Alaska Region National Marine Service and Aleutian Islands Inseason Management Report December 2011

Catch data are through November 12, 2011

Management reports can be found at: http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/inseason/default.htm BSAI REPORTING AREAS

NPT = Non Pelagic Trawl PTR = Pelagic Trawl HAL = HookGulf and of Line Alaska / Longline CP = Catcher Processor CV = Catcher Vessel M = Mothership 2008 - 2011 BSAI Total Catch 2008 TAC 1,815,038

Anticipated Catch Total Catch 1,541,127 Total Catch TAC Left 297,735 2,000,000 2009 TAC 1,659,440

30,000 Total Catch 1,335,521

1,800,000 TAC Left 323,919 2010 TAC 1,655,356

Total Catch 1,351,699 1,541,127 1,600,000 TAC Left 325,455

Tons of Groundfish of Groundfish Tons 2011 TAC 1,995,016

Total Catch 1,786,793 1,352,699 1,335,521 1,786,793 1,400,000 Anticipated Catch 30,000

Total Catch with Anticipated catch 1,816,793

1,200,000 TAC Left 178,223

1,000,000 2008 2009 2010 2011 2011 BSAI Total Groundfish Catch by Gear & Sector

90,000 HAL CP HAL CV NPT CP

NPT M NPT CV POT CP 80,000 POT CV PTR CP PTR M

70,000 PTR CV JIG

60,000

50,000

40,000 Tons of Groundfish of Groundfish Tons

30,000

20,000

10,000

0 Jan-11Jan-11 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Week End Date Bering Sea Pollock

2011 A Season

Data from 2011 Observer Database Bering Sea Pollock

2011 B Season

Data from 2011 Observer Database 2011 Bering Sea Pollock Catch by Week and Sector TAC (mt) Catch (mt) 70,000 Inshore * 552,748 519,190 Bering Sea Catcher Vessel Catcher Processor * 442,198 423,838 Bering Sea Catcher Processor Mothership * 110,550 109,856 Incidental Catch 33,804 28,050 Bering Sea Mothership 60,000 CDQ * 127,100 116,826 Bering Sea CDQ TOTAL 1,266,400 1,197,760 Bering Sea ICA * Includes reallocation from the Aleutian Islands ` 50,000

40,000

30,000 Metric Tons of Pollock Metric Tons

20,000

10,000

0 Jan-11Jan-11 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Week End Date 2011 Aleutian Islands Pollock Catch by Week and Sector

300 Aleutian Islands ICA

TAC Catch 250 (mt) (mt) Pollock 3,000 0 Pollock CDQ 0 0 Pollock ICA 1,600 1,162 200

TOTAL 4,600 1,162

Includes reallocation to the Bering Sea

150 Metric Tons of Pollock Metric Tons

100

50

0 Jan-11Jan-11 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Week End Date Amendment 80 Pollock Incidental Catch by Year and Target

25,000 Other Targets Arrowtooth Yellowfin Rock Sole

20,000

15,000 Metric Tons of Pollock Metric Tons 10,000

5,000

0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2011 BSAI Trawl Pacific Cod Catch

Data from the Catch-in-Areas (CIA) Database 2011 BSAI Trawl Pacific Cod Catch

7,000 AFA Catcher Processors Amendment 80 Catcher Processors

6,000 Catcher Vessels

Trawl Gear TAC (mt) Total Catch (mt) 5,000 Catcher Processor AFA 4,682 6,401 Amendment 80 Catcher Processors 27,277 23,884 Catcher Vessel 42,397 39,825

4,000 Includes reallocation in May and August

3,000 Metric Tons of Pacific Cod Metric Tons

2,000

1,000

- Jan-11Jan-11 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Week End Date BSAI Trawl Catcher Processor Pacific Cod Catch Bering Sea Pacific Cod Bering Sea 40,000 Bering Sea Rock Sole Bering Sea Flathead Sole Bering Sea Pollock Bering Sea Other Targets 35,000 Aleutian Islands Pacific Cod Aleutian Islands Other Targets

30,000

25,000

20,000

15,000 Metric Tons of Pacific Cod Metric Tons

10,000

5,000

0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2011 BSAI Non-Trawl Pacific Cod Catch

