Council Publications, Scientific Papers
- Celebrating 40 years of Sustainable Fisheries 12/16
- 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
- August 2022 National SSC 7 Workshop Proceedings (May 2023)
- BSAI Crab Fishing Seasons (June 2021)
- BSAI Groundfish Fishing Seasons (June 2021)
- GOA Groundfish Fishing Seasons (June 2021)
- IFQ Halibut/Sablefish Fishing Seasons (June 2021)
- Scallop Fishing Season (June 2021)
- Annual Community Engagement and Participation Overview (March 2021)
- Presentation to American Fisheries Society on Social Impacts of the BSAI Crab Rationalization Program, 5-Year Review (September 2011)
Community Profiles
- Akutan and Unalaska (2023)
- Fishing Communities of Alaska Engaged in Federally Managed Fisheries (2016)
- Volume 2 – Sand Point, Adak, St. Paul, St. George (2008)
- Volume 1 – Unalaska, Akutan, King Cove, Kodiak (2005)
North Pacific Fishery Management Council Staff Scientific Papers
| Author | Title | Published | Date | Print Article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia G. Mason, Sarah J. Weisberg, Janelle L. Morano, Richard J. Bell, Mark Fitchett, Roger B. Griffis, Elliott L. Hazen, William D. Heyman, Kirstin Holsman, Kristin M. Kleisner, Katie Westfall, Michele K. Conrad, Margaret Daly, Abigail S. Golden l, Chris J. Harvey m, Lisa A. Kerr n o, Gway Kirchner, Arielle Levine, Rebecca Lewison, Sean M. Lucey, Wendy Morrison, Brandon Muffley, Jameal F. Samhouri, Matthew Seeley, S. Kalei Shotwell, Diana L. Stram | Linking knowledge and action for climate-ready fisheries: Emerging best practices across the US | Science Direct volume 155 | 2023 | Print PDF |
| 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 | |
| Watson, JT., Stram, D.L, and Harmon, J. | Mitigating Seafood Waste Through a Bycatch Donation Program | Frontiers in Marine Science, vol 7. | 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 | Print PDF |
| 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 |