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Assessment of the sablefish stock in Alaska
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  • Alternative Title:
    BSAI Chapter 3
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  • Description:
    The longline survey abundance index increased 14% from 2016 to 2017 following a 28% increase in 2016 from 2015. The lowest point of the time series was 2015. The fishery abundance index decreased 23% from 2015 to 2016 and is the time series low (the 2017 data are not available yet). There was a new Gulf of Alaska (GOA) trawl survey in 2017 which increased 89% from 2015 to 2017. Spawning biomass is projected to increase rapidly from 2018 to 2022, and then stabilize. Sablefish are managed under Tier 3 of NPFMC harvest rules. Reference points are calculated using recruitments from 1977-2013. The updated point estimates of B40%, F40%, and F35% from this assessment are 98,332 t (combined across the EBS, AI, and GOA), 0.096, and 0.114, respectively. Projected female spawning biomass (combined areas) for 2018 is 88,928 t (90% of B40%, or B36%), placing sablefish in subtier “b” of Tier 3. The maximum permissible value of FABC under Tier 3b is 0.086, which translates into a 2018 ABC (combined areas) of 25,583 t. The OFL fishing mortality rate is 0.102 which translates into a 2018 OFL (combined areas) of 30,211 t. Model projections indicate that this stock is not subject to overfishing, overfished, nor approaching an overfished condition.
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    Stock Assessment
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      Personal Author:
      Thompson, Grant G. (Grant Garrison)
      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
      Relative to the November edition of last year’s BSAI SAFE report, the following substantive changes have been made in the eastern Bering Sea (EBS) Pacific cod stock assessment. Changes in the Input Data: 1) Catch data for 1991-2016 were updated, an...
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      Published Date:
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      Series:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
      This chapter covers the Eastern Bering Sea (EBS) region—the Aleutian Islands region (Chapter 1A) and the Bogoslof Island area (Chapter 1B) are presented separately (this year only updates–“full” assessments expected in 2018).
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    4. Assessment of the northern rockfish stock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
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    5. Assessment of the Pacific Cod Stock in the Aleutian Islands
      Personal Author:
      Thompson, Grant G. (Grant Garrison); Palsson, Wayne;
      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
      Relative to the November edition of last year’s BSAI SAFE report, the following substantive changes have been made in the Aleutian Islands (AI) Pacific cod stock assessment: Catch data for 1991-2016 were updated, and preliminary catch data for 2017...
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      Filetype[PDF - 715.21 KB]
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      Published Date:
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      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
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      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 26.05 KB]
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
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      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
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      Personal Author:
      Ormseth, Olav A.
      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
      The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) skate complex is managed in aggregate, with a single set of harvest specifications applied to the entire complex. However, to generate the harvest recommendations the stock is divided into two units. Harvest...
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      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
      "Flathead sole" as currently managed by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) represents a two-species complex consisting of true flathead sole (Hippoglossoides elassodon) and its morpholog...
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      Personal Author:
      Wilderbuer, Thomas K.; Nichol, Daniel G.; Ianelli, James N.;
      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
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      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 2.69 MB]
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      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
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      Published Date:
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      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
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      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
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      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
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      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
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      File Type:
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      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
      Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Stock Assessments
      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
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      Series:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      2017
      Series:
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      Description:
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      File Type:
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