Commercial Groundfish Fisheries
Southeast Alaska & Yakutat
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game Region I Groundfish Project manages and performs research for groundfish fisheries in Southeast Alaska from the Canadian border to the Yakutat area. This group actively manages directed fisheries for sablefish (longline/pot), lingcod (dinglebar/jig), demersal shelf rockfish (DSR; longline), black rockfish (primarily mechanical jig), and Pacific cod (longline). The directed sablefish fisheries occur in Chatham and Clarence Straits and are limited entry. The other directed groundfish fisheries are open access. All directed groundfish fisheries require a permit from the Commercial Fishery Entry Commission (CFEC) and (with the exception of Pacific cod) registration at an ADF&G office prior to fishing. Research is performed for groundfish fisheries through port sampling, surveys, and tagging programs. Annual stock assessments are performed for the Chatham Strait sablefish and the DSR fisheries. Mark-recapture methods are used to estimate abundance for the Chatham Strait sablefish fishery, and a habitat- based stock assessment is used for the DSR fishery. The density of yelloweye rockfish, the primary target of the DSR complex, is estimated from a survey using an un-manned submersible, and rockfish habitat is estimated using sonar and fishing data.
Recorded Announcements: For recorded fishery information in Southeast Alaska
please see the Southeast Contacts page.
Fishery Advisory Announcements
- Northern Southeast Outside (NSEO) Section Lingcod Bycatch Closure For Salmon Troll Fishery (PDF 68 kB) - 7/12/22
- Call For Vessel Owners To Participate In The Northern Southeast Inside Waters (NSEI) Sablefish Longline Survey (PDF 127 kB) - 6/21/22
- Southern Southeast Outer Coast (SSEOC) Sector Directed Lingcod Fishery Closure (PDF 67 kB) - 6/16/22
- 2022 Northern Southeast Inside (NSEI) Subdistrict Sablefish Fishery Annual Harvest Objective (PDF 601 kB) - 6/10/22
- Central Southeast Outside (CSEO) Section Directed Lingcod Fishery Closure (PDF 68 kB) - 6/3/22
- Icy Bay Subdistrict Directed Lingcod Fishery Closure (PDF 68 kB) - 5/28/22
- Northern Southeast Outside (NSEO) Section Directed Lingcod Fishery Closure (PDF 68 kB) - 5/25/22
- Icy Bay Subdistrict (IBS) Lingcod Longline Bycatch Closure (PDF 68 kB) - 5/24/22
- East Yakutat Section Directed Lingcod Fishery Closure (PDF 68 kB) - 5/19/22
- 2022 Southern Southeast Inside Subdistrict Sablefish Fishery (PDF 153 kB) - 5/3/22
- Alaska Department Of Fish And Game Sablefish Industry Meeting (PDF 97 kB) - 4/14/22
- 2022 Personal Use Bottomfish Fishery (PDF 549 kB) - 4/14/22
- 2022 Southeast Alaska Directed Lingcod Fishery Announcement (PDF 403 kB) - 4/1/22
- 2022 Southeast Alaska Sablefish Tag Recovery Drawing Winners (PDF 128 kB) - 3/15/22
- IFQ Sablefish Fishing Prohibited In State Waters Of The Eastern Gulf Of Alaska (5 AAC 28.170) (PDF 329 kB) - 3/11/22
- 2022 Groundfish Bycatch Regulations For State Waters And State Managed Groundfish Taken In The Federal Commercial Halibut Fishery In The Eastern Gulf Of Alaska (PDF 463 kB) - 3/1/22
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Harvest
Lingcod
Sablefish
Demersal Shelf Rockfish
Pacific Cod
Black Rockfish
Management & Announcements
Southeast Alaska Groundfish Fishery Reports
- 2021 Northern Southeast Inside (NSEI) Subdistrict (Chatham Strait) Sablefish Longline Survey (PDF 2,793 kB)
- Northern Southeast Inside Subdistrict Sablefish Management Plan and Stock Assessment for 2021 (PDF 2,570 kB)
- Management Report for the Southeast and Yakutat Commercial Groundfish Fisheries, 2017–2020 (PDF 1,891 kB)
- 2021 Southern Southeast Inside Subdistrict Sablefish Fishery Management Plan (PDF 1,389 kB)
- 2021 Southern Southeast Inside (Clarence Strait) Sablefish Longline Survey (PDF 3,520 kB)
- Northern Southeast Inside Subdistrict Sablefish Management Plan and Stock Assessment for 2020 (PDF 4,678 kB)
- 2020 Southern Southeast Inside Subdistrict Sablefish Fishery Management Plan (PDF 1,379 kB)
- 2018 Northern Southeast Inside Subdistrict Sablefish Fishery Stock Assessment and 2019 Management Plan (PDF 3,559 kB)
- 2019 Southern Southeast Inside Subdistrict Sablefish Fishery Management Plan (PDF 687 kB)
- Annual Management Report for the Southeast and Yakutat Commercial Groundfish Fisheries, 2017
(PDF 1,770 kB) - Annual Management Report for the Southeast and Yakutat Commercial Groundfish Fisheries, 2014
(PDF 808 kB) - 2013 Northern Southeast Inside Subdistrict Sablefish Mark-Tag Survey (PDF 1,249 kB)
- Southern Southeast Inside Commercial Sablefish Fishery and Survey Activities in Southeast Alaska, 2013 (PDF 3,465 kB)
- 2012 Northern Southeast Inside Subdistrict Sablefish Mark-Tag Survey (PDF 858 kB)
Fishery Registrations
- Black Rockfish (PDF 135 kB)
- Lingcod - Southeast (PDF 138 kB)
- Lingcod - Icy Bay Subdistrict (PDF 139 kB)
- Sablefish - NSEI Fishery (PDF 81 kB)
- Sablefish - SSEI Pot Fishery (PDF 195 kB)
Meeting Information / Audio
- Meeting Agenda — 04/29/2022 (PDF 193 kB)
- Sablefish Industry Meeting, April 29, 2022 — Combined Presentation (PDF 4,795 kB)
- Meeting Video — 04/29/2022 ( 140,786 kB)
- Federal Sablefish Overview (PDF 2,238 kB)
Maps
Southeast Area Maps
Lingcod
Sablefish
Rockfish
- Directed Demersal Shelf Rockfish Closure Areas
- Rockfish Retention Requirements for Groundfish and Halibut Fisheries
- Sitka Sound Closure Area
Pacific Cod
Flatfish Trawl Fishery
Black Rockfish
Edgecumbe Pinnacles Marine Reserve
Statewide Maps