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BSAI Pacific Cod Pot CP LLP Licenses

February 13, 2021

The Council received a public review analysis of alternatives that could modify the number of License Limitation Program (LLP) licenses endorsed to fish for BSAI Pacific cod with pot gear as a catcher-processor and selected the No Action alternative. As a result, there will continue to be eight LLP licenses that are endorsed for use… Read More →

Tagged With: BSAI Cod, February 2021, groundfish, Pcod allocation

BSAI Pacific Cod Pot LLP Licenses

December 15, 2020

The Council received an initial review draft analysis of alternatives that could modify the number of License Limitation Program (LLP) licenses endorsed to fish for BSAI Pacific cod with pot gear as a catcher-processor. The current number of licenses holding that endorsement is eight. The analysis was moved forward for public review, at which point… Read More →

Tagged With: Bering Sea Pacific cod, December 2020, groundfish, Pcod allocation

BSAI Groundfish Specifications

December 13, 2019

Status of stocks and specification of OFL, ABC, and TAC The Council reviewed the Ecosystem Status Report for the Eastern Bering Sea, the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island (BSAI) Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Report, and made final recommendations on groundfish harvest specifications, PSC limits, and halibut DMRs to manage the 2020 and… Read More →

Tagged With: BSAI groundfish specifications, BSAI Specs, December 2019, groundfish, Specifications, Stock Assessment

GOA Groundfish Final Harvest Specifications

December 13, 2019

The Council approved the 2019 Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report and recommended final harvest specifications for the 2020 and 2021 GOA groundfish fisheries. For final rulemaking for the 2020 and 2021 fishing years, the Council recommended OFLs and ABCs consistent with SSC recommendations, and final TACs. The Council… Read More →

Tagged With: December 2019, GOA groundfish, GOA SPECS, groundfish, Specifications, Stock Assessment

Groundfish Management Objectives

February 15, 2019

The Council conducted a comprehensive review of the Programmatic Groundfish Management Policy, highlighting Council activities in 2018 that were relevant to priorities and objectives established in the Policy.  The Management Policy was added to the Groundfish FMPs in 2004 through a programmatic SEIS and established the Council’s ongoing vision for management of these fisheries within… Read More →

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Assessment Modeling Workshop

February 20, 2018

The Council will be hosting a stock assessment ensemble modeling workshop over the summer of 2018.  The focus of the workshop will be to examine approaches to and best practices for ensemble modeling employing examples from stock assessment and other disciplines within the North Pacific and other regions.  Members of the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands… Read More →

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Groundfish Management Policy

February 20, 2018

The Council conducted its annual review of the Programmatic Groundfish Management Policy, as required under the GOA and BSAI Groundfish FMPs.  The management policy was added to the FMPs through the 2004 Programmatic SEIS and reflects the Council’s vision for management of these fisheries from an ecosystem-based management perspective.  The Council’s anticipation that management of… Read More →

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Groundfish Specifications

October 17, 2017

The SSC was presented with the Joint Groundfish Plan Teams Report that summarized the issues discussed and actions taken by the Plan Teams at their September meeting in Seattle, WA. Highlights of the Plan Team report included overviews of the various surveys conducted in support of stock assessments and ecosystem analyses, spatial management issues, as… Read More →

Tagged With: groundfish, October 2017, Specifications

BSAI Harvest Specifications for 2017/2018

December 19, 2016

The Council approved the BSAI Groundfish SAFE report and annual catch limits based on recommendations from its advisory committees.  The sum of the total allowable catches (TACs) or quotas for all BSAI groundfish is 2 million t for 2017 and 2018.  The TACs were set below the sum of the recommended ABCs.  The sum of… Read More →

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