Warming ocean temperatures linked to climate change are wreaking havoc on a number of Alaska’s fisheries, worrying biologists, locals and fishermen with low returns that jeopardize fishing livelihoods. The good news is that most of Alaska's P-cod landings come from the Bering Sea and Aleutians fishing areas, which remain open for fishing. Warming water may be to blame. From there the areas sprawl counter clockwise moving through the northwest.
– March 1 – Nov. 15: IFQ Halibut season © Alaska Public Media 2020. The long view could hold a positive swing if the fishery can recruit the strong year classes of 2018-19. – May 12 – June 15: Hake (off of the OR and WA coast lines), – June 1 – Aug. 15: Area 1 – Sablefish (blackcod via longliners) Aleutian Islands Subdistrict State-Waters Pacific Cod Season Closure and Opening of Parallel Pacific Cod Season Emergency Order # 4-GF-11-20 (PDF 24 kB) - 3/22/20 Aleutian Islands Subdistrict State-Waters Pacific Cod Season Opening for Large Vessels Emergency Order # 4-GF-09-20 (PDF 24 kB) - 3/13/20 Subscribe via RSS © 2020 Diversified Communications. With uncertainty looming, Gulf cod fishermen in Kodiak are struggling with a decline of what used to be a major part of the island’s winter economy. – Sept. 1 – Nov. 15: Region 1 Sablefish (Blackcod)
The good news is that most of Alaska's P-cod landings come from the Bering Sea and Aleutians fishing areas, which remain open for fishing. “Retrospectively, we probably should have shut the fishery down last year [too],” Barbeaux said. – June 8 – Sept. 30: Area 1 – Salmon gillnet season "You can deplete the food source pretty rapidly when the entire ecosystem is ramped up in those warm temperatures.”. Still undecided is whether the state-managed cod fishery will open for a 2020 season. Thus Area 2 of Prince William Sound is closest to Area 1, followed by Area 3 (Kodiak Island), Area 4 is further north and further west in the Aleutian Islands and finally Area 5, the furthest north of the Alaska’s areas, in Bristol Bay.
– June 10 – Nov. 1: Pollock Season in the Bering Sea “B” season “We’re just well beyond what we’ve ever seen before. June 10 - September 1 Pacific Cod Catcher Vessel via trawling "C" Season. Related: Amid a big fight for cod in the Bering Sea, can remote Adak survive?
– Sept. 1 – Oct. 15: Pacific Cod in the Gulf of Alaska, – Oct. 1 – Feb. 28: Area 1 Dungeness Crab Season Extremely low cod numbers lead feds to close the Gulf of Alaska fishery for the first time, Kavitha George, Alaska's Energy Desk - Kodiak, Amid a big fight for cod in the Bering Sea, can remote Adak survive, Kaktovik man agrees to plead guilty to illegal polar bear harvest, faces 4 months in prison, Archivist returns to Haines Sheldon Museum to assist with collections, Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, September 24, 2020, After 18 months of negotiations, Mat-Su School District and teachers union reach tentative contract agreement, U.S. Senate incumbent Dan Sullivan is here to answer your questions. A stock assessment this fall put Gulf cod populations at a historic low, with “next to no” new eggs, according to NOAA research biologist Steve Barbeaux, who authored the report. Cod only enter the fishery at age three, so the environmental effects on the fishery are somewhat delayed. State cod fishery limits for 2020 have yet to be set. The state's Bering Sea fleet will fish with a 14 percent reduction in quota, and no change for the Aleutians state quota.
– March 1 – Nov. 15: IFQ Blackcod (sablefish) season Here is a Calendar outlining the Fishing Seasons in Alaska with the regions in which they run indicated as well. The fall 2017 Gulf of Alaska survey yielded historically low numbers at 46,080 metric tons, down more than 80 percent since 2013. – Sept. 1 – Dec. 15: Pacific Cod “B” Season Related: Battered by a marine heat wave, Kodiak’s cod fishermen may not be fishing in the gulf for much longer. After the report was released, the stock assessment still had to pass through the NPFMC for review. Related: There’s a new fight over Bering Sea black cod. – Jan. 1 – Aug. 15: Pacific Cod (Pots) “A” season begins.
– May 1 – Feb. 28: Area 1 – Beam Trawl Shrimp Season The federal action left allowance for the relatively small quota of the inshore fleet.
– June 10 – July 25: Area 5 – Sockeye salmon season in Bristol Bay Young cod started dying off, scientists said.