Fisheries Management – Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

• 2026-09-11 — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Blackspotted and Rougheye Rockfish in the Central Aleutian and Western Aleutian Districts of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area: 2026 — NMFS inseason action prohibits retention of blackspotted and rougheye rockfish in the Central and Western Aleutian districts of the BSAI after the 2026 TAC for that complex was projected to be reached. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-08-28 — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area: NOAA final rule reallocates unused 2026 Pacific cod TAC in the BSAI from jig and larger hook-and-line catcher vessels to smaller hook-and-line and pot catcher vessels and opens directed fishing for those sectors so the harvest limit can be taken. (novelty: 2)

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