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Scallop License Limitation Program (SLLP) Permit Program
A federal Scallop License Limitation Program (SLLP) license is required onboard any vessel deployed in scallop fisheries in Federal waters off Alaska (except for some diving... -
Alaska Marine Mammal Strandings/Entanglements
This database represents a summary of information on stranded marine mammals reported to NMFS throughout the State of Alaska in fulfillment of Title IV of the Marine Mammal... -
Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Permit Program
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council adopted the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program (Rockfish Program) on June 14, 2010, to replace the expiring Pilot Program. The... -
Subsistence Registration Permit Program
Management of the Alaska halibut fishery is based on an international agreement between Canada and the United States and is given effect by the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of... -
Alaska Beluga Strandings
NMFS is mandated by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to collect reports of marine mammal stranding events. This particular catalogue item is specific to the endangered... -
Spatial Management Areas
Spatial management files combine all related and relevant spatial management files into an integrated fisheries management file. Overlaps of the redundant spatial restrictions... -
AKRO/SF: Community Development Quota (CDQ) System
The Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program allocates a percentage of all Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands quotas for groundfish, prohibited species, halibut,... -
Catch-In-Areas Main
The Catch-In-Areas database integrates catch data from the Catch Accounting System (which has the spatial resolution of a NMFS Reporting Area) into a database that resolves the... -
AKRO/SF: Electronic Logbooks
Logbooks are the industry reports submitted by vessels documenting fishing activity. In particular, these reports provide haul specific information, gear, fishing depth... -
AKRO: Guided Angler Fish Landings
Beginning in 2014, the the halibut Catch Sharing Plan (CSP) authorizes annual transfers of commercial halibut IFQ as guided angler fish (GAF) to charter halibut permit holders... -
Bathymetry (Alaska and surrounding waters)
A Raster having 20 m resolution with decimal values was assembled from 18.6 billion bathymetric soundings that were obtained from the National Center for Environmental... -
Groundfish/Crab License Limitation Program (LLP) Permit Program
As of January 1, 2000 a Federal License Limitation Program (LLP) license is required for vessels participating in directed fishing for LLP groundfish species in the Gulf of... -
Charter Halibut Limited Access Program
This limited access system limits the number of charter vessels that may participate in the guided sport fishery for halibut in area 2C and 3A. NMFS issues a charter halibut... -
Federal Fisheries Permit (FFP)/ Federal Processor Permit (FPP) Permit Program
The Federal Fisheries Permit (FFP) is required for vessels of the United States which are used to fish for groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska or Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.... -
AKRO/PR: Alaska Marine Mammal Observer Program (AMMOP)
NMFS is mandated by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to measure and report on the effects of commercial fisheries on marine mammal stocks. One of the ways NMFS gathers... -
Crab Rationalization Permit Program
The Crab Rationalization Program (Program) allocates BSAI crab resources among harvesters, processors, and coastal communities. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council... -
Amendment 80 Permit Program
The Amendment 80 Program was adopted by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) in June 2006. The final rule implementing Amendment 80 published in the Federal... -
AKRO/SF: Landing Reports
The industry report submitted by processing facilities, including shoreside processors, stationary floating processors, catcher/processors and motherships, documenting catcher... -
AKRO/SF: Blend System
The Blend was the system used by the NMFS Alaska Regional Office to monitor groundfish catch from 1991 until 2002. The Blend system combined data from industry production... -
Alaska 2018 EFH
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) maps depict the area of EFH for each life stage of fish managed under a Fishery Management Plan within the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Aleutian...