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Figure 1.  Locations of hauls conducted during the 1999 biennial
groundfish survey of the Gulf of Alaska

 

 

Table 1.  Biomass (t) of major groundfish species captured during the 1999 Gulf of Alaska biennial groundfish assessment survey.
Species Western
GOA
Central
GOA
Eastern
GOA
All
Areas
Arrowtooth flounder 140,433 848,859 273,505 1,262,797
Pacific ocean perch 37,670 612,011 77,104 726,785
Walleye pollock 430,880 161,180 40,703 632,763
Pacific halibut 112,350 414,452 56,054 582,856
Giant grenadier 108,476 240,460 37,376 386,312
Pacific cod 111,266 172,839 21,719 305,823
Northern rockfish 45,148 196,604 118 241,870
Flathead sole 49,295 139,627 18,599 207,520
Sablefish 13,174 101,234 53,993 168,402
Southern rock sole 44,756 54,411 6,355 105,522
Shortspine thornyhead 14,090 32,592 30,671 77,353
Rex sole 12,333 42,796 19,477 74,605
Dover sole 1,430 34,322 38,615 74,367
Northern rock sole 44,731 16,319 31 61,082
Rougheye rockfish 6,155 20,818 12,683 39,655

 

 

Table 2.  Biomass (t) of major groundfish species captured during the 1990, 1993, 1996 and 1999 Gulf of Alaska groundfish assessment surveys

Species

1990 1993 1996 1999
Arrowtooth flounder 1,906,813 1,551,693 1,639,358 1,262,797
Pacific ocean perch 157,089 483,491 771,436 726,785
Walleye pollock 843,075 758,894 734,433 632,763
Pacific halibut 328,092 573,735 570,972 582,856
Pacific cod 417,884 409,492 537,831 305,823
Northern rockfish 107,071 104,472 98,938 241,870
Flathead sole 243,067 188,592 205,485 207,520
Rock sole 155,736 173,217 206,010 166,604
Shortspine thornyhead 19,617 33,023 51,987 77,353
Rex sole 98,230 87,047 72,757 74,605
Rougheye rockfish 45,509 61,837 45,915 39,655
Shortraker rockfish 12,682 19,709 20,260 28,232

 

 

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