Commercial Groundfish Fisheries
Prince William Sound Management Area

Fishery Advisory Announcements

• Prince William Sound Area Rockfish Bycatch Reduction for Groundfish Fisheries (PDF 70 kB) - 9/2/22
• Prince William Sound Area State-Waters Season Closes to Pot and Longline Vessels Parallel Pacific Cod Season Opens to Pot and Longline Vessels (PDF 199 kB) - 8/26/22
• PWS Sablefish Fishery Season Extended through September 30 (PDF 62 kB) - 8/2/22
• Prince William Sound Area Lingcod Season Opens (PDF 68 kB) - 6/16/22
• Prince William Sound Area Sablefish Fishery Season Opening and Quota Allocations (PDF 174 kB) - 4/5/22

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Emergency Orders

• Prince William Sound Bycatch, Emergency Order No. 2-GF-E-01-19 (PDF 27 kB)

Harvest

• Lingcod
• Pacific Cod - Parallel Season
• Pacific Cod - State-Waters Season
• Pollock - Directed Pelagic Trawl Fishery
• Rockfish
• Sablefish

Management & Announcements

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Regulations

• Seabird Avoidance Regulations

Annual Management Reports

• Prince William Sound Registration Area E Groundfish Fisheries Management Report, 2017-2020 (PDF 3,896 kB)

Forecasts

• 2022 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 1,127 kB)
• 2021 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 649 kB)
• 2020 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 500 kB)
• 2019 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 565 kB)
• 2018 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 569 kB)
• 2017 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 566 kB)
• 2016 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 500 kB)
• 2015 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 498 kB)
• 2014 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 492 kB)

Maps

Prince William Sound Districts

• Prince William Sound Groundfish Closure Areas
• Prince William Sound Statistical Area Map

Statewide Maps

• Groundfish Management Activities
• Statistical Area Maps