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! Only Fishery Data
Series, Fishery Manuscripts, Fishery Management Reports,
and Special Publications produced in 2004 or more recently will have
been posted to this new service. For older publications,
please continue to use the Listing of Older Statewide
Series Publications link
below as well as other regional resources.
See also a listing of
recently posted division series publications, area
management reports (center column of this page), program-
and laboratory-specific publications, and the
listing of older series publications.
Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin (AFRB journal)
Listing of Older Statewide Series
Publications
Alaska
Salmon Enhancement Program 2005 Annual Report — PDF file* (311K)
Alaska’s
Sustainable Salmon Fisheries Policy PDF
document * (19K) — (June 2001)
Alaska Wildlife News articles relating to Alaska's Commercial Fisheries
An Assessment of Age Determination Needs and Samples Sizes for Groundfish Fisheries Managed by the State of Alaska – By Dave Carlile, ADF&G; PDF file* (235K) — June 2005
Atlantic Salmon: A White Paper (department publication); PDF document * (40K) — (March 2002)
Catch and Production Report PDF document * (1002K) — (April 1997)
Commercial Fishing Seasons in Alaska:
Available to two versions:
4-page letter-sized version (PDF file* — 186K)
2-page legal-sized version (PDF file* — 452K)
Commercial
Fish Transporter Application — PDF file* 69K)
This permit authorizes a person to transport and sell COMMERCIALLY taken salmon, herring or Pacific cod as an agent of the commercial fisherman who caught the fish. New legislation authorizing the fish tranporters can be viewed here (PDF file* - 77K).
Commercial
Fish Transporter (Listing of Issued Permits) -
PDF file* (48K)
A listing of issued Commercial Fish Transporter Permits for the current year.
Discards in the Groundfish Fisheries of
the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands & The Gulf of Alaska, 1998-2000 — (May 2002)
This report documents the amounts
and sources of groundfish, crab, halibut, herring,
and salmon discards in commercial groundfish
fisheries in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands
(BSAI) and the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) during the
calendar years 1998, 1999, and 2000.
Available here.
Efficiency and Equity Choices in Fishery Rationalization
Policy Design: An Examination of the North Pacific Halibut and
Sablefish IFQ Policy Impacts on Processors — (January 2002)
Available here — PDF file* (645K)
Exvessel
Value (Price per pound) by Area and Species, 1984-2005 (PDF file* — 583K)
Fishing Vessels in
Alaska (letter-sized version)
— PDF file* (110K)
Groundfish Reporting Requirements - PDF file* (155K)
State of Alaska guidelines and reporting and permitting requirements to aid prospective fishers, buyers, processors, and/or exporters of groundfish.
Marine Protect Areas in Alaska: Recommendations for a Public Process (Report
to the Board of Fisheries) - July 2002 and Summary
of Comments on "Marine Protect Areas in Alaska: Recommendations
for a Public Process" - October 2002
The Alaska Department of Fish
and Game issued the initial report on July 18,
2002 with a set of recommendations for a public
process for establishing marine protected areas
(MPAs) in Alaska. Comments were gathered and
summarized in the second report.
Available here.
Overview of Recommended Harvest Strategy for Snow Crabs in the Eastern Bering Sea — (February 2002) PDF file* (207K)
Overview of State-Managed Marine Fisheries in the Central and Western
Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands, and Southeastern Bering Sea, with
Reference to Steller Sea Lions — (October 2000)
Available here.
Processors & Buyers (Intent to Operate) (Also known as the Department of Revenue: Fishery Business License Application [ 04-573] / Seafood Processor and Exporter License and Permit Application) - PDF file* (215K) 2006 version
The Processors & Buyers (Intent to Operate) is a comprehensive packet containing the applications necessary to be in compliance with the various State requirements with the Departments of Fish and Game (Intent to Operate and Fish Tickets), Revenue (Licensing, Bonding, and Taxation), and Environmental Conservation (Fish Inspections).
For current listing of processors & buyers go here.
Processors & Buyers (Intent to Operate) Listing (2006) — Available
in the following formats: PDF
file* (748K), Excel
5.0 file (658K),
and Comma Separated Value (.csv) file (141K)
September 5, 2006
Complete listing of all licensed seafood processing/exporting/buying
operations in the State of Alaska including plant locations
and addresses.
Previous Year's Full Listing (2005):
PDF file*
(139K),
Excel 5.0 file (731K),
and Comma Separated Value (.csv) file (159K)
A Proposal for Overfishing
Harvest Rate Threshold, Target Harvest Rate, and Minimum Stock Size
Threshold for Pribilof Islands Blue King Crab
PDF file * (1,484K) — (May
2003)
For slower connections downloadable
in parts:
A Review of Proposed Fishery Management Actions and the Decline of
Steller Sea Lions Eumetopias jubatus in Alaska: A Report by
the Alaska Steller Sea Lion Restoration Team — (August
2001).
Available here.
Run Forecasts and
Harvest Projections for 2006 Alaska Salmon Fisheries and Review of
the 2005 Season PDF file * (597K)
Quick View: 2006
Projection Table Only HTML | PDF*
version (29K)
Statistical Area
Charts for Alaskan Commercial Groundfish and Shellfish Fisheries
Source of statistical area charts
for statewide GROUNDFISH and for all SHELLFISH
fisheries except SE Alaska.
* Adobe Acrobat PDF files require a free viewer available directly from Adobe. Need a hard copy of a publication? Contact CF Publications.