Data from the Catch-in-Areas (CIA) Database 2011 BSAI HAL, Pot, Jig Pacific Cod Catch ICA 9,000 Gear TAC (mt) Total Catch (mt) HAL Catcher Processor 98,733 87,080 Jig 8,000 HAL Catcher Vessel > 60 15 5 HAL/Pot <60 Pot Catcher Processor 3,041 3,102 Pot Catcher Vessel 17,030 16,403 Pot CV 7,000 HAL & Pot Catcher Vessels < 60 9,005 8,017 Jig Gear 880 505 Pot CP Includes reallocations in March, May, and August 6,000 HAL CV HAL CP 5,000

4,000 Metric Tons of Pacific Cod Metric Tons 3,000

2,000

1,000

- Jan-11Jan-11 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Week End Date 2011 BSAI CDQ Pacific Cod Catch

1,800 POT PTR 1,600 TAC (mt) Catch (mt) NPT CDQ 24,391 19,836 HAL 1,400

1,200

1,000

800

600 Metric Tons of Pacific Cod Metric Tons

400

200

- Jan-11Jan-11 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Week End Date 2011 Pacific Cod Apportionments & Catch in the BSAI

Fishery Component TAC (mt) Reallocations Revised TAC Catch (mt) Hook and Line Gear Catcher Processor 98,733 98,733 87,080 Catcher Vessels >= 60 Feet LOA 405 -390 15 5 Pot Gear Catcher Processor 3,041 3,041 3,102 Catcher Vessels >= 60 Feet LOA 17,030 17,030 16,403 Hook & Line and Pot Gear Catcher Vessels < 60 Feet LOA 4,055 4,950 9,005 8,017 Trawl Gear AFA Catcher Processor 4,682 4,682 6,401 A80 Catcher Processor 27,277 27,277 23,884 Catcher Vessel 44,987 -2,590 42,397 39,825 Jig Gear 2,850 -1,970 880 505 CDQ 24,391 24,391 19,836 ICA 500 500 127 TOTAL 221,619 227,950 205,133 Includes reallocations in March, April, May and August 2011 Non-Trawl Closures in the BSAI

Hook-and-Line Open Closed Reason Pacific Cod

Catcher processor Jan 1 No closure

Catcher vessels < 60 ft Jan 1 Mar 8 TAC

Apr 30 No closure

Catcher vessels >= 60 ft Jan 1 No closure

Greenland (Bering Sea) May 1 Open

Pot Open Closed Reason Pacific Cod

Catcher processor Jan 1 Jan 24 TAC

Sep 1 Oct 23 TAC

Catcher vessel < 60 ft Jan 1 Mar 8 TAC

Apr 30 Oct 24 Octopus OFL

Catcher vessel >= 60 ft Jan 1 Jan 21 TAC

1-Sep Oct 24 Octopus OFL 2011 Catch by Week and Area 4,500 Bering Sea and Eastern AI TAC Total Catch Bering Sea and Eastern AI (541) 35,989 36,634 4,000 Central AI CDQ 4,312 4,213 Central AI (542) 10,073 9,613 CDQ 1,207 1,101 3,500 Western AI Western AI (543) 1,340 200 CDQ 161 5 CDQ 3,000

2,500

2,000

1,500 Metric Tons of Atka Mackerel Atka Mackerel of Metric Tons

1,000

500

0 Jan-11Jan-11 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Week End Date 2006-2011 BSAI Pacific Ocean Perch Catch by Area TAC Total Catch Bering Sea Bering Sea 5,710 4,254 25,000 Eastern AI (541) 5,054 4,706 541 CDQ 606 388 Central AI (542) 4,429 4,303 542 CDQ 531 465 Western AI (543) 7,474 7,381 20,000 543 CDQ 896 800

15,000

10,000 Metric Tons of Pacific Ocean Perch Metric Tons

5,000

0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2011 BSAI Other Rockfish Catch

Bering Sea 400 Aleutian Islands 226 mt 392 mt Thornyhead Rockfish 350 Dusky Rockfish NPT Gear TAC Total Catch NPT Gear (mt) (mt) 157 mt Bering Sea 500 294 Thornyhead Rockfish 300 Fixed Gear Aleutian Islands 500 611

