Dan Hull, Chairman
Chris Oliver, Executive Director
SUBJECT: title
BSAI Crab Specification for 6 stocks - Final Specifications
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STAFF CONTACT: Diana Stram
ACTION REQUIRED: recommended action
Review BSAI Crab Plan Team Report; Final specifications for 6 stocks
BACKGROUND:
The CPT met from September 20-23, 2016 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 this SAFE report and Crab Plan Team Report. The full SAFE report is attached as is the introduction to the report as a separate item. This final 2016 Crab SAFE report contains all recommendations for all 10 stocks including those whose OFL and ABC were previously determined in February and June 2016. The Crab Plan Team report from the meeting is also attached.
Under a revised process modified to accommodate specific fishery and data availability needs to determine overfishing level (OFL) determinations, and annual catch limit (ACL) requirements the CPT reviews assessments in a staggered time frame. The CPT provides recommendations on OFL, acceptable biological catch (ABC) and stock status specifications for review by the NPFMC Science and Statistical Committee (SSC) in February (NSRKC) and June (AIGKC, WAIRKC, PIGKC) and October (BBRKC, EBS Snow crab, EBS Tanner crab, SMBKC, PIRKC, PIBKC).
Ten BSAI crab stocks and the schedule for annual review by the CPT and SSC.
Stock
CPT review and
recommendations to SSC
SSC review and
recommendations to Council
Norton Sound red king crab (NSRKC)
January
February
Aleutian Is. golden king crab (AIGKC)
May
June
Pribilof Is. golden king crab (PIGKC)
May
June
Western Aleutian Is. red king crab (WAIRKC)
May
June
EBS snow crab
September
October
Bristol Bay red king crab(BBRKC)
September
October
EBS Tanner crab
September
October
Pribilof Is. red king crab (PIRKC)
September
October
Pribilof Is. blue king crab (PIBKC)
September
October
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