File #: Crab 17-034    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Crab Management Issue Status: Action Item
File created: 8/15/2017 In control: North Pacific Council
On agenda: 10/2/2017 Final action:
Title: BSAI Crab Specifications for 6 Stocks - Final Specifications
Attachments: 1. C3 Crab Plan Team Report 0917, 2. C3 2017 Summary-Intro Crab SAFE, 3. Crab Plan Team AGENDA (Hyperlink), 4. C3 Entire Crab SAFE (link to large file, 190MB), 5. PRESENTATION: C3 CPT report, 6. MOTION: C3

Dan Hull, Chairman

David Witherell, Executive Director

SUBJECT: title

BSAI Crab Specifications for 6 Stocks - Final Specifications

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STAFF CONTACT:  Diana Stram

 

ACTION REQUIRED: recommended action

Review 2017 final crab SAFE report and BSAI Crab Plan Team Report; Final specifications for 6 stocks

 

BACKGROUND:

The Crab Plan Team (CPT) met from September 18-21, 2017 in Seattle, WA to review the final stock assessments as well as additional related issues, in order to provide the recommendations and status determinations contained in the SAFE report. This final 2017 Crab SAFE report contains all recommendations for all 10 stocks including those whose OFL and ABC were previously determined in February and June 2017. The CPT report from the meeting is also attached.

The 6 stocks for which final specifications must be determined at this meeting are:

•                     Bristol Bay Red King Crab

•                     EBS Snow Crab

•                     EBS Tanner Crab

•                     St. Matthew Blue King Crab

•                     Pribilof Islands Red King Crab

•                     Pribilof Islands Blue King Crab

 

The team recommends three stocks be placed in Tier 3 (EBS snow crab, Bristol Bay red king crab, and EBS Tanner crab), three stocks in Tier 4 (St. Matthew blue king crab, Pribilof Islands blue king crab, Pribilof Islands red king crab, and Norton Sound red king crab). The team continues to recommend an ABC less than the maximum permissible ABC for all stocks for 2017/18.  Stock status in relation to status determination criteria are evaluated in this report.  EBS Tanner crab and Pribilof Island red king crab are estimated to be above BMSY for 2017/18 while EBS snow crab, Bristol Bay red king crab, Saint Matthew blue king crab and Norton Sound red king crab are estimated below BMSY.  Pribilof Islands blue king crab stock remains overfished and estimated to be well below its MSST.