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Bering Sea Aleutian Islands Commercial Fishing Seasons
BERING SEA / ALEUTIAN ISLANDS COMMERCIAL FISHING SEASONS
Opening and closing dates may vary from year to year, but this is a general overview of the commercial fisheries seasons in the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands area.
(BSAI = Bering Sea Aleutian Island)
January
January 1 – BSAI Pot Gear Pacific Cod – A Season Opens
January 1 – BSAI Longline Gear Pacific Cod – A Season Opens
January 1 – BSAI Jig Gear Pacific Cod – A Season Opens
January 1 – December 31: Aleutian Islands Subdistrict State-Waters Pacific Cod Fishery
January 1 – December 31: Aleutian Islands Black Rockfish Fishery
January 1 – December 31: Pribilof Golden King Crab
January 15 – March 31: Eastern Aleutian Islands District Tanner Crab
January 20 – Bering Sea Pollock – A Season Opens
January 20 – BSAI Pacific Cod Trawl – A Season Opens
End of January/Early February – December 31: Dutch Harbor Subdistrict State-Waters Pacific Cod Pot Fishery (usually closes end of April/Early May)
February
March
March 15 – December 7: IFQ Sablefish/Blackcod
March 15 – December 7: IFQ Halibut
March 15 – December 7: Aleutian Islands State-Waters Sablefish/Blackcod (season dates concurrent with federal IFQ fishery)
April
April 1 – BSAI Pacific Cod Trawl – B Season Opens
April 30 – BSAI Jig Gear Pacific Cod – B Season Opens
May
May 1: Federal Fisheries for Arrowtooth Flounder, Kamchatka Flounder, and Greenland Turbot Open
May 1 – December 31: Dutch Harbor Subdistrict State-Waters Pacific Cod Jig Fishery
May 1 – October 31: Region 4 Dungeness Crab Fisheries
June
June 10 – BSAI Longline Gear Pacific Cod – A Season Opens
June 10 – Bering Sea Pollock – B Season Opens
June 10 – BSAI Pacific Cod Trawl – C Season Opens
June 24 – February 28: Dutch Harbor Food and Bait Herring Fishery
July
July 1 – February 15: Alaska Weathervane Scallop Fisheries
August
August 1 – April 30: Eastern and Western Aleutian Islands Golden King Crab
August 31 – BSAI Jig Gear Pacific Cod – C Season Opens
September
September 1 – April 30: Aleutian Islands State-Waters Golden King Crab
October
October 15 – January 15: Bristol Bay Red King Crab
October 15 – March 31: Eastern Bering Sea Tanner Crab
October 15 – March 31: Western Bering Sea Tanner Crab
October 15 – May 31: Bering Sea Snow Crab (closes May 15th E of 173° and May 31st W of 173°)
November
December
Provided by ADFG/NMFS Dutch Harbor
