EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Main Authors: Flathead Sole By, Paul D. Spencer, Gary E. Walters, Thomas K. Wilderbuer
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.13.1281; http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/refm/docs/2002/BSfhs.pdf

ncreasing accuracy during recent years. The growth and distribution differences between the species were described in Walters and Wilderbuer (1997), which illustrated the possible ramifications of combining information. For the purposes of this section, these two species are combined under the heading, Hippoglossoides sp. Hippoglossoides sp. are managed as a unit stock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and were formerly a constituent of the "other flatfish" SAFE chapter. In June 1994, the Council requested the Plan Team to assign a separate ABC for flathead sole (Hippoglossoides sp.) in the BSAI, rather than combining flathead sole (Hippoglossoides sp.) with other flatfish as in past assessments. This request was based on a change in the directed fishing standards to allow increased retention of flatfish. DATA Commercial Catch Data Catch Biomass Prior to 1977, catches ofHippoglossoides sp. were combined with the species of the "other flatfish" category, which increased from ar