Includes CDQ 250 29 mt All other Species Multiple Gears 39 mt 63 mt Dusky Rockfish Harlequin Rockfish 200 HAL Gear NPT Gear Metric Tons of Rockfish Metric Tons 150

100

50

0 Atka Mackerel Pacific Cod IFQ Species Rockfish (POP) Pollock Arrowtooth / Kamchatka Target 2011 BSAI Shortraker and Rougheye Rockfish Catch BSAI Shortraker Rockfish TAC (mt) Total Catch (mt) Shortraker Rockfish 393 299 400 BS / EAI Rougheye BS / EAI Rougheye 234 82 Rockfish CAI /WAI Rougheye 220 78 350 Includes CDQ CAI / WAI Rougheye Rockfish Shortraker Rockfish Rougheye Rockfish 300 Bering Sea 72 31 Eastern AI (541) 24 51 Central AI (542) 40 32 250 Western AI (543) 163 46

200 Metric Tons of Rockfish Metric Tons 150

100

50

0 Atka Mackerel Pacific Cod Flatfish IFQ Species Rockfish Pollock Arrowtooth / Kamchatka Target 2011 Amendment 80 Bering Sea Flatfish Catch

Data from 2011 Observer Database 2011 BSAI Flatfish Catch 16,000 Greenland Turbot Other Flatfish 14,000 Flathead Sole 12,000 Alaska Rock Sole 10,000 Yellowfin Sole Does not include CDQ 8,000 Metric Tons of Flatfish Metric Tons 6,000

4,000

2,000

0 Jan-11Jan-11 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Week End Date 2004-2011 BSAI Trawl Flatfish Catch by Species Yellowfin Sole 300,000 Rock Sole Flathead Sole Arrowtooth Flounder* 250,000 Kamchatka Flounder Alaska Plaice Other Flatfish Greenland Turbot 200,000 * Arrowtooth includes Kamchatka prior to 2011

150,000 Metric Tons of Flatfish Metric Tons 100,000

50,000

0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Includes CDQ 2006 – 2011 BSAI Greenland Turbot Catch BSAI Pot Gear Aleutian Islands Trawl Gear 5,000 Aleutian Islands HAL Gear Bering Sea Trawl Gear Bering Sea HAL Gear 4,500 TAC Trawl HAL Total Catch (mt) (mt) (mt) (mt) 4,000 Aleutian Islands 1,318 431 84 516

3,500 Bering Sea 3,500 1,173 1,878 3,051

3,000

2,500

2,000 Metric Tons of Greenland Turbot Turbot of Greenland Metric Tons 1,500

1,000

500

0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Includes CDQ 2006 – 2011 BSAI Arrowtooth / Kamchatka Flounder Catch

2011 TAC (mt) Total Catch (mt) 50,000 Kamchatka Flounder 15,045 9,260

Arrowtooth Flounder 24,786 19,868

40,000 Arrowtooth / Kamchatka Flounder In non- Arrowtooth / Kamchatka Targets 11,267

30,000 Arrowtooth Flounder In Arrowtooth / Kamchatka Targets

10,495 7,706 Kamchatka Flounder * In Arrowtooth / Kamchatka Targets

20,000 * Arrowtooth includes Kamchatka prior to 2011 10,373

Metric Tons of Arrowtooth Flounder Arrowtooth of Metric Tons 12,982 28,149

19,924 10,000 10,893 11,126 11,511 8,506

2,546 787 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Includes CDQ 2006 – 2011 BSAI Alaska Plaice Catch

Alaska Plaice Target Other Targets Pacific Cod Target 30,000 Flathead Sole Target Rock Sole Target Yellowfin Sole Target

25,000 TAC (mt) Total Catch (mt) Alaska Plaice 16,000 22,604

20,000

15,000

Metric Tons of Alaska Plaice Plaice Alaska of Metric Tons 10,000

5,000

0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Includes CDQ 2011 Flatfish Catch in the BSAI

Total Catch Percentage ABC (mt) TAC (mt) (mt) Caught of TAC Arrowtooth Flounder 153,000 22,015 19,120 87% CDQ 2,771 748 27%

