Resource Ecology & Fisheries Management (cont.)

(2001 Stock Asessment Summary: part 2)
The values presented below reflect information found in the SAFE documents developed by the NPFMC Plan Teams for groundfish fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (Table 2 and 3 below). It should be noted that the Plan Team ABC and TAC recommendations are reviewed by the NPFMC advisory bodies, and the NPFMC recommends the final TAC. Thus, the values presented below may differ from the final NPFMC recommendations. For information on final groundfish specifications, please consult the NPFMC’s web page at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc.

Species or Species Complex	Area	Biomass	OFL	ABC	F_OFL	F_ABC
Table 2. Summary of stock abundance (biomass), overfishing level (OFL), acceptable biological catch (ABC), the fishing mortality rate corresponding to OFL (F_OFL), and the fishing mortality rate corresponding to ABC (F_ABC) for the eastern Bering Sea (EBS), Aleutian Islands (AI), and Bogoslof district as projected for 2002. Biomass corresponds to projected January 2002 abundance for the age+ range reported in the summary section. Biomass, OFL, and ABC are in metric tons (t). Fs are reported to three significant digits.
Walleye pollock	EBS	9,800,000	3,530,000	2,110,000	1.20	0.52
Walleye pollock	AI	106,000	31,700	23,800	0.30	0.23
Walleye pollock	Bogoslof	232,000	46,400	4,310	0.20	0.15
Pacific cod	BSAI	1,540,000	294,000	223,000	0.35	0.26
Yellowfin sole	BSAI	1,597,000	136,000	115,000	0.13	0.11
Greenland turbot	BSAI	208,000	36,500	8,100	0.32	0.065
Arrowtooth flounder	BSAI	671,000	137,000	113,000	0.28	0.22
Rock sole	BSAI	1,850,000	268,000	225,000	0.20	0.16
Flathead sole	BSAI	695,000	101,000	82,600	0.38	0.30
Other flatfish	BSAI	1,110,000	172,000	143,000	0.34^a	0.28^a
Sablefish	EBS	28,000	2,900	1,930	0.14	0.12
Sablefish	AI	39,000	3,850	2,550	0.14	0.12
Pacific ocean perch	BSAI	377,000	17,500	14,800	0.055	0.046
Northern rockfish	BSAI	150,000	9,020	6,760	0.060	0.045^b
Rougheye rockfish	BSAI	14,000	349	262	0.025	0.019^b
Shortraker rockfish	BSAI	34,000	1,020	766	0.030	0.023^b
Other rockfish	EBS	6,880	482	361	0.073^c	0.054^c
Other rockfish	AI	12,900	901	676	0.073^c	0.054^c
Atka mackerel	BSAI	439,700	82,300	49,000	0.37	0.21
Squid	BSAI	n/a	2,620	1970	n/a	n/a
Sculpins	BSAI	227,000	34,000	25,100	0.15	0.11
Skates	BSAI	432,000	43,200	32,400	0.10	0.08
Sharks	BSAI	n/a	516	387	n/a	n/a
Octopus	BSAI	n/a	405	304	n/a	n/a

TOTAL		19,569,480	4,951,663	3,185,076		0
^a Alaska plaice rate shown as an example. ^b Previously combined into other red rockfish complex. ^c Weighted average of species-specific rates.

Species	2002 Total Biomass	2002 F_OFL	2002 Overfishing Level	2002 F_ABC	2002 ABC
Table 3. Summary of stock abundance (total biomass), the fishing mortality rate corresponding to OFL (F_OFL), overfishing level OFL), the fishing mortality rate corresponding to ABC (F_ABC), and acceptable biological catch (ABC) for the Gulf of Alaska region, as projected for 2001. Biomass, OFL and ABC are reported in metric tons (t).
Pollock (Western and Central)	726,600	0.240	75,480	0.17	51,790
Pollock (E. Yakutat & SE Outside)	28,710	0.240	8,610	0.17	6,460
Pacific cod	428,000	0.390	77,100	0.34	57,600
Deepwater flatfish	68,263	n/a	6,430	0.075	4,880
Rex sole	71,326	0.200	12,320	0.15	9,470
Flathead sole	170,915	0.200	29,530	0.15	22,690
Shallow water flatfish	349,992	0.2-0.21	61,810	0.15-0.17	49,550
Arrowtooth	1,760,000	0.159	171,060	0.134	146,260
Sablefish	188,000	0.143	19,350	0.093	12,820
Pacific ocean perch	293,240	0.059	15,670	0.05	13,190
Northern rockfish	94,350	0.067	5,910	0.056	4,980
Rougheye rockfish		0.038		0.025	1,030
Shortraker rockfish		0.030		0.023	590
Total shortraker/ rougheye	70,890		2,340		1,620
Other slope rockfish (sharpchin)				0.050	1,990
Other slope rockfish (redstripe)				0.075	1,020
Other slope rockfish (harlequin)				0.045	660
Other slope rockfish (silvergrey)				0.030	850
Other slope rockfish (redbanded)				0.045	330
Other slope rockfish (minor species)				0.045	190
Total other slope rockfish	107,960	0.04-0.1	6,610	0.03-0.75	5,040
Dusky rockfish				0.090	5,070
Widow and Yellowtail rockfish				0.068	420
Total Pelagic shelf rockfish	62,489	0.09-0.136	8,220	0.090	5,490
Demersal shelf rockfish	15,615	0.028	480	0.020	350
Thornyheads	77,840	0.042	2,330	0.035	1,990
Atka mackerel	Unknown	n/a	6,200	n/a	600

Bering Sea Walleye Pollock BSAI Pacific Cod BSAI Yellowfin Sole BSAI Greenland Turbot BSAI Arrowtooth Flounder BSAI Rock Sole	BSAI Flathead Sole BSAI Other Flatfish Complex BSAI Pacific Ocean Perch BSAI Other Red Rockfish Other Rockfish AI Atka Mackerel	GOA Pollock GOA Pacific Cod GOA Flatfish GOA Arrowtooth Flounder GOA Atka Mackerel GOA Thornyheads
BSAI Squid and Other Species Complex

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