ii Bering Sea Chum Salmon PSC Management Initial Review draft November 2012Executive Summary Executive Summary

This analysis examines the impacts of alternatives for new measures to reduce chum salmon bycatch (also known as prohibited species catch, or PSC) in the Bering Sea pollock fishery to the extent practicable while achieving optimum yield. A vast majority of the chum salmon PSC in the groundfish fishe...

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Main Authors: Diana L. Stram, North Pacific, Fishery Management Council
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Bering Sea
Tac
Alaska
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.251.3183
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/PDFdocuments/bycatch/ChumPSC_EA1112.pdf
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Summary:This analysis examines the impacts of alternatives for new measures to reduce chum salmon bycatch (also known as prohibited species catch, or PSC) in the Bering Sea pollock fishery to the extent practicable while achieving optimum yield. A vast majority of the chum salmon PSC in the groundfish fisheries are taken by the pollock fishery. The pollock fishery in waters off Alaska is the largest U.S. fishery by volume. In 1998, the American Fisheries Act (AFA) rationalized the fishery by identifying the vessels and processors eligible to participate in the Bering Sea pollock fishery and allocating specific percentages of the Bering Sea directed pollock fishery total allowable catch (TAC) among the competing sectors of the fishery. Each year, NMFS apportions the pollock TAC among the inshore catcher vessel (CV) sector, offshore catcher/processor (CP) sector, and mothership sector after allocations are made to the Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program and incidental catch allowances. The Bering Sea pollock TAC is divided into two seasons –the A season (January 20 to June 10) and the B season (June 10 to November 1). The fleet targets pre-spawning pollock for their valuable roe in the A season and the TAC is typically reached by early April. The B season fishery focuses on pollock for fillet and surimi markets and the fleet harvests most of the B season TAC during June through early October.

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