Kamchatka Flounder 17,700 15,045 9260 62% (includes CDQ)

Flathead Sole 69,300 37,102 12,553 34% CDQ 4,446 644 14%

"Other Flatfish" 14,500 3,000 3,146 105% (includes CDQ)

Rock Sole 224,000 75,905 57,063 75% CDQ 9,095 3,278 36%

Alaska Plaice 65,100 16,000 22,604 141% (includes CDQ)

Yellowfin Sole 239,000 175,028 128,154 73% CDQ 20,972 15,044 72% Groundfish Retention by the Amendment 80 Fleet 2010 Less than 80% Between 80% and 85% Greater than 85% Number of Vessels 5 9 6 Total catch 60,091 159,008 141,765 Retained Catch 46,969 130,660 125,927 Discarded catch 13,122 28,348 15,838 Percent Retained 78.2% 82.2% 88.8% Percentage of total catch 17% 44% 39%

TOTAL CATCH RETAINED CATCH DISCARDED CATCH PERCENT RETAINED 360,864 303,556 57,308 84.1%

2011 Less than 80% Between 80% and 85% Greater than 85% Number of Vessels 3 6 11 Total catch 18,895 111,739 221,315 Retained Catch 14,015 92,508 198,159 Discarded catch 4,880 19,231 23,156 Percent Retained 74.2% 82.8% 89.5% Percentage of total catch 5% 32% 63%

TOTAL CATCH RETAINED CATCH DISCARDED CATCH PERCENT RETAINED 351,949 304,682 47,267 86.6%

Total catch is total observed groundfish from Non-AFA Trawl Catcher processors Retained Catch is the round weight primary products reported on Weekly/daily production reports All weights in Metric Tons 2010/2011 BSAI Trawl Mortality 500 2010 2011 Pacific Cod Pacific Cod Pollock / Atka Mackerel/ Other Pollock / Atka Mackerel/ Other 450 Rock Sole/Flathead Sole/Other Flats Rock Sole/Flathead Sole/Other Flats Rockfish Rockfish Turbot/sablefish/Arrowtooth Turbot/sablefish/Arrowtooth 400 Yellowfin Sole Yellowfin Sole Halibut PSC 350 Year Total Mortality PSC Limit

2010 2,737 3,300 300 2011 2,171 3,250

250 Does Not include CDQ PSQ

200 Metric Tons of Halibut Mortality Metric Tons 150

100

50

0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Month 2011 BSAI Other Species by Gear

Gear Octopus Other Shark Skates Salmon Shark Sculpin Sleeper Shark Spiny Dogfish HAL 37 <1 15,366 1,024 18 6 NPT 32 3,647 2 3,703 7 < 1 POT 487 < 1 114 < 1 < 1 PTR 9 2 2,312 110 287 18 <1 TOTAL 565 3 21,325 112 5,129 44 7

TAC Total Catch 20,000 Octopus 150 565 Sculpin 5,200 5,129 18,000 Shark 50 165 16,000 Skate 16,500 21,325 Includes CDQ 14,000

12,000 Skates Sculpin

10,000 Octopus Sharks 8,000

Metric Tons of Other Species of Other Metric Tons 6,000

4,000

2,000

0 HAL NPT POT PTR Gear BSAI Octopus Catch by Gear

Gear HAL NPT NPT POT PTR Flatfish Target Pacific cod Pacific cod Species Pacific cod Pollock Total % Pot Gear

2007 21 14 11 131 4 181 72%

2008 17 15 13 163 4 213 77%

2009 14 2 10 41 5 72 57%

2010 31 5 14 126 1 178 71%

2011 37 19 13 487 9 563 87%

Inseason Actions on Octopus NMFS prohibited directed fishing for Octopus on January 13, 2011 (Information Bulletin 11-02) NMFS prohibited retention of Octopus on September 1, 2011 (Information Bulletin 11-63) NMFS prohibited directed fishing for Pacific Cod by vessels using pot gear on October 24, 2011 (Information Bulletin 11-81)

2011 HAL NPT PTR POT

Octopus Catch (mt) 37 32 9 487

Groundfish Catch (mt) 131,596 426,342 1,199,038 29,390

Rate 0.028 % 0.008 % 0.001 % 1.657 % 2011 CDQ Non Pollock / Pacific Cod Catch by Species

4,000 Yellowfin Sole Rock Sole Atka Mackerel Other Flatfish Alaska Plaice Rockfish

3,500 Arrowtooth Flounder Kamchatka Flounder Turbot Flathead Sole Sablefish Other Species

3,000

2,500 cluding Pollock and Pacific cluding Pollock cod

2,000

1,500

1,000 Metric Tons of Groundfish not in not of Groundfish Metric Tons

500

0 Jan-11Jan-11 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Week End Date 2011 Zone 1 Trawl Red King Crab Incidental Catch by Target 25,000 Pollock / Atka Mackerel /Other Yellowfin Sole Pacifc Cod 20,000 Rock Sole / Flathead Sole / Other Flatfish

15,000 Target Red King Crab Catch Pacific Cod 2,059 Rock Sole/Flathead Sole/Other Flatfish 29,353 Yellowfin Sole 5,885 Number of Crab of Crab Number Pollock/Atka Mackerel/Other Species 577 10,000 Limit Total 197,000 37,874 Includes CDQ

5,000

0 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Month 2011 COBLZ Trawl Opilio Crab Incidental Catch by Target 250,000 Turbot / Arrowtooth /Sablefish Rock Sole / Flathead Sole / "Other Flatfish" 225,000 Pollock / Atka Mackerel /Other

200,000 Pacific Cod Yellowfin Sole

175,000 Target Opilio Catch Pacific Cod 3,969 150,000 Rock Sole/Flathead Sole/Other Flatfish 58,736 Yellowfin Sole 528,178 125,000 Pollock/Atka Mackerel/Other Species 4,264

Number of Crab of Crab Number Greenland Turbot/Arrowtooth/Sablefish 1,676 Limit Total 100,000 8,310,480 596,823 Includes CDQ

75,000

50,000

25,000

0 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Month Zone 1 and 2 Trawl C. bairdi Crab Incidental Catch by Month and Target ZONE 1

Target C. bairdi Catch Pacific Cod 10,753 Rock Sole/Flathead Sole/Other Flatfish 59,912 Yellowfin Sole 155,956 Pollock/Atka Mackerel/Other Species 7,273 Limit Total

Number of Crab 830,000 233,893 Includes CDQ ZONE 2 ZONE Target C. bairdi Catch Pacific Cod 3,687 Rock Sole/Flathead Sole/Other Flatfish 49,057 Yellowfin Sole 444,362 Pollock/Atka Mackerel/Other Species 3,414 Greenland Turbot/Arrowtooth/Sablefish 2,434 Number of Crab Limit Total 2,520,000 502,953 Includes CDQ 2003 – 2011 Trawl BSAI Salmon Incidental Catch

Includes CDQ Chinook

Number Salmon of Chinook

Year

Includes CDQ Non-Chinook

Number of Non-Chinook Salmon Salmon Number of Non-Chinook

Year 2011 Trawl Chinook Salmon Incidental Catch 509 513 517 519 521 AI Other 16,000 Non-Pollock AFA Trawl Hook-and- Line AFA Catcher Mothership 1,108 52 Processor Sector Sector 14,000 2,885 4,221

12,000

AFA Inshore 18,390 10,000

Chinook Salmon by gear 8,000

Chinook Salmon Allocation Total Catch

Number of Chinook Salmon of Chinook Number AFA Inshore 33,390 18,390 6,000 AFA Catcher Processor 17,040 3,457 AFA Mothership 4,674 2,885 CDQ 4,896 764 4,000 Total 60,000 25,496

2,000

0 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 2011 Trawl Non-Chinook Salmon Incidental Catch 509 513 517 519 521 524 AI Other 60,000

Non-Chinook Salmon Total Catch 50,000 Pollock Fishery 191,392 Other Fisheries 1,431

Total 192,823 40,000 Includes CDQ

30,000 Number of Non-Chinook Salmon of Non-Chinook Number

20,000

10,000

0 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Month