reserves. | 1999 | print pdf |
| Witherell, D. and C. Pautzke | A brief history of bycatch management measures for Eastern Bering Sea groundfish fisheries. | Marine Fisheries Review 59(4):15-22. | 1997 | print pdf |
| Pautzke, C. and C. Oliver | Development of the Individual Fishing Quota Program for Sablefish and Halibut Longline Fisheries off Alaska | Presented to the National Research Council’s Committee to Review Individual Fishing Quotas, September 4, 1997, Anchorage, Alaska. IFQ Program | 1997 | |
| Oliver, C.W. | The Evolution of Sablefish, Anaplopoma fimbria, Fisheries Management off Alaska: From Open Access to IFQ’s. Pages 239-245 In: Wilkins, M.E., and M.W. Sanders (eds), Biology and Management of Sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria. | NOAA Technical Report NMFS 130. 275 p. | 1997 | print pdf |
| DiCosimo, J. | A Summary of Current Stock Assessment Information Used in Managing Alaska Groundfish Stocks. | Proceedings of the 15th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium in Anchorage, Alaska. AK-SG-98-01:841-852 | 1997 | print pdf |