2013 Alaska Crab Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Report

May 21, 2013

The annual stock assessment and fishery evaluation (SAFE) report is a requirement of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (FMP), and a federal requirement [50 CFR Section 602.12(e)]. The SAFE report summarizes the current biological and economic status of fisheries, total allowable catch (TAC) or Guideline Harvest Level (GHL), and analytical information used for management decisions. Additional information on Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) king and Tanner crab is available on the NMFS web page at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) Westward Region Shellfish web page at: http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region4/shellfsh/shelhom4.php.

This FMP applies to 10 crab stocks in the BSAI: 4 red king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus, stocks (Bristol Bay, Pribilof Islands, Norton Sound and Adak), 2 blue king crab, Paralithodes platypus, stocks (Pribilof District and St Matthew Island), 2 golden (or brown) king crab, Lithodes aequispinus, stocks (Aleutian Island and Pribilof Islands), EBS Tanner crab Chionoecetes bairdi, and EBS snow crab Chionoecetes opilio. All other BSAI crab stocks are exclusively managed by the State of Alaska.

Compiled by The Plan Team for the King and Tanner Crab Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

With Contributions by K. Bush, W. Donaldson, M. Dorn, G. Eckert, H. Fitch, R.J. Foy, W. Gaeuman , B. Garber-Yonts, J. Gasper, T. Hamazaki, D. Pengilly, A.E. Punt, L. Rugolo, M.S.M. Siddeek, W. Stockhausen, D. Stram, B. J. Turnock, and J. Zheng

Additional Resources

Last updated by Alaska Fisheries Science Center on 06/11/2019

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