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• Main Authors: Richard L. Major, Bin C
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; Theragra chalcogramma; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.217.7032; http://www.st.nmfs.gov/tm/nwc/nwc119.pdf

PREFACE The all-nation catch of groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska in 1985 was 321,920 metric tons (t), down 10 % from 356,309 t in 1984 (Table A). The 1984 catch had, in turn, been the largest since the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act was implemented in 1977. Reduced catches of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), the Pacific ocean perch complex of Sebastes alutus, and four similar congeneric species, and flatfish were the main contributors to the decline--down 7.1, 38.4, 75.6, and 55.1%, respectively Although the decline in the pollock catch was not that great in terms of percentage, it was the greatest factor in terms of sheer weight--a,21,867 t decline for pollock; a 34,389 t decline overall. All elements of the fishing fleet were not equally affected. The total allowable level of foreign fishing was reduced sharply from 1984 levels;,-down 82.2 and 68.6 % for pollock and cod, respectively, and down to token amounts'-:'.for the remaining species or species groups. As a direct result, the foreign