At this meeting, the SSC and the Council reviewed a new ADF&G model for assessing the postseason abundance estimates for Chinook salmon on the Kuskokwim River, which is a contributing factor in the specification of the Chinook salmon PSC limit for the Bering Sea pollock fishery each fall. Amendment 110, implemented in July 2016, modified… Read More →
GOA Chinook PSC
The Council has indefinitely postponed any further action on modifications to the Chinook salmon prohibited species catch (PSC) limit for GOA trawl catcher vessels in non-pollock fisheries. The action could have either increased limits or added flexibility in the form of annual rollovers of unused PSC for trawl vessels targeting Pacific cod, rockfish, and flatfish… Read